“Vigilance” Tickets Are Live!
Let’s talk about the “tea” they didn’t pour in your standard history books.
When we talk about the Underground Railroad, the narrative usually centers on the tracks and the trains, or the grand, singular heroism of the conductors. But if you’ve been following the Labor Pains Project, you know we’re obsessed with the infrastructure. We’re looking at the domestic labor, the meal prep for twenty fugitives at a 3:00 AM table, and the administrative brilliance of women like Harriet Myers.
That labor wasn’t just “help”—it was a care economy that subsidized the entire movement for liberation while the American state was busy calculating the market value of Black bodies.
This is why I’m announcing that tickets for Vigilance: An Underground Railroad Experience are officially LIVE.
The Work Behind the Work
Vigilance is an immersive performance fundraiser designed to pull the archive out of the boxes and into the room. This isn’t a passive “sit and clap” event; it’s a metacognitive intervention. We are exploring the shadow vigilance of the 1850s to fund the 2026 evolution of this work: the Myth & Marrow summer tour and the formal incorporation of AFROXpress.
We are currently at a pivot point. Bicoastal hopping from Albany to Oakland has only clarified the thesis: the labor of Black women is the constant variable in an American equation that refuses to solve for our well-being. By purchasing a ticket, you aren’t just seeing a show; you are fiscally sponsoring the preservation of our oral histories.
The Practicalities (The AFROP Breakdown)
- Active Brains: We’re nerding out on the Empire State Women’s Club records and the Phyllis Wheatley Club archives. Expect to leave with more questions than you arrived with.
- Focused Art: This is Afrofuturism in the flesh—using the ancestral past to build a liberated timeline.
- Real Experiences: You’ll be standing in the very spaces where Harriet and Stephen Myers organized the resistance.
- Opportunities: Every ticket fuels the 501 (c) (3) incubator, allowing us to secure higher-tier resources for Black mothers and creators.
- Practicalities: Tickets are on Eventbrite right now. The price reflects the value of the labor involved—no discounts on the revolution.
The Mandate
If you believe that Black feminist empowerment requires more than just slogans—if you believe it requires the rigorous documentation of our historical and contemporary labor—then I’ll see you at the Myers Residence.
The link is live. The archive is waiting. Don’t miss the train. 🏾🦱
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