Pride: Queer 365

Thursday, August 5, 2020  
8 PM EST/5 PM PST

Facilitated by Opher Shamir​, Dana Sayre, Abbie Traux, Dana George Trottier, Roxy Schoenfeld and Truc T. Nguyen.

Picture it... Pride: Queer 365. The real work of Pride is not just a celebration, but also a communal remembering of our past and a continued fight for liberation for all queer people. As a collective of queers, we are not interested in formal equality that privileges some and excludes others, but rather a community that uplifts and centers the needs of our most marginalized. We also recognize the complexity of feelings that accompany celebrations at the time of a global pandemic and continued fight for racial justice. How do we situate ourselves as a larger community at the intersections of campiness and social justice advocacy that are commonly associated with Pride? We invite members of the NADTA to join us in intentional community as we explore what Pride looks like for us now and envision a future that embodies Pride on a daily basis. After all, Pride: Queer 365 is a movement, not moment.

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The CHEDC Black Lives Matter Virtual Protest

Thursday, June 25, 2020  
8 PM EST/5 PM PST

Facilitated by Mary Morris, Adam Stevens, Jadae Johnson, Jasmine Edwards, Rev. Jordan Daniel Stewart, Keynessa Mazaire, Lucy McLellan, Rev. Tiffany Burch, Whitney Bell and Zahra Warner

Join and support Black Drama Therapists and allied professionals as we gather in community to make a call for action and change. We are proud to share that this call will be facilitated by a collective of mostly Black clinicians, as we continue to raise their voices within this community. ALL community members, family, friends, and colleagues are encouraged to join the conversation. Participants will be a witness of the sharing of story, music, honoring those whom we’ve lost, and spoken word by our facilitators. A call for demands and action steps that are in line with the Black Lives Matter Movement will also be outlined during this call. The CHED Committee hopes that this will be a starting point to where we hope to take our organization and our work in this field. If you want to make real change within this system as well as within your own networks, this is where it begins. Do not stay silent. Join us. 

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Cultural Humility, Equity, & Diversity Committee Covid-19 Pandemic Series Part 2 of 2: SHOWING UP INCOMPLETE DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC, AN ESSENTIAL HERO’S JOURNEY

Thursday, May 7, 2020  
8 PM EST/5 PM PST
Facilitated by Carlos Rodriguez-Perez, Mallory Minerson, Craig Flickinger​

 COVID-19 has much of the world sheltering in place, though many of us in our roles as drama therapists are finding ourselves in the journey of the essential worker. During this time of COVID-19, there has been a frequent discussion regarding who is an “essential worker." Many have shifted to working from home. Many have joined millions now filing for unemployment. There are those who show up to work each day, ranging from healthcare workers, to food workers, postal workers, and other essential workers. They are putting their lives at risk to help preserve our safety. They continue to show up in the hopes that we all can one day return to a semblance of order and balance. What does it mean to be “essential” and how do those labeled as such navigate that role?

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    Cultural Humility, Equity, & Diversity Committee Covid-19 Pandemic Series Part 1 of 2: A SPACE TO REFLECT ON THE IMPACT OF RACISM & XENOPHOBIA IN THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC

Thursday, April 30, 2020  
8 PM EST/5 PM PST
Facilitated by Nisha Sajnani, Jasmine Edwards, Adam Stevens

As the virus COVID-19 spreads, many Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders (AAPI) have reported an increase in racial profiling, hate incidents, and hate violence. At the same time, African American communities are experiencing the highest rate of deaths related to the virus. “Essential workers” who work our food supply chain and remove waste are more likely to be people of color. These examples reveal the racialization of this pandemic which has amplified the suffering experienced by individuals of color and other marginalized folx. 

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