Age-trauma describes an experience specific to children and childhood – the result of youth oppression where we are taught to accept and normalize abuse, subjugation, hierarchy, and autonomy suppression. Liberating our Childishness allows us to access our inner creativity and freedom by tenderly reclaiming the young parts of us and young people that we have discarded.
Led by a young person with current lived experience of ageism, this unique workshop is essential for all those aligned with building a more care-filled world. Multidisciplinary artist, author, and activist Aiyana Goodfellow will offer a presentation, followed by the opportunity to engage with others in breakout rooms. Through discussion, reflection, and creative journaling, we will collectively explore the effects of age-trauma on both personal and systemic levels. This workshop is open to all those aligned with liberation and care ethics, those who have childhood trauma or negative childhood experiences, young people, mental health professionals, and peers. It will benefit all who work with young people in their personal and professional lives.
Register in advance via Eventbrite to join. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about how to join.
Donations
IDHA is a small organization that strives to meet the accessibility needs of our community to the best of our ability. Our events are by tiered suggested donation to ensure we can provide closed captions on our events and other programs, though we strive to never turn anyone away. The suggested donation for this event is $10, and we appreciate donations of any size for those who have capacity to give.
Access
Automated closed captioning will be provided; please submit any additional access needs via the registration form. The workshop will be recorded and shared with all registrants. If you have any questions about access, please email us at contact@idha-nyc.org.
Facilitator
Aiyana Goodfellow
Aiyana Goodfellow is a young Black, nonbinary, neurodivergent, multidisciplinary artist, author and activist based in London, UK. Aiyana often writes and speaks about the parallels between speciesism, white supremacy, racism, anti-queerness, ageism and capitalism. They run multiple community projects and organisations namely The Radical Companionship Project, Anti-Speciesist Arts Collective, DELINQUENTS, and are the co-founding director of NEUROMANCERS a Black and Queer led abolitionist community organisation, for and by neurodivergents.