FABRIC
Regular gatherings knitting together threads of
community, care, creativity and conscious co-creation.
Thanks for being a part of Fabric
We are so grateful to all the incredible folks who brought their wisdom, creativity, care and heart to Fabric gatherings this year. Stay tuned for what we’ll be up to next year! We’ll be in touch as the threads come together.
Fabric is freely offered and produced with 🧡 by CEIO.
Fabric’s Thoughtful Threads
Connect with other
big-hearted folks working to abolish systems of oppression and cultivate collective care in our local communities
Fabric provides a space for those working in and alongside their communities to connect with their peers, laugh, learn, stretch, grieve, rest, strategize and consciously co-create together.
Staying the course is a lot easier when we do it together y’all!
Cowork and collab in community
Fabric provides free coworking space for you to do what you do. Knock out a few emails, design a newsletter, crunch some numbers, or submit a proposal in an animated workspace with other like-minded people. We seek to co-create a coworking culture of open collaboration and peer production while creating some intentional space for quiet, restful work.
Details:
- Open between 9am and 5pm.
- Fast free wifi
- Open seating
- Beverages and snacks
What the community is saying…
“Fabric was well designed, engaging, joyful, informative and spacious in regards to coworking.”
“I met some new people and hugged friends I haven’t seen in several years.”
“I loved that there was a comfortable space to work, with plenty of opportunity to interact with others but also no obligation to socialize. I got so much work done and felt energized just by being in a well-lit space with the fresh air coming in, the presence of others, and access to food and drink.”
Learn a new framework, strengthen your practice or refresh your understanding
Fabric provides workshops and training designed to nurture your practice and deepen your learning. Register to attend a variety of offerings specifically designed to support you in being more conscious about how you use your power in all your relationships.
Recurring Workshops and Trainings
Conscious Facilitation Series
with varun khattar sharma and Steven Tatum
11:00am to 12:30pm = workshop
1:30pm to 2:30pm = group coaching
Do you regularly facilitate meetings, whether at work, home, or a grassroots project? Are you interested in being part of an intentional learning community with others seeking to develop a more liberatory facilitation practice? Join us for Conscious Facilitation!
This four-part series is being offered in both Hamden and Hartford!
Practicing Radical Truth Telling
with Niyonu Spann
2:30pm to 4:30pm
In a time of clinging to illusions, blatant attempts to rewrite history, and internalized superiority/inferiority, we need to cultivate our ability to discern and speak truth – regardless of others’ agreement. Let’s learn how to hold each other as each one practices speaking from their heart, their intellect, and their somatic knowing.
What the community is saying…
“I am so grateful to Fabric for offering such a great workshop at the exact moment we needed it. The material was so precise, and it was really interactive and inspiring.”
“Great to have the space to make new connections and also debrief with my team. My head felt full. Lots to think about and move forward with!”
Get and Give Guidance, Insight and Encouragement
We believe in both honoring the wisdom of the collective and the benefit of individualized support. During Fabric, get access to individual guidance, group coaching and peer support spaces.
Individual Coaching
At Fabric you can book individualized coaching with folks like:
varun khattar sharma
varun (they/elle) is specifically offering individual coaching around group facilitation design and practice.
Steven Tatum
Steven (he/him) is specifically offering individual coaching around group facilitation design and practice.
Armela Waters
Armela (she/her) is an Albanian-American immigrant mother, coach, facilitator, designer, writer and organization development advisor. Armela has been coaching individuals and groups for over 10 years to explore, release, and transform patterns that keep people stuck and create a path to a more authentic life and work by reconnecting to emotions and building supportive structures for transformation.
Slate Ballard
Slate (he/him) is offering coaching sessions which seek to support you in deepening your practice, applying your knowing, thoughtful project development and planning or simply brainstorming what you want to be up to and how you might bring more consciousness and care to it.
Group Coaching
Through group coaching we aim to create a safe and supportive space to hold each other. Join us to support or bring a problem that you could use some listening time around and new perspectives from other community-minded folks practicing more liberatory and inclusive ways of relating. We will be using the Critical Friends Group Protocol as a structure for our time together.
- Group Coaching for Facilitation with varun khattar sharma and Steven Tatum,
varun (they, them) and Steven (he, him) will be facilitating this Group Coaching session specifically to support folks around group facilitation.
Receive care for your body, rest for your mind and nourishing food for your belly
Fabric lovingly offers individual care sessions and collective rest experiences to rejuvenate your body, mind and spirit. Plus, enjoy refreshing beverages, healthy snacks and a fully catered lunch.
Care Offerings
At each Fabric we curate a unique set of individual and collective care offerings to support relaxation and rest.
Embodied Ancestral Healing and Liberation
with Enroue ‘Onigbonna’ Halfkenny
9:00am to 11:00am
With guidance, Enroue will support you connecting with the aspects of your ancestral lineage that have been embedded and embodied within you. These aspects that are liberatory or in need of healing will have supported space to be felt and expressed. This workshop is grounded in the techniques of Authentic Movement as well as the Yoruba practices of Ancestral worship.
Please wear clothes you are comfortable to move in, a journal, and an item that connects you to your ancestors.
Release and Rise: A Movement Workshop
with Angela Clinton
1:30pm to 2:30pm
Join Angela to use movement, music, and dance to acknowledge and release what’s stuck in our bodies in these scary times and to explore what can help us rise up. We’ll explore what feels hard but also what feels good, joyful and connecting in our bodies. Come as you are, with a willingness to move, stretch and play at your own comfort level.
Enjoy nourishing food and beverages from local caterers.
What the community is saying…
“Met some great new people and enjoyed being well taken care of with beverages, snacks, flowers, etc. Thank you.”
“The day was restorative and fulfilling. I felt held, and I didn’t realize how badly I needed that until I was present.“
Flex your creativity and celebrate in community
Fabric echos CEIO’s belief that creating opportunities and spaces for people to share their creative energy “is the living expression of justice, of being whole.” Come create with us!
Unique Creative Offerings
At each Fabric gathering local artists and creatives offer activities to spark your creative agency. We’ve had workshops on printmaking, zines, creative writing, line dancing, drawing, and more.
Words Create Worlds: Healing through Storytelling and Creative Expression
with Abigail Mariam, Ph.D.
10:30am to 12:30pm
What are the words we speak over ourselves? Do we remind ourselves of our pain, our beauty, our challenges? In this workshop, we will name and identify the things we speak over ourselves that hold us back and find the life-giving words we can replace those with. If you like to write, draw, paint, sculpt, dance, make music, or express yourself creatively in other ways, then this workshop is for you! Bring your creative tools and join us as we use these forms of storytelling to create new worlds for ourselves.
Crafted Expressions:
Wearable Crochet Art
with Ceresa Bolden
11:00am to 12:30pm
Celebrate creativity and self-expression through crochet! In this fun, hands-on workshop, you’ll explore a variety of crochet techniques while designing your own adjustable bracelet. With a selection of beads and charms to choose from, you’ll craft a wearable piece of art that reflects your unique style. No experience needed, just your imagination.
Primal Music
with Eben Pariser and Molly Venter of Goodnight Moonshine
1:00pm to 2:30pm
Primal Music is a non-verbal interactive music experience that fosters group cohesion, emotional expression, and joy. This innovative offering harnesses the profound connection between music, education, science, and spirituality to foster community, emotional expression, and joy.
Fabric Fall Finale
with Paul Bryant Hudson
4:30pm – 5:15pm
We’ll close out this Fabric season with a short dialogue on the connection between creativity, liberation and community followed by a special performance from Paul.
What the community is saying…
April’s “Collaging For Collective Liberation workshop was a great way to end the day using a different part of my brain than what I use for work.”