04/30/2026
BSURJ is proud to share news of two brilliant events coming up!
Uprooting Qahr! Power, Privilege, and Paperwork
Tues, May 12 and Tues, May 19
6:30-8:30pm
First Unitarian Society of Denver
1400 Lafayette St
Through monologues, film, and live music, Uprooting Qahr! Power, Privilege, and Paperwork follows Taishya Adams - educator, artist, and policy maker - as she confronts the colonial cancer that spread from Europe to Africa to the Americas and West Asia. Qahr (n) is an Arabic word for the combined feelings of sadness, frustration, anger caused by intergenerational displacement, dispossession and discrimination.
Weaving across time and space - from chattel slavery to emancipation to state sanctioned domestic and international terror - we face the uneven promise of democracy and the possibilities of liberty and justice for all.
We will be joined by special musical guest Selasee. Originally from Ghana, Selasee is a singer/songwriter who explores reggae music influenced by pop and the west African highlife music genres. He is the founder of the Blackeye Watching Records LLC and leader of the band Selasee & The Fafa Family now based in Colorado.
Together we will examine how human rights, education, environmental, and policy can oppress and liberate. We will also share insights and strategies on how to recognize, repair, and atone at the individual, interpersonal, and institutional levels of change.
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Uprooting Qahr! is a Mukuyu Collective LLC production in partnership with eight16creative. Climate Justice HIVE serves as nonprofit partner & fiscal sponsor.
