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"The masters tools will never dismantle the master's house." - Audre Lorde
*Let's co-create the tools that WILL dismantle it!
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I cultivate (un)learning experiences that are . . .
ACCESSIBLE
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I make space for folks with different learning styles and abilities by using accessible language, visuals, incorporating thinking pauses in teaching, and encouraging various modalities for contributing,
INTERSECTIONAL
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I make space for considering many perspectives, incorporating the ones present and the other relationships we are in, which include the one we have with ourselves, others and the planet.
TRAUMA INFORMED
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I make space for how change making affects our individual and collective nervous system, (our experiences, body and environment).
COLLECTIVE
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I make space for collaboration so that we can practice interdependence in low risk ways.
. . . using Creative Liberation Practices,
lib·er·a·tion
/ˌlibəˈrāSH(ə)n/
noun
the act of setting someone free from imprisonment, slavery, or oppression; release.
"the liberation from systems of oppression"
Creative Liberation Practices is an arts based framework that has an intersectional and trauma informed lens that deepens participant's understanding of their nervous system, promotes imagination and play, so that participants gain confidence in building collective, embodied and anti-oppressive practices into their work.
(UN)LEARNING
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The majority of the world has adopted capitalist and supremacist approaches to living their values. I highlight how they show up in art making, and offer alternative approaches to living their values that can be applied as we make art together. Encouraging participants to explore embodied social change practices, while nurturing personal agency and collective care.
CREATIVITY
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I use creativity to reflect on complex issues with curiosity and imagination. This allows participants to get to know themselves and each other better, providing an opportunity to approach complex issues with more nuance and care.
COMPASSION
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We are all on our journey of resistance and transformation. This might look differently for each one of us depending on our experiences. Together, we identify and create our support systems so that we can increase our capacity for change, and so that we can hold each other through this growth as well.
because I believe that we can co-create
Liberatory Futures.
I usually use the phrase "just and sustainable futures" to express what I mean when I say Liberatory Futures - but if you’re here, reading the fine print, I trust it’s because you’re someone who’s not just looking to cope. You’re looking to co-create something else. Something better. Something that doesn’t only seek justice, but holds care at the center of its identity.
We are in the midst of overlapping crises: ecological, social, and even spiritual (from the perspective that we are all interconnected across time and space). The climate is heating up. Institutions are eroding. The myths of individualism and supremacy are collapsing. Many of us have been waiting for this moment. Others are grieving it. Some are still catching their breath. And some are pushing forward as if oblivious to what is unfolding.
Either way, we’re here now.
And we can’t unsee the violence that shaped the old world - or our own entanglement in it.
The systems that taught us to overwork, hoard, disconnect, and numb will not carry us into the world we want.
So, we begin again.
We begin with imagination.
With art.
With small circles of trust.
With rituals that remind us who we are - and who we belong to.
I believe preparedness is not just about kits or plans.
It’s about relationships.
It’s about rehearsing the world we want to live in.
This is my quiet manifesto:
I believe in preparing for an immediate future where emergency preparedness looks like kinship, not panic.
Where preparedness is not just about surviving, but thriving - because we are already building a new future.
Where collective care isn’t a trend, but the infrastructure of our daily lives.
Where the land is our elder, the body our compass, and creativity our medicine.
Where joy is possible, even in the storm.
I believe liberation must be intentional during collapse - so we don’t simply recreate the systems we’ve inherited.
I know this is possible because, across time and place, people have fought to create more care-filled spaces.
Now it’s our turn to prepare - by co-creating a future where everyone can thrive.
