Neuroqueering Our Being - Unlearning Whiteness

Neuroqueering our Being - Unlearning Whiteness with Sonya Gracey

11 Tuesdays, Mar 17th - May 26th, 6-8pm UK via Zoom.

With 6 fortnightly structured, themed sessions, and 5 interstitial processing and integration sessions.

Pricing:

Tickets are available at three price points, each with a 3-month payment plan option.

Accomplice Tickets are for those with some expendable income who would like to help fund a subsidised ticket.

General Admission represents the true cost of a course place.

Subsidised Tickets are for those who are unable to afford the GA ticket or payment plan. 

There are limited free places available on a first-come, first-served basis. Please only choose this option if you are unable to afford the Subsidised Ticket or Payment Plan.

Accomplice: £222 (or 3 monthly instalments of £74)

General Admission: £171 (or 3 monthly instalments of £57)

Subsidised: £120 (or 3 monthly instalments of £40)

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Join us in this politicized practice space for Neuroqueers determined to interrupt overlapping systems of violence and oppression in their communities, creative practices, homes and bodies. 

This deep-dive session series is geared toward unpacking the predictable and violent patterns that emerge in 'helping' relationships. Part practical unlearning, part creative practice, part skill building and part therapy. The course will focus on exploring and interrogating White Supremacy Culture, Colonialism & Capitalism in line with NQC's definition of Neuroqueering. 

Each session will explore key characteristics of white supremacy culture and settler colonialism, and will support participants in considering how these show up within themselves and their offerings/practices. 

Over 11 weeks, this creative workshop space will be focused on building self-awareness and capacity for accountable action through creative inquiry. 

This series is especially applicable for white-bodied neuroqueer folks who are practising as facilitators, therapists, counsellors or other 'benevolent' helpers.  Come get critically creative with us! 

Please note these sessions will not be recorded.

About the Facilitator

Sonya (she/they) is a polydisciplinary creator whose practice is rooted in living decolonization, neuroqueer world-making, and justice-oriented mutual care (that sure is a mouthful! they are also at times very playful/goofy, and considered by some to be hilarious)

A white settler of irish, germanic bukovinian ancestry, Sonya currently lives on and benefits from the unceded stolen lands of the Xwsepsum and lək̓ʷəŋən peoples, colonially known as vancouver island canada. Sonya’s practice is an emerging action of coming into right relationship with land, place and time - and the impact that their ongoing presence on unceded lands has on local peoples.

As a recovering benevolent, their work is deeply personal and related to their own lived experiences of struggle, grief and transformation. They are a neuroqueer solo mom to two autistic teens surviving in capitalism. Having spent 23 years as an Registered Nurse working in healthcare (street outreach, reproductive justice, harm reduction), she became increasingly aware of the violence of the status quo and the role she played in that. Last year, they gave up their registration as a nurse – but kept all the lived experience with people and relationships! Refocusing their practice towards art and creative practice, she works from a decolonial, intersectional framework that centers relationship and access.

Through relational, somatic (body-based) art-making, Sonya's work fosters emergent growth, embodied political action, and a critical awareness, weaving the interconnectivity of the personal, collective, and systemic narratives and movements that shape us and that we shape.

Sonya has a Master's in Public Health, a graduate certificate in systems design, and has completed their Art Therapy post-grad at Kutenai Art Therapy Institute. They are currently a member of the Canadian Art Therapy Association, a facilitator with the Erotics of Liberation Practice Field, and a care weaver member of The Liberatory Wellness Network (LWN).

Full CV can be accessed here

Refund & Cancellation Policy:

No refunds or cancellations will be possible for this course. If you have questions or concerns about this, please contact kr@neuroqueercreative.com before booking.

We reserve the right to cancel the course if we do not meet a minimum number of registrants. In this instance, all tickets will be fully refunded, minus payment processing fees.