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Resmaa @resmaa.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Tomorrow morning. THREE BLACK MEN, 11:30 AM, Edina Mann Theater. Twenty-four years of the Twin Cities Black Film Festival making a room where our films get met. Get your ticket tonight. filmfreeway.com/tcbff/tickets Cannot attend? Share it and help us get this story out.

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Resmaa @resmaa.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Some things do not move through the page. You have to be in the room. THREE BLACK MEN, this Saturday 11:30 AM, Edina Mann Theater, Twin Cities Black Film Festival. filmfreeway.com/tcbff/tickets Cannot attend? Share it and help us get this story out.

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Resmaa @resmaa.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

"A space allegory for our troubled times." The Stages of MN on Mothership. 🚀 Five souls in a pod headed for a planet that won't accept them until they free themselves from the past. Penumbra's 50th season, through Oct 4. 🎟️ penumbracenter.org/event/mothership

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Resmaa @resmaa.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Can blackness escape the violence of its origins? We did not answer that in a conversation. We answered it with our bodies, across three countries. THREE BLACK MEN, Sat 11:30 AM, Edina Mann Theater. filmfreeway.com/tcbff/tickets Cannot attend? Share it and help us get this story out.

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Resmaa @resmaa.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

THREE BLACK MEN screens Saturday at the 24th Twin Cities Black Film Festival. Bayo Akomolafe, Orland Bishop and me, traveling the slave route in reverse. Sat Sept 26, 11:30 AM, Edina Mann Theater. Tickets: filmfreeway.com/tcbff/tickets Cannot attend? Share it and help us get this story out.

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Resmaa @resmaa.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Mothership is in the Minnesota Star Tribune. 🚀 A sentient ship. 55,000 Black and Indigenous people. A planet that won't let them land until they tend to their wounds. Written with Kristen Adele Calhoun, at Penumbra Theatre through Oct 4. 🎟️ penumbracenter.org/event/mothership

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Resmaa @resmaa.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

This Friday, September 18. IMEN screens at The Capri, 2027 W Broadway Ave, Minneapolis, 7:00 PM. Seating is limited and first come, first served. Details at imenuniverse.com, click Screenings.

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Resmaa @resmaa.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Mothership, co-written by Resmaa Menakem and Kristen Adele Calhoun, runs at Penumbra in St. Paul through October 4. An Afrofuturist parable about five people who flee a broken planet on a ship that is alive. More at imenuniverse.com, click Spotlight.

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Resmaa @resmaa.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

IMEN screens in Minneapolis next Friday, September 18. 🎬 If you are in Minnesota or will be that week, come sit with this one! Everything you need is at imenuniverse.com, click Screenings. #IMEN #IMENUniverse #Minneapolis

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Resmaa @resmaa.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Y'all. Tomorrow, this brain child of mine opens at Penumbra Theatre!! 🎉🚀 Get your tickets 🎟️: penumbracenter.org/event/mothership Please share this, see y'all there!! 🖤 #Mothership #PenumbraTheatre #ResmaaMenakem #SaintPaul #TwinCities

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Resmaa @resmaa.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

CHANCLA is out now! ✊🏾 Leslie Priscilla wrote a book about what la chancla actually is, and it was never culture. It is inherited fear that got carried long enough to look like tradition. I was honored to blurb this one. 🤎 LatinxParenting.org/CHANCLA #Chancla #ChanclaBook #LatinxParenting

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Resmaa @resmaa.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

I'm returning to Omega Institute this October for Somatic Liberation, an extended embodied antiracist retreat. 🌿✊🏾 Oct 18-22, Rhinebeck NY. 📍 Scholarships available for BIPOC participants. 💛 Register: www.eomega.org/workshops/so... #SomaticLiberation #ResmaaMenakem #EmbodiedJustice #TruthTelling

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Resmaa @resmaa.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Big news!! 🚀 Mothership opens this fall at Penumbra Theatre. A ship with a will of its own carries five souls through a passage none of them survive unchanged. I know what that costs. Get tickets 🎟️: penumbracenter.org/event/mothership Please share!! ✊🏾 #Mothership #PenumbraTheatre #SaintPaul

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Resmaa @resmaa.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Big news!! 🚀 Mothership opens this fall at Penumbra Theatre. The planet is gone. The ship is alive. It wants something from every soul on board, live, every night. Get tickets 🎟️: penumbracenter.org/event/mothership Please share!! 🖤 #Mothership #PenumbraTheatre #ResmaaMenakem #TwinCities

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Resmaa @resmaa.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Meet the minds behind Mothership!! 🎭✨ Candis C. Jones directs, Kristen Adele Calhoun co-wrote this with me. So proud of what we built together. Get tickets 🎟️: penumbracenter.org/event/mothership Please share!! 🖤 #Mothership #PenumbraTheatre #ResmaaMenakem #TwinCities

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Resmaa @resmaa.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Big news!! ✊🏾 Mothership opens this fall at Penumbra Theatre. They boarded to survive. The ship demands transformation next, ready or not. I know what that costs. Get tickets 🎟️: penumbracenter.org/event/mothership Please share!! ✊🏾 #Mothership

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Resmaa @resmaa.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Big news!! 🎉 Mothership opens September 10 at Penumbra Theatre. Blackness instead of darkness, in full color, right in front of you. Get tickets 🎟️: penumbracenter.org/event/mothership Please share!! 🖤 #Mothership #PenumbraTheatre #ResmaaMenakem #TwinCities

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Resmaa @resmaa.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Inside the rehearsal room!! 🎭🔥 Watching this cast bring these souls to life has been one of the great honors of this process. So much heart in this room. Get tickets 🎟️: penumbracenter.org/event/mothership #Mothership #PenumbraTheatre #ResmaaMenakem #TwinCities

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Resmaa @resmaa.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Look at these costumes!! 🧵✨ Every stitch tells you who these five souls are before they even speak. A labor of love from so many talented people. Get tickets 🎟️: penumbracenter.org/event/mothership #Mothership #PenumbraTheatre #ResmaaMenakem #TwinCities

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Resmaa @resmaa.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Big news!! 🎉 Mothership opens September 10 at Penumbra Theatre. I could not have done this without Kristen Adele Calhoun. Come see it. Get tickets 🎟️: penumbracenter.org/event/mothership Please share!! 🖤 #Mothership #PenumbraTheatre #ResmaaMenakem #TwinCities

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Resmaa @resmaa.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Behind the curtain!! 🎨🔧 This set did not build itself. So much skill went into this world before a single line is spoken. A labor of love from so many talented people. Get tickets 🎟️: penumbracenter.org/event/mothership #Mothership #PenumbraTheatre #ResmaaMenakem #TwinCities

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Resmaa @resmaa.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Big news!! 🎉 Mothership, written by me and Kristen Adele Calhoun, directed by Candis C. Jones. September 10 through October 4 at Penumbra Theatre. Get tickets 🎟️: penumbracenter.org/event/mothership Please share!! 🖤 #Mothership #PenumbraTheatre #ResmaaMenakem #TwinCities

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Resmaa @resmaa.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Where we put our money and attention is nervous system work too. @baratunde put together a list of alternatives to platforms and companies that profit off harm. Watch it, take what's useful, notice what happens in your body when you imagine making the switch. #CollectiveCare #StayHuman

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Resmaa @resmaa.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

My job is to create the conditions to tend to what we already know, instead of acting like we don't. 📰 Read the full piece here: bit.ly/4vFGkTL Practice your way through. 🐙🔥 bit.ly/458oy0D #SomaticLiberation

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Resmaa @resmaa.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

For every American White woman who dies bringing life into this world, more than three Black women die doing the same thing. That is not negligence. That is policy by practice. Dr. Rachel Hardeman, in The Emancipator. Read it. 🔗 theemancipator.org/2026/07/02/i... #BlackMaternalHealth

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Resmaa @resmaa.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

I am a 2026 Bush Fellow. 🙏🏽 This recognition belongs to the collective body that built it. 🙌🏽 To the Bush Foundation, to the 29 fellow Fellows, and to everyone who has been part of building this, thank you! 🌱 www.bushfoundation.org/2026-bush-fe...

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Resmaa @resmaa.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

Zero Black male applicants. TSU + Meharry have a 7-year accelerated MD/DDS program with full-ride scholarship potential. Requirements: 3.5 GPA, 28 ACT. Pass this on. Contact: bmurrell@tnstate.edu | (615) 804-6125 lhodge@tnstate.edu | (615) 963-6949 Tell them Emmett Till Legacy Foundation sent you.

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Resmaa @resmaa.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

June is Stolen Children's Month. 🕯️ Racialized trauma is not simply an event from the past. It is a living force. And the family policing system is one of its clearest expressions. June 2 & 9: When They Stole Me, IG Live @ miningforgoldcommunity movementforfamilypower.org/stolen-childrens-month 🖤

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Resmaa @resmaa.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

The Privilege Institute and SPA are hosting the 2026 Equity Institute, June 16-18, and I am honored to be a featured speaker this year. The theme is "Know Better, Do Better." Register: www.spa.edu/about/equity-institute 🔗 🗓 June 16-18, 2026📍 St. Paul, Minnesota #EquityInstitute

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Resmaa @resmaa.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

Some people don't just talk about healing. My friend and fellow traveler @novareid is bringing WORTHY to London this June. WORTHY June 23, 2026 | 7:30pm Bloomsbury Theatre, London Tickets from £42 | BSL Interpreted bloomsburytheatre.com/event/2026/06/worthy

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Resmaa @resmaa.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

Black mothers have held everything together. It's time we build systems that hold them. @dr.rhardeman's piece in Essence is essential reading. Black mothers deserve more than survival. www.essence.com/health-and-w... #BlackMaternalHealth #BlackMaternalHealthWeek #BlackMothers

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Resmaa @resmaa.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

Some books ask you to think differently. This one asks you to feel differently. Waking Up Alone by Nicole Wordlaw is not a research text. It's not theory. It's a prayer. www.amazon.com/Waking-Alone... #BlackWomenAuthors #SomaticLiberation

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Resmaa @resmaa.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

Tomorrow we gather 💚 Vancouver, BC. The Westin Bayshore. April 7th 🌿 See you there, family 🙏🏾 🔗 Register now: www.myrnamccallum.co/jat2026#Just... #JAT2026 #SomaticLiberation #RadicalHope #TomorrowWeGather #HealingJustice #TraumaInformed #CommunalHealing #Vancouver2026 #ResmaaM

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Resmaa @resmaa.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

One week from now we'll be together in Vancouver 🙏🏾🌿 The Justice as Trauma Summit 2026 is not just a conference. It's an invitation to show up. To the work. To the healing. To each other 💚✨ 🔗 Register now: www.myrnamccallum.co/jat2026 #JusticeAsTrauma #JAT2026 #SomaticLiberation

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Resmaa @resmaa.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

This is why the work matters 🙏🏾 This is why we gather 💚 Join me April 7 through 9 in Vancouver, BC at the Justice as Trauma Summit hosted by Myrna McCallum. Let's do this together ✊🏾 🔗 Register now: www.myrnamccallum.co/jat2026#Just... #JAT2026 #SomaticAbolitionism

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Resmaa @resmaa.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

Three days. Three Black men. Three continents. One question underneath all of it: Can a journey open new possibilities for Blackness? I'll be there with Bayo and director Sienna McLean-LoGreco. Free and open to everyone. 📅 April 3, 7-9pm 🌐 www.threeblackmen.com #SomaticAbolitionism

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Resmaa @resmaa.bsky.social · 29/03/2026

We're building April 7 through 9 in Vancouver at the Justice as Trauma Summit 2026! I'll be delivering a keynote on Somatic Liberation: Dismantling White Body Supremacy 🙏🏾✨ Come be in the room, family 💚 🔗 Register now: www.myrnamccallum.co/jat2026 #JusticeAsTrauma #JAT2026 #SomaticLiberation

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Resmaa @resmaa.bsky.social · 28/03/2026

On April 3rd, I'll be with my brother Bayo Akomolafe for a dope and healing evening. 🕯️ Free and open to the public 📅 April 3, 7-9pm 📍 John B. Davis Auditorium, Campus Center, Macalester College (Grand & Snelling, MN) 🌐 www.threeblackmen.com #ThreeBlackMen #SomaticAbolitionism

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Resmaa @resmaa.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

Hey family 🙏🏾 I wanted to come to you directly. April 7th through the 9th, I'll be at the Justice as Trauma Summit, hosted by the incredible Myrna McCallum. This work is for all of us. I hope you'll join us there 💚 🔗 Register now: www.myrnamccallum.co/jat2026 #JusticeAsTrauma #SomaticLiberation

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Resmaa @resmaa.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

Liberation is not a costume you put on for the moment. Proximity to the struggle does not give you a pass. Words matter. History matters. Context matters. quakingofamerica.com 🧠🔥🖤 #TheQuakingOfAmerica #ResmaaMenakem #LiberationPractice #SomaticLiberation

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Resmaa @resmaa.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

Don’t get fooled by the marketing. An end to hostilities is not the same thing as liberation. Don’t confuse noise with transformation. Tend to what lives in your own body. Learn more at quakingofamerica.com 🔥🖤🌱 #TheQuakingOfAmerica #somaticLiberation

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Resmaa @resmaa.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

#communallove This video from @jina.with_a_j describes this powerful book that holds real people. We always fought back… even when nobody told us we could. www.kensingtonbooks.com/978149675914... #BlackHistory #BlackAuthors #CollectiveCare #SomaticLiberation

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Resmaa @resmaa.bsky.social · 10/02/2026

South Africa was the right place for this work. 🌍✊🏾 Apartheid in South Africa was one expression. Enslavement and Black codes in the U.S. were another. Colonization across the globe follows the same pattern. Different locations. Same architecture. @socialjusticeagency #SomaticLiberation

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Resmaa @resmaa.bsky.social · 08/02/2026

Healing is not magic. Healing is tending to the truth of this moment and learning how to use it as fuel for your liberation. 🫀 Deep gratitude to @nativelandpod for convening this space. Watch the full Minneapolis Town Hall here: bit.ly/4rhi60n #TheQuakingOfAmerica #SomaticLiberation

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Resmaa @resmaa.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

What if there are no “better angels”? What if this is all they got for us? Thank you @nativelandpod for making room for a conversation that doesn’t flinch. Watch the full town hall: bit.ly/4rhi60n More resources: bit.ly/4bqteDJ #StayHuman #SomaticLiberation #CollectiveCare #EmbodiedTruth

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Resmaa @resmaa.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

Healing is tending to what is happening around you and in your body and learning to use it as fuel for your liberation. 🔥⛽️ Grateful to @nativelandpod for holding the line of truth. Watch the full town hall here: bit.ly/4rhi60n Grounding practices + guidance: bit.ly/4bqteDJ #SomaticLiberation

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Resmaa @resmaa.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

We’re being asked right now: who are we going to be in the face of tyranny? That’s the healing. ⚠️🧭 Deep appreciation to @nativelandpod.bsky.social for convening courageous voices. Full video: bit.ly/4rhi60n Explore bit.ly/4bqteDJ for practices to help meet this moment. #SomaticLiberation

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Resmaa @resmaa.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

MN journalist Georgia Fort was arrested for filming and reporting. TODAY (CT) — Minneapolis 11:00 AM press conference 1:00 PM Free G rally 1:30 PM court hearing 📍 Federal Courthouse (downtown) Please share. #ProtectJournalists #FreeGeorgiaFort #PeoplePower #NoMoreSilence quakingofamerica.com

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Resmaa @resmaa.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

You get to be angry. And you get to figure out how you turn toward each other, as opposed to on each other. 🔥🖤 Follow @nativelandpod + watch the full town hall here: bit.ly/4rhi60n Visit bit.ly/4bqteDJ for practices to stay human in this moment. #TheQuakingOfAmerica #SomaticLiberation

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Resmaa @resmaa.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

Systems built on domination live first in the body. White body supremacy is conditioning, reflex, nervous systems under threat. Change must happen where the damage lives. The Quaking of America is a field guide for somatic liberation. Read it. Practice it. Share it. 🔗 quakingofamerica.com

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