Donkeysaddle Projects, Washington D.C., DC (2026)

05/14/2026

BALTIMORE: Join our Community Engagement Manager Taylor Lamb on Thursday, May 21st at 6pm for the panel “Telling Stories to Strengthen Community & Promote Civic Engagement.” This is going to be a lively conversation about the power of storytelling—through journalism, fiction, theater, and advocacy—to engage community members and prompt action on important issues like homelessness in Baltimore City and beyond.

Taylor will be talking about Donkeysaddle Projects’ work integrating art/storytelling, organizing and advocacy, and political education, as well as her own personal work as a writer and theatermaker.

The panel is convened by author Amy L Bernstein. It will be emceed by award-winning storyteller Alanah Nicole Davis and moderated by Dawna Cobb, Co-founder of Return Home Baltimore. The panel will feature Aditya Desai, Program Officer of Literature for Maryland Humanities; Barbara DiPietro, Senior Director of Policy on the National Healthcare for the Homeless Council; Mark Council, an advocate for the homeless in Baltimore city. The panel will be followed by a Q&A and small reception with refreshments.

Register at telling_stories.eventbrite.com or by following the QR code in the image. Hope to see you there!

05/08/2026

Today is the last day to donate and help us win $1,000! Our fiscal sponsor .atlas is giving out $1,000 to 20 projects, and every donation we get is another chance to help us win. No matter the amount, each donation is like buying a raffle ticket for DSP to help us improve our odds of winning the match. Winning the match can go a long way towards supporting our projects that integrate political education, art/storytelling, and organizing and advocacy. You can make a donation at the link in our bio. Thank you!

05/06/2026

May’s read for the Abolitionist Futures Reading Circles is “This Mouth is Mine” by Yásnaya Elena A. Gil. If you’d like to join us, you can do so by visiting tinyurl.com/abolitionistfuture or following the link in our bio. Our global virtual discussion about this book will be Sunday, May 31st at 1pm EST.   Our Abolitionist Futures Reading Circles are a place to come together and read texts across genres to help us imagine the future we want to live in, and define what is required from us to get there. There are local circles, with monthly virtual transnational gatherings.  We currently have reading circles set up in Mexico City; Ramallah; Washington, DC; Baltimore; Seattle; San Diego; and Northwest Arkansas. If you don’t see your city on the list but would like to have a local space, you can be the point person in your own city! 
Sign up to join a circle (or help start one locally) at tinyurl.com/abolitionistfuture or at the link in our bio.

05/05/2026

Will you help Donkeysadle Projects win $1000? Our fiscal sponsor .atlas is giving $1k to 20 different projects. Every donation you make via the link in our bio between now and Friday gives us an extra chance to win! This money will go a long way towards supporting our projects that integrate political education, art/storytelling, and organizing and advocacy. Whether you give $1 or $100, every donation is meaningful and increases our odds of winning. You can make a donation at the link in our bio. Thank you!

05/04/2026

Help Donkeysaddle Projects win $1000! Our fiscal sponsor .atlas is distributing $1k to 20 different projects as part of their annual Spring Match campaign. Every donation made between today and Friday, May 8th gives us one extra chance to win! A donation of any amount (even $1) improves our odds—each donation is like buying another raffle ticket for DSP, giving us a better chance of being one of the 20 projects to win! Will you make a donation at the link in our bio to help us get there?

In incredibly difficult times, DSP’s work of connecting political education, art/storytelling, and organizing & advocacy to fight state violence is more important than ever.

We’re so grateful for your continued support. Thanks for helping us get closer to this $1000 match!

04/23/2026

At Donkeysaddle Projects, we use art and storytelling as one point of entry to invite people into the work of building a liberated world free from state violence. We’re grateful to be able to connect with many talented artists using art to support the building of a liberated world, including Patty and Miguel—two members of Son los que Son!

Son los que Son are three musician friends that love to share the joyful sounds of Latin rhythms like son Cubano, salsa, cumbia, and merengue with others in the community.

We’re so grateful to Patty and Miguel for this beautiful performance of “Patria (Motherland)” by Rubén Blades at our Creating the Future We Deserve fundraiser.

If you didn’t make the event but would still like to contribute to the fundraiser for our Grassroots Community Network, you can make a contribution at donkeysaddle.org/GCN.

04/14/2026

At Donkeysaddle Projects, we use art and storytelling as one point of entry to invite people into the work of building a liberated world free from state violence. We’re grateful to be able to connect with many talented artists using art to support the building of a liberated world, including Nabra Nelson.

Nabra Nelson is a writer, community organizer, and theater creator from Nubia, Egypt, and California. Her Nubian side is from the Fadijja tribe of the village of Abu Simbel. As a playwright, arts administrator, director, and teaching artist, she works with theaters, universities, and community organizations to create positive change, strengthen community, and amplify under-heard voices through theater. She is the Artistic Director of in San Francisco, a founding company member of and Heard Space Arts Collective, co-host of the Kunafa & Shay Theatre Podcast, and co-leads the Nubian Foundation for Preserving a Cultural Heritage.

We’re so grateful to Nabra for performing this poem at our Creating the Future We Deserve fundraiser, which is part of the national tour of HERitage emBODYment’s “Sekhmet Unraveled,” performing in the Egyptian and Nubian wings of US museums May-August 2026. Follow the performance by following .

If you didn’t make the event but would still like to contribute to the fundraiser for our Grassroots Community Network, you can make a contribution at donkeysaddle.org/GCN.

04/09/2026

CHICAGO: Come see our film Severed on Saturday, April 18th at .

Severed tells the story of Mohamad Saleh, an 18-year-old from Gaza who has lived through five major assaults on the Gaza Strip. In those attacks, he lost his home, family members, his best friends, and, at the age of 12, his leg. Now living in exile in Egypt, Mohamad struggles to piece together the shattered fragments of his life. Through his eyes, the pain and trauma endured by thousands in Gaza are laid bare, alongside their remarkable strength, resilience, and determination to live.

Severed will be featured as part of the The Untold Intifada 1958 screening, from 3-5:30pm on Saturday, April 18th. Film director and Donkeysaddle Projects founder Jen Marlowe will be at the screening in-person, as part of a discussion with the filmmakers following the screening. Get your tickets at the link in bio.

We hope you can make it to see Severed, as well as the other important films in the festival!

04/08/2026

At Donkeysaddle Projects, we use art and storytelling as one point of entry to invite people into the work of building a liberated world free from state violence. We’re grateful to be able to connect with many talented artists using art to support the building of a liberated world, including .

Abby Ahmad is a singer, songwriter, actor, and multi-disciplinary educator based in Brooklyn, NY. She has recorded & toured internationally, both as a solo artist and with her band Fife & Drom. Her original music has been recognized by the Independent Music Awards and featured in the film The Guardian. As an actor & voice actor, Abby has performed for stage, film & commercial. A 2025 Bechdel Project Community Space Grantee for her original musical, Permanent Residence, Ahmad has performed regionally and Off-Broadway, earning acclaim for her performance in Heather Raffo’s 9 Parts of Desire. Recent creative collaborations include The Cost of Believing (Sheen Center), The Gaza Monologues (Theatre of the Oppressed), and The Battle of Blythe Road (On the Quays/Prospect Musicals). As a working performer and voice/songwriting coach, Abby cherishes the opportunity to commune through creativity.

We’re so grateful that Abby performed her original song, “Say You Believe,” at our recent fundraising event Creating the Future We Deserve. Thank you, Abby!

If you didn’t make the event but would still like to contribute to the fundraiser for our Grassroots Community Network, you can make a contribution at donkeysaddle.org/GCN.

04/01/2026

April’s read for the Abolitionist Futures Reading Circles is “The Dispossessed” by Ursula K Le Guin. If you’d like to join us, you can do so by visiting tinyurl.com/abolitionistfuture or following the link in our bio. Our global virtual discussion about this book will be Sunday, April 26th at 1pm EST.   Our Abolitionist Futures Reading Circles are a place to come together and read texts across genres to help us imagine the future we want to live in, and define what is required from us to get there. There are local circles, with monthly virtual transnational gatherings.  We currently have reading circles set up in Mexico City; Ramallah; Washington, DC; Baltimore; Seattle; San Diego; and Northwest Arkansas. If you don’t see your city on the list but would like to have a local space, you can be the point person in your own city! 
Sign up to join a circle (or help start one locally) at tinyurl.com/abolitionistfuture or at the link in our bio.

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