Hoops and Healing: In Conversation with Melika Belhaj

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Fri, 06/09/2017 - 6:00pm to 7:00pm
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Pamela Santos talks to Melika Belhaj about self-care, NBA Finals and love of basketball, authenticity, art and food

Tune in for this full hour of the Bread and Roses recurring segment “Doin’ Things” where we talk to women and gender non-conforming folks, well, doin’ things. Executive Producer Pamela Santos talks to Melika Belhaj about self-care, NBA Finals and love of basketball, authenticity, art and food (for the body and the spirit).  Join us for a timely and also ever-relevant conversation about what it means to move on and take care of community the week after Antifa counter-protests in downtown Portland erupted in violence and the city continues to heal after white supremacist attack on the MAX.

Melika Belhaj is a Moroccan American writer and youth educator. Her work explores the dynamics of authenticity, tradition, and identity. She wrote and designed Binti: Daughter of Arab America in 2016 and is currently one half of Ya Banat, a storytelling project reframing narratives of the North African Diaspora. In February, Melika offered atay and stories of Home alongside Andrea Telles + Blanca S. Villalobos of Pochas Radicales @ IPRC for Stacey Tran's series Tender Table.  Melika offers pop-up dinners that provide space for artists and community to connect and build. In her free time she plays basketball.

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To donate to the mental health treatment and basic living expenses of the two girls who were targeted in the traumatic attack: https://www.youcaring.com/survivorsofthemaxattack-833557 .

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