Resist, Recharge, Resurge

Movements for change are strengthened by care for the community. Take a moment to breathe new life into your vision for change through music,  poetry and movement. Engage in artistic practices that are intentional, fluid, inquiry-based, and focused on your well being. Activate your radical core and participate in arts-making practices to heal, energize, activate, and/or cultivate your next steps. Center wellness and self-care through participatory arts practices in music, poetry, and movement. “Caring for myself is not self-indulgence, it is self-preservation, and that is an act of political warfare.”― Audre Lorde

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Wéma Ragophala has worked at the intersection of art and community in New York City and South Africa. She is a director, writer, actor, dancer and community organizer. Wéma directed a youth environmental justice theater piece, Make an Impact, a theater/dance work that engages with community Sankofa Project, The Homecoming Queen, Grown Adorable Adult, In Her Memory, and Nesting Doll for the National Arts Festival in South Africa.  Wéma wrote, performed, and toured her solo performance work, Roots, Rhythm, and Revolution. Wéma is the founder and Artistic Director of Bridges: A Pan-Afrikan Arts Movement, where she collaborates with South African Artists on events like Pulse: a poetry and movement offering, smallgirl rising: Connecting the Divine Black Feminine, World Poetry Day, Women on the Word Festival, and Amplify! Youth in Arts in Action; creating a bridge for international arts exchange and community advocacy. She was a Create Change fellow for the Laundromat Project and curated The Liberation Series. Wéma is deeply invested in youth justice, disability justice, restorative justice, arts and activism, and fights to dismantle inequities, systemic racism, while building spaces where people of all ages and abilities thrive.