Wholistic Community
The Women's Center is glad to be partnering with Insight-Out Development, Santosha Village and Radiance Retreat Center on this collaborative project.
Background
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation is funding an initiative to strengthen a “Wholistic Community” for Black, Indigenous, and People of Color, through their Culture of Health Leaders (COHL) Program. COHL is a three-year leadership development program in which an individual from a community is chosen to develop and implement a strategic initiative to “build a culture of health” in their community. RWJF offers a small budget of $35,000 for the implementation. Florentina Ramirez Staigers, the sole owner of Insight-Out Development L3C, began the COHL program in October 2017 and over the next couple of years she worked with Dahlia El-Shafei, and Haiyan Khan of Santosha Village to develop a vision of strengthening a community of Black, Indigenous, and People of Color interested in connecting individual healing practices and collective liberation. The Women’s Center for Healing & Transformation is a strong supporter and the fiscal sponsor.
What is “Wholistic Community”?
“Wholistic Community” starts from a place of knowing that we are already whole. It is a community that recognizes the interconnectedness of society, nature, and all beings in order to heal individual and collective suffering, especially as it manifests in the form of racial, gender, and other forms of oppression rooted in a sense of separateness.
Why is it needed?
There is a need to build upon existing efforts and bring together people who understand a wholistic view of healing and justice. Healing spaces often do not address a context of racial oppression and collective suffering, while justice spaces often lack commitment to self-care and healing. We can create a micro-system that acknowledges racial disparities and white supremacy, and values indigenous and ancestral beliefs and practices.
What will it look like?
This project will bring together a group of twelve BIPOC individuals who are interested in building wholistic community and lifting up ancestral and alternative practices of healing such as, but not limited to, stillness, movement, art, and ritual. A stipend will be provided to participate in a 6-month program where we will connect with each other and different healing practices, and develop a plan to offer practices and services to a chosen community that is currently not being served by our systems.
How can you be part of the effort?
Full details about the six-month program can be found on Insight-Out Development's website at https://insight-outdevelopment.com/wholisticcommunity/
The Women's Center is glad to be partnering with Insight-Out Development, Santosha Village and Radiance Retreat Center on this collaborative project.
Background
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation is funding an initiative to strengthen a “Wholistic Community” for Black, Indigenous, and People of Color, through their Culture of Health Leaders (COHL) Program. COHL is a three-year leadership development program in which an individual from a community is chosen to develop and implement a strategic initiative to “build a culture of health” in their community. RWJF offers a small budget of $35,000 for the implementation. Florentina Ramirez Staigers, the sole owner of Insight-Out Development L3C, began the COHL program in October 2017 and over the next couple of years she worked with Dahlia El-Shafei, and Haiyan Khan of Santosha Village to develop a vision of strengthening a community of Black, Indigenous, and People of Color interested in connecting individual healing practices and collective liberation. The Women’s Center for Healing & Transformation is a strong supporter and the fiscal sponsor.
What is “Wholistic Community”?
“Wholistic Community” starts from a place of knowing that we are already whole. It is a community that recognizes the interconnectedness of society, nature, and all beings in order to heal individual and collective suffering, especially as it manifests in the form of racial, gender, and other forms of oppression rooted in a sense of separateness.
Why is it needed?
There is a need to build upon existing efforts and bring together people who understand a wholistic view of healing and justice. Healing spaces often do not address a context of racial oppression and collective suffering, while justice spaces often lack commitment to self-care and healing. We can create a micro-system that acknowledges racial disparities and white supremacy, and values indigenous and ancestral beliefs and practices.
What will it look like?
This project will bring together a group of twelve BIPOC individuals who are interested in building wholistic community and lifting up ancestral and alternative practices of healing such as, but not limited to, stillness, movement, art, and ritual. A stipend will be provided to participate in a 6-month program where we will connect with each other and different healing practices, and develop a plan to offer practices and services to a chosen community that is currently not being served by our systems.
How can you be part of the effort?
Full details about the six-month program can be found on Insight-Out Development's website at https://insight-outdevelopment.com/wholisticcommunity/
