Hand in hand we go, braced together fighting our storms

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Join us in celebrating Balik sa Dagat Bangka Journey‘s first consultant contract to use our bangka-craft making as a creative healing tool ~ A collaboration work to create a curriculum/guide book to address Sexual Violence in Asian and Pacific Islander communities with MONSOON and NAPIESV founders ~ Imelda Buncab, Emma Catague, Mira Yusef, Nina Jusuf, Sopheak Tek. It is an honor and privilege to have this opportunity with awesome and empowering individuals and organizations: Amita Swadhin, AF3IRM, Banteay Srei of Oakland, CA, Mia Mingus. Daghang mabuhay to the bangka spirits! thankful and in deep gratitude with love – liwanag sa dilim (you are light in the dark)

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sharing native youth guardians of the waters program

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Dear Friends, Colleagues and Family,
I am super excited to share with you a 6 minute video that we created with The Cultural Conservancy (TCC) and our first Native Youth Guardians of the Waters Program.
I had the pleasure to direct this project this summer along with my awesome co-facilitators Mateo Hinojosa and Valerie Ordoñez. In this collaborative video, Native young women explore cultural and ecological health and share a powerful message about water. It features many great Native artists and scholars. We recently presented at the Indigenous Forum at Bioneers and the response from the audience was overwhelmingly positive and moving.
It’s truly a beautiful, inspiring and important video – so check it out and please share it with as many people as you can:
Thank you to many of you for being involved with this educational experience, helping with outreach, planning, teaching and resources. May this transformative work continue.
With much love and gratitude,
Nicola, Melissa and the TCC team