"The university does not intend to love me.  The university does not know how to love me.   The university, in fact, does not love me.   But the universe does."

-Alexis Pauline Gumbs in "The Shape of My Impact" (Feminist Wire, 2012)

This reflective writing workshop is a supportive space for anyone who has been harmed by institutions. It grows in response to to harm by academic institutions but is equally relevant to people healing from the harm of corporate, non-profit, arts and government institutions or even the institution of the patriarchal family. We will draw on Audre Lorde's definition of survival and her poetry to guide us. Captions enabled. Everyone who signs up gets the recording.