Interrupting Criminalization and Women Building Up have partnered to bring you our 2025 anti-criminalization Communiversity, which officially kicks off on August 16th and runs until mid-November 2025.
There are a ton of rad, wonderful offerings facilitated by community members, as well as one full day devoted to youth programming! All of these sessions take place in person, in Brooklyn. Some courses take place over multiple weekends; other workshops take place in one afternoon. Check out the full course catalog and register for classes through our Communiversity page.
Registration:
Workshops and classes are for people based in NYC, and will take place August to November. Please only register if you are sure that you want to and can attend.
Youth Day sessions are for youth ages 14 to 17, and are offered at no cost!
All other workshops and classes are for people 18 years and older. For these workshops and classes, we ask that you register for a donation ticket on a sliding scale.
Is the course or workshop you were eyeing full? Check out some of these excellent offerings!
Want to learn how to create community-led projects in public spaces as a way to dream, build, and gather on our own terms, or engage with art as a way to better understand mass incarceration in NYC? Sign up for:
Claiming Space: Growing Radical Projects from the Ground Up (September 20 & 27)
#FreeThemAll: A History of Mass Incarceration in New York City (September 27)
Want to gain a deeper understanding of how criminalization and systems of oppression function, and how we can survive, resist and organize for justice? Sign up for:
Borders, Bars, and Belonging (September 13, 20 & 27)
Moving Beyond Hierarchy, Punishment, Extraction, and Exclusion (September 27, October 4, 11 & 18)
From Rosie’s to the Courtroom: Breaking Chains, Building Power (October 11)
Interested in working on your personal growth and empowerment in a supportive, safe space, and building skills and confidence to survive and navigate our capitalist hellscape? Sign up for:
Loving Yourself Beyond the Trauma (October 11 & 18, November 1)
Money Moves that Matter: Build Your Power Through Financial Literacy (October 11)
Want to learn how to better hold space and provide support and radical care for young people? Sign up for:
Rebellious Care: Centering Bodily Autonomy as a Practice of Care (October 18)
Decriminalizing Black Girlhood: Let Black Girls Be (W)Ratchet! (November 1, 8 & 15)
Want to learn more about organizing effectively, or interested in building out an organization? Sign up for:
Introduction to 501(c)(3) Nonprofit Organizations (October 4)
Deep Canvass Organizing to Change Hearts and Minds (October 4 & 11)
Love music, rhythm, and expression, and want to explore how these can nurture resistance and liberation? Sign up for:
“Innerdance” (November 1)
From Bars to Books: Deconstructing Modern Rap, Reconstructing Reality (November 8)
Are you or do you know a young person ages 14-17, based in NYC? Join us for a free workshop during our Youth Day, on October 25th!
October 25, 2025 is our special Youth Day session at Communiversity! Youth ages 14 to 17, based in NYC, are invited to apply for these workshops. These workshops are offered at no cost to youth participants. Please only sign up if you are sure that you want to and can participate. You may only sign up for ONE workshop.
Ready to sign up for a Youth Day workshop? All of these sessions start at 11 AM, and have a break from 12:30-1 PM. You can find each workshop description here.