We Envision Spaces

~Spaces for somatic exploration and beloved community~

~a Beloved community of Embodied and empowered women~

~Women creating and sharing stories through varied art forms~

~art forms that inspire new possibilities for collective action~

~collective action that moves us toward systemic transformation~

STEPS TOWARD VISION:

Creative Breath and The Fluid Narrative: We offer somatic healing circles for BBIPOC women to find belonging, share stories and practice embodied creativity within a container of diversity, equity and inclusion.

Publishing Funds: We are raising funds to publish our literary works.

Outreach and Engagement: We cultivate partnerships with individuals and organizations aligned with our purpose of supporting women. We aim to establish our presence (via talks, community gatherings, online forums, publications, etc.) to increase access to our programs.

Expand Community Membership: We will launch additional programs to serve a wider community, including women who are:

  • Interested in social justice allyship

  • Experiencing pain, unbelonging, and those who want to invite more healing, connection, and/or creativity into their lives

  • Interested in bridging the economic gaps that exist in our current economic systems

Sample Programs: Social Theater, Whole-Body Creativity, Narrative Healing and Memoir Writing, Dreamwork for Artists, Visioning and Preparing for Change, Embodied Communication, Somatics for Resilience and Pain Management, and Creativity for Collaborative Leadership, Wilderness+Poetry+Soul

Financial Sustainability: We aim to create and sustain multiple long-term funding channels - including publications, gift economics (with donors), and additional programs - in partnership with our fiscal sponsor.

OUR SPACES ARE ROOTED IN VALUES:

CREATIVITY as in cultivating novel ways to explore our inner/outer worlds and expressing our findings through writing, visual arts, sound, movement, and role play

SOMATICS as in honoring our bodies as reflections of nature, as story keepers and as healing guides while sharing our training in embodiment methods from both the Global South and North

CONNECTION as in meeting ourselves, each other, and nature with compassion, empathy and willingness to be both vulnerable and to support collaboration through intentional communication, feedback, shared decision-making and resource-sharing

TRANSFORMATION AND SUSTAINABLE GROWTH as in the ongoing learning, healing and action that supports interdependence for the thriving of female bodies and our natural world, while bridging the gap between those with less access to resources and those who have more

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