She Right Collective

As we continue with commemorations of World Poetry Day on 21 March, SRC joins our friends in Jamaica for a signature event in celebration of Jamaica’s literary heritage! WORLD POETRY DAY JAMAICA 60 is supported by the Jamaican Ministry of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, the National Library of Jamaica, Jamaica 60- ‘Reigniting a Nation for Greatness’, and is under the auspicious patronage of Dr. Olive Senior, Poet Laureate of Jamaica.

The event will be live-streamed via the link below.

World Poetry Day Jamaica 60
Date: 21 March
Start Time: 10am
Venue: Little Theatre Kingston (live-stream via Youtube)

We look forward to seeing you there!!!

World Poetry Day - Jamaica 60

Join us as we support our friends at Poetry and Prose in remembering the legendary Anson Gonzalez on 19 March 2023.

Anson Gonzalez (d. 2015) is regarded as a major Caribbean literary icon. Anson’s work was widely anthologized and he published several collections of poetry including Artefacts of Presence 1964-200 and Crossroads of a Dream.

Anson was the founder, editor, and publisher of The New Voices, a literary journal established in 1972. He was a founding member and president of the Writers’ Union of Trinidad and Tobago. Anson established World Poetry Day on August 15. He was also a Caribbean Poet Laureate credited with mentoring many prominent Caribbean writers.

The Anson Gonzalez Collection at NALIS, Port of Spain contains work from distinguished Caribbean poets and scholars including Jan Carew, Andrew Salkey, Edward Kamau Brathwaite, Mervyn Morris, Dionne Brand, Ian Mc Donald, Jennifer Rahim, Victor Questal, Kenneth Ramchand, Reinhard Sander, Stewart Brown, and Gordon Rohlehr.

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Poetry and Prose remembers Anson Gonzalez
Date: 19 March 2023 (virtual event)
Start time: 1 pm
Zoom ID: 892 1187 2340

Readings from members of Poetry and Prose

Tributes from Kasi Sengor, Krishna Samaroo, Amanda T. McIntyre, Vishnu Gosine, and others

Remarks from Eintou Pearl Springer, Maria Gonzalez, and Miguela Gonzalez

For further details contact: Motilal Boodoosingh Gershia Mahabir Cynthia M. Birch

Social Change and Gender-Based Violence Virtual Symposium: Representations in Caribbean Literature and Performance. This symposium is supported by University of Leicester, The University of the West Indies, and the Arts and Humanities Research Council.

Registration closes on Tuesday 20th September
Register using this link: https://forms.gle/8eE7kCLU2i4RtgzD9

In commemoration of the 16 Days of Activism for the Elimination of Violence Against Women and Girls, we welcome artist and advocate Adele Todd for episode 2 of Making Mas. Adele works in embroidery and performance. She uses soft materials to discuss hard subjects such as domestic violence and police corruption. Her carnival performances focus on bringing jouvert into the 21st century by pushing the boundaries of the masquerade.

For her Making Mas feature, Adele will talk about her 2021 BLOOD MAS performance, a contemporary interpretation of the traditional Pissenlit masquerade. She will share further about her work in Carnival, focusing on her utilization of art as advocacy in the movement to eliminate gender-based violence.

Making Mas will be streamed via Facebook and Youtube platforms of She Right Collective and Brown Cotton Outreach.

Making Mas
Ep. 2
December 5, 2021
4-6 PM (AST)
Guest: Adele Todd

SRC Memories: Literary Workshop at Arthur Lok Jack, GSB

The team headed to the Arthur Lok Jack Global School of Business for another one of our literary workshops. This session was hosted in collaboration with Poetry and Prose South Chapter. We had a wonderful time! Participants discussed the construction of gender in the work of Caribbean writers, including Jamaica Kincaid and Ramabai Espinet. After the discussion, we settled into a sweet writing time that was followed by storytelling.

She Right Collective and Brown Cotton Outreach look forward to welcoming Mervyn de Goeas this evening for the inaugural episode of Making Mas, a series of curated conversations reflecting on Carnival, theatre, and advocacy in Trinidad and Tobago. Mervyn is a critically acclaimed writer and director. He will talk about how his practice relates to the larger systems of art and advocacy in the Caribbean and other parts of the world.

Making Mas
Ep. 1
November 7, 2021
4-6 PM (AST)
Guest: Mervyn De Goeas

It was a solemnly beautiful night with friends and supporters of the beloved folklorist, Al Ramsawack, sharing from and about his work. She Right Collective welcomed an international slate of academics, writers, and artists for a send-off worthy of a Caribbean icon. Thanks to LoopTT for sharing the news of this event.

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She Right Collective to honour work of Al Ramsawack in virtual event | Loop Trinidad & Tobago She Right Collective will present a celebration to honour the life and work of the legendary and beloved folklorist Al Ramsawack. The virtual event will take place today, Wednesday, October 6 from 6 to 8 pm. It will be moderat

Al Ramsawack was a great storyteller whose work in documenting the folklore of Trinidad and Tobago has inspired and will continue to inspire, generations of thinkers, writers, and academics. She Right Collective is honoured to have organized his memorial. We thank our friends at Wired868 for their support.

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In Memoriam: A celebration of the life and work of iconic folklorist, Al Ramsawack - Wired868 “[…] Al Ramsawack’s stories gave extensive life to the details of jumbies, Papa Bois, soucouyants, Lagahoo, Mama D’Lo, douens, jins, bhutes, La Diablesse and other characters that populate the region’s folk tales and oral histories. He also published fictional narratives that include the m...

Thanks to Guardian Media for publishing the details of She Right Collective’s memorial for Al Ramsawack. Many people from around the world, who saw the publication, wrote to us and called that day for more information. We were very happy to share with them and come together to remember this Caribbean icon.

Check out She Right Collective’s most recent collaborative essay “Decolonizing Natal Care in Trinidad and Tobago”. See link below.

“Obstetric birth was introduced largely over the course of the 20th century. In doctor-facilitated birth, the doctor’s needs are often prioritized over the mother’s comfort. The ubiquitous practice of women delivering on their backs prioritized doctor’s access to women’s bodies, rather than encouraging mothers to move around and find a position that is comfortable for them. Obstetricians are trained medical doctors who specialize in pregnancy, labor, and delivery and the medical interventions and surgeries that can be used. Midwives are trained to address the issues of standard, healthy pregnancies. In best practice, obstetricians are focused on treating high-risk patients while midwives support low-risk patients. In reality, in hospital wards, women with low-risk births are expected to be on their backs in hospital beds, connected to IVs, and are not allowed to eat, just in case they need to be anesthetized for surgery. They are often isolated and under bright hospital lights alongside beeping machines and are in close quarters with others. Doctors lead the activity on the wards, and midwives are expected to follow their instructions. Doctors, nurses, and midwives come and go to care for the patients. Hospital wards are consistently described as stressful environments, and women are expected to follow the instructions of doctors and midwives. They don’t have the option of directing their experience. While many women have described very positive experiences in hospitals, others have described verbal abuse, neglect, and medical malpractice.”

Decolonizing Natal Care in Trinidad & Tobago. Text by Tammy Kremer and Amanda McIntyre, Illustrations by Karla Claudio-Betancourt.

Decolonizing Natal Care in Trinidad & Tobago Medically-managed birthing practices in Trinidad and Tobago are bound to the country’s colonial history. A contemporary resurgence of home births attended by midwives marks an important period in c…