“Heavy” Reflections

“Heavy” Reflections is a project by Kamau R.E. Fields and Hy Carrel from Community Canvases‘ Kind Fools. This project is supported by Just Buffalo Literary Center as part of their Civil Writes Project in concert with their BABEL Series featuring author Kiese Laymon, his memoir Heavy: An American Memoir and his BABEL discussion on April 25, 2024.

The goal of this project is to provide community members a continuing opportunity to reflect deeply on their personal experiences and on how they relate to Kiese Laymon’s memoir and BABEL discussion.

Please express interest in joining a core group of people participating in the following activities this spring by completing the brief application available at https://kindfools.org/heavyreflections/

There is no cost to participate and most of the activities are open to people beyond this core group.

Activities:

• Friday, March 22 5pm Final date to apply to join the core group
• Thursday, April 4 5pm-6pm Welcome Gathering for core group (books distributed)
• Thursday, April 25 7pm-10pm Kiese Laymon’s BABEL talk (complimentary admission for core group)
• Tuesday, May 2 6:00pm-8:30pm WRITE ON intuitive writing group with inspiration from “Heavy” at CAO’s Masten Resource Center at 1423 Fillmore Ave
• Monday, May 6 at 7pm-8:30pm Once Trees Book Club discussion of “Heavy” at Masten Resource Center
• Thursday, May 9 1:00pm-3:30pm WRITE ON intuitive writing group with inspiration from “Heavy” at Masten Resource Center
• Tuesday, May 21 6:00pm-8:30pm WRITE ON intuitive writing group inspired by “Heavy” at Rise of WNY at 1643 Hertel Ave
• Saturday, June 22 1:00pm-3:00pm Celebration of publication of writings by core group at Fitz Books & Waffles at 431 Ellicott St
  Details always available at https://kindfools.org