Part of the 2024 To Taste Life Twice Seminar

Unf*ck Yourself: Storytelling for Liberation with tai simpson

Everything we think we know could very well be wrong. And there’s freedom in that. During this time, participants will engage in connecting to traditional and contemporary oral and visual Indigenous storytelling traditions to honor our stories & voice. The invitation is to set aside convention, tradition, and canon to find our richest, juiciest, thickest stories that simmer below the surface of a world that has us f*cked up. Respectfully of course.

tai simpson (she/her) is also named “The Storyteller” in the Indigenous language of the Nimiipuu, commonly known as the Nez Perce Tribe. As a direct descendant of Chief Redheart, tai takes great pride in serving her community as an organizer and advocate. tai catalyzed her racial and social justice organizing while studying Sociology and Political Philosophy & Public Law at Boise State University. She is an organizer for the Indigenous Idaho Alliance and co-Director with the Idaho Coalition Against Sexual & Domestic Violence. As an antiracism educator and community organizer, she uses Indigenous storytelling to depict the lens of “old ways” and how they protect the sacred, build strength in the community, and keep nature in balance; these principles support her work to champion radical inclusion, equity, and liberation.