Join us at 1pm for an outdoor potluck. All are welcome!
“Assume the Throne” performance (75 minutes) followed by a panel conversation moderated by The POOP Project's Shawn Shafner, and featuring local sanitation activists Marcia Bernbaum, George Olivar, and Janet Sharp from DC Public Restrooms.
Copies of Shawn’s new book *Know Your Shit: What Your Crap is Telling You* will be available for sale, alongside fairtrade elephant dung-paper gifts from Mr. Ellie Pooh!
Montgomery County Energy Ambassadors will also be on-hand distributing water-saving 'toilet tank banks'!
*Assume the Throne* https://thepoopproject.org/assume-the-throne An intimate blend of storytelling, ritual and razzle dazzle, Shawn spills the beans on a time-tested recipe to transform our personal and collective crap into nourishment worthy of Royalty. This “Tao of Poo” combines nature’s template for compost with wisdom from world religions, lessons learned from ten years of preaching POOP-positivity worldwide, and a hearty dose of audience participation. A heart- and colon-warming experience unlike anything you ever thought necessary, the time has come to ASSUME THE THRONE.
*Shawn Shafner* ShawnShafner.com Shawn Shafner is an artist, educator, and facilitator. As founder of The People’s Own Organic Power (POOP) Project, Shawn catalyzes conversations about sustainable sanitation for every pooper—and the planet we poop on. From the floor of the United Nations to the mountains of Rwanda, he has spread poop positivity since 2010 on four continents, at colleges across the country, toured four critically-acclaimed shows, released three years of podcast episodes, produced one feature-length documentary, written a book (new this year!), and had countless conversations about the doo we all do doo. More at thePOOPproject.org. When he’s not pooping, Shawn teaches meditation and mindful creativity, leads movement classes through the lineage of choreographer Tamar Rogoff, sings with Marisa Michelson’s Constellation Chor Ensemble, tells stories to young children and their families, and facilitates arts-integrated workshops for learners of all ages. Shawn is the humble recipient of some fancy fellowships, grants, and awards. His work is featured in three books, and he’s performed at Madison Square Garden, with the New York Philharmonic at Lincoln Center, and many more—but he doesn’t like to brag. He just wants to spread love, have fun, and make meaningful connections. So let’s get started already!
*Panel Info* DC Public Restrooms members Marcia Bernbaum, George Olivar, and Janet Sharp will share their experience advocating for more clean and safe public restrooms available to everyone in needed areas of DC. They will also highlight findings from their research which serves as the impetus for and informed the contents of Law 22-280, Public Restroom Facilities Implementation & Promotion Act of 2018. Now that Law 22-280 is in effect, DC Public Restrooms and colleagues are focused on ensuring its successful implementation.
More information on DC Public Restroom’s research and what they have done to date may be found at www.pffcdc.org/public-restroom
*Know Your Shit: What Your Crap Is Telling You* https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Know-Your-Shit/Shawn-Shafner/9781646432233 Poop is a big deal. All people and all beings do it on any good day. It's basically at the center of everything. Know Your Shit lifts the lid off the potty taboo and breaks the stall door down in search of the Perfect Poo. Along the way, learn what happens inside your body to make poo, how the process can go wrong, and simple fixes to make sure you stay in the Goldiplops Zone.
Now, let us hold these poos to be self-evident; not all are created equal. But it is important to understand them in terms of personal health and global wellbeing. Because how are we supposed to fix all the super-complex problems in our world if we don't know shit about shit?
Know Your Shit: What Your Crap is Telling You is written by Shawn Shafner with colorful illustrations by Rebecca Pry. Published by Cider Mill Press and distributed by Simon & Schuster.
