Inqlab: Uprooting Settler Colonialism, Re-Rooting Ourselves — #1

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Saturday, July 13, 1–4PM PST

Simulcast on Zoom and in-person at FCCW:

1800 S Brand Blvd, Suite 111, Glendale, CA 91204

Zoom link sent 24 hours prior

Cost: $10-20; no one turned away for lack of funds (email us at info@fccwla.org if cost is prohibitive) — offerings contribute to our community fund which supports future gatherings and collaborations with critical partners

Starting this July, we’re inviting you to a program series called Inqlab — a monthly gathering led by Dr. SaunJuhi Verma for unlearning settler complicity and imagining radical futures.

Inqlab, which means “revolution” in Urdu, is a place where we’ll build community by engaging in political education, experiential anti-colonial activities, and experiments with revolutionary tools for change. Each monthly session will expose central organizing principles of settler colonial nation building, and serve as a space to unravel the knots of our collective oppression, foster new modes for connection, and strategize the means for constructing a world beyond the current occupation.

The first catalyst event for the series is on Saturday, July 13, and will introduce and outline the makings of settler colonialism within Turtle Island, now labeled United States, and Palestine, as well as legacies of resistance.

Each Inqlab gathering is a three-part event that serves as a community lab for unlearning, imagining, and experimenting. Participants will begin with (1) observation, through a political education piece and with critical readings, followed by (2) embodiment, through experiential activities and anti-colonial exercises, and end with (3) sowing seeds, to implement new understandings and move beyond the abstract into the material modes of affecting change, specifically land repatriation strategies.

Visit our website to learn more about Inqlab, Dr. Verma and up-coming sessions, as well as readings, resources and online discussions.

You can attend this program in-person in LA at FCCW or join our simulcast via Zoom from anywhere! If you can’t make the first event, we encourage you to join us for future sessions.