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ATTENDANCE POLICY

Learners who complete this 1.5-hour course will receive a certificate of completion from the Academy.

DESCRIPTION

Seeding Change helps learners examine harmful conditions that they and their communities face, with a lens toward identifying wellness strategies that have sustained them. New and emerging research on trauma and healing will be shared as a starting point for understanding the rich and diverse tools our communities use to support physical and emotional health and reduce the impact of complex trauma.

Together, we will practice breath and movement to process our own intense emotions and center our nervous systems.  As we practice calming and regulating our own nervous systems, learners will identify next steps in their wellness journey, and practices to support the work of providing care for others.

Seeding Change: Care in Complex Conditions is provided as a starting point for NYC non-profit care providers to explore the burdens of systemic inequality on our communities and ourselves. By tapping into tools you can practice yourself and together with your community, we plant seeds of care to reduce the impacts of harm and center connection.

WHAT TO EXPECT

• Instructor-led presentation of new and emerging research on trauma and healing
• Experience guided nervous system centering practices together
• Reflection and discussion on diverse practices to support well-being, including in one's own communities and lineages
• Tools to develop or strengthen an ongoing personal care practice

COURSE OBJECTIVES

Participants will:

• Learn how intersecting harms compound and impact physical and emotional wellbeing
• Orient to diverse healing resources you may already hold or can access, including in your own lineage(s)
• Practice grounding and breathing exercise
• Begin to consider how these practices fit into your work environment
• Explore how you can practice safety, connection, and well-being for yourself and others

ELIGIBILITY

Academy courses are open to non-profit care providers who deliver social services or behavioral health care in New York City. This includes, but is not limited to, staff of: community-based organizations, government agencies, and public hospitals, along with members of mutual aid groups, community gardens, NYCHA resident committees, and more.

This course may be especially helpful if you are seeking tools to center your own well-being, and support clients and colleagues to center their well-being, during stressful times.