In this session, we will start in the body with music and a guided invocation. We will establish group agreements in order to create trust and safety, and meet with all the facilitators.

Warmup + Invocation with Reem “dreeemy” Abdou and Atasiea Ferguson.

Facilitators: Dana Dajani & Rawan Roshni

This ritual will make space for grief to be felt, seen, heard and carried, for and by the collective. We will unearth the sorrow and anger that emerge from the deep desire for better, holding together the weight of that which isn’t meant to be processed alone.

We will map the pain in our bodies and on the body of the earth, move with it and allow it to move us. This ritual is a journey of release and transformation, finding the antidote and building emotional solidarity.

Warmup with Omar Aena

Facilitator: Itaf Awad

This workshop will guide us through the Way of Council - a practice enables deep transformative connection, through listening and speaking from the heart.

We will lead with our hearts toward authentic communication, trust, relationship, healing and community.

Warmup with Valerie Chafograck

Facilitator: Saed Mansour

In this session, we will practice embodying social and political issues of our choosing by moving through one side of the issue, the other, and then both at the same time.

Warmup with Omar Aena

Facilitators: Melina Laboucan-Massimo & Dana Dajani

In this session, we will draw parallels of the struggle for freedom in Palestine to the Indigenous people in Turtle Island/North America.

Warmup: Nick Demeris

Facilitators: Valerie Chafograck and Dominique Cowling

Movement practice can be inspiring, healing and revolutionary when it comes to exploring relating to others. Relationships bring us into the Heart- the point is to be aware, to cultivate pathways that allow us to choose connection with intentionality. What would it be like to practice a movement language that involves no spoken words?

What becomes possible when we invite breath and presence to the movements of our hearts?

This workshop will be an opportunity to be embodied throughout various landscapes of relationships. We will build resilience and capacity for genuine exploration with anyone we encounter on the virtual dance floor and in the everyday dance.

Warmup with Omar Aena

Facilitator: Wendy Elisheva Somerson

In this workshop, we will explore how being present in our bodies is an inherently political act that helps us stay connected to each other. The dominant culture of oppression relies on the objectification of others and disconnection from the land and our living environments. We will learn a foundational practice of centering that help us recognize our interdependence rather than our separation from each other, and all of life.

We will also look specifically at how Jewish historical trauma and grief are weaponized by the Israeli government and its supporters as a tool of separation to provide moral cover for the oppression of Palestinians. We will explore how healing from trauma can help all of us reach for connection beyond the boundaries of our identities to show up in solidarity with each other with the goal of Palestinian and collective liberation.

Opening warmup: Reem “dreeemy” Abdou

This final session will include sharing our learnings from the course, celebrating our transformations and making commitments to each other for the journey ahead.