Translate your life into comics with renowned artist Liz Prince! Attendees will learn about Liz's process and style, then draw their own 6 panel biography with help and encouragement. All levels and skill sets are welcome.
From Eye Contact to Eye Poking... join us for this talk and skillshare about being safe and smart in our communities.
Dr. Shuey will facilitate a discussion about safer sex, sexual health and wellness, consent, communication, LGBTQ issues, pleasure and more. Using puppets and props, this interactive workshop is designed to engage an audience of all comfort levels and to encourage sexual practice that is healthy and mutual.
Dr. Shuey is a Board Certified Sexologist and AASECT Certified Sexuality Educator with a Doctorate in Human Sexuality and a Masters in Human Sexuality Education. Learn more about Dr. Shuey at http://drshuey.com/.
In this participatory workshop, For the Birds (a New York-based feminist collective and distro) will guide a community discussion about internal and external struggles in feminist cultural and social justice organizing, creating feminist spaces, and coalition building. The workshop will discuss commonalities between marginalized and activist groups, such as the ways our efforts coalesce around issues like safer spaces, grassroots modes of organizing, and artistic and political visibility.
Make some noise with Girls Rock Philly! Get hands on experience with different types of drums and participate in a collaborative rhythm exercise.
Come visit Plotland and get your hands dirty in this intro to DIY gardening. Presenters Geraldine Lavin (co-founder of Plotland) and Robyn Mello (founder of Philly Food Forests) will discuss the nuts and bolts of taking over an abandoned city lot and turning it into a beautiful community garden.
Alternate Meeting Space: In case of rain, this workshop will be moved to Locust Moon Comics and run 3:45-4:45.
Know your muff! The In's and out's, politics and periods of your vagina. This workshop is a 101 on early abortion in Philly and its connection to Menstrual Extraction. We will have information about diy bringing on your period, health collectives, self-advocacy, STI's and vaginal self exam.
This drop-in workshop will allow participants to create their own stop-motion animations and receive a copy to take home with them. Artist Kristina Centore will show you the ropes of stop-motion animation so you can walk away with a new skill. Participants are encouraged to make their own puppets and/or use the provided puppets of radical historical figures to create narratives. See past animations from The Stop Motion Stomp Station at http://stopmotionstompstation.tumblr.com/.
Make your own herbal infusions and tinctures at this drop-in booth. Presenter Geraldine Lavin will supply herbs she has foraged or cultivated and vats of vinegar, alcohol, cider and oil for the herbs to be infused in. You will be able to learn the basics of what each infusion can be used for and to take home the samples you will make. Also, pick up a copy of a zine of favorite combinations along with tips and instructions to keep making more!
Do you have an interest in learning how to code? Or do you simply want to better understand some of the more technical aspects of the web?
In this workshop we'll walk through the fundamental elements of web development in layman terms. No equipment is needed for this session, as we won't be writing any code, but we'll take you through various components of the web, and how they work together.
Topics in this session include (but not limited to):
This Queer & Trans yoga class is an all-levels vinyasa (flow) class that will work with participants to make a space that affirms all of our identities in order allow you to focus on the practice and eventually be open to the deeper places yoga can take you. There will be a continued focus on breath, grounding, healing, and growth. Queer & Trans folks of all identities, expressions, bodies, sizes and abilities welcome.
How do organizations in Philadelphia use harm reduction as a means of activism? What obstacles do female drug users in Philadelphia face when they try to access support and resources? Join Prevention Point, ACT UP and Project SAFE to learn how you can support and participate in activist activities in our city.
Tara Murtha, Senior Writer for Philly Weekly, will discuss victim-blaming and how it is institutionalized in media coverage of sexual violence. The workshop will cite terminology and angles that perpetuate victim-blaming in discussions of legal cases, policy, popular culture; review the history of sex crimes in American press; and point to specific egregious examples in current media, as well as ways to intervene and prevent the phenomenon.
Demystify electronics in this workshop led by instructors from Girls Rock Philly. We’ll have different pedals, guitars and amps on hand for you to experiment with.
The Bicycle Coalition of Greater Philadelphia is excited to offer a "Fix a Flat" class at Neighborhood Bike Works. In this 1.5 hour workshop, attendees will learn and practice the (oh-so-useful) skill of fixing a flat tire on their bicycle. Class is limited to 12 participants, first-come-first-served -- bring your bicycle! This event is part of the BCGP's Women Bike PHL campaign, aimed at encouraging more women in Philadelphia to ride bicycles.
