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Krystal Kavita Jagoo, MSW @ Intersectional Equity Insights

Krystal Kavita Jagoo graduated from York University with a Bachelor of Arts degree in 2008 and a Master of Social Work degree from the University of Windsor in 2010. Jagoo is an educator, who is passionate about equitable outcomes for all, which means working in solidarity with Black and Indigenous communities on Turtle Island, as can be seen from her writing and facilitation work. She most enjoys facilitating virtual psychoeducational Disability Justice programming, as she knows how vital such work is for BIPOC LGBTQIA+ disabled folx like herself to ever access equitable outcomes. 

A presentation slide is seen. Against a black background, white text states: BIPOC Letter-writing for the Revolution Underneath, an illustration shows a dark skinned wheelchair user with long hair and a beanie sitting at a small table, using their laptop to participate in a video meeting. The laptop screen is shown to their right, with the call being live captioned. The main speaker is a dark skinned person wearing a hijab and glasses, and 3 other participants are at the bottom of the screen, in smaller windows. In the bottom right corner, a yellow service dog bounds towards the wheelchair user. At the bottom of the image, black text states: Dana Chan for Disabled And Here Below, white text states: Krystal Kavita Jagoo, MSW.
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BIPOC Letter-writing for the Revolution Group Programming

This BIPOC-only arts programming will delve into letters from BIPOC trailblazers Octavia Butler, Kai Cheng Thom, Alicia Elliott, Richard Wagamese, Ly Xīnzhèn Zhǎngsūn Brown, Dev Ramsawakh, Patrice Peck, etc. for reflection & discussion. These virtual workshops explore how letter-writing can be a revolutionary tool to confront various aspects of oppression towards liberation.

If you have not attended my workshops, please know that I give registrants the 1st 5 minutes to arrive before getting started with slides, but continue to let folx in until the session ends. Generally, materials are emailed at least a day in advance, and utilize some media to illuminate an issue of significance to BIPOC folx, including poems, essays, articles, media clips from TV shows, movies, documentaries, etc., during which attendees are welcome to engage with on their own terms, i.e. with no expectation of being on camera, communicating verbally or in the chat, etc. Around the halfway point, a 15-minutes break is facilitated, after which participants are invited to explore a writing prompt during quiet time of 10-20 minutes. Once the timer ends, participants are invited to share what they wrote, and/or discuss how the process went for them. Throughout the workshop, my approach is consent-based, i.e. folx are encouraged to read slides, share feedback, etc. and only those who volunteer to do so, are invited to engage, as there is no pressure to participate beyond one's capacity, as aligned with my commitment to Disability Justice in all of my work.

This $50USD Individual Rate per session is based on my skills from over a decade in such roles as Mental Health Therapist, University Instructor, Wellness Counsellor and Coordinator, Accessibility Advisor, Writer, and Equity Practitioner, in combination with 2025 CARFAC rates for Artist fees, which values workshops that are less than 4 hours at $520, plus $400 for up to 8 hours of preparation time.

If able, please pay-it-forward so that folx in financial precarity as a result of racial capitalism may benefit, as aligned with Disability Justice, Transformative Justice, Racial Justice, Health Equity, etc.

Especially if you may be new to thinking critically about the need for mutual aid in BIPOC LGBTQIA+ disabled communities, and how to invest in that for the survival of your more marginalized loved ones, I would encourage you to explore my 2024 hermit crab essay, Sustainable BIPOC Resistance - Purchase Bingo.

I crafted it to help folx navigate Pay-What-You-Can offerings. Our final discussions in Navigating Grief in BIPOC Solidarity got me thinking about how complicated our relationships can be to our finances, as I am regularly surprised by how often those who cannot afford to contribute feel badly for an unavoidable reality, while those with the means to do so embody comfort with not contributing financially, so I tried to think through my own historical and ongoing challenges as well as those shared by participants, loved ones, etc, which has only become more complicated as I reconcile gender-based violence in terms of financial abuse, which has further debilitated me.

My hope is to bring in enough income to be able to afford BIPOC ASL interpretation services for all my arts programming, so if you are able to contribute less than $5 to support BIPOC-only arts programming, that can be sent by PayPal.

*Please note that no refunds will be provided for services, but if life gets in the way of participating in the purchased session, BIPOC folx can attend a subsequent session for free.*

$50.00