Published: March 20, 2018

What does it mean to be the ‘other’ or to mark someone as such? How do we all create the ‘other’ in our everyday choices and what power lies in recognizing our own ‘other-ness’?

This next workshop in the community/campus Inclusiveness and Equity Professional Development Series explores these questions in relation to privilege, while asking participants to consider re-scripting their commitment to present cultural narratives about identity.

If you go

Who: Open to the public
³󲹳:Inclusiveness and Equity Professional Development Series: Identity Theatrics
³:Thursday, March 22, 5:30–7 p.m.
Where: The Collective Community Arts Center, Lafayette

Registration takes place 5–5:30 p.m. A $5 donation is suggested.

Utilizing a vast array of theater techniques, Vanessa Robertsinvites participants to play with these concepts in order to gain a larger vision of the significance of the “us vs. them” dynamic in the work of identity construction. This workshop guides participants into a deeper understanding of the personal investment required for truly transformational change when working towardsocial justice and provides an introduction to key vocabulary and themes.

Join Thursday, March 22, at The Collective Community Arts Center in Lafayette. After the workshop, continue the conversation atWilliam Oliver's Publick House, next door to The Collective.

Roberts is a PhD candidate in the Department of Sociology at Boulder and a Community-Based Research fellow with Engage. She refers to herself as an “artivist” who works at the intersection of the arts, activism and academic practice.

This workshop is sponsored by the Boulder Office for Outreach and Engagement, the Boulder County Arts Alliance and the city ofLafayette Arts andCultural Resources Department.