About this Event
The Epitome Imaginarium: A Poetry and Justice Series is a creative and critical convening for Black women that merges poetry with social justice inquiry. Each session centers a thematic lens grounded in Black women’s lived experiences, inviting participants to engage poetry not only as artistic expression, but as a method of analysis, reflection, and world-building.
Through guided writing, curated media texts, collective witnessing, and facilitated dialogue, the series cultivates a space where imagination meets strategy and emotion meets praxis. The Imaginarium positions Black women not simply as storytellers, but as theorists, cultural critics, strategists, and architects of more just futures.
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The inaugural theme of The Epitome Imaginarium is Eloquent Rage, inspired by Eloquent Rage (2018) by Dr. Brittney Cooper. This session honors Black women’s emotions not as excess or liability, but as essential to truth-telling, democratic accountability, and social transformation.
In a political and cultural climate marked by mass layoffs, economic instability, and persistent racial and gendered inequities, Black women are often expected to remain composed while being denied recognition. This gathering creates space to name what is too often left unsaid.
Through poetry, guided writing, and facilitated dialogue, participants will transform emotion into analysis and imagination into intention.
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Kinfolk Colab, 405 S Euclid Ave, Oak Park, United States
USD 0.00
