Workshop presented by Walidah Imarisha, an educator and writer. She is the co-editor of two anthologies, “Octavia’s Brood: Science Fiction Stories From Social Justice Movements,” and “Another World is Possible.” Imarisha is the author of “Angels with Dirty Faces: Three Stories of Crime, Prison and Redemption,” which won a 2017 Oregon Book Award, as well as the poetry collection “Scars/Stars.” She has received a Tiptree Fellowship for her science fiction writing. She is the writer and co-producer of
“Space to Breathe” (2024), a documentary/science fiction hybrid film set in an abolitionist future. Imarisha currently teaches in Portland State University’s Black Studies Department and is the director of PSU’s Center for Black Studies. In the past, she has taught at Stanford University, Oregon State University and Pacific Northwest College of the Arts.
The event is taking place on January 31, 2-4 pm, place TBD. Please see the website for further details.