Hello COEHD Community, Democratizing Racial Justice is hosting a workshop and lecture series with the L.A. artist and educator Polly Guo in July. Polly has worked on animated shows Adventure Time, She-Ra, and others. Her critically acclaimed comic ‘Gawain’s Girlfriend and the Green Knight’ appears on The Beat’s ‘Top 100 Comics of the Decade.’ She is trained in developing Social Emotional Arts (SEA) curricula by the UCLA Arts and Healing Initiative and is currently a professor at Calstate Fullerton (CSUF). Sharpie Comics Workshop: Finding Your Voice Wednesday, July 24, 2024 12:00 pm – 2:30 pm REGSS Community Room (DB 3.202), UTSA Downtown Campus Craft a comic to create your narrative and find your voice through storytelling. Participants will learn to create self-reflective characters through a community lens. Polly will teach workshop attendees how to draw, write, and assemble their own comic, all by using papers, sticky notes, and Sharpies! The workshop is open to the public. Previous art experience is not required! Registration is limited to 24 participants and will be on a rolling basis. The registration form will close the week of June 21, 2024. Register Here: https://forms.gle/YtxCjeBKc6scsKk5A Beyond AutoBio: Comics, Community, and Self-Determination Thursday, July 25, 2024 6:00 pm REGSS Community Room (DB 3.202), UTSA Downtown Campus What does it mean to make art about yourself? Is the label of “autobio” a false promise to the author and reader? In a time of rapid disenfranchisement of both art and the human spirit, artist and educator Polly Guo talks about the power of comics and narrative as an accessible way to increase self-identity, to express one’s self authentically, and connect with community. Come enjoy a discussion on art as a self expression in the age of moving technology and telling your story with a community. Register Here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/beyond-autobio-comics-community-and-self-det... Both events are free and open to the public! Feel free to share and invite your students, friends, community members, and colleagues! If you have questions, email racialjustice@utsa.edu<mailto:racialjustice@utsa.edu>. Democratizing Racial Justice The University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) Sponsored by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation<https://www.utsa.edu/giving/why-give/impact-stories/Mellon-... Stay Connected! Website| https://education.utsa.edu/centers/wsi/drj/ Facebook | democratizingracialjustice<https://www.facebook.com/democratizingracia... Instagram | @demracialjustice<https://www.instagram.com/demracialjustice/>