Stretch & Wake-up Session

with Vanessa Rose Soto
9:30am to 10:20am

Join New Haven native and yoga instructor Vanessa Rose Soto for this 45min gentle stretch session will help you wake-up, move and get started for the day! Participants will be guided through mindful movement which will be a combination of yoga, tai-chi, and meditation. You will end feeling refreshed and focused.

Weaving Reflection & Participation

with Gabbie Barns
10:30am to 12:30pm

Join SCC alumni, artist and cultural organizer Gabbie Barns in exploring the balance between inward reflection and collective participation, honoring both the quiet threads that ground us and the vibrant fabric we create with one another.

The first half will center quiet reflection and creative exploration. Beginning with a guided meditation followed by an intuitive art activity, this is an invitation to slow down and reconnect with yourself, to create freely without pressure or overthinking, and to nurture the solitude that self-care requires.

The second half transition into collective creation, carrying the energy of our individual practices into shared space. Together, we’ll collaborate on a series of large-scale looms, weaving together colorful and experimental pieces that celebrate connection, community, and conscious co-creation.

Unlearning Adultism & Other Inherited Scripts:
Resources for Caregivers and Allied Adults Doing Inner Work

with Kimberly Gill & Dempsey
10:30am to 12:30pm

Join members of Brave Nature Collaborative for a workshop oriented towards parents, caregivers and adult community members who are interested in unlearning adultism. There are many ways of defining adultism, but simply put this term refers to the colonial construct and mindset that results in systematic dismissal or minimization of the opinions, knowledge, culture, and life experiences of young people simply because they are young. Come explore!

Narratives: The Myths We Are Told, and How To Write Our Own Stories

with Jezrie Marcano-Courtney
1:30pm to 3:30pm

Join New Haven based storytelling artist Jezrie Marcano-Courtney for a creative activity that challenges us to engage with the societal narratives we live by, talking about who tells these “myths” to us, how we can learn to question them, and how we can learn to create and share our own stories about who we are.

Center of Gravity:
(Self) Perspective, Assessment & Reflection

with Sarana “Ra” Nia Carter
1:30pm to 3:30pm

Concentric Circles of Relationship is a tool designed by Sarana Nia to tell the story of our personal eco system. It is a discernment framework grounded in the belief that integrity is visible in practice—and practice is visible in relationships. You can often know what you are truly practicing by observing who surrounds you. This is a reflection on the alignment between our values, identity, and relationships—not just what we believe, intend, or claim.

This workshop is a play on the activity ‘Concentric Circles’.
Using four key levels of relationship and core discernment questions, we can interrogate the space between our values and our practice. This offering is a tool for clarity, alignment, and discernment for individuals and organizations committed to navigating complex and ever changing personal, professional and political terrain. Without shame, performance, right or wrong, this activity asks us to look at, as Niyonu would say, if we are being who we say we be.