Interrupting Criminalization and Women Building Up have partnered to bring you our 2025 anti-criminalization Communiversity, which officially kicked 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 are taking 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.
These gatherings have been really wonderful so far — and we only have a few sessions left! Some of the remaining workshops are full, but you should check out some of these offerings that still have space:
Want to access deeper aspects of consciousness and emotions, experience a flow of energy for overall well-being, and express yourself without inhibition through the use of music, movement, and facilitation — all in a safe environment? Sign up for:
“Innerdance” (November 1)
Want to explore and discuss respectability, anger, queerness, sexuality, and community, and other issues that Black girls and women frequently have to navigate, and develop tools to better know yourself and survive institutions that do not prioritize your thriving? Sign up for:
Decriminalizing Black Girlhood: Let Black Girls Be (W)Ratchet! (November 1, 8 & 15)
Are you interested in better understanding and processing grief, and learning how to practice grief work to reject the erasure of our collective losses at the hands of white supremacy, capitalism, and the police state? Sign up for:
Grief Work as a Movement Tool (November 1, 8 & 15)
Do you love rap music, rhythm, and expression, and want to not only learn how to break it down bar by bar, but explore how it can reflect truth and culture, reclaim stories, and nurture resistance and liberation? Sign up for:
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.