Womanist Vernacular Discourse – June 2022
Black Women’s Hush Harbor Discourse as Sacred Rhetoric
9 am – noon, every Wednesday, June 8 – June 29, 2022
The Koinonia School of Race & Justice invites you to join us as PhD candidate Ayo M. Morton takes an in-depth look at the ways and means of conversation among Black women throughout history in America.
This course will challenge the traditional understanding of sacred rhetoric by comparing and contrasting the imperfections, audience, and circumstances in situations from the biblical text with that of what has been deemed “secular” in hopes of creating pathways for the sacred and the secular to reconnect in true womanist form.
We will examine the works of Olga Idriss Davis, Zora Neale Hurston, Geneva Smitherman, Katie Geneva Cannon, and Audre Lorde among others from a womanist point of view. The goal is to hold informed discussions about the tools already existing within womanist literature that can aid in the inspiration/guidance for Black women.
We will continue building on the foundations of womanist work to ensure the Black woman has the necessary grounding to, in the words of Alice Walker, “do the work her soul must have.” 
These sessions are held in person at Richmond Hill.
Facilitator: Ayo M. Morton, PhD Candidate, Department of Communication and Film, The University of Memphis
Cost per session: $30, includes materials and lunch.
Please register no later than May 30, 2022 so that materials and food preparation is covered.
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