Join Tricia Hersey, artist and founder of The Nap Ministry, as she guides us into the portal of rest via spoken poetry and a soundtrack of Black healing music.   The Collective Rest Experience is the heart of the work of The Nap Ministry. Tricia Hersey began to connect rest as a form of justice by facilitating her first community rest experience with borrowed yoga mats and pillows in 2017. When we gather to rest in community we create sacred spaces that disrupt the lies of capitalism. Tricia, a.k.a. The Nap Bishop has facilitated hundreds of rest experiences in person and virtually all over the globe. Thousands of people have collectively and intentionally paused to reclaim their bodies from grind culture. Following The Nap Bishop's poetry will be a short nap talk on the theories of Rest Is Resistance. Date:  Monday, Nov 6, 2023 Time:  6 - 7:30pm EST Location: The Center...

Center for Black Visual Culture This Thursday, Nov. 16th, join CBVC for an evening of reading and rest with Tricia Hersey, founder of @thenapministry and CBVC’s Fall ‘23 Artist-Scholar in Residence. 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. RSVPs are required - please register at the link in our bio. We hope to see you there! Date:  November 16th, 2023 Time:  7:00PM - 8:30PM EST Location: Kimmel Center 60 Washington Sq. S. Room 914 New York, NY