Storytelling with Saris is thr illed to announce our participation in World Pride DC 2025 and our receipt of a World Pride grant from the Capital Pride Alliance.
\n. Link to press release from Capital Pride and World Pride DC 2025.
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\n\n\n\nIn this moment of human rights crisis created by the current U.S. administration\ , it is imperative to build community and fight back for LGBTQ+ rights wit hout apology or retreat. This year’s World Pride theme is The Fabric of Fr eedom. Textiles have served as modes of resistance for centuries\, especia lly by women and other marginalized groups. Since 2012\, the Storytelling with Saris collaborative art project has been using the cotton sari — a 19 -foot-long unstitched garment— as a site of community expression of bodily autonomy and gender and climate justice. Cotton saris are covered in wood block printing\, stencils\, painting\, drawing\, embroidery\, appliqué\, a nd poetry and then used for large scale installations and performances.
\n\n\n\nOver the last decade\, Storytelling with Saris workshops\, per formances\, and installations have engaged thousands of people in 13 U.S. states and 8 countries\, including Bangladesh\, Canada\, France\, Greece\, and Italy. Recent Storytelling with Saris projects\, performances\, works hops\, and roundtables in the U.S. and Bangladesh have specifically focuse d on LGBTQ+ issues\, gender roles and identity\, bodily autonomy\, and inc reasing understanding and acceptance of gender-nonconforming persons throu gh discussion\, education\, and collaborative art and performance.
\n\n \n\nFor World Pride 2025\, Storytelling with Saris will present five he aling and empowering art and poetry workshops on gender/sexuality/identity to foster greater inclusion\, empathy\, and pride in this difficult polit ical climate. The workshops will culminate in a community performance and march. We are partnering with Human Rights Campaign\, Moms Clean Air Force \, and Asian Pacific Islander Domestic Violence Resource Group. ASL is av ailable for all events. All events in accessible spaces. Please contact s torytellingwithsaris@gmail.com for any accommodation requests.
\n\n\n\nWeaving Resistance: Storytelling with Saris Events
\nRegister for all events at this link on EVENTBRITE.
\n1. Workshop hosted by Moms Clean Air Force\, 555 12th Street NW\, May 16 from 5:30 to 7 pm. ASL confirm ed.
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\n2. Display
of artwork Prokash/Reveal Sari Scroll on gender/sexuality/identity at Wor
ld Pride Welcome Center\, 737 7th Street NW (Gallery Place Metro). Washing
ton\, DC 20021\, from May 17-June 8\, Open Saturday\, May 17th & Sunday\,
May 18th
12:00 PM – 8:00 PM\; Saturday\, May 24th & Sunday\, May 25th
12:00 PM – 8:00 PM\; May 30th – June 8th\, open daily from
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\nLink to World Pride Welcome and Visual Arts Center
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\n3. Workshop hosted by Asian Pacific Islander Domestic Violence Resour ce Group\, May 29 from 6:00 to 7:30 pm\; ASL requested.
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\n4. Drop in workshops at World Pride D C HQ hosted by Human Rights Campaign\, 737 7th St NW\, May 31\, 12:00p m to 3:00pm and June 1 from 12:00pm to 2:00pm. Drop in and contribute to t he World Pride saris with art and poetry. ASL requested.
\nLink to register for workshop on May 31
\nLink to register for workshop o n June 1
\n5. Drop in workshop at the Human Rights Conf erence at JW Marriott\, 1331 Pennsylvania Avenue NW\, June 5 from 10 a m to 2 pm
\nLink to register for the Conference
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\n6. Outdoor “Weaving R esistance” community sewing performance\, Marie Reed Plaza\, 2201 18th St NW\, June 6 from 6 pm to 7:30 pm
\nLink to Register for the June 6 Performance
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\n7. Culminating event: internatio nal march with massive “Weaving Resistance” sari from Lincoln Memorial to the Capitol on Sunday June 8\, from 10 am to 12 noon. Meet at Foggy Bottom Metro between 9:30 am & 10 am. Step off at 10 am to go to Lincoln Memoria l.
\nLi nk to register to carry sari to the Capitol on June 8< /p>\n
Tickets: https://www.eventbrite.com/o/monica-jahan-bosesto rytelling-with-saris-14030164452.
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