REP for MN

💜Join us for our June Radical Study Group on Tuesday, June 9th from 5-7 PM! We will be meeting at the small yellow shed at Longfellow Gardens (3899 E Minnehaha Pkwy, Minneapolis, MN 55417) by Minnehaha Falls.

☀️We recommend bringing a picnic blanket or chair!

🌧️ If there is inclement weather, we will move to the Conference Room at the East Lake Library (2727 E Lake Street Minneapolis, MN 55406). Tune into our Instagram story for the most up-to-date information!

🩷 We will read about and discuss the theme Pleasure & Liberation, honoring our Black and brown q***r lineages just in time for Pride Month. At this session, we will be reading “The Power in Pleasure” by adrienne marie brown, an essay published in YES! Magazine.

📙In this study group, we will discuss themes such as imperialism, anti-blackness, and criminalization to make sense of how different communities respond to violence. For June, we will look to q***r Black and brown authors writing on themes of pleasure, eroticism, love and joy to help understand

STUDY GROUP
📚 Join us for our June Radical Study Group series! We will read about and discuss the theme Pleasure & Liberation, honoring our Black and brown q***r lineages just in time for Pride Month.
 
💜In this study group, we will discuss themes such as imperialism, anti-blackness, and criminalization to make sense of how different communities respond to violence. For June, we will look to q***r Black and brown authors writing on themes of pleasure, eroticism, love and joy to help understand and co-create a vision of what is possible.  

🪻This study group is hosted by REP’s Radical Ecosystem Pods team. We will gather in-person to collectively read and discuss a selected text. Our schedule dates are   
*  Tuesday, June 2nd 5-7 PM 
* Tuesday, June 9th 5-7 PM 
* Tuesday, June 16th 5-7 PM  

🌟 June 2nd, we will be reading “Uses of the Erotic” by Audre Lorde at Loring Park — check out our recent Instagram posts for more details, including our meeting spot and our back-up plan for inclement weather.

🌼No pre-reading or registration is required. Sessions will use the following agenda:   
1. Open the space at 5 PM  
2. Welcome & check-in at ~5:30 PM   
3. Group read aloud of text  
4. Discussion & reflection  
5. Closing at 7 PM