This popular education workshop explores the complex history of third spaces in Black/queer life in Kansas City––examining how the former Black gay bar, Soakie’s, was shut down by the Power + Light development; and a larger conversation around our right to occupy, reclaim, and transform spaces that are constantly under threat. Attendees will engage in critical dialogue, hands-on exercises to connect these themes with their own experiences; and discuss what it means to create stable Black queer futurity in KC.