First Fridays: November Liberation Series

UPCOMING

Friday, November 1
6:00 – 9:00 pm

The LP Storefront

1476 Fulton Street

First Fridays: November | A Legacy of Seeds

Facilitated by Wéma Ragophala

Join us for our next Fall Liberation Series event of 2024!

For November’s Liberation Series, we invite you to practice poetry and movement to explore transformation and adaptation! Wéma will facilitate a panel with guests Kai Diata Giovanni and Courtney Walcott as poetry and Disability Justice take center stage.

Kai Diata Giovanni is an 18-year-old Brooklyn-based poet and performer. Kai writes about rage, racism, and radical justice. Kai has been a featured performer at the Brooklyn Museum, the Blue Note Jazz Club, and various other venues in NYC for the past 10 years. This October, Kai was recently selected as the 2025 NYC Youth Poet Laureate.

Courtney Walcott is a Barbaian-American who calls The Bronx home. She attended Fordham University and graduated with a B.S. in Psychology. Courtney describes herself as Black, female, disabled, Christian, daughter, friend, lover of the arts, and citizen of the world.

The group will use Octavia Butler’s Parable of the Sower to ground the program, introduce creative adaptations to the challenges our communities face, and sift through new pathways for Black Liberation. DJ Drew Hurt will hold down the 1s and 2s with a fun blend of soul, funk, house, and hip-hop!

Free food and refreshments will be provided by G&G Cuisine. 

Learn more about the Liberation Series.