Slow Is a Verb

Slow Is a Verb is an intimate cultural gathering rooted in African philosophies of time, care, and repair.

Hosted by Mumbi Poetry, alongside Mutete and 25SW4P, this experience invites participants into a reflective conversation on temporality, ancestral textile knowledge, and the cyclical life of clothes and objects. Challenging colonial ideas that value only the new, Slow Is a Verb reframes mending, reuse, and exchange as acts of resistance, remembrance, and return.

The afternoon will feature:

• A live conversation on cyclical and relational time
• A clothes swap (bring up to 5 quality garments)
• Open mic poetry & storytelling
• Community exchange in a warm, intentional space

This is a space to slow down, listen deeply, and reconnect — with our histories, our textiles, and each other.