In this conversation, we’ll explore what it means to live in be well as racialized people in the face of a socially unwell world. Exploring questions of Indigeneity, of Motherhood, and of colonial realities, Erica Violet Lee, Marycarmen Lara-Villaneuva, and Tony Luong share their thoughts and research with us as we go in search of radical possibilities to recover Lands and freedoms that have been stolen.
ERICA VIOLET LEE
Twitter and Instagram: @EricaVioletLee
Erica Violet Lee is a Cree writer, scholar, and community organizer from Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. Her academic and organizing work focuses on urban Indigenous feminist political theory, including the intersections of dis/ability, queerness, and embodied freedoms. She holds a BA from the University of Saskatchewan and an MEd from OISE at the University of Toronto.
TONY LUONG
Tony Luong is a Queer Asian Nonbinary artist and community storyweaver. Tony weaves stories together through performance art, podcasting, writing, and painting. As a recent graduate of the Dalla Lana School of Public Health, Tony has a strong interest in youth empowerment and prevention of sexual violence. Currently, Tony is the Anti-Trafficking Coordinator at the Canadian Council for Refugees, supporting community organizations and survivors of sexual violence to create positive changes that push our communities forward. Through working and creating art with the communities they are a part of and care deeply about, Tony is inspired by stories of love, liberation, connection, and healing
MARYCARMEN LARA-VILLANUEVA
Twitter: @Malas_Madres | IG: la_mala_madre_
Marycarmen Lara-Villanueva is a Mexican-born motherscholar and PhD student based in Toronto. Anchored in anti-colonial and anti-racist theories, her research explores anti-Black racism in Mexico and how this is produced and learned in elementary schools through visuals. Her previous work looked at the intersection of race and gender in education and white women teachers' complicity in reproducing racism in Canadian classrooms.
Marycarmen is also an anti-racist educator and organizer with extensive experience doing anti-oppressive work with parents and caregivers. Her artistic work explores the complexities, nuances and injuries of motherhood and mothering and includes creative writing and visual art.
RESOURCES
All books should also be available through your public library [We love libraries]
Articles can be found online or linked below.
- Idil Abdillahi & Rinaldo Walcott : BlackLife
- Eve Tuck: Suspending Damage: A Letter to Communities
- bell hooks: all about love: new visions
- Sadiya Hartman : Wayward Lives, Beautiful Experiments
- Audre Lorde: Poetry is not a luxury
