A morning of playful tending, designed to settle and sustain us as we move through the current moment together.
There is a vitalizing joy many of us experience in the work of liberation. It arises from both our efforts and what comes of them—and we feel it alongside our doubts, frustrations and fatigue. Play regenerates us.
We can tap into this joy and sustain ourselves through our efforts by showing up available to what emerges—in a meeting, at a protest, in a conversation, while facilitating. In all these moments, play helps us warm up. We loosen, open new channels of perception, root into our bodies, access spontaneity and hidden stores of creativity.
In this workshop, Leticia and Martha share some of our favorite interactive activities and action methods that ground and prepare us for our pursuits, and for day-to-day life. Techniques may include sociometric explorations, psychodramatic enactment, equity-infused games, or sensory-based engagements. We'll move from one to another, with just enough (but not too much) context-setting and description. Expect to play all morning and leave inspired to bring these practices into your own circles.
Anyone who is interested in deep, vibrant engagement in the work of liberation will find benefit in this workshop. All are welcome. Educators, facilitators, movement leaders, concerned citizens: all of us choosing to respond deserve aliveness in our work.
Community pricing
This work is best done in community; we encourage you to bring yours. The workshop fee is $200 and includes you bringing as many people as you want. Once you register, you'll receive a guest code to share with your people. You all settle the fee among yourselves.
Paying registrants coming by themselves (no invitations to friends) may request a full refund (minus fees) up to 24hrs prior to the workshop. Cancellations among people in your pod (including the person who initially registered & paid) are something you'd work out between yourselves.
Workshop logistics
The interactive nature of this workshop and the particular virtual tools we use requires each participant to be on their own laptop or desktop computer, and not be on a phone or tablet.
About Leticia:
Dr. Leticia Nieto is internationally recognized for her expertise addressing social justice concerns from a developmental ecological perspective including orienting to systemic transformation, survivance, song and poetry, relational repair, joy, radical rest, intersectional coalition, and reparative and restorative justice. Born in Puebla, Mexico, Leticia came to the US in 1978 and began working in social justice action with people who experienced incarceration, addiction, and displacement. She holds degrees in theater, human development, and clinical psychology. For 33 years, Leticia worked as a professor with Masters and Doctoral students with an intersectional model she developed to train counselors and leaders in anti-oppression theory and reflective practice incorporating gender justice, indigenous self-determination, children and elder rights, and queer justice. She now works primarily with anti-oppression trainers and leaders along with maintaining a counseling practice.
Leticia painted the graphic background. See more of her work here.
