Elevate Winter Series - Part 3: The Health of Our Protest

Thu, January 14, 2021 5:00 PM – 6:30 PM PST


The Play

About this Event

Elevate Theatre Company provides space for audiences and artists to explore health and well-being through the art of storytelling. Our Winter Series aims to Redefine the Stage by hosting a series of digital events that explore major public health topics. We engage audiences through performative storytelling and then provide a panel discussion post performance for further exploration.

The Elevate Winter Series Part 3: Health of Our Protest, is right around the corner! Join us for another engaging piece of theater with incredible storytelling by three amazing spoken word and poetry artists.

Synopses:

Yalie Saweda Kamara will bring us excerpts of her manuscript Besaydoo. A collection of poems that examine care and what happens during its presence and during its absence.

Ashley Winkfield will help Elevate frame the discussion around Black Fatigue through the perspectives of various characters involved in protests.

Marcus John will be presenting his poem Insomnia, 4:18am centered on the struggles of a Black man trying to sleep in a world of chaos, "from COVID to Kobe" and the literal fight to cope.

Racism is a public health crisis. This was made acutely apparent in 2020 with the killings of George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor, and others. Elevate exists to spotlight the stories and experiences of people through the lens of public health. Through theatrical spoken word and poetry we will explore this public health crisis and examine how to transform struggle into resilience.

After the performance, Elevate will host health, wellness and Black Resiliency experts from different industries to provide Black audience members and allies with meaningful and positive next steps towards a prosperous 2021.


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