The Future is Soft
Tuesday, July 5th
6–8 PM Pacific | Zoom
Public Programming is open to the general public with closed-captioning, ASL + Spanish interpretation provided.
El Futuro es Tierno
Martes, 4 de julio
6–8 PM Pacífico | Zoom
La Programación Pública será transmitida en vivo y está abierta al público con subtítulos en vivo e interpretación en Lenguaje de Señas Norteamericano (ASL) y en español.
PG Watkins, Director, Black Bottom Archives
PG Watkins (they/them) is a nonbinary organizer, facilitator and organizational strategist from Detroit. PG believes that organizing and storytelling are interconnected and is committed to using both mediums to shift dominant oppressive narratives and change the material conditions of Black people in Detroit and beyond. They are the Co-founder and Director of Black Bottom Archives, a community media platform dedicated to cultivating the development and preservation of media created by Black Detroiters for the sake of amplifying our voices, archiving our histories, documenting our present realities, and transforming narratives about our city. PG is an abolitionist who believes that a world is possible beyond jails, detention, surveillance and punitive punishment and advances these beliefs through organizing locally and as a part of national networks. As a Program Coordinator for BlackOUT Collective, they support Black direct action trainers and practitioners around the country. They currently organize in Detroit against surveillance and policing through different coalitions and collectives, and sit on the Council of the James & Grace Lee Boggs Center to Nurture Community Leadership.
Ni, Troublemaker, Stop LAPD Spying Coalition
Ni, she/they, is a detribalized Mixtec abolitionist and anti-authoritarian organizer rooted in stolen Tongva territory. Their work centers anti-colonial struggles internationally through the intersectionality of class, race, gender, and sexuality.