A Community Conversation and Attention Lab with the Strother School of Radical Attention

Most of us know the feeling: a phone buzzes, a tab opens, an hour disappears and we can't quite say where it went. Attensity! A Manifesto of the Attention Liberation Movement argues that this isn't a personal failing, it's an industry. First Light is hosting an evening built around that argument, led by someone who has spent her career thinking about attention as both a political and a deeply personal practice.

We'll start with a community conversation on Attensity! with Eve Mitchell, a Friend of Attention and founding member of the Strother School of Radical Attention. From there, Eve will lead the group through a SoRA Attention Lab, a hands-on session where participants build their own tools and practices for protecting their attention, together rather than alone.

A reception with Eve will take place from 6:00 to 6:30 PM, followed by the conversation and workshop at 6:30 PM. Tickets include a copy of the book and a reserved seat. Unreserved seats are available on a first come, first served basis. Free RSVPs are also encouraged.​

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About the book

Attensity! A Manifesto of the Attention Liberation Movement is a rallying cry against the commodification of human attention and a call to reclaim our humanity through collective action. Written by The Friends of Attention, a network of writers, artists, educators, and activists at the forefront of the emerging Attention Liberation Movement, the book argues that pushing back against today's regime of "human fracking" takes more than individual willpower - it takes a movement.

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About Eve Mitchell

Eve Mitchell is a psychotherapist serving the Hudson Valley and New York City, and a founding member and lead facilitator at the Strother School of Radical Attention. Her work sits at the intersection of attention and the politics of care, a through-line she explores in her column, Free Floating Attention, for Psychology Today. As a Friend of Attention, Eve brings both clinical and movement experience to the conversation, treating attention not just as a resource under threat but as a practice we can relearn together.

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About the Strother School of Radical Attention

The Strother School of Radical Attention (SoRA) is a nonprofit organization based in Dumbo, Brooklyn, dedicated to the work of Attention Activism, the collective effort to push back against the commodification of human attention. Through workshops, public programs, institutional partnerships, and community organizing, SoRA advances public understanding of attention, its social and political significance, and the forces that shape it.

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