Petty Propolis, Inc.

@pettypropolis

We teach poetry, policy literacy and advocacy, and data and digital privacy education, in pursuit of racial and environmental justice.
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In this workshop, participants will learn: 1) How to identify social and political issues that matter to them. 2) How to turn issues into statements and demands for written and public comment. 3) How to sharpen their public speaking skills. Participants will be provided a take home zine to continue on their journey to sharpen their political voice and vision. Refreshments provided. Must RSVP bit.ly/thepoeticsofmpc
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8 days ago
Quality of life crime comes from quality of life issues and needs to be addressed with quality of life resources, not mass surveillance. A word. ✨ 🎧 listen/watch episode 4 on our website, Substack, Apple Podcasts, YouTube, or Spotify
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1 month ago
Issue 14 of the Therapeutic Edgelands: Love in a Crumbling Empire is here! This issue invites us to consider protection and care in our local relationships with writings by two Detroit based creators: Maya Davis and Tawana Petty. Maya’s poem of care across species brings attention to the legacies of those whose bodies and homes have been used (and ravaged) by the empire. Instead Maya lovingly cares for silk worms – inviting them to build their homes and emerge, winged into this beautiful and broken world. @mayabdavis Tawana’s piece Defending Detroit, offers another narrative of protecting our home– she asks us to think critically about the so-called opportunity of technological development of Detroit. She implores us to resist the ever growing surveillance state with its eugenic habits and increasingly automated weapons. Tawana lovingly critiques and pushes back — and she invites Edgelands readers to do the same. @pettypropolis Our text editor, Owólabi Aboyade expertly orients us in a time between times, and imagery drips off the pages too… As you can see! @will_see_det This issue also includes imagery of Engineers Against Apartheid @engineersagainstapartheid collage work by Tawana Petty, Han Mathers, Owolabi Aboyade and Bridget Quinn and a new Audio Companion Produced by Anna Sysling @annaaaaaaaaahhh with additional sounds by Dan Ortiz Leizman @apocalypsephenomenology , and a bonus poem by Han Mathers @hanmathers I’m so proud of this issue!!! Subscribe on our Patreon for as little as $7 a month to get your issue, or hop onto our online store to pick up your copy! This is handmade small press magic! links in bio 💜
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26 days ago
If you haven’t picked up a copy of this edition of Therapeutic Edgelands, with “Love in a Crumbling Empire” by @will_see_det , who sets off the entire publication 🔥, featuring brilliant poetry from @mayabdavis , a special edition of “Defending Detroit” by Tawana “Honeycomb” Petty, and all the goodness that always comes from the @awe.society , you are truly missing out. This is another historical beauty that we’re sure will be talked about and referenced for decades to come. Follow and support them. ❤️ Thank you to the entire team, with special love to Bridget Quinn, Owólabi Aboyade, Han Mathers and Anna Sysling.
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7 days ago
My @kresgeartsdetroit Film “The Memorial” is public today, which features an abridged love poem to my practice and the histories that surround it. I’m feeling very grateful to have caught this glimpse of my work on film with so may people but also excited to share the full form of the poem that was just published in “Love in A Crumbling Empire” by @awe.society alongside “Defending Detroit” by @pettypropolis you can buy a copy @awe.society ‘s link tree <3
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12 days ago
Owolabi’s beautiful letter leads us into the Edgelands. Anna Sysling has produced another beautiful Audio Companion for issue 14 that features the words and sounds of: Tawana Petty, Maya Davis, Dan Ortiz Leizman, Han Mathers, and Owólabi Aboyade Visit our Patreon to hear the whole thing (link in bio 💜) Become a paid subscriber to get your printed issue!
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15 days ago
🪧We’re joining the general strike and rally for Internationals Workers Day - this is one way we fight back against imperialism and build solidarity across the working class. No work. No school. No shopping. No data (AI, social media, streaming). ❤️‍🔥✊ #stopthewarmachine #resist #mayday #internationalworkersday
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Mass surveillance becomes unnecessary when we see and know and trust our neighbors. 🫂 Who here actually knows their neighbors names? 👀🙋‍♀️ 🎧 listen/watch episode 4 on our website, Substack, Apple Podcasts, YouTube, or Spotify
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26 days ago
Our communities keep saying “I wanna be seen, I don’t wanna be watched”, are you listening? Guess not. 👀 #surveillance 🎧 listen/watch episode 4 on our website, Substack, Apple Podcasts, YouTube, or Spotify
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1 month ago
‘It’s not our fault but it is our fight.’ @detwaterwarrior1 Tawana reminds us that in a world of oppression and violating systems, we must harness our power where we have it to fight back for good. ✨ 🎧 if you didn’t catch us on @bluemoon.radio today - listen/watch the full episode on Substack, Apple Podcasts, YouTube, Spotify, or our website
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2 radical questions to be asking ourselves as we use any technology - 1. Should I be using it? 2. Am I using it in a way that can cause the least amount of harm? Tawana shares her immense knowledge around #tech and systems in episode 4 - OUT NOW!! 🎧 if you didn’t catch us on @bluemoon.radio today - listen/watch the full episode on Substack, Apple Podcasts, YouTube, Spotify, or our website Sending all our gratitude to you today, honeycomb 🐝✨
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“We unite in equitable algorithmic assembleance.”🫰🫰🫰🫰 I’m telling y’all, episode 4 is a GIFT. Honeycomb even reads some of her poetry for us!!! ❤️‍🔥 A prologue to the new book, AI and Assembly: Coming Together and Apart in a Datafied World by Toussaint Nothias and Lucy Bernholz. 🎧Don’t miss it live on @bluemoon.radio this Sunday at 1pm!! #podcast #radical #poetry
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