Writer Breya Johnson Will Lead Two Teach-Ins for The School for Black Feminist Politics
Image and biographical text of writer and organizer, Breya Johnson.
Breya Johnson will kick off the 2022 School for Black Feminist Politics series by leading two online teach-ins on June Jordan and the care ethics of Black women writers.
Writer and organizer Breya Johnson will lead a two-part online teach-ins for the School for Black Feminist Politics, the political education arm of Black Women Radicals. Her first teach-in “Becoming a Menace to our Enemies: The Transformative Teachings of June Jordan” will be held on Sunday, March 13th at 3:30 PM EST. You can register for the teach-in here.
Johnson’s second teach-in, “Black Women Care Ethics, Radical Love, and the Anti-Black World”, will be held on Sunday, March 27th at 3:30 PM EST. You can register for the teach-in here.
About Breya Johnson: Breya M. Johnson (she/they) is a cultural worker and freelance writer living in Brooklyn NY. Her work looks at modes of disposability, Black health, reproductive justice, radical love, and abolition. She is interested in the inner workings of Black women and girls and is finding a location for healing in the writings of black folks globally.
BECOMING A MENACE TO OUR ENEMIES: THE TRANSFORMATIVE TEACHINGS OF JUNE JORDAN
Collage of June Jordan (right) by Doriana Diaz.
About the teach-in: June Jordan was a poet, activist, journalist, essayist and teacher. She was concerned with the conditions of survival in and beyond the United States. Her work embodied a sense of urgency and a radical refusal to accept things the way they are. She taught us constantly that there is another possibility. Together we will explore Jordan's lessons and trace a radical care ethic throughout. How does one become a menace to their enemies? Register for the teach-in here.
BLACK WOMEN CARE ETHICS: RADICAL LOVE AND THE ANTI-BLACK WORLD
About the teach-in: How do we teach care and love in a anti-black world? Is love possible? Does love even matter? Together we will grapple with the politics of love with the help of Black women writers. Is it possible to untether our understandings of care, love, and more from capitalist logics? Together we will interrogate the utility of these words. You can register for the teach-in here.