The Real Work, EP 5: Applied Practice

We Rise

Last episode, we focused on the accountability part of community accountability. We explored how changing our behavior to live accountably is lifelong work, is violence prevention, takes building skills until they become muscle memory. Fortunately for us, Mia gave us many opportunities to practice.
In this episode, we learn from this practice – and – we focus on the community part of community accountability. Mia emphasized that transformative justice is not about intervening in or saving someone else’s community – TJ is responding to harm, violence, and abuse in our OWN communities. So as we built up fundamental TJ skills, she guided us to envision the changes we’d like to see in Bay Area theater.
Episode transcript: bit.ly/TheRealWork-Episode-5
Sogorea Te’ Land Trust: sogoreate-landtrust.org
Save the West Berkeley Shellmound: shellmound.org
Story F.4. “Surviving and Doing Sexual Harm: A Story of Accountability and Healing” from Section 4.F: Taking Accountability in the Creative Interventions Toolkit: A Practical Guide to Stop Interpersonal Violence: https://www.creative-interventions.org/toolkit/
“What Is Accountability” panel recorded at Building Accountable Communities: A National Gathering on Transforming Harm on April 27, 2019 at Barnard College, NYC featuring Shannon Perez-Darby, Esteban Kelly, RJ Maccani, Mia Mingus, Sonya Shah, and Leah Todd, and moderated by Piper Anderson: bcrw.barnard.edu/videos/building-accountable-communities-what-is-accountability/
Theater-Specific Case Study #1 - Abusive Rehearsal Room
Theater-Specific Case Study #2 - Award-Winning Director + Sexual Violence
BATJC Case Studies: batjc.wordpress.com/resources/case-studies/
Mia Mingus: www.soiltjp.org & leavingevidence.wordpress.com
Bay Area Transformative Justice Collective: batjc.wordpress.com
For additional resources, including this episode’s ASL video: WeRiseProduction.com/TheRealWork
zAnda of DiaspoRADiCAL: @diaspo.radical on Instagram & soundcloud.com/diasporadical
Connect with us at [e-mail], and follow us on Facebook & Instagram at @WeRiseProduction, & on Twitter at @WeRiseProducers.
This project is supported by an Investing in Artists Grant from the Center for Cultural Innovation & the City of Oakland’s Cultural Funding Program, and was incubated with initial support from Cal Shakes.