Presented by Sing People Sing! A QUEER AND POC-LED COMMUNITY SONG CIRCLE

With Shireen Amini and Alexandra "Ahlay" Blakely

WINTER SOLSTICE DESCRIPTION: 
We welcome you to approach the winter solstice, the shortest day and longest night of the year, the beginning of the returning of the light, the moment in our seasonal rhythm where we can deeply seed the dreams of the year to come, in song with us.

This will be a very unique Sing People Sing! event, one that will be candlelit, include elements of ceremony and extended singing time. 

Your co-leaders will be Shireen Amini and Ahlay Blakely.

ABOUT SING PEOPLE SING!:

We invite you to this queer and POC-led singing gathering to experience the power of song as medicine, as a tool for liberation, and to simply fill your well of joy and connection. We believe singing is a birthright and welcome all levels of experience. We teach songs on-the-spot, usually through call and echo, that are sourced from the modern community singing movement or have come through the song leaders themselves.

We may sing some songs in Spanish! ¡Cantamos algunas canciones en español!

We aim to create an integrated space rooted in understandings of our historical context and current social realities. No matter your gender, sexual orientation, abilities, or housing status, you are not only welcome here, you belong here. It is one of our core values to utilize song to resist societal oppression and support liberation from the inside out.

We are not perfect, but it is our intention to respect and uplift all beings, human and non-human, seen and unseen. If there is a way we can better care for you, your values, and your experience in this space, please let us know.

We hope you will bring the wholeness of who you are to this embodied experience of singing with full permission to be in movement, grief, laughter and more.

Our gathering is focused on singing and will have designated percussion support. You are welcome to play percussion instruments upon invitation.