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Peace community, happy to be checking in with another newsletter!!

Thanks for rocking with me along this journey hoping we can connect in the coming months!

Who is Mo?

Monique Harper-Desir, Mo (She/Her/They), is a first generation, queer arts activist, working across The United States. She thriving to connect communities of all backgrounds to each other; offering arts based services & education, racial equity workshops & facilitation, performance arts & dance classes to enrich those around her.

Currently, Mo follows a career in Digital Media and Education. As an artist Mo actively creates using multi-media visual arts, Hip-Hop, Hip Hop theater, Dance and Poetry.

You may also recognize Mo from her work with Humboldt County organization Black Humboldt, through Humboldt’s “Most Notable Women” list, or as North Coast Journal’s 2021 “Humboldt’s Best Local Activist”.

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Let’s Collab:

Mo HD is currently looking for teaching artists, artists, performers and teachers to participate in hands on workshop play for in-person teaching moments with students TK-12 and adults 24 and up .

To get involved with Mo HD Creates please contact us at Admin@Mohdcreates.com

Events:

KEET is hosting a mini festival to celebrate the PBS documentary specials honoring the legacies of Harriet Tubman and Fredrick Douglas. You can catch the screenings, art performances and more at the Eureka branch library, Saturday March 25th 11am - 4pm.
Renaissance Church is scheduled for Sunday March 26th and Sunday April 30th at 12:30pm at Body High Pole Studio & Dance in Arcata. We will meet April 9th at 12:00pm at Redwood Raks Dance Collective in Arcata. We are aiming to host Renaissance Church through June 2023.
Media 101 Workshop- Wednesday March 29th 10am - Join NorCAN for an interactive Media 101 workshop alongside Access Humboldt, Wednesday March 29th 2023 10AM sponsored by NorCAN and hosted by the ERV Community Center Foundation. Participants will be introduced to Humboldt's nonprofit Media Resource, Access Humboldt and given a walk through of free and available resources and how media can enhance their nonprofit/organization to better engage with their community. We will touch on media literacy and how they can better use and utilize local news and information to better serve Humboldt County. Lastly we'll cover easy ways to get involved with community media and to better platform your nonprofit/organization. Register
Olli Brown bag lunch session - Monday April 10th 2023 | 12pm | ZOOM
Brown Bag Lunch Online Presentation with Monique Harper-Desir, Access Humboldt: Explore how we platform marginalized and guarded communities and connect them to solutions their communities need. Learn about The Listening Post Collective and the ongoing partnership between Internews and Access Humboldt. Access Humboldt has been participating in the collective through a project called The Redwoods Listening Post. - register
Black Humboldt will be hosting a Fundraiser Dinner & Auction April 22nd 2023, more details to come.
For more information on workshops, performances and dance classes follow the link below.

Calendar of Events

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Art:

“Humboldt Hot Air takeover”

Join me on Humboldt Hot Air Thursday March 23rd 6-7pm. I'll be playing all my favorite women in music and celebrating Arts for Black & Brown Bodies along side Black Humboldt.

Don't miss out!!! www.Humboldthotair.org to stream live!

“Only Skin Deep”

Join us for the 6th installment of Only Skin Deep! This show will have three show dates: April 15 at The Thing in downtown Arcata, and April 22 & 23 at Synapsis Collective in Eureka. The theme/ subtitle of this show is DREAMING. More details to come

“Cal Poly Hip Hop Conference”

Hip Hop conference hosted by Cal Poly Humboldt’s Umoja Center for Pan African Excellence. More information to come, date April 2023.

“Summer Vending”

Fashion has always been a passion of mine and is something I’ll be trying out over the summer vending local events and mini festivals. Look out for hats, tees, visual art prints and more summer 2023.

WORKS IN PROGRESS:

“A Trip Through Our Caribe” - short theatrical storytelling of how Africans were brought to the

“Who is she?”

Call to Allies:

Consider direct giving to BIPOC communities at risk.
Support BIPOC artists and educators.
Support Land Acknowledgements through direct action through reciprocity for the land and giving to your local indigenous communities or native led efforts.
Communicate and listen to BIPOC communities.
Revisit the ways you participate in White Supremacy & Dominant cultures.

SPONSOR BLACK HUMBOLDT’S 2023 JUNETEENTH CELEBRATION

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A Word From Mo HD:

Happy Equinox Community!

What a treat to start the Spring with a new moon! Not sure if you’re big on cosmic energies but generally for me a new moon signals change and refresh, but also reflection. Since the moon rules over your emotions and inner world, the new moon in Aries of March 2023 will take you along for a wild and unforgettable ride. How you start this adventure is entirely up to you, and the decisions you make now could have ramifications that ripple over the next few months.

Although the new moon is nowhere to be seen, it’s doing a lot of work behind the scenes. It’s during this phase of the 28-day lunar cycle that the moon disappears from the sky and retreats beneath the curtain of night, where it can renew itself before embarking on the next journey. This new moon takes place just one day after the sun enters Aries and launches the beginning of spring. Not only does this mean flowers are blooming and the days are lengthening, but it also means we’re all turning the page and embracing a new astrological calendar. That’s right—the real “New Year” doesn’t take place until March 20, because astrology follows the lunar calendar.

&& it sure feels like New years eve over here, there is a bunch of pivoting happening but in all the good ways and feels, and i’m learning more about trusting myself and taking leaps of faith! I've been working hard to move in decolonized ways but trust my upbringing and past ways be trying to get me, often. But I'm giving myself grace and doing what I can, when I can, and loving the journey along the way. I Hope you are able to find some time to plot on the beautiful bountiful life that is everything you deserve and more sometime this week and start living your best life.

Peace out - Mo