Slow Series — Calling our ancestors: Healing through the diaspora

Hosted by Ragga NYC founder Christopher Udemezue and multidisciplinary artist Jasmine Stein, this workshop explores generational family tradition, trauma and healing, through storytelling and breath-work. What are the familial stories that shape our identity? What has been passed down to us, and how do we hold onto these stories within our bodies? How do we both celebrate and release them? 

The evening will open with a reading of poetry and prose followed by a mix of newly composed and old favorites that allow us to feel inspired by the past and rooted in the present. Will follow a sharing circle to discuss the readings and go over different healing practices and how they relate to our respective ancestors. Finally, the evening will conclude with a 30 minute meditation featuring music that focuses on breathing, tension release, anxiety release, and surrender. At the event,  fresh fruits and tea will be given to attendees. 

Custom RAGGA healing herb packages with readings will be available as take away gifts! Ticket sales will be used to raise funds for New York Abortion Access Fund (NYAAF) in partnership with the Thank God for Abortion Collective. 

About: 

A non profit platform/project and art collective founded by Christopher Udemezue, RAGGA NYC connects a growing network of queer Caribbean artists and allies working across a wide range of disciplines—including visual art, fashion, poetry and more—to explore how race, sexuality, gender, heritage, and history inform their work and their lives. 

Jasmine Stein is a writer and strategist who has worked at The New York Times, Vogue Magazine, Rolling Stone and 2×4. She brings together yoga, meditation, research and storytelling to her multidisciplinary work. Place and space making is a recurring theme she wishes to explore in writing and workshop.