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Jun 15, 2022 · Sitting, sipping, and reflecting over a cup of tea with others can create the space for conversations on difficult and at times painful subjects. It also can create opportunities to envision a new set of social relations.
The Tea Project is an ongoing dialogue that traverses a variety of landscapes. From the tea sipped at a family gathering, to a cage in Guantanamo Bay, to a motor pool in Iraq, tea is not only a favored drink but a shared moment that transcends cultural divides and systems of oppression.
Introducing Remaking the Exceptional. A new podcast by Amber Ginsburg, Aaron Hughes, and Nate Sandberg. The series originally premiered on January 11, 2022, marking the 20th year since the opening of the United States extralegal prison in Guantánamo.
It celebrates the struggle for survival, justice, and reparations by imprisoned people, activists, and artists. Remaking the Exceptional brings together a diverse group of artists and activists working on the legal and moral implications of torture and incarceration.
- Step 1: Listening
- Step 2: Discussion
- Step 3: Envisioning Justice
- Step 4: Sharing Out
Gather with your people, prepare and serve tea. Play an episode of Remaking the Exceptional(approximately 30 minutes). Also available on Apple, Spotify, Google, or Amazon, or the Tea Projectwebsite. Each listener should use their own sheet of paper and a pen to take notes and/or make drawings during the episode. Pay attention to emotions, memories,...
Refill your tea, if needed, as a transition from listening to the podcast to listening to each other. Once everyone has a cup of tea in hand, do a go-around in which each person is given the opportunity to share their general reflections on the episode. Then select three of the following questions to continue the conversation. During the discussion...
Refill your tea, if needed, as a transition from the first discussion to this final activity. Once you have regathered, use the questions below as prompts to collectively imagine forms of restoration, reparations, and justice. During the discussion it is important to pull from your own experiences. Think about forms of care, compassion, and solidar...
From your conversation, on a single piece of large paper create a group drawing or some other document that captures your group’s collective response to the questions above. How does the group envision bringing about restoration, reparations, and justice? Take a photo of your group’s work and submit it using the submission form below.
Published in May 2021, this toolkit, Truth, Bread, and Tea, draws on the extensive research conducted by Global Initiative for Justice, Truth and Reconciliation (GIJTR) partners the International Coalition of Sites of Conscience (ICSC), Asia Justice and Rights (AJAR), Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation (CSVR), Humanitarian
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It celebrates the struggle for survival, justice, and reparations by imprisoned people, activists, and artists. Remaking the Exceptional brings together a diverse group of artists and activists working on the legal and moral implications of torture and incarceration.
