upcoming grant deadline: 05/15/2024
Camae Ayewa (LTA ’15, ACG ’07) and Leeway board member Rasheedah Phillips of Black Quantum Futurism/ The AfroFuturist Affair, is celebrating the opening of Community Futures Lab (2204 Ridge Ave) June 18 from 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm. Community Futures Lab will function as a resource library, community studio and gallery, workshop space, story recording booth, thinktank, experimental space and more. All ages are welcome [learn more]
Rasheedah Phillips is hosting a Storytelling, Science Fiction, Technology and Time Travel workshop at CultureWorks on Saturday, December 13. [learn more]
Chaska Sofia (LTA '13, ACG '11) and Rasheedah Phillips, Esq. (Leeway Board of Directors) are both involved with this DIY movement which showcases PoC, queer, futuristic, female-lead, political bands from Philly and abroad. [learn more]
Leeway Board Member, Rasheedah Phillips of The AfroFuturist Affair /House of Future Sciences Books will present her book Reccurence Plot (and Other Time Travel Tales). Marissa Johnson-Valenzuela (ACG '12, LTA '05) of Thread Makes Blanket Press will be presenting Dismantle, a contemporary collection of work from the VONA/Voices Writing Workshop, a national workshop that nurtures writers of color. The event will be held at the Wooden Shoe on Saturday, May 17at 7:00pm - 9:00pm. [learn more]
Leeway Foundation Board Member, Rasheedah Phillips recently published her first book, Recurrence Plot and Other Time Travel Tales. A release party will take place on Saturday, April 5 at 6:00pm at Yell Gallery. [learn more]