Met with resistance against collective societal gaslighting from rigged systems rooted in whiteness, how can BIPOC individuals rise up and foster their own stories of the future and survival? 

Sustainable Resistance for BIPOC Folx, a Community+Connects Online Program facilitated by artist and social worker Krystal Kavita Jagoo invites BIPOC participants of all genders, ages, and abilities to immerse themselves in therapeutic writing and reflection this fall at Scarborough Arts. 

These nine therapeutic writing workshops for BIPOC participants are grounded in anti-oppressive practice. Through immersive readings from brilliant BIPOC authors, accompanied by therapeutic writing and reflection with the goal of attendees to leave each of these sessions with a sense of futuristic possibility for how they can improve and maintain mental health with resistance.  

Interested in learning more about Sustainable Resistance and signing up for our online workshops? Visit this link to participate in our workshops happening every Sunday from October 3rd to December 5th. 

About Krystal Kavita Jagoo

Krystal Kavita Jagoo is a social worker, artist, and educator who prioritizes equity in all of her efforts. Her passion for lifelong development and community service is demonstrated by her past time on the board of directors at the Capitol Centre, and ongoing work serving on a Project Advisory Committee on Women's Sexual Health for the Association for South Asian AIDS Prevention. She has taught "Justice and the Poor: Issues of Race, Class, and Gender" at Nipissing University, and looks forward to teaching the Writing for Social Change youth writing course at the Loft Literary Center. Her articles have been featured in Huffington Post, Healthline, Prism, and Canadaland, among other publications. Her essay, "Inclusive Reproductive Justice," was published in Volume 2 of the Reproductive Justice Briefing Book: A Primer on Reproductive Justice and Social Change. Her visual art, "University Ableism Bingo" was featured in Pandemic: A Feminist Response, and the zine, CRIP COLLAB. Her memoir essay, "A Slow Death in Academia" was published in Radical: An Unapologetic Anthology by Women & Gender Nonconforming Storytellers of Color.

*Please note this workshop series is only open for registration for BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, and Person of Colour) identified individuals. 

*As this workshop is made possible via Zoom, participants from across Scarborough, the GTA, and world-wide are welcome to join.

*Sign-up for this workshop series is ongoing and on a drop-in basis. If you are unable to make a workshop, documents and briefs from the previous workshop will be made available to you upon request via a shared Google File or via email.