Revisiting Black Lesbian Legacies: A Panel Discussion

Join us for an engaging and thought-provoking panel discussion, "Revisiting Black Lesbian Legacies in Conversation with Dr. Alexis Pauline Gumbs", as we explore the expansive vision of survival through the work of Audre Lorde. Inspired by Gumbs' upcoming book Survival Is a Promise, this conversation will delve deep into Lorde’s profound ecological understanding of survival, seeing it not just as resilience against oppression but as a practice that connects us to the earth and to each other.

The panel will also examine Lorde’s transformative quote:

"While Black sisters don't like to hear this, I would have to say that all Black women are lesbians because we were raised in the remnants of a basically matriarchal society no matter how oppressed we may have been by patriarchy. We're all dykes, including our mommas. Let's really start getting past the shibboleths and taboos. They don't really matter. Being able to recognize that the function of poetry or any art is to ennoble and empower us in a way that's not separate from our living, that belief is African in origin." – Audre Lorde

Through this quote and Gumbs' reflections, we will explore how art, survival, and identity intersect to challenge conventional labels and binaries while empowering us to envision new paths of liberation.