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CRISIS TO CARE: A BIPOC HEALING JUSTICE COLLECTIVE PRESENTS

Crisis to Care: A Collective for BIPOC Leaders Across the Social Change Ecosystem

Crisis to Care is an intergenerational healing justice collective rooted in rest as resistance, collective care, and the sustainability of BIPOC leaders and social justice movements. Created for organizers, advocates, healers, artists, educators, caregivers, and culture workers, Crisis to Care creates space to reconnect with ourselves, one another, and the deeper purpose of movement work while resisting systems rooted in extraction, burnout, and chronic urgency.

The systems many of us work and organize within were shaped through histories of extraction, exploitation, and the commodification of Black and Brown labor. In the United States, this includes a long history of:

Treating Black and Brown bodies as units of labor rather than full human beings
Normalizing overwork, exhaustion, and productivity as measures of value
Prioritizing output over well-being across industries, institutions, and movement spaces

These patterns did not disappear. They evolved and continue to shape how many of us relate to work, urgency, rest, and self-worth today. As a result, many of us:

Push through exhaustion
Feel pressure to always be available or productive
Struggle to recognize or honor our limits
Internalize urgency as a way of life
Disconnect from our bodies, needs, and capacity

Instead of replicating these practices, Crisis to Care invites us to interrupt them.

Rooted in healing-centered engagement, embodied practice, political grounding, and collective care, this collective supports personal ecology, self-preservation, relationship-building, and the long-term sustainability of the people who sustain social justice movements.

THE REST IN: A BIPOC HEALING & JOY GATHERING

Rest is resistance. Joy is a cultural practice.

A Healing & Joy Gathering for Black and Brown Leaders, Organizers, Advocates, and Caregivers

Saturday, August 15 | 11:00 AM – 4:00 PM

Rooted in the spirit of Black August, we honor a legacy of resistance, political education, discipline, and collective care. Black August calls us to remember those who fought for liberation and to carry that work forward—not only through action, but through how we sustain ourselves and each other.

Rest is resistance. Joy is a cultural practice.

For many of us doing social change work, rest and joy are often the first things to go. We carry communities, deadlines, responsibilities, grief, vision, and the daily weight of showing up inside systems that ask so much of us.

The Rest In is a healing-centered gathering for Black and Brown leaders, organizers, advocates, caregivers, healers, educators, and community-based practitioners across the social change ecosystem. Rooted in healing justice and grounded in the spirit of Ubuntu, this space is designed for people who are used to holding a lot.

Through poetry, somatic practice, sound healing, cultural expression, nourishment, and collective care, The Rest In creates space to pause, breathe, reconnect, and experience joy in community.

This is not a space to perform or produce. It is a space to be held, to release, and to remember that we do not carry this work alone.

JOIN THE CIRCLE & GET YOUR TICKET

WHAT TO EXPECT

Event Details

Date: Saturday, August 15, 2026
Time: 11:00 AM – 4:00 PM
Arrive + exhale → Opening + intention → Nourishment + connection → Community truth telling & witnessing + poetry → Drumming circle → Rest + restoration → Closing Ubuntu circle
Location: Studio Two Three
Because space is limited, attendance will be selected through a raffle process.

What to Expect

The Rest In is designed as a flow of grounding, expression, restoration, and joy. Each part of the day invites you to slow down, reconnect, and be in community.

Day-of Gathering Flow

11:00 AM – 11:30 AM

Arrival + Soft Landing

Check-in (TC table) + music
Community photo station + connection spaces
Sign-up for Rest, Release, Rejoice: Community Truth Telling + Witnessing

Care + Nourishment Offerings from BIPOC-Led Orgs

1. Quick 15-minute "rest-stop" offerings available for purchase or donation

2. Care and nourishment products or services available for purchase or donation

Upon entry, schedule a 15-minute appointment with the Peace Pod by PLUS Holistic
Upon entry, schedule a 15-minute Reiki Drumming Session with Drums No Guns Foundation

Participants are invited to arrive as they are.
No rush. No pressure.

11:30 AM – 12:00 PM

Opening the Circle: Grounding + Intention

Led by Chlo'e Edwards, Transformative Changes

Welcome and framing
Community agreements
Brief grounding practice
Naming what we are carrying
Reflections from facilitators and community voices

This moment centers the space in shared presence, care, and trust.

12:00 PM – 1:15 PM

Nourishment + Community Truth Telling & Witnessing

Nourishing lunch available
Rest, Release, Rejoice: Community Truth Telling & Witnessing
- Featured poets
- Community sharing (optional)

Participants are invited to eat, connect, listen, share, or simply be.

This is not performance. This is storytelling, expression, and being witnessed in community.

1:15 PM – 2:00 PM

Collective Rhythm Practice

Led by Dr. Ram Bhagat, Drums No Guns Foundation

Community drumming circle

Participants are invited to engage, move, or simply receive.

2:15 PM – 3:00 PM

Return to the Body: Healing + Restoration

Led by Kiran Bhagat, Wellness Advocate

Somatic breathwork and gentle movement
Sensory experience

Participants are encouraged to rest, soften, and receive.

3:15 PM – 4:00 PM

Integration + Ubuntu Closing Circle

Led by Chlo'e Edwards, Transformative Changes

Guided reflection
Optional community sharing
Ubuntu closing: I am because we are

We close the circle together.

Who This Is For

This gathering is designed to support both rest and connection, with room for reflection, embodiment, and joy. The Rest In is for Black and Brown people across the social change ecosystem, including:

Organizers
Advocates
Caregivers
Healers
Educators
Movement workers
Public health leaders
Community-based practitioners

If you are doing work that supports people, communities, and systems change, this space was created with you in mind.

Registration Process

Because space is limited, attendance will be selected through a raffle process.

Step 1

Join the Crisis to Care: Healing Justice Circle
Complete the interest form to join a growing network of Black and Brown leaders committed to connection, care, and sustainability in this work.

Step 2

Enter the raffle for The Rest In
At the end of the form, you will have the option to enter the raffle for one of 75 available spots. The first 75 registrants will be prioritized.

Step 3: 🎟️ Ticket Notification

The first 75 participants + waitlisted will be notified by May 22

Selected participants will have: 72 hours (until May 25) to confirm their attendance

If you are unable to confirm within that window, your spot will be offered to someone on the waitlist.

Why This Gathering

Crisis to Care began as a cohort for Black and Brown leaders across Virginia’s social change ecosystem. What emerged was a clear need for ongoing space that supports the people doing this work. The Rest In is part of that next phase. It is grounded in the belief that sustainability matters, community matters, and care is part of how we continue the work over time.

Organized By

Crisis to Care: Healing Justice Circle
Organized by Transformative Changes

Serve as a community steward!

For those looking to support, we invite white, non-BIPOC allies to contribute by serving as Community Stewards.

This is an opportunity to support the self-preservation of Black and Brown people in the social change ecosystem by helping hold the logistical and care-based needs of the space. To protect the intention of this gathering, volunteer roles are reserved for white, non-BIPOC allies.

We encourage Black and Brown participants and other people of color to attend as participants to rest, receive, and be in community.

COMPLETE COMMUNITY STEWARD FORM

CRISIS TO CARE: A BIPOC HEALING JUSTICE COLLECTIVE PRESENTS

Crisis to Care: A Collective for BIPOC Leaders Across the Social Change Ecosystem

THE REST IN: A BIPOC HEALING & JOY GATHERING

Rest is resistance. Joy is a cultural practice.

WHAT TO EXPECT

Event Details

What to Expect

Day-of Gathering Flow

11:00 AM – 11:30 AM

Arrival + Soft Landing

Care + Nourishment Offerings from BIPOC-Led Orgs

Participants are invited to arrive as they are. No rush. No pressure.

11:30 AM – 12:00 PM

Opening the Circle: Grounding + Intention

Led by Chlo'e Edwards, Transformative Changes

This moment centers the space in shared presence, care, and trust.

12:00 PM – 1:15 PM

Nourishment + Community Truth Telling & Witnessing

Participants are invited to eat, connect, listen, share, or simply be.

This is not performance. This is storytelling, expression, and being witnessed in community.

1:15 PM – 2:00 PM

Collective Rhythm Practice

Led by Dr. Ram Bhagat, Drums No Guns Foundation

Participants are invited to engage, move, or simply receive.

2:15 PM – 3:00 PM

Return to the Body: Healing + Restoration

Led by Kiran Bhagat, Wellness Advocate

Participants are encouraged to rest, soften, and receive.

3:15 PM – 4:00 PM

Integration + Ubuntu Closing Circle

Led by Chlo'e Edwards, Transformative Changes

We close the circle together.

Who This Is For

Registration Process

Step 1

Step 2

Step 3: 🎟️ Ticket Notification

Why This Gathering

Organized By

Serve as a community steward!

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ENGAGEMENT OFFERINGS

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Participants are invited to arrive as they are.
No rush. No pressure.