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Last weekend we hosted our second and final collaborative program with Socrates Sculpture Park. This event was a very unique offering facilitated by nisha purushotham and Ana Polanco. Together they guided us through a constellation to the land, using many of the participants to represent the ancestors and sentiments that facilitate and block our relationship to nature. We thank all of our participants who arrived with beautiful openness to participate in very deep communing. Please follow Ana Polanco and Nisha Purushotham to see their future offerings. We’d also like to thank Socrates Sculpture Park for sharing space and their beautiful community with us.

Join us this Saturday for our second public event this summer Remember & Reawaken: A ceremonial journey to heal our connection with the land is a tender public ceremony facilitated by Ana Polanco and Nisha Purushotham at Socrates Sculpture Park Participants can expect to participate in a guided constellation method, small group dialogue, and singing that allows for new connections with the land. #antiimperialism #ritual Register here https://lnkd.in/dUh932gX

Meet the Ana Polanco and nisha purushotham, who will be guiding us through a land constellation experience on July 27, 11am - 1pm EST @socratespark. Ana Polanco is an ancestral coach, cultural facilitator, and storyteller: I am the daughter and great-granddaughter of immigrant, mixed-race, gifted, creative parents from the Dominican Republic and Colombia who came to the United States pursuing the American Dream of freedom and success, only to give birth to a daughter who also told the story of America’s unkept promise. It's funny how that worked out! Because of their journeys and my own, I have become a culturally centered healing coach for the modern age. By witnessing the cultural practices and belief systems that inform how we act, we can change the shape of our personal and collective purpose, so that it is authentic, inclusive, and sustainable. If we begin to make these intentional changes, we can contribute to a future where all people and the planet can thrive now and in seven generations. nisha purushotham is a queer femme leadership coach, facilitator, writer, and musician who creates conditions for inner and collective attunement so that leaders and organizations can deepen alignment between their purpose, values, and practice. She uses somatic practice, toning, chanting, song circles and parts work to support us in unlocking our authentic voice, moving stuck energy we have absorbed or inherited, and healing our younger selves so that we might (re)connect with our divine purpose and embody it with freedom, courage, and joy. To learn more about what nisha is reflecting on and experimenting with, visit her online journal at https://lnkd.in/ecrTMzj9 Event registration here: https://lnkd.in/ev4Pg9Ex #SomaticPractice #SocratesPark

Saturday, July 27 • 11AM – 1PM EST WElab Field Guide: Remember & Reawaken: A ceremonial journey to heal our connection with the land at Socrates Sculpture Park Our second public event this summer Remember & Reawaken: A ceremonial journey to heal our connection with the land is a tender public ceremony facilitated by Nisha Purushotham and Ana Polanco In this offering Ana Polanco and nisha purushotham come together in sound and family constellations to guide us through a ceremonial journey where we remember connections with Land in our lineage and reawaken ancestral and new connections with Land in ourselves. Ceremony is a decolonial approach which infuses our work and creates an opportunity to shed colonized mindsets embedded in us. Participants can expect to participate in a guided constellation method, small group dialogue, and singing that allows for new connections with the land. @coach.ana @nisha_purushotham @socratespark #antiimperialism #ritual

On Saturday we had the pleasure Our Ecology event with Daniel Lim in Socrates Sculpture Park.

In preparation for our WELab workshop in collaboration with Socrates Sculpture Park @socratespark on June 29, 11AM – 1PM EST. We want to introduce you to Daniel Lim who is facilitating this session around communing with local ecology. #ecofriendly #naturewriting Daniel Lim is a queer social change maker of Chinese descent who was born in Myanmar and raised in an immigrant, working-class family in the unceded territory of the Canarsie-Lenape people in present day Brooklyn, New York. To learn more about Danile Lim read his blog post titled Building Regenerative Cultures. https://lnkd.in/eg9dCxis Event page rsvp now here: https://lnkd.in/eqPWg_q3

This summer we are hosting a series of workshops in partnership with Socrates Sculpture Park Socrates Sculpture Park facilitated by some of our WELab community members. You’re invited to our first event facilitated by Daniel Lim titled OUR ECOLOGY. Through tactile activities where participants of all ages can interact with the natural elements of the park and a reflective writing exercise, we will connect with the forces that sustain both life on earth and our human communities. #ecofriendly #naturewriting

This month, we share offerings from the Navigating Change Initiative, where change organizations experimented with building supportive leadership, and equitable organizations rooted in values. Explore these initiative-authored reflections to learn more! Today, it's NURTURING LEADERSHIP STRUCTURES & CATALYZING LEADERSHIP TRANSITIONS! https://lnkd.in/erSqu4YF

This month, we share offerings from the Navigating Change Initiative, where change organizations experimented with building supportive leadership, and equitable organizations rooted in value. Today, it's BRIDGING CONFLICT & DIFFERENCE! Explore initiative-authored reflections to learn more! Trust as a Valued Commodity at Work and in Movements https://lnkd.in/eSXqJZH3 Making Sense of the Alternative Highway https://lnkd.in/gwerukFb

Navigating Change initiative was developed by Aurora Commons and Change Elemental in partnership with the Ford Foundation's Civic Engagement and Government program to explore how groups in the civic engagement field are building organizations that both advance and embody equitable democracy. Explore initiative-authored reflections and the accompanying blog to learn more! https://lnkd.in/gif_VjWg