Mattice Haynes selected as 1 of 10 community leaders in the first-ever Black Embodiment Practitioner Cohort
In the Spring of 2022, The Black Embodiment Initiative launched our first-ever Black Practitioner Development Cohort. Our vision is to have a pathway for practitioners to train in our embodied framework and approach. We know the need for embodied practitioners is massive and our goal is to create a cohort of well-trained practitioners that are able to support people, leaders, and organizations in movement and beyond. This is one of only a few programs in the country specifically designed to develop Black somatic practitioners. This will be a space of experimentation and refinement of The Embodiment Institute’s methodology. Our hope is that it becomes a place of reciprocal learning, where we practice skills together and then practitioners utilize them in their community work.
Anti-Racism: Powerful Voices, Inspiring Ideas — Kenrya Rankin in conversation with Mattice Haynes
Charis welcomes Kenrya Rankin in conversation with Atlanta-based antiracism practitioner, Mattice Haynes for a celebration of the vibrant collection, Anti-Racism: Powerful Voices, Inspiring Ideas. This event is co-sponsored by the Auburn Avenue Research Library on African American Culture and History. Discover the powerful words of anti-racism activists in this vibrant, resonant collection of quotes that centers previously unheard voices while also paying tribute to those who came before. More than 100 incisive, thought-provoking passages will enlighten and inspire in this must-have collection for everyone who cares about promoting racial equity. Kenrya Rankin celebrates resistance by centering and honoring anti-racist voices, past and present. This exciting collection showcases passages from the writings or speeches of thinkers and activists in the anti-racist community. These are words to enlighten, to prompt change, to provide encouragement, and to move readers to action. A brief biographical note for each person quoted gives context to their words. The bold and colorful design underlines the energy and movement toward real change.
Reclaiming SPACES & PLACES
A Virtual Convening with BlackSpace & NextCity
Reclaiming Spaces & Places will assemble urbanists and community leaders for a 2-day event of virtual learning and exchange.
Spaces and Places, born of the necessity to be acknowledged within the built environment, has embarked on its most unique and ambitious convening since its conception. Now in its fourth year, the annual grassroots (un)conference was hosted digitally in partnership with BlackSpace and Next City. This year’s theme, titled Reclaiming, aimed to position BIPOC urbanists, designers, and activists as defiant catalysts for liberation and equity.
Healing & Mental Health in Parenting with Mattice Haynes
Tune into my interview with Parenting for Liberation!
“Confronting chronic emotional pain in Black life is the terrain of political resistance we must now explore, the new revolutionary frontier—” -bell hooks
On this podcast, we celebrate National Mental Health Awareness Week! In this podcast we talk to Mattice Haynes and discuss our participation and learnings from BEAM’s Black Mental Health and Healing Justice training in Summer 2018 and through storytelling explore the role of healing in Parenting for Liberation. When emotions rise on the call, we lean into them, and practice breathing together. Much gratitude for authentic vulnerability.
We conclude the call with a practice from the BEAM training, a collective mantra, that we co-created about the capacity for Black folks to heal: I have a right to my feelings and emotions Black people have a right to heal We have a right to exist and just be Our families deserve freedom to play, to laugh, and to love We can and we must love and support one another Healing is essential to Black liberation Let’s get free y’all!