Understanding & Honoring
Gender Identity
A compassionate learning & community building space for the HCC Network and our Healing Justice allies
Saturday, 12/4 @ 11am-5pm
Location TBA (Oakland or Berkeley)
The Healing Clinic Collective is so excited to invite our Network & Healing Justice allies to this workshop, learning space and community building event on Understanding Gender Identity.
Having our personal and collective identities be acknowledged and honored is foundational for a basic sense of belonging and dignity. When it comes to gender, ethnicity, culture and other identity factors, this acknowledgement has been dampened by the binary norm of western social culture. In a healing context, this basic sense of belonging and dignity can either be a propellor or a deterrent to a holistic healing process, especially given the layers of historic and lived trauma that our communities are working to heal.
It is critical that we educate ourselves about gender identity, to insure people who seek our support for holistic & generational healing are fully seen, respected, and uplifted!
As healing justice & wellness practitioners, taking time to understand gender identity is a fundamental need for serving our Trans, Gender Expansive, and Two-Spirit communities and for welcoming more Trans, Gender Expansive, and Two-Spirit people into the HCC Network. This workshop is an important part of the HCC’s Gender Justice work this year. We know that our Network is full of healing warriors, and all of us deserve an opportunity to expand our understanding around gender identity and our relationship to people across all areas of the gender spectrum. We are pleased to have Fresh Lev White of Affirmative Acts Consulting co-facilitate this space for us!
And, since there won’t be a fall healing clinics and that is often the space where Network members have an chance to reconnect and build, we will follow the workshop portion of this event with a meal and social hour so we have a chance to catch up with our beloved Network peeps!
* This event is Free for HCC Network members. We kindly request a donation from non-Network allies. No one turned away for lack of funds. Food provided. Childcare and Spanish interpretation provided upon request.
To register & for more information, contact Nsomeka at: healingcliniccollective@gmail.com
Para registrarse y para mas información, favor de comunicarse con Carla: healingcliniccollective@gmail.com
Having our personal and collective identities be acknowledged and honored is foundational for a basic sense of belonging and dignity. When it comes to gender, ethnicity, culture and other identity factors, this acknowledgement has been dampened by the binary norm of western social culture. In a healing context, this basic sense of belonging and dignity can either be a propellor or a deterrent to a holistic healing process, especially given the layers of historic and lived trauma that our communities are working to heal.
It is critical that we educate ourselves about gender identity, to insure people who seek our support for holistic & generational healing are fully seen, respected, and uplifted!
As healing justice & wellness practitioners, taking time to understand gender identity is a fundamental need for serving our Trans, Gender Expansive, and Two-Spirit communities and for welcoming more Trans, Gender Expansive, and Two-Spirit people into the HCC Network. This workshop is an important part of the HCC’s Gender Justice work this year. We know that our Network is full of healing warriors, and all of us deserve an opportunity to expand our understanding around gender identity and our relationship to people across all areas of the gender spectrum. We are pleased to have Fresh Lev White of Affirmative Acts Consulting co-facilitate this space for us!
And, since there won’t be a fall healing clinics and that is often the space where Network members have an chance to reconnect and build, we will follow the workshop portion of this event with a meal and social hour so we have a chance to catch up with our beloved Network peeps!
* This event is Free for HCC Network members. We kindly request a donation from non-Network allies. No one turned away for lack of funds. Food provided. Childcare and Spanish interpretation provided upon request.
To register & for more information, contact Nsomeka at: healingcliniccollective@gmail.com
Para registrarse y para mas información, favor de comunicarse con Carla: healingcliniccollective@gmail.com
Help us raise funds for our transformative 2019 programming!
Make a donation to support the work of the collective
and receive a hard copy of the Guide to Organizing A Healing Clinic
or the HCC Practitioner Directory below.
Make a donation to support the work of the collective
and receive a hard copy of the Guide to Organizing A Healing Clinic
or the HCC Practitioner Directory below.
Resource: Guide to Organizing
A Healing Clinic Since our first clinic in 2013, over a dozen large and small-scale healing clinics have been directly inspired by our work and we continue to receive requests to organize similar healing clinics from communities around the state, country, and internationally. Because we are a majority volunteer organization, we do not have the capacity to organize clinics for communities beyond the Bay Area.
To support the growing movement for Healing Justice and closing the gap between sacred and political work, we are thrilled to share our philosophy and planning process with others so that they can envision and recreate healing spaces that serve their communities. |
HCC Practitioner Directory
We are so happy to release a fully designed and carefully curated roster of healers in the Bay Area pooled from our dedicated network of over 130 practitioners of 46 distinct modalities who are here to support the healing of our community. This resource is made possible through longstanding relationships with healers in the Bay Area who are aligned with our values and offer free/sliding scale services to people referred through the HCC network when possible. |
HCC’s 2019 Plans
Expanding our Vision & Building Relationships
HCC TRADITIONAL MIDWIFERY AND BIRTH WORK PROGRAM
The HCC is blessed to house an amazing and visionary group of traditional midwives: The Intergalactic Council Of Midwives (ICOM)!
The Intergalactic Council of Midwives represents a diverse constellation of midwives rooted in traditional values of prayer, ceremony, community-based power structures, and Ancestor-guided midwifery practices. Our responsibilities in our community are to uphold the full spectrum of the blood mysteries, be available for midwifery care from womb to tomb, and to care for ourselves in our Abuelita Temazcal, our ceremonial bathhouse. Our mission is to nourish the spiritual fortitude midwives.
ICOM will continue to nurture the knowledge base and traditional midwifery skill set of its members through a series of workshops around traditional midwifery techniques. ICOM will also support the broader set of HCC birthworkers by hosting them in a monthly temazcal (traditional Mexican bathhouse).
HEALING, LEARNING & RELATIONSHIP BUILDING
Gender Justice
This year the HCC is taking on an intentional process to expand out Network to invite more Trans, Gender Expansive, and Two-Spirit community members to join our Healing Justice family. A small team will lead this big effort to grow our Network to more accurately reflect the communities we work with and serve. This work will include building relationships with and inviting Trans, Gender Expansive, and Two-Spirit folks to join HCC's Network as practitioners and volunteers, educational spaces for the HCC Core and Network, as well as a series of Fireside Forums for the Trans, Gender Expansive, and Two-Spirit community to gather and talk about their experiences in health and wellness settings, our Healing Clinics specifically, and to have the opportunity to connect with ancestral medicine in ways that are unique to them.
Resilience-Based Organizing
We are also excited to collaborate with Movement Generation Justice & Ecology Project to bring political education to the HCC Core and Network. The analysis and strategy frameworks of Movement Generation Justice & Ecology Project are the “political home” of the HCC and we look forward to sharing MG’s analysis and Resilience-Based Organizing strategy with our community so we can all stand together in a common understanding of the political will we are building through our work.
Look out for an invitation or announcement about these 2 community learning spaces to take place this fall or winter/spring of 2020!
HCC HEALING JUSTICE MURAL PROJECT
We are honored to collaborate with HCC Core member, Keena Romano, an experienced and dedicated artist and muralist, for the completion of this mural. Keena will be contracted to coordinate the project, and has assembled a team of 4 artists to paint the mural. They will design and create a Mural Banner which can be shown/displayed at our healing clinics and other sacred events. Our Mural(s) will depict and honor our history of oppression and colonization, as well as the different indigenous philosophies and healing practices/modalities in regards to spiritual, emotional and physical wellness that address different stages of life: from birth to death. It will also display the beautiful healing tools that support life, all couched in reflections of the political moment we are in and the role of healing through ancestral ways. The Mural will be done in 3 stages, and the project includes one community mural event, as well as a public “reveal” in the fall or spring of 2020.
The HCC is blessed to house an amazing and visionary group of traditional midwives: The Intergalactic Council Of Midwives (ICOM)!
The Intergalactic Council of Midwives represents a diverse constellation of midwives rooted in traditional values of prayer, ceremony, community-based power structures, and Ancestor-guided midwifery practices. Our responsibilities in our community are to uphold the full spectrum of the blood mysteries, be available for midwifery care from womb to tomb, and to care for ourselves in our Abuelita Temazcal, our ceremonial bathhouse. Our mission is to nourish the spiritual fortitude midwives.
ICOM will continue to nurture the knowledge base and traditional midwifery skill set of its members through a series of workshops around traditional midwifery techniques. ICOM will also support the broader set of HCC birthworkers by hosting them in a monthly temazcal (traditional Mexican bathhouse).
HEALING, LEARNING & RELATIONSHIP BUILDING
Gender Justice
This year the HCC is taking on an intentional process to expand out Network to invite more Trans, Gender Expansive, and Two-Spirit community members to join our Healing Justice family. A small team will lead this big effort to grow our Network to more accurately reflect the communities we work with and serve. This work will include building relationships with and inviting Trans, Gender Expansive, and Two-Spirit folks to join HCC's Network as practitioners and volunteers, educational spaces for the HCC Core and Network, as well as a series of Fireside Forums for the Trans, Gender Expansive, and Two-Spirit community to gather and talk about their experiences in health and wellness settings, our Healing Clinics specifically, and to have the opportunity to connect with ancestral medicine in ways that are unique to them.
Resilience-Based Organizing
We are also excited to collaborate with Movement Generation Justice & Ecology Project to bring political education to the HCC Core and Network. The analysis and strategy frameworks of Movement Generation Justice & Ecology Project are the “political home” of the HCC and we look forward to sharing MG’s analysis and Resilience-Based Organizing strategy with our community so we can all stand together in a common understanding of the political will we are building through our work.
Look out for an invitation or announcement about these 2 community learning spaces to take place this fall or winter/spring of 2020!
HCC HEALING JUSTICE MURAL PROJECT
We are honored to collaborate with HCC Core member, Keena Romano, an experienced and dedicated artist and muralist, for the completion of this mural. Keena will be contracted to coordinate the project, and has assembled a team of 4 artists to paint the mural. They will design and create a Mural Banner which can be shown/displayed at our healing clinics and other sacred events. Our Mural(s) will depict and honor our history of oppression and colonization, as well as the different indigenous philosophies and healing practices/modalities in regards to spiritual, emotional and physical wellness that address different stages of life: from birth to death. It will also display the beautiful healing tools that support life, all couched in reflections of the political moment we are in and the role of healing through ancestral ways. The Mural will be done in 3 stages, and the project includes one community mural event, as well as a public “reveal” in the fall or spring of 2020.
♥︎ Many Blessings to our Beloved Community ♥︎