Rest is Resistance Book Signing with Tricia Hersey!

About Rest is Resistance: A Manifesto:

In Rest Is Resistance, Tricia Hersey, aka the Nap Bishop, casts an illuminating light on our troubled relationship with rest and how to imagine and dream our way to a future where rest is exalted. Our worth does not reside in how much we produce, especially not for a system that exploits and dehumanizes us. Rest, in its simplest form, becomes an act of resistance and a reclaiming of power because it asserts our most basic humanity. We are enough. The systems cannot have us. Rest Is Resistance is rooted in spiritual energy and centered in Black liberation, womanism, somatics, and Afrofuturism. With captivating storytelling and practical advice, all delivered in Hersey's lyrical voice and informed by her deep experience in theology, activism, and performance art, Rest Is Resistance is a call to action, a battle cry, a field guide, and a manifesto for all of us who are sleep deprived, searching for justice, and longing to be liberated from the oppressive grip of Grind Culture

About tricia Hersey:

Performance Artist. Writer. Theater Maker. ​Activist. Theologian. ​Daydreamer.

Tricia’s  craft has taken a lifetime to perfect. It is deeply influenced by her  experiences as the daughter of an abolitionist pastor, as a native of  the South Side of Chicago, and as the torch-bearer of her family’s  Mississippi and Louisiana roots. From  these vast reservoirs of knowledge, Tricia created the ‘rest is  resistance’ and ‘rest as reparations’ frameworks and founded The Nap  Ministry, a global pioneer and originator of the movement to understand  the liberatory power of rest.Tricia  has 20 years of experience as a teaching artist, archivist assistant,  community activist, and arts-integrated curriculum developer with  Chicago Public Schools, Columbia College Chicago, Steppenwolf Theatre,  United States Peace Corps, Emory University Rare Books and Manuscript  Library, and numerous community organizations and universities in  nationwide.Hersey  has exhibited artworks, delivered talks, and created collective napping  experiences with School of the Art Institute Chicago, MOCA Cleveland,  Speed Museum, Flux Projects, United States Peace Corps, Google Global,  MIT, Brown University, and many more. Her  words and work have been featured in The New York Times, The Guardian,  PlayBoy, Afropunk, The Atlantic, Complex Magazine, Dutch Vogue, NPR All  Things Considered, USA Today, Bon Appetit, and others.