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well-being

How do we build and sustain learning spaces that nurture our collective well-being and mental health?

Field Trip: November 5th, 2021 10-11:30 PT

Workshop: November 18th, 2021 12-1:00 PT

Despite the growing conversation about educating the whole child, nourishment of the mental, emotional, and physical self is regularly crowded out by other priorities. But in the face of the isolation and lasting hardships associated with Covid-19, we’re called to flip that script. 

This month we’ll dig into organizations that are prioritizing individual and collective well-being — putting a stake in the ground that it’s not a nice-to-have, but something that requires intentional design and focus. Access to this month’s experiences start at $25.


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Field trip guests

  • Citizens of the World

    Citizens of the World Charter Schools operates K-8 schools in California, Kansas, and Ohio.

    CWC has redesigned its middle school model to truly honor the developmental needs of adolescents. During our field trip, they will provide a window into Roots, a dedicated space for exploring self and leveraging different modalities to foster personal growth (from mindfulness, to expressive arts, to peer coaching, and identity projects).

  • GALS

    Girls Athletic Leadership Schools operates an all-girls middle and high school in Denver, CO. Their mission is to empower students to succeed academically, lead confidently, live boldly and thrive physically.

    They aim to provide a powerful, holistic education by honoring the power of movement — to spark joy, grow confidence, improve cognition and build lifelong habits of well-being.

  • Rural Opportunity Institute

    The Rural Opportunity Institute is an organization based in Edgecombe County, North Carolina.

    Its mission is to support people's healing process by educating, reshaping systemic practices, and fostering deep-rooted connections. The Rural Opportunity Institute strives to end generational cycles of trauma and poverty by preventing adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) and toxic stress for the community in Edgecombe County.

workshop

On November 18, we’ll offer a protected space for you to tend to your own well-being. We will share practices for calming our bodies, and will dedicate this hour to taking care of ourselves and each other.

Rooted in the belief that “we can’t practice self-care without community care,” we’ll learn from A Burnout and Vicarious Trauma Toolkit by Larissa Pham. We’ve designed this space with the hope that you’ll leave with a renewed sense of connection with yourself and your community.

Our approach to this workshop was informed by this essay: Reclaiming Audre Lorde’s Radical Self-Care, by Kathleen Newman-Bremang

 

“Caring for myself is not self-indulgence, it is self-preservation, and that is an act of political warfare.”

Audre Lorde