The Toronto Rape Crisis Centre/ Multicultural Women against Rape invites you to join us in this Speakers Series created to honour Blackness and Survivorship.

On this day we have the pleasure to have with us Staceyann Chin.

Poet, actor, and performing artist Staceyann Chin is the author of the new poetry collection Crossfire: A Litany For Survival, the critically acclaimed memoir The Other Side of Paradise, cowriter and original performer in the Tony Award–winning Russell Simmons Def Poetry Jam on Broadway, and author of the one-woman shows Hands Afire, Unspeakable Things, Border/Clash, and MotherStruck. She has appeared on the Oprah Winfrey Show and 60 Minutes, and her poetry been featured in the New York Times and the Washington Post. She proudly identifies as Caribbean, Black, Asian, lesbian, a woman, and a resident of New York City, as well as a Jamaican national.

Come ready to hold space together and bring to life something new.

Please note that all are welcome to register and priority will be given to Black, Indigenous, and otherwise racialized community members. We ask that you self-identify during our registration process.

If you have any questions or concerns about registering or the event, e-mail Natacha at Natacha@trccmwar.ca.