2021

Tupac Amaru Shakur Foundation x Justify Writers x SWI:



2020

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SWI X Consentrik Freak Like Me: A Conversation On Self Love, Consent, The Love Deficit, Polyamory, Queer + Interracial Love, Communication, Dating + Emotionally Safe Exploratory Sex In BLACK Digital Spaces and how we navigate lovin’ IRL X URL, DJ pastelShade, light work spiritual ceremony by Aunty Sigh

- February 2020 - space provided by Murmurs gallery, sponsored by Recess CBD water, UnBound babes + Foria Wellness

 

SWI X Justify Writers Room presents New Year, New You, New Me manifestation workshop in homage to Toni Morrison + Maya Angelou ft sounds by DJ pastelShade, spiritual readings by Black Girl Magic Woman,  / space hosted by The Ziran.

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SWI X LA County Dept of Arts + Culture and LA County Dept of Consumer + Business Affairs - Facilitator, ARTS TUNE UP - April 2020

Founder of SWI Amelian Kashiro Hamilton; facilitator #HUMANFIRSTMONEYSECOND is a workshop that explores horizontal and transparent approaches to empower freelance economic development in encouraging social capital as a value system.




Freak Like Me : download_In conversation with sex therapist Melissa LeSane and Tasneem Nathari ( Hoodrat Feminist ) and screening of our interview with Adina Howard





May

The Mystery Of Iniquity :  Unpacking the Revolution 

Internet Self Defense w/ Juli Odomo : Basic Digital Hygiene  





June

Justify Writers Room x SWI : Sunday Service - Waiting To Exhale character exploration writing workshop, body workshop by Chipo Kandake

Can I Speak To Your Manager? a conversation on good and bad business, light work spiritual ceremony by Aunty Sigh





August

Ask A Lawyer FT Melissa Passman & Daniel McClean, hypnotherapy by Zachary Kerschberg

SWI Celebrates 2 years and Black August with all day marathon programming co hosted by Justice Singleton of Justify Writers Room

(12 hours consecutively) :

  • Justify Writers Room : The revolution, rebellion and word weaponry exploring lyricism, sexual liberation as reclamation activism

  • In conversation with the creators of the series Blacklight created by Maha Chielo and Michelle Zei. Blacklight is based on Maha’s life as a goth sex worker and socalist oranizer in post Katrina New Orleans. 

  • Indigenous House interludes by DJ pastelShade

  • A screening of The Spook Who Sat By The Door co- hosted by Bee The Shift Shaper 


September 

SWI X Black Gworl Bookclub in collaboration with Black Gworl Library founded by Cessali Fournier 

A safe space centering Black indigenous QTBIPOC folks centered around author bell hooks & their novel All About Love.

Every third Sunday of the month from SEPTEMBER 2020 - JANUARY 2021





2018 — 2019

SWI X LA County Dept of Arts + Culture and LA County Dept of Consumer + Business Affairs - Facilitator, ​ARTS TUNE UP conference — Los Angeles SEPTEMBER 2019 ● Represented SWI among 11 local networking and learning groups invited to teach three 40-minute workshops in partnership with the LA County Dept of Arts + Culture and LA County Dept of Consumer + Business Affairs ● Created curriculum on shared methodologies for transparency reform in the workplace to generate healthy social capital, defining safe spaces as a form of currency. Facilitated a mini SWI workshop to 40 attendees “#HUMANFIRSTMONEYSECOND : a Horizontal and Transparent Approach to Empower Freelance Creatives to Gain Social Capital.

SISTERS WITH INVOICES

SWI 1: The Fashion Edition FT Amelian Kashiro Hamilton

SWI 2: The Wellness Edition FT Erica Chidi Cohen 

SWI 3: The Creative Director FT Jazzi McGilbert, DJ Myra Hasson

SWI 4: Black Identity Extremist Media FT Alima Lee + Mandy Harris Williams, Violin Mediation by Jasmin Fire

SWI 5: The Director FT Jenn Nkiru 

SWI 6: Can I Please Speak To Your Manager? A open conversation about good + bad business, discrimination in the greater LA area and where we are and are not spending our money.

SWI in Oakland: in conversation with The House Of Malico’s Alignment Fest programming 

SWI X Year Of Ours W/ Alejandra Hernandez

SWI Celebrates 1 year in conversation with unapologetic punk femmes Ft Jasmine Nyende + The Uhuruverse of FUPU, Justice Singleton, Queens D. Light + Sasha Kelly of The House Of Malico, Davia Spain

SWI in Las Vegas: Let’s Get Metaphysical FT Courtney Seard

SISTERS WITH BROTHERS

SWB 1: Male Emotional Unavailability and Accountability x 1-800-Adult Supervision

SWB 2: You Can’t Separate The Art From The Artist - A real talk about art and accountability, R.Kelly too. 

SWB 3: A Conversation On Black Internet Theory: Black MemeLabor, Emotional Response Erasure, Algorithmic Racism and Taking Control Of Media As A Form Of Reparations - Indigenous House sounds by DJ Pastel Shade, Guitar mediation by Garfield Bright of TWIIN TOWERS

SWB 4: Ask A Lawyer FT Jordy Cohen

SISTERS WITH BILLS

Work + Twerk, laptops, copal and food with sounds by Niko The Ikon