with author Céline Semaan
Mothers for Ceasefire Presents
Thu Feb 20, 2025 7:00 pm
Tickets $10/$20/$40
Join us for a special evening with Céline Semaan, author and founder of Slow Factory, a public service organization addressing the intersecting crises of climate justice and social inequity — filling the gap for climate adaptation and preparedness, building community power through open education, narrative change and regenerative design. Céline launched her debut novel and cultural anthropology book A Woman is a School, which follows the tradition of the hakawati, the storytellers of the Levant, holding Indigenous knowledge and wisdom. Céline Semaan, a hakawati herself, documents what she has witnessed throughout her life and the lives of her family members, sharing her upbringing and cultures of resistance.
The evening consists of a first preview of her class series "Designing Possible Futures" based on the book where she outlines frameworks for liberation. Our liberation and our oppression are undeniably interconnected, and Céline uses cultures of resistance as case studies for us to create our own creative resistance, in order to both survive and thrive in the polycrises.
Tickets are provided at a sliding scale for accessibility —
$10 student rate (admission only)
$20 general admission (admission and free copy of the book)
$40 monthly membership to Slow Factory's Everything is Political platform (admission, free copy of the book and latest issue of the EIP magazine plus monthly newspaper and member only events)
Want to do more? Make a donation directly on the Slow Factory Website to support independent journalists, new systems of liberation, and design and media for good.
Event is brought to you by Mothers for Ceasefire and MC'd by Jackie Michele of @wonderpuff
| Ticket Type | Price | Qty. | Cart |
|---|---|---|---|
| A WOMAN IS A SCHOOL - Student Ticket | $10.00 | ||
| A WOMAN IS A SCHOOL - General Admission Ticket | $20.00 | ||
| A WOMAN IS A SCHOOL - Membership Ticket | $40.00 |
Our policies are the following:
- We will not offer refunds to any show unless there is a cancellation or postponement of the headlining act (opening acts subject to change without notice).
- For the safety of people at the Event, the venue management and the Organiser reserve the right to refuse admission and conduct security searches as they deem appropriate.
- We reserve the right to refuse admission or to eject any person appearing to be intoxicated, under the influence of drugs, showing signs of COVID-19 including a high temperature or a persistent cough, refusing to wear a mask when required to do so, otherwise behaving dangerously or inappropriately, or for any other behavior likely to cause damage, injury, nuisance and annoyance or for failure to comply with the reasonable request of the our staff.
- We do not accept any responsibility for any loss or damage to personal property brought to the Event.
- We request - but do not currently require - that everyone attending a show be vaccinated against COVID-19.
- Do not attend any event if experiencing any symptoms such as fever, cough or loss of taste/smell
- We suggest the patrons wear masks in the indoor spaces at Motorco and Parts&Labor