Workshops

Session 1 | Session 2 | Session 3

Workshop Session 1 - 10:15 am to 11:15 am

  • Artists Appearing! (Heller Lounge)
    Come check out dance or art demonstrations during this workshop session. See listing outside Heller Lounge.

  • Pele: Creator and Woman of Fire (Heller Lounge)
    Presenter: Lisa "Pua" Saunders, Artistic Director, Ethnic Arts Institute
    This workshop will explore the legendary Hawai'ian folklore figure Madame Pele: the volcano in a discussion of self-definition and women's identities as creators. The vehicle for this exploration will be a one-hour Hula session as participants experience first hand the creative force of Pele embodied in ancient chants and Hula practices.

  • Get Yo Sh*t Together Gurrl! (Pauley Ballroom)
    Presenter: Scorpio Blues (Brandy K. Walker)/ CEO of Hot Water Cornbread LLC
    This workshop addresses finding your talents, accepting your God-given beauty and reaffirming your power as an individual and as a woman.

  • L.O.V.E.: Letting Our Voices Express: Using our erotic powers to create and perform poems & songs anywhere... (Tilden Room)
    Presenters: Sage Morgan-Hubbard, Northwestern University and Kara Young, U.C. Berkeley
    Using Audre Lorde's inspirational essay "The Uses of the Erotic: The Erotic As Power", we will conjure an elixir of words, voices, and ideas to channel our natural erotic creative senses as a way to effectively empower ourselves and others to resist and confront the racism and sexism we face in our everyday lives. Through three poetic writing, movement, and song prompts, we will take up space and allow our fierce expressions to flow. We will utilize the tools of collective brainstorms and discussion and end by sharing our creations, taking our work beyond conventional performance spaces.

  • Reels of Resistance: film IS social justice activism for communities of color (Part One) (Tan Oak Room)
    Presenters: QWOCMAP, Queer Women of Color Media Arts Project
    Art is social justice activism. Art promotes peace because creativity is a fundamentally non-violent process. We hope to inspire each workshop participant and give them successful strategies and tolls for using art to promote social justice. We also want queer women of color to understand the history of art as cultural resistance in communities of color.
    Please note: this is a two-part workshop.

  • Claiming the Fire Within (Stephens Lounge)
    Presenter: Gloria Ng is a North Oakland-based holistic health specialist, consultant, educator, and bodyworker. She is a Reiki Master Teacher and state-certified instructor in Reflexology since 2004.
    Fire is an ancient tool for warmth, nourishment, purifying, healing, and renewal. This experiential workshop will be a process of giving and releasing that which we are complete with and welcoming space.

  • Poetry, The Road to Emancipation: the constant fight of Mexican intellectual women against the machismo (West Madrone Room)
    Presenter: Carmen del Rosario Avila Jaquez, Instituto Tecnol—gico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey
    In addition to a presentation on the cultural and historical context of this topic, the workshop will also include creative writing by the participants.
    Please note: It is recommended that all the participants of this workshop understand Spanish very well. While the discussions can be in Spanish and English, the poems of Mexican writers will be read in the original language.


Workshop Session 2 - 11:20 am to 12:20 pm

  • Artists Appearing! (Heller Lounge)
    Come check out dance or art demonstrations during this workshop session. See listing outside Heller Lounge.

  • Bomba Workshop (Heller Lounge)
    Presenters: Taller Tamboricua
    After gracing us with the opening performance, members of Taller Tamboricua will lead an hour-long interactive dance workshop on Bomba!

  • Hear This: Bay Area Young Women of Color Present (Tilden Room)
    Presenters: Leontyne Warren, GirlSource; Christina Perez, GirlSource; Eva Garcia, GirlSource
    The young womyn of color from GirlSource (ages 15-19) will present their fierce voices/personal testimonials and research on issues of Military Recruitment and Employment for Undocumented Youth. Come be inspired by these young womyn and their fiery energy in making change and education for self-empowerment! This will be multi-media presentation.

  • Reels of Resistance: film IS social justice activism for communities of color (Part Two) (Tan Oak Room)
    Presenters: QWOCMAP, Queer Women of Color Media Arts Project
    Art is social justice activism. Art promotes peace because creativity is a fundamentally non-violent process. We hope to inspire each workshop participant and give them successful strategies and tolls for using art to promote social justice. We also want queer women of color to understand the history of art as cultural resistance in communities of color.
    Please note: this is a two-part workshop.

  • Life Theater: Using Theater in Building and Healing Relationships (Stephens Lounge)
    Presenters: Yadira De La Riva, Independent Community Theater Instructor; Carolina Morones, Performer and Educator
    This workshop will present forms of theater and how they serve as a means of expression, healing and understanding of community experiences. This highly interactive workshops includes discussion and role playing that puts theory into practice.

  • Honoring Your Creative Self While Building Your Small Business (West Madrone Room)
    Presenter: Lorrie Williams, Small Business Trainer & Coach, Women's Initiative
    Some say business and the arts don't mix. Let this 1-hour workshop shed new light on how artistic business owners and potential business owners can utilize their creative energy to focus, define, and expand their businesses! Through interactive exercises, group coaching, and nurturing the creative self, we will begin to hone our skills so that we may see our businesses flourish.


Workshop Session 3 - 2:45pm to 3:45 pm

  • Artists Appearing! (Heller Lounge)
    Come check out dance or art demonstrations during this workshop session. See listing outside Heller Lounge.

  • "Hey Mz. DJ!" (Pauley Ballroom)
    Presenters: DJ Jeanine Da Feen, WILD 94.9 Event Coordinator; DJ Rosa la rumorosa
    This workshop is interested in having women djs chat about how they got involved with music and djing as a career and/or hobby in addition to their experiences as women of color in primarily male dominated music dj scenes. We would then like the women djs help participants in the audience practice the basics of djing themselves!

  • "PRISONS" (Tilden Room)
    Presenter: Shanique S. Scott, writer/performer
    Come witness a 30-minute presentation of "PRISONS", Ms. Scott's one-woman show. After the excerpt, join the artist for a discussion.

  • Muxeres Revolucionarias en Camino a la Liberacion: Retos Diarios en la Lucha Contra la Oppression. - Revolutionary Womyn on the Path to Liberation: Everyday Struggles against Oppression (Tan Oak Room)
    Presenters: Patricia Luna, Colectiva Zapatista Ramona; and Heidy Sarabia, Colectiva Zapatista Ramona)
    "This workshop will consist of a presentation (role play) about womyn's struggles in Mexico and the U.S. Then we will facilitate a choreography activity, where the group (womyn) will be encouraged to tell a story in a creative way."

  • Reclaiming the Star: Remembering our Sheroes, Honoring Our Women (Stephens Lounge)
    Presenter: Mary Joy Duenas, GABRIELA Network
    Learn about how GABRIELA Network SF Bay Area has and continues to incorporate art making to engage and educate youth and non-politicized members of the community about issues that affect women all over the world. Participants in this workshop will participate in an ongoing art project that uses the symbol of the Star of Goddess to honor the stories of women activists.