About this Event
Bringing together Black artists, caregivers, scholars, death doulas, and community members for workshops, presentations, dialogue, and connection. Please visit our website for complete program details.
Saturday's program is exclusively for members of the Black community
Friday, November 6
🕑: 06:30 PM - 09:30 PM
ADINKRA Presentations
Host: Gloria Blizzard
Info: Presentations explore art, spirituality, memorialization, grief and loss as expressed through creativity and a Black lens. FEATURING: Gloria Blizzard, Charmaine Lurch, Daphnée Nostrome, Karen Miranda Augustine, Tope Adefarakan & Nicole De Jesus, Jen Katshunga, Bushra Junaid.
Saturday, November 7
🕑: 12:00 PM - 03:30 PM
ADINKRA Workshops
Host: Dawn Grant
Info: **Saturday's activities have been created exclusively for members of the Black community. Join us for arts and singing workshops, with: DAWN GRANT — Remnants of Remembrance: A therapeutic art workshop exploring memory, loss, and transformation | LANISE LYWOOD — Rhythms of Nine-Night | KAREN TURNER — From Yard to Graveside: Learn and sing Caribbean burial songs
🕑: 04:00 PM - 07:00 PM
ADINKRA Community Dinner
Host: Chris Leonard
Info: Join us for a catered community dinner — Kitchen Table Sesh: Dinner, dialogue, death, and connection with long-time communitiy grief worker, Chris Leonard, as our guest. Our dinner activity, Grief & Loss in Dialogue, will be facilitated by Ayoola Silvera, which will start around 5:00 PM. Participants are invited to explore experiences and perspectives on grief and loss through guided conversations, thoughtful prompts, and small-group exchanges.
Event venue & nearby stays
Centre for the Study of Black Canadian Diaspora, OCAD University, 205 Richmond St. W., Toronto, Canada