EPISODE · Jan 8, 2020 · 51 MIN
Stitching Truth to Power: Quilting and White Fragility
from Stitch Please
ACTION ITEMS to support the SOCIAL JUSTICE SEWING ACADEMY Sign up to embroider/embellish a quilt block made by a young artist during a workshop Give money (PayPal link is here, donations are tax deductible) Share your time, if you live in the Bay Area of California Send fabric*: Kona Cotton, batiks and all shades of skin colors but especially browns Donate equipment*: extra notions, scissors, needles, thread Send a good word about SJSA: write/email Paducah and commend them for the exhibition. Check out the excellent versions of the block on the FB page: say nice things about them on their Facebook or Instagram pages. Host the Art: Invite SJSA to show a quilt at your quilt guild's next quilt show. They can also show quilts at local libraries, heritage centers, community centers, etc. If you know museum curators, tell them about SJSA (and NOT just for Black History Month, but it IS coming up so IJS...) Invite them to give a workshop to young people in your community. STITCH THE BLOCK!! Black Women Stitch is giving away 10 copies of the paper piecing pattern printed on Lisa's favorite foundation paper. If you want a FREE copy of the printout, contact Black Women Stitch via IG direct message. Share your address and we'll send you a printout. The link to the study mentioned in the episode: "Daily multidimensional racial discrimination among Black U.S. American adolescents" *SJSA mailing address for fabric, notions, equipment: Social Justice Sewing Academy, PO Box 2473, Antioch, CA 94531 Support the Stitch Please podcast and Black Women Stitch. You can buy an adorable enamel pin for $15 with free shipping to USA addresses. There are also a few Mystery Destash Fabric boxes available (apparel, knits): $30 shipping included to USA addresses. You can send payments for boxes or pins to Paypal or CashApp links below. Patreon--to set up a monthly donation Paypal--one time donation or to purchase a pin or fabric box Cash App---one time donation or to purchase a pin or fabric box Sign up for the Black Women Stitch quarterly newsletter Check out our merch here Leave a BACKSTITCH message and tell us about your favorite episode. Join the Black Women Stitch Patreon Check out our Amazon Store Stay Connected: YouTube: Black Women Stitch Instagram: Black Women Stitch Facebook: Stitch Please Podcast
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The Social Justice Sewing Academy (SJSA) is a youth art project founded by Sara Trail in 2017. SJSA helps young people create quilt art that reflects their reality and hopes about the most pressing social issues of our time. SJSA will exhibit quilts at the National Quilt Museum in Paducah, KY from January 10 to March 10, 2020. The museum also invited SJSA to contribute a quilt block for their ongoing Block of the Month challenge. Each block reflects a museum exhibit. When the SJSA block was posted to the Block of the Month Facebook page on January 1st, the reaction swiftly revealed that white fragility is widespread in quilting, sewing, and maker spaces. Lisa analyzes this reaction and shares action steps to support the SJSA's young artists (including a chance for a free printout on her favorite foundation paper!).
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Stitching Truth to Power: Quilting and White Fragility
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