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On the 18th of February, we celebrate Audre Lorde’s birthday! As she has been an ancestor for 32 years, we come together to honor her rich legacy, remember her ocean of work, and celebrate her being. During this evening we focus specifically on the portals opened by her essay ‘Uses of the Erotic: The Erotic As Power’. In this essay, Lorde encourages us to reclaim ways of knowing and being that have been and still are being violently suppressed and disappeared to prioritise western knowledge systems. Together we explore how we can reclaim and be in practice of these stigmatised and undervalued ways of knowing and being. Further, we navigate the shame felt around recognising them as useful and powerful. How can we give up on the suppression and distrust of what ‘feels right to us’ and surrender to it as vital for our survival?

Join us on Lorde’s birthday—with a bookshop provided by thebasebookspace; a ritual of re-connection with Henna & Anima Jhagroe-Ruissen (CTRL+ALT+IDENTITY/ECOLOGY); a panel discussion with Dr. Zuleika Bibi Sheik, Anima Jhagroe-Ruissen & Sheila Chitanie (KABRA); bites provided by Het Rode Keukentje with opportunity to donate to Khartoum Aid Kitchen; poetry by Lelie Danesh; and a guided surrender with Pamela Schaap (MAWU)— as through our surrender the rivers, volcanoes, and stars may begin to recognise us again.