In the midst of both a global pandemic and various uprisings against oppressive systems, how are radical self-love and community care crucial tools for a lifelong fight for liberation and justice?

Zoom registration: http://dartgo.org/vis21-sonya
In-person streaming (sign up on Engage): Collis Common Ground

Purchase a copy of The Body Is Not An Apology, 2nd ed. from Still North Books & Bar and 20% of sales through February 28, 2021 will be donated to WISE, a local nonprofit that provides crisis advocacy and support for people and communities impacted by domestic violence, sexual violence, and stalking within 21 communities of the Upper Valley of New Hampshire and Vermont.

Sonya Renee Taylor (she/her) is the Founder and Radical Executive Officer of The Body is Not An Apology, a digital media and education company promoting radical self-love and body empowerment as the foundational tool for social justice and global transformation.

Sonya’s work as a highly sought-after award-winning performance poet, activist, and transformational leader continues to have global reach. She is a former National and International poetry slam champion, author of two books, educator, and activist who has enlightened and inspired organizations, audiences and individuals across the US, New Zealand, Australia, Germany, England, Scotland, Sweden, Canada and the Netherlands in prisons, mental health treatment facilities, homeless shelters, universities, festivals, and public schools.

Believing in the power of art is a vehicle for social change, Sonya has been widely recognized for her work as a change agent. She was named one of Planned Parenthood's 99 Dream Keepers in 2015 as well as a Planned Parenthood Generation Action's 2015 Outstanding Partner awardee. Bustle Magazine named her one of the 12 Women Who Paved the Way for Body Positivity and in September 2015, she was honored as a YBCA 100, an annual compilation of creative minds, makers, and pioneers who are asking the questions and making the provocations that will shape the future of American culture; an honor she shared alongside author Ta'Nahesi Coates, artist Kara Walker, filmmaker Ava Duvernay and many more. In 2016, she was named a Champion of Women’s Health by Planned Parenthood and commissioned to write the official poem for Planned Parenthood’s 100-year centennial celebration. In the same year, Sonya was invited to the Obama White House to speak at their forum on the intersection of LGBTQIAA and Disability issues. In 2017, Sonya was awarded the Quixote Foundation’s Thank You Note, a $25,000 award for leaders and artists in the field of reproductive justice. That same year, Sonya was named one of 28 global changemakers selected into the inaugural cohort of the Edmund Hilary Fellowship, a 3-year international fellowship of world-leading entrepreneurs and investors, innovating purpose-driven global impact projects from New Zealand. 

Instagram: @sonyareneetaylor, @thebodyisnotanapology
Website: sonyareneetaylor.com, thebodyisnotanapology.com

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This event is part of Visibility:2021, Dartmouth’s annual student-led campaign to promote gender equity and end gender- and power-based violence. For more information and/or accommodations, visit http://dartgo.org/vis21 or email opal.wag@dartmouth.edu.