Black on The Job Ft. IMAN Sacred Cypher Creative, Yaasha Abraham
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Join IMAN's SCC and artist in residence, Yaasha Abraham for an empowering workshop that will offer tools on how to show up in space via the utilization of dance, self-empowering movements and power Stances. This workshop is a part of Yaasha's artist residency, Movement & Mercy.
During this residency, we will make connections across spiritual and geographic divides, through our shared histories in spiritually rooted movement.
Yaasha Abraham
Yaasha Abraham is a professional dancer, singer, and teaching artist that specializes in the traditional/folkloric dances of Brazil and Ethiopia. She has traveled the country and the world as a dancer, vocalist, and teaching artist, but is most dedicated to her work in Chicago’s inner city. Yaasha hopes to expand her efforts to IMAN and strives to create art and experiences that are spiritually rooted, spatially relevant, and socially conscious. She ultimately wants to show that within the arts lies the potential to empower, educate, and liberate.
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Organizer Inner-City Muslim Action Network | IMAN
Organizer of Black on The Job Ft. IMAN Sacred Cypher Creative, Yaasha Abraham
Dynamic presentation and expression of the arts have been integral to IMAN’s work of organizing for social change and fostering health and wellness in the inner city since our inception. IMAN Arts & Culture supports the creation, collaboration and presentation of community-engaged art guided by a philosophy that incorporates three core values: Spiritually Rooted, Spatially Relevant, Socially Conscious. Visit: imancentral.org.
