Knowledge Share Description
In this knowledge share, we will explore the ways Black and Indigenous people throughout the Americas have related to horses, and what those relationships can teach us about living collectively. From fugitive slaves escaping plantations on horseback to mounted protestors at the Dakota Access Pipeline Protests, horses have played a central role in Black and Indigenous survival, land stewardship, and memory work. We will engage with both archival and contemporary media as we discuss what horse-human relations can teach us about ways of being together with the land and with each other. What can we learn about labor solidarity from the histories of Black farmers and their horses? What might we glean from the presence of horses in works by writers like Joy Priest and Natalie Diaz? The class will be a mix of presentation, discussion, and writing prompts, encouraging students to actively reflect on their relational and ecological practices.
Date: Wednesday April 22, 2026
Time: 5:00pm – 7:00PM EST
Cost: FREE for Living Library hbc members | Sliding Scale $45, $65, $90 for Non-members
We will:
Learn about histories of how Black and Indigenous people throughout the Americas have built relationships with horses
Engage with archival material, literary excerpts, and contemporary media about horse-human relationships
Write about our relationships to memory, land, and more-than-human kin
Discuss the forms of collective action and communal life modeled for us by Black and Indigenous horsepeople
Explore how we might reframe our relationships to themes of work, political activity, and individualism
Who this Knowledge Share is For
People interested in Black and Indigenous histories across the Americas
Those curious about relationships between humans, horses, and more-than-human kin
Writers, artists, and thinkers interested in exploring memory, land, and ecology through writing
People interested in collective life, labor solidarity, and communal ways of living
Anyone wanting to learn from Black and Indigenous traditions of land stewardship and resistance
People interested in reflecting on their own relationships to land, work, and political practice
Cost
$45 - community
$65 - standard
$90 - pay-it-forward (if you have financial abundance, this is our pay-it-forward option to fund our full tuition scholarships)
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The zoom link will be sent upon registration. Recording will be available for 30 days.
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Accessibility Information
Virtual Gathering
*ASR (automated) captioning provided
The knowledge share zoom link will be sent out immediately upon purchase, along with any other necessary information.
Wednesday April 22, 2026
5:00pm - 7:00pm Eastern Standard Time
Class will be recorded and available for 30 days on our Living Library. This means you can join from anywhere in the world.
Facilitator
Bitter Kalli is a writer and landworker born and raised in Brooklyn, NY. They work across mediums including soil, seeds, and printed matter. They are the author of the essay collection Mounted: On Horses, Blackness, and Liberation. They are a child of the Atlantic Ocean, and are based in Philadelphia.