BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.2.3.1//EN BEGIN:VEVENT UID:79@communityliteraciescollaboratory.com DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260817T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260817T203000 DTSTAMP:20260511T010043Z URL:https://communityliteraciescollaboratory.com/events/the-black-gurl-rel iable-toolkit-2026-08-17 SUMMARY:The Black Gurl Reliable Toolkit DESCRIPTION:The Black Gurl Reliable Toolkit\nFacilitated by Dr. Dominique C . Hill\n\nWhere: Zoom\nWhen: July 20th-September 14th\nTime: Mondays 6:30 - 8:30 pm CST/7:30 - 9:30 pm EST\nDeadline to register: May 15th\n\nRegist ration link: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScqC8FWbJFePUgroBWGs TUnYt2O464f_nmqtX2RNhJphQmguQ/viewform?usp=sharing&\;ouid=1012298918267 31753360\n\n\n\nThis seminar invitation to Black girl stakeholders—educa tors\, parents\, scholars\, caretakers\, youthful and seasoned Black girls —to expand our capacity to honor how Black girls know and grow. Through personal reflection\, written and visual texts\, and experimental exercise s\, we will explore reliability as both an ethical stance and a relational practice—a way of being present to Black girls that insists on us all s howing up as people (not the roles we play)\, playful (not taking ourselve s too seriously)\, curious (not pretending to have all the answers)\, and vulnerable—willing to show up unpolished and name where tenderness lives .\n\nOver eight weeks\, we will examine and rehearse Black girlhood as an “us” orientation.\n\nEach week\, we’ll gather to feel\, analyze\, move\, discuss\, reflect\, pause\, and shift. Our flow will be cypher/cycl ical-like and consist of part reading/discussion salon\, part movement med itation\, part re‑visioning lab—where everyone enters as both learner and knowledge‑creator. Light homework prompts offer ways to keep the pra ctice alive between meetings.\n\nTogether\, we will be curious about and i dentify insights into the following question: What flourishes from intenti onal care and study of Black girlhood?\n\n \;\nAbout The Facilitator\n \nDr. Dominique C. Hill (zo/she) moves at the intersections of art\, stor ytelling\, and embodied learning. A transdisciplinary thinker and maker\, zo’s work traces the living edges of Black girlhood and Blackqueer intim acy through performance\, writing\, and collective engagement. Grounded in vulnerability as a shared practice\, Hill explores how people learn\, lov e\, and transform at the borders of identity\, place\, and power.\nZo teac hes and creates with students and communities while also writing books tha t blend cultural memory\, practices of liberation\, and critique\, includi ng This Unruly Witness: June Jordan’s Legacy (2025) and Black Gurl Reli able (2025). As a co‑visionary of Hill L. Waters (HLW)\, a Blackqueer f eminist collective\, Hill helps cultivate spaces where lived experience be comes a pathway to connection and knowing. Her work is informed by trainin g in multiple somatic approaches\, including trauma‑informed practices t hat center care\, invitation\, and choice in how and at what pace people p articipate\nHill’s performance project Erotic Rupture has been supporte d by artist fellowships and residencies across New York State\, including Millay Arts and Stone Quarry Hill Art Park. Shaped by generations of women and kin grounded in prayer\, libation\, and communal care\, Hill’s work is rooted in the belief that presence is pedagogy—and that intimacy can be a technology for liberation.\nFor more info\, refer to https://www.dom iniquechill.co/.\n\n ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://communityliteraciescollaboratory.com/wp- content/uploads/2026/04/black-gurl-reliable-toolkit-header-scaled.jpeg CATEGORIES:Black Gurl Reliable Toolkit,Possibilities Hubs END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Chicago X-LIC-LOCATION:America/Chicago BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20260308T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:CDT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR