Stay Woke Event

10/13/2026

Join us on Wednesday October 14th Matari Coffee in Ridgeway plaza for our Spill the (Yemeni) Chai series. This month we are hosting an open-mic to center voices for solidarity against imperialism and settler colonialism.

The event is free, and walk-ins are welcome though we encourage you to register through the link in our bio. Performers must register via the link in our bio before October 13th!

We encourage guests to arrive no later than 7pm as seats fills fast. See you there!

10/09/2026

10/05/2026

☕️ Spill the (Yemeni) Chai with Matari Coffee Open Mic for Palestine, Sudan, Congo & Kashmir is back 🎤

What happens when we create space to listen, learn, reflect, and speak our truth?

Join us for an intentional evening of poetry, spoken word, music, art, and conversation, centering the experiences and struggles of communities in Palestine, Sudan, the Democratic Republic of Congo, and Kashmir.

In a space for youth, artists, and community members, we’ll come together to share stories, honour lived experiences, and explore what solidarity can look like through creative expression.

🗓️ Wednesday, October 14
🕖 6:30PM
📍 Matari Café, Mississauga

Guests will also have the opportunity to donate to a charity of their choice through the registration form.

Registration link in bio! 🔗

Mississauga

09/23/2026

A recap from our Blackout & Found Poetry Workshop at Chachee’s Chai Cafe 🖋️

In honour of the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, we came together at Chachee’s Chai Cafe to create, reflect, and have conversations all while creating blackout and found poetry, exploring themes of colonialism, displacement, resistance, identity, and solidarity — from Turtle Island to Palestine and beyond.

Thank you to everyone who showed up, shared openly, created something, or simply listened

09/21/2026

Still reflecting on yesterday’s Blackout & Found Poetry Workshop Chachee’s Chai Cafe 🖋️

In honour of the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, we came together at Chachee’s Chai Cafe to create, reflect, and have conversations about the stories we’re told, the ones that get left out, and the ways language and media shape how we understand the world around us

Through blackout and found poetry, we explored themes of colonialism, displacement, resistance, identity, and solidarity — from Turtle Island to Palestine and beyond.

One of the best parts of the afternoon was simply meeting new people and hearing each other’s perspectives and shared experiences. There was something really meaningful about realizing that so many of the thoughts, frustrations, and experiences we carry aren’t ours alone 🫂

Thank you to everyone who showed up, shared openly, created something, or simply listened ✨

A few moments from the afternoon 📸

09/19/2026

YOU SHOULD JOIN OUR TEAM 🤩 you’ll love it as much as they do

Since 2017, Speak Your Truth has been creating spaces across the GTA where young people can connect, create, perform, organize and make an impact 🎤

From our signature annual event and café open mics to creative workshops and campus collaborations, everything we do is made possible by a community of volunteers who believe in what we’re building 🫂

Now, we’re looking for new people to join us!

If you’re passionate about art, community, creativity and social justice, this is your chance to get involved, meet new people, build your skills and help shape what comes next for Speak Your Truth

No matter your experience level, we encourage you to apply ✨

📃Applications close September 20.
🔗Apply through the link in our bio.

09/18/2026

JOIN OUR TEAM 🤩

Since 2017, Speak Your Truth has been creating spaces across the GTA where young people can connect, create, perform, organize and make an impact 🎤

From our signature annual event and café open mics to creative workshops and campus collaborations, everything we do is made possible by a community of volunteers who believe in what we’re building 🫂

Now, we’re looking for new people to join us!

If you’re passionate about art, community, creativity and social justice, this is your chance to get involved, meet new people, build your skills and help shape what comes next for Speak Your Truth

No matter your experience level, we encourage you to apply ✨

📃Applications close September 20.
🔗Apply through the link in our bio.

09/18/2026

In honor of the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, join Speak Your Truth and Chachee’s Chai Markham Chachee’s Chai Cafe for an evening of tactile, creative resistance and deep reflection. We invite community members, artists, and activists to participate in an interactive, beginner-friendly Found Poetry & Blackout Poetry Workshop.

Using media and news prints alongside selected works from writers and thinkers including Edward Said’s Orientalism, Angela Davis’s Women, Race & Class, Frantz Fanon’s The Wretched of the Earth, and poetry by Mahmoud Darwish, we will cut, fragment, and black out existing text to uncover new meanings and challenge dominant narratives.

We will also engage with works by Indigenous poets and writers, including Lee Maracle’s Blind Justice and Joy Harjo’s For Calling the Spirit Back from Wandering the Earth in Its Human Feet.

Together, we’ll reflect on our responsibilities as settlers on this land and process the realities of displacement, state violence, and systemic erasure.

This creative space is intentionally designed to bridge local and global conversations. As we honor the survival and sovereignty of Indigenous peoples on Turtle Island, we will also turn our reflections outward—examining shared threads of resistance and solidarity with occupied and displaced Indigenous populations globally, including Palestine.

No prior writing or art experience is necessary.

All materials—including texts, news prints, markers, scissors, and paper—will be provided, alongside a curated selection of writing prompts to guide your reflection.

📆 September 20th
🕛 12–2 PM
📍 Chachee’s Chai Cafe Markham
🔗 Registration link in bio!