Instructor: Vedia Barnett

This interactive workshop explores the powerful, often overlooked acts of resistance by enslaved Black women, centering their bodily autonomy, intelligence, and communal survival strategies. Through discussion, historical storytelling, and creative reflection, participants will engage with the legacy of these women not as victims, but as visionaries and freedom fighters. Students will leave with a deeper understanding of resistance as embodied knowledge and a renewed call to honor, remember, and act in the spirit of those who refused to be broken.