Accessing
Black Utopia

In a collaborative workshop, Ariana Faye Allensworth and Babette Thomas explore how Black communities have used utopian imagination for political experimentation, collective organizing and spatial reclamation. Drawing on research and creative practices rooted in the landscapes, histories and cultural life of Black California, the session considers utopian thought in relation to Black freedom struggles, creative practice and political imagination. It also takes up Jayna Brown’s description of utopia as dreaming “in place, in situ, in medias res, in layers, in dimensional frequencies.” The in-person workshop runs from 12 to 2 pm. Attendance is free with an RSVP for Wendy’s Subway members, and membership can be joined to take part.