Rest is Resistance Book Group with Tricia Hersey
Please join the Center for Black Visual Culture and Tricia Hersey, our Fall ‘23 Artist-Scholar in Residence and the founder of The Nap Ministry, for a reading and discussion of her book, Rest is Resistance: A Manifesto. The evening will feature group discussion on the themes of resistance and imagination that appear in Rest is Resistance. The book will be available for purchase, followed by a book signing with Tricia Hersey. We hope to create a space for ideas and engagement as we focus on dreaming ourselves free via rest. Tricia Hersey has over 20 years of experience as a multidisciplinary artist, writer, theologian and community organizer. She is a Chicago native who has called Atlanta home for 13 years. Tricia is the founder of The Nap Ministry, the originator of the ‘rest as resistance’ and ‘rest as reparations’ frameworks, and creates sacred spaces where the liberatory, restorative, and disruptive...