ConsenSISphl

03/06/2024

Here's the inside scoop: Advance registration for the 2024 Monument Lab Summit is now LIVE! Kick it in Philly this July over two days of conversating, dreaming, and dancing with the movers and shakers of the monument-making and public memory field. Check out the lineup and get this discount!

The 2024 Monument Lab Summit in Philadelphia will bring together thought leaders influencing and innovating the monument landscape through groundbreaking forms of commemoration, acknowledgment, justice, and belonging around the theme of “Past is Presence.”

07/30/2023

“I was born in the congo / I walked to the Fertile Crescent and built the sphinx / I designed a pyramid so tough that a star / that only glows every one hundred years falls / into the center giving divine perfect light / I am bad”

-from the poem “Ego Tripping (there may be a reason why) by Nikki Giovanni (1968)

You betta believe ConsenSIS is headed to BlackStar Film Festival to see the Philadelphia premiere of Michèle Stephenson & Joe Brewster’s GOING TO MARS: THE NIKKI GIOVANNI PROJECT!

Come with us! Screenings will take place at the The Kimmel Cultural Campus on August 3rd or August 6th at 5:00pm! Get your ticket today via the link in our bio. Plus, use our code screeningpartner23 to receive a 15% discount! 😉

There's more dope films at the fest! Get you a pass to see them all at blackstarfest.org/festival.



📸: Mamadi Doumbouya

07/23/2023

Hey y’all!!! It’s been a minute. How u? We had to holla at ya since BlackStar Film Festival just announced their film program for this year!

ConsenSIS will definitely be in the house cuz on the list is the Philadelphia premiere of Michèle Stephenson & Joe Brewster’s GOING TO MARS: THE NIKKI GIOVANNI PROJECT!

If you love Nikki Giovanni like we do, you won’t want to miss this special event. Get your ticket here: https://www.blackstarfest.org/festival/events/going-to-mars-the-nikki-giovanni-project/. Use our code screeningpartner23 to receive a 15% discount! 😉

You can check out the other exciting films that are screening and buy a pass at blackstarfest.org/festival. See you there!

03/31/2023

“I am most proud of the hearts I’ve touched with my words. The fact that people feel like they are left changed encountering my work means more than I can reasonably explain.” –ConsenSIS survey respondent

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Throughout February and March for Black History Month and Women’s History Month, ConsenSISphl is sharing data visualizations from the ConsenSIS Survey Report 2022, a free 63-page report highlighting the demographics, practices, and individual stories of more than 100 Black women and femme poets in the Philadelphia area. Produced in partnership with Monument Lab, led by ConsenSIS data curator Mai Eltahir, and designed by Mia Culbertson, the report is available for download at www.consensisphl.com and via pickup at Harriett's Bookshop.

03/29/2023

“I feel that white people have wanted me to write about Blackness and Black trauma in a very specific way and because I’ve chosen not to I don’t receive the same opportunities.” –ConsenSIS survey respondent

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Throughout February and March for Black History Month and Women’s History Month, ConsenSISphl is sharing data visualizations from the ConsenSIS Survey Report 2022, a free 63-page report highlighting the demographics, practices, and individual stories of more than 100 Black women and femme poets in the Philadelphia area. Produced in partnership with Monument Lab, led by ConsenSIS data curator Mai Eltahir, and designed by Mia Culbertson, the report is available for download at www.consensisphl.com and via pickup at Harriett's Bookshop.

03/27/2023

“It makes me observe the small beauties of the world.” –ConsenSIS survey respondent

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Throughout February and March for Black History Month and Women’s History Month, ConsenSISphl is sharing data visualizations from the ConsenSIS Survey Report 2022, a free 63-page report highlighting the demographics, practices, and individual stories of more than 100 Black women and femme poets in the Philadelphia area. Produced in partnership with Monument Lab, led by ConsenSIS data curator Mai Eltahir, and designed by Mia Culbertson, the report is available for download at www.consensisphl.com and via pickup at Harriett's Bookshop.

03/27/2023

“When they finally taught us about Black poets in school and I felt what it meant to be moved and to feel connected to someone through art.” –ConsenSIS survey respondent

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Throughout February and March for Black History Month and Women’s History Month, ConsenSISphl is sharing data visualizations from the ConsenSIS Survey Report 2022, a free 63-page report highlighting the demographics, practices, and individual stories of more than 100 Black women and femme poets in the Philadelphia area. Produced in partnership with Monument Lab, led by ConsenSIS data curator Mai Eltahir, and designed by Mia Culbertson, the report is available for download at www.consensisphl.com and via pickup at Harriett's Bookshop.

03/27/2023

“This is a roadmap for our work of making the contributions of Black women and femme poets more visible and celebrated in Philly.” –Yolanda Wisher, ConsenSIS Co-Lead

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Throughout February and March for Black History Month and Women’s History Month, ConsenSISphl is sharing data visualizations from the ConsenSIS Survey Report 2022, a free 63-page report highlighting the demographics, practices, and individual stories of more than 100 Black women and femme poets in the Philadelphia area. Produced in partnership with Monument Lab, led by ConsenSIS data curator Mai Eltahir, and designed by Mia Culbertson, the report is available for download at www.consensisphl.com and via pickup at Harriett's Bookshop.

03/20/2023

“I love that the majority of these artists have taught in community spaces.” –Denise M. Brown, ConsenSIS Auntie Advisor

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Throughout February and March for Black History Month and Women’s History Month, ConsenSISphl is sharing data visualizations from the ConsenSIS Survey Report 2022, a free 63-page report highlighting the demographics, practices, and individual stories of more than 100 Black women and femme poets in the Philadelphia area. Produced in partnership with Monument Lab, led by ConsenSIS data curator Mai Eltahir, and designed by Mia Culbertson, the report is available for download at www.consensisphl.com and via pickup at Harriett's Bookshop.

03/18/2023

“I think this is a positive approach to publishing including social media as a legitimate platform for self-publishing.” –MIchelle Currica Hernandez, ConsenSIS Auntie Advisor

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Throughout February and March for Black History Month and Women’s History Month, ConsenSISphl is sharing data visualizations from the ConsenSIS Survey Report 2022, a free 63-page report highlighting the demographics, practices, and individual stories of more than 100 Black women and femme poets in the Philadelphia area. Produced in partnership with Monument Lab, led by ConsenSIS data curator Mai Eltahir, and designed by Mia Culbertson, the report is available for download at www.consensisphl.com and via pickup at Harriett's Bookshop.