I witnessed an amazing performance at the National Black Theater. Mother Tounge: Monologues for Black Girls and Stolen Women Reclaiming Our Bodies, Our Selves, Our Lives began with a pre-event at 6:30 including fresh food, silky wine and a very interesting audience. Its not often we get to prepare ourselves for a ritual peformance with offerings of food and drink, to meet the others we are about to embark on the journey of witnessing. It was well recieved. The pre-event definitely set me up for the experience about to take place. I had no idea it was actually 12am when I walked out the door.
Another wonderful treat was finding the 2nd day event advertised in the program: Catharsis. Many of the performers and other people involved seemed to not know about it taking place. But I definitely enjoyed the event! A day dedicated to healing and recovery. What an important, too often overlooked component.
The event was put on by the Black Women's Blueprint, and I am now convinced I need to join the organization.
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