PK Presents: Know Better, Do Better - Becoming an Actionable Accomplice by Mara
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PK Presents: Know Better, Do Better - Becoming an Actionable Accomplice

So often people claim allyship with a marginalized community as a way of gaining social capital without doing the work to educate themselves, the work to actually listen to what the community might need, or being afraid to speak up or out when they see things happen.

This class will teach practical methods for intervening, and interrupting, tools on how to assess situations, and how to move from being a self-proclaimed ally to a person who can consistently show up and do the hard work of becoming an accomplice.

Presenters' Bio:

A long time ago at a Leather bar far far away, a precociously young Mara donned their tightest jeans, tucked their hair into a leather baseball hat, and jumped on a subway to try to find the kind of men they lusted after found on the well worn pages of their stolen copy of Drummer magazine.

Mara's journey has been a long and winding road that includes being a boy, a girl, a slave, a daddy, a sadomasochist, an educator, a producer, a ritual facilitator and many other stops over the last 35 years in the Leather community.

Today Mara (they/them) identifies as an opportunistically omnivorous queer, gender expansive sadomasochist and Slave with a capital S. They are your International Person of Leather 2024, a proud member of a broader Leather family filled with rebels, misfits and really queer queers. Mara also served as the SouthEast Person of Leather 2023 and International Ms Olympus Leather 1998.

They are passionate about creating an evolution revolution to help move the Leather community towards a queerer, more inclusive and progressive space. For those who have struggled letting go of the past, they (on occasion) act as a kind and loving bulldozer to help nudge us all forward.

Our tickets are set on a sliding scale. Pay what you can. If you can't afford a ticket, please don't hesitate to reach out to us so we can help. We always offer 50% of our ticket profit to our presenters.