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Liberation Beyond Papers: An (Un)docuQueer Creative Writing Workshop

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Black text on a pink and purple gradient reads: Homoland Security: Come in, Gurl! Part 3: Liberation Beyond Papers: An (Un)docuQueer Creative Writing Workshop. 7/8/21, 6:30pm ET. With Sonia Guiñansaca and Alan Pelaez Lopez. 

Homoland Security: Come in, Gurl!
Part 3: Liberation Beyond Papers: An (Un)docuQueer Creative Writing Workshop 
Thursday, July 8, 6:30-8pm ET
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In this interactive 90-minute workshop, Sonia and Alan will dive deep into issues of immigration, liberation, and identity outside of migrant status. They will guide participants through questions and writing prompts as well as give folks a space to share their writing and receive feedback and affirmation. The intimate nature of the workshop will give participants an opportunity to connect after the event. 

In order to create as safe and intimate a space as possible, the session will be capped at 20 participants and is intended specifically for people who are: 

(1) queer and/or trans 
AND
(2) currently and formerly undocumented people, immigrants, and/or BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, and People of Color). 

Registration will be first come, first served. New and experienced writers are both encouraged to attend. Participants are welcome, but not required, to attend both parts 2 and 3.

This event is part of the series Homoland Security: Come in, Gurl!, the winning selection from CUE’s 2021 Open Call for Public Programs. It has been organized by Anthony Barroso, Varun Khattar, danilo machado, and Laura Veira-Ramirez.

You can order a poster remix by artist Julio Salgado commissioned as part of the Homoland Security: Come in, Gurl! programming series online here. All donations will benefit Mariposas sin Fronteras.

This event will be hosted in English with Spanish interpretation available to attendees. Please scroll down for a description of the event in Spanish.

If you have specific access questions or needs, please contact info@cueartfoundation.org and we will do our best to accommodate you.

Homoland Security: Come in, Gurl!
Parte 3: Liberación Más Allá de los Papeles: Un Taller (Un)docuQueer de Escritura Creativa

Jueves, 8 de julio, de 6:30 a 8pm ET
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En este taller de 90 minutos, Sonia y Alan explorarán temas de inmigración, liberación e identidad fuera de la condición de migrante. Guiarán a les participantes a través de preguntas e indicaciones de escritura, así como le darán a la gente un espacio para compartir. La naturaleza íntima del taller dará a los participantes la oportunidad de conectarse después del evento.

Con el fin de crear un espacio lo más seguro e íntimo posible, la sesión estará limitada a 20 participantes y está destinada específicamente a personas que son:

(1) queer y/o trans 

(2) actualmente y antes indocumentados, inmigrantes y/o gente negra, indígena y de color.

La inscripción será por orden de llegada. Se anima a los escritores nuevos y experimentados a asistir. Los participantes son bienvenidos, pero no están obligados a asistir a las Partes 2 y 3.

Este evento es parte de la serie de eventos Homoland Security: Come in, Gurl!, la selección ganadora de la Convocatoria Abierta de Programas Públicos 2021 de CUE. Ha sido organizado por Anthony Barroso, Varun Khattar, danilo machado y Laura Veira-Ramirez.

Puedes comprar un remix de póster del artista Julio Salgado encargado como parte de Homoland Security: Come in, Gurl! serie de programación en línea aquí. Todas las ganancias de la venta de este cartel beneficiarán a Mariposas sin Fronteras.

Este evento se llevará a cabo en inglés con interpretación al español disponible para los asistentes.

Si tiene preguntas o necesidades específicas de acceso, comuníquese con info@cueartfoundation.org y haremos todo lo posible para complacerlo.

Sonia is seated at a table with an open notebook in front of them. They are wearing a white, long-sleeve top and earrings paired with two large rings. Their black hair is cut short and they have a soft focus on their face. Their left arm rests flat on the table in front of them while their right arm rests gently against their face. / Sonia está sentadx en una mesa con un cuaderno abierto frente a ellx. Lleva un top blanco de manga larga y pendientes apareados con dos grandes anillos. Su cabello negro está corto y tiene un enfoque suave en su cara. Su brazo izquierdo descansa sobre la mesa frente a ellx, mientras que su brazo derecho descansa suavemente contra su cara.

Sonia is seated at a table with an open notebook in front of them. They are wearing a white, long-sleeve top and earrings paired with two large rings. Their black hair is cut short and they have a soft focus on their face. Their left arm rests flat on the table in front of them while their right arm rests gently against their face. / Sonia está sentadx en una mesa con un cuaderno abierto frente a ellx. Lleva un top blanco de manga larga y pendientes apareados con dos grandes anillos. Su cabello negro está corto y tiene un enfoque suave en su cara. Su brazo izquierdo descansa sobre la mesa frente a ellx, mientras que su brazo derecho descansa suavemente contra su cara.

Sonia Guiñansaca is an international award-winning queer migrant poet, cultural organizer, and social justice activist. They emerged as a national leader in the migrant artistic and political communities. Guiñansaca co-founded some of the largest undocumented organizations in the U.S., including artistic projects by and for undocumented writers and artists. Sonia has worked for over a decade in both policy and cultural efforts building equitable infrastructures for migrant artists. They currently consult for national social justice organizations, cultural institutions, and foundations on artists convening, cultural activations, and civic engagement.

Sonia self-published their debut mini chapbook Nostalgia and Borders in 2016. They are a contributor for the new edition of the anthology Colonize This! (2019 Seal Press), and featured on Stop Telling Women to Smile (2020 Seal Press). In Spring/Summer 2021, Guiñansaca is releasing their second chapbook, #PapiFemme, and launching Alegria Press, a publishing house for undocumented writers.

Sonia Guiñansaca es un poeta migrante queer, organizadorx cultural y activista de justicia social, galardonadx con premios internacionales. Surgió como líder nacional en las comunidades artísticas y políticas migrantes. Guiñansaca co-fundó algunas de las organizaciones indocumentadas más grandes en los Estados Unidos, incluyendo proyectos artísticos por y para escritores y artistas indocumentades. Sonia ha trabajado durante más de una década tanto en políticas como en esfuerzos culturales para construir infraestructuras equitativas para artistas migrantes. Actualmente consulta a organizaciones nacionales de justicia social, instituciones culturales y fundaciones sobre la convocatoria de artistas, activaciones culturales y participación cívica.

Sonia autopublicó su mini chapbook debut Nostalgia and Borders en 2016. Es colaboradorx de la nueva edición de la antología Colonize This! (2019 Seal Press), y apareció en Stop Telling Women to Smile (2020 Seal Press). En primavera/verano de 2021, Guiñansaca lanzará su segundo libro, #PapiFemme, y lanzará Alegria Press, una editorial para escritores indocumentades.

A photo of Alan from the shoulders up. They wear black locks to the left hand side of their head, gold dangle earrings, gold-framed glasses, pink lipstick, a white v-neck t-shirt under a blue, gold, white and red opened bomber jacket./Una foto de Al…

A photo of Alan from the shoulders up. They wear black locks to the left hand side of their head, gold dangle earrings, gold-framed glasses, pink lipstick, a white v-neck t-shirt under a blue, gold, white and red opened bomber jacket./Una foto de Alan de hombros hacia arriba. Llevan mechones negros en el lado izquierdo de la cabeza, aretes colgantes dorados, anteojos con montura dorada, lápiz labial rosa, una camiseta blanca con cuello en V debajo de una chaqueta bomber abierta azul, dorada, blanca y roja.

Alan Pelaez Lopez is an AfroIndigenous poet and installation and adornment artist from the coastal Zapotec community of Oaxaca, México. Much of the artist’s work is invested in thinking with and through fugitivity, language, grief, ancestral memories, and the role of storytelling in migrant households. Pelaez Lopez is the author of Intergalactic Travels: poems from a fugitive alien (The Operating System, 2020)and to love and mourn in the age of displacement (Nomadic Press, 2020),  and was a finalist for the 2020 International Latino Book Award. Their poetry has been nominated for the Pushcart Prize and “Best of the Net,” and was selected to appear in Best New Poets 2019 and Best American Experimental Writing 2020. Pelaez Lopez has been building with undocumented queer and trans migrants for ten years.

Alan’s art has been supported primarily by other independent artists as well as fellowships and/or residencies from Submittable, the Museum of the African Diaspora, VONA/Voices, and University of California-Berkeley. They live in Oakland, CA & the internet as @MigrantScribble.

Alan Peláez López es poeta afroindígenx y artista de instalación y adorno de la comunidad zapoteca costera de Oaxaca, México. Gran parte del trabajo del artista se invierte en pensar con y a través de la fugitividad, el idioma, el dolor, los recuerdos ancestrales y el papel de la narración de cuentos en los hogares migrantes. Pelaez Lopez es autorx de Intergalactic Travels: poems from a fugitive alien (The Operating System, 2020) y to love and mourn in the age of displacement (Nomadic Press, 2020),  y fue finalista del Premio Internacional del Libro Latino 2020. Su poesía ha sido nominada para el Premio Pushcart y "Best of the Net", y fue seleccionada para aparecer en Best New Poets 2019 y Best American Experimental Writing 2020. Peláez López ha estado construyendo con migrantes queer y trans indocumentades durante diez años.

El arte de Alan ha sido apoyado principalmente por otros artistas independientes, así como becas y / o residencias de Submittable, el Museo de la Diáspora Africana, VONA / Voices y la Universidad de California-Berkeley. Vive en Oakland, CA y en el Internet como @MigrantScribble.

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