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Weekly Round-Up | Equity, Ecosomatics, and Mission-Driven Communications

Every week I create a round-up of my favorite reads and listens over the last 7 days.

Organization Spotlight

The Northwest Network of Bi, Trans, Lesbian & Gay Survivors of Abuse.
The NW Network of Bi, Trans, Lesbian and Gay Survivors of Abuse works to end violence and abuse by building loving and equitable relationships in our community and across the country.

Monday: Anti-Racism, Equity, and Organizational Development

Tuesday-Thursday: Communications & Fundraising

I have embarked on building a new multi-year strategic development plan for my current organization. A part of that process was a revisit to favorite resources on communications, including the Progressives Study Guide from Sum of Us, which I strongly recommend everyone reading–not just communications people! I also picked up two books to help me expand my thinking on Fund Development and Communication Methods.

Friday: Health / Movement / Play

Ahead of an interview, I revisited and researched readings on ecosomatics. Strengthening appreciation and connection to the places we live and play has been at the heart of my career–Parkour being an eco-somatic practice that brings together ecological consciousness with movement education, improvisation, and play. I believe it is critical to facilitate a physical and emotional connection to our natural world in order to expand our ability to empathize and take action on the larger challenges facing us as a society today.

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Olive Bieringa on the Ecosomatics Classroom

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Interview with Olive Bieringa; The ecosomatics classroom is a roving experimental project that intertwines the fields of ecology, biology and other sciences along with dance and the somatic practice of Body-Mind Centering

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Excerpts

“Ecosomatics is an emerging interdisciplinary field which connects embodiment practices such as dance and the healing arts with ecological consciousness. It is a dynamic approach to learning and living and a manifestation in how the moving arts can facilitate a lasting positive impact upon the natural, and the social landscape.”

  • How can we can access knowledge from other disciplines to enrich our own?
  • How can embodiment/movement play a role in how we accumulate knowledge?
  • How can our somatic knowledge expand research in other fields?
  • How can embodied and empathetic practices help us to evolve as human beings and transform our environmental consciousness?

Notes

I’ve always been drawn to the eco-somatic framework;

Strengthening appreciation and connection to the places we live and play has been at the heart of my career–Parkour being an eco-somatic practice that brings together ecological consciousness with movement education, improvisation, and play. I believe it is critical to facilitate a physical and emotional connection to our natural world in order to expand our ability to empathize and take action on the larger challenges facing us as a society today.