Upcoming events
Rockwood Community Call: Free and open to everyone
[Image Description: Purple text reads "ROCKWOOD LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE. Community Call with India Harville." Below is India, Black woman with long locs, wearing a green dress while sitting in her manual wheelchair with her blond service dog lab, Nico. Text below reads "April 25 - 12 PT/3 ET, Register at rockwoodleadership.org. Background is lush greenery with a purple and cream border.]
The next 60-minute Rockwood Community Call will be on April 25 at 12 PM PT / 3 PM ET and will be hosted by disability justice consultant, public speaker, somatics practitioner, and performance artist India Harville.
India has made it her mission to open people's minds to the wonder of their own bodies. She works diligently to foster a sense of the body as a vehicle for growth and transformation, both personal and collective. Whatever she is doing — practicing, performing, teaching — she is setting forth an example, that however our bodies show up the world, they are perfect, worthy of existence, and capable of magic.
We will be tapping into our resilience by connecting with five elements of nature - earth, water, fire, air, and ether. We will begin with a grounding rooted in all five elements and then proceed to an embodied exploration of what medicine each individual element may offer to strengthen our resilience.
Access Information
Rockwood Leadership Institute will provide captioning for this event. Please reach out to info@embracedbody.com with any additional access requests by 4/24/24.
Register by clicking below
2023 In My Mind LGBTQIA+Black and Peoples of Color Mental Health Conference
[ Image Description: Brown background with colorful border design including blue, dark brown, red, orange and light beige design. Below is a black circle frame logo with “MM IN MY MIND” in white. Title states “IN MY MIND CONFERENCE Embracing Differences - Uplifting LGBTQIA Black & People of Color Disability Communities” in light beige color. Below “DATE:” and “LOCATION:” is light beige. Black text states “Thursday, October 12, 2023 | 9 AM - 5:30 PM” “Hofstra University Mack Student Center”. “200 Hofstra University, Hempstead NY 11549” is underlined in black. Below are black and white photos of speakers at IMM23 Conference “Mark Travis Rivera| He/Him” and “India Harville| She/Her”. Mark Travis Rivera has a serious facial expression with a hand gently cradling his chin. He is wearing a long sleeve t-shirt. Below in black text states “Professional Storyteller & Disabled Choreographer”. India Harville, a cis African American female with long black locs, and her blond lab service dog, Nico. India is seated in her manual wheelchair wearing a sleeveless dress and Nico is wearing a service dog vest. Below in black text states “Founder Embraced Body”. Below brown background are sponsors of IMM23 Conference.]
Mark Your Calendars!
We are excited to invite you to the "In My Mind Conference" @inmymindconference, taking place on Thursday, October 12, 2023, at Hofstra University in Hempstead, NY. This exceptional event aims to honor and amplify the voices of individuals living with serious mental illness, physical and cognitive struggles, and those on the neurodiverse spectrum.
Secure your spot at discounted rates from July 1 to August 31, 2023, and take advantage of this fantastic opportunity to learn, connect, and grow together. Don't wait, as rates will increase from September 1, 2023. Join us for a day of insight from remarkable speakers, including Embraced Body Founder, India Harville. This transformative event will foster understanding, empathy, and create a more inclusive and supportive world for everyone. For those unable to attend the event in person, fear not! We encourage setting up satellite locations at Libraries, Community Health Centers, and organizations, so community members can still experience the Conference together. We welcome all who would like to participate in this powerful event. You can also access the recording of the keynote afterward on IMM YouTube channel and links on the IMM23 Website. So, no matter where you are, you can still be part of this empowering experience. Mark your calendars and register now for the In My Mind Conference 23! Let's come together to create a more inclusive and supportive world. We can't wait to see you there!
Register Here
Access Information
ASL and CART will be provided. Send an email to info@dbgm.org to receive the Zoom link. A person with a disability and their caregiver receive complimentary admission to the conference, whether in-person or online.
This is a hybrid event with the ability to attend virtually at home and/or setting up satellite locations at Libraries, Community Health Centers, and organizations. In addition, recording of the keynote can be accessed post the event on the IMM YouTube channel and links on the IMM23 Website.
Access Movement Play On IG Live
[Image Description: Images of India, JJ, Tammy, and Ifasina at an indoor dance studio standing together in a tight circle looking up into the camera. They are all various shades of brown, varying sizes and genders, each wearing a special outfit to display their styles of artistry. Black text to the left reads “ACCESS. MOVEMENT. PLAY. A fat, Black, and Disabled artist talk with Tammy Johnson, India Harville, JJ Omelagah and Ifasina Clear.” Blue text reads “HERE ON IG LIVE MONDAY OCTOBER 2 AT 4PM PACIFIC ,7PM EASTERN.” Photo by Iki Nakagawa.]
Join Us!
Join the collective of artists that were the first to do the AMP residency supported by Movement Research and the Mellon Foundation. We will reflect on our experience during the residency and share a lot about our process as individual artists and as black disabled collective/collaborators.
Access Information
ASL , captioning and transcription will be provided. Event will be online on IG Live. Please contact us with any additional access needs at admin@embracedbody.com
Rockwood community call
Rockwood community call and open to everyone!
Thursday, August 24, 2023
12:00 PM- 1:00 PM
[Image Description: India Harville, African American female with long black locs, seated in her manual wheelchair wearing a long sleeveless green dress. Her service dog, Nico, a blond labrador retriever, has his front paws on her lap. He is wearing a blue and yellow service dog vest. They are outside with lush greenery behind them.]
Join Us!
The next 60-minute Rockwood Community Call will be on August 24th at 12 PM PT / 3 PM ET and will be hosted by disability justice consultant, public speaker, somatics practitioner, and performance artist India Harville.
India has made it her mission to open people's minds to the wonder of their own bodies. She works diligently to foster a sense of the body as a vehicle for growth and transformation, both personal and collective. Whatever she is doing — practicing, performing, teaching — she is setting forth an example, that however our bodies show up the world, they are perfect, worthy of existence, and capable of magic.
Access Information
Rockwood Leadership Institute will provide captioning for this event. Please reach out to info@embracedbody.com with any additional access requests by 8/21/23.
Register by clicking below
https://rockwoodleadership.org/product/august-24-india-harville/
Movement liberation: Juneteenth dance & rest workshop for people of african descent
[Image Description: Purple background with white text that reads "MOVEMENT LIBERATION" next to a sunshine ray logo that has varies colors of the rainbow. Below in bold white text reads, “JUNETEENTH. IN PERSON, daylong conscious dance and rest workshop for people of African descent with Arisika Razak, Valerie Chafograck, and Sarah Crowell." All three facilitators are pictured below in circular images with sunflowers embroidering the frames. Below white text reads, "WHEN: Saturday June 17th, 2023 | 11am-5pm | Oakland, CA" "REGISTRATION" around a white border. "WHERE" First Unitarian Church of Oakland, 685 14th St. Oakland, CA, 94614"]
In Person!
Join us on June 17th for a day of rejuvenation, celebration, and healing at the Juneteenth Conscious Dance and Rest workshop in Oakland, CA. Explore movement, rest, and self-reflection in a safe space for People of African Descent. Learn somatic tools, cultivate presence, and embody the wisdom of our ancestors. All ages and genders welcome.
Access Information
Please arrive early if you need accessible parking, as spaces are very limited. The accessible entrance is located on Bonita Avenue. The restroom accommodates most wheelchairs but is not fully ADA compliant. Covid policies will be announced closer to the date. For additional access needs or questions please email: movement.liberation.assistant@gmail.com
Visit Movement-Liberation.com for more details.
Register Here
Introduction To Disability Justice 101
[Image description: a graphic with an ombre red background with a black banner. At the top the text reads: "Movement Research Introduction to Disability Justice 101". Underneath are two images of Kayla Hamilton & India Harville. Kayla is a dark-skinned Black woman. She has her black hair locs on her side & she is on the dance floor slightly upright with one hand on her glasses and the other is leaning on the floor. India Harville, African American cis woman with long curly black locs is kneeling with her palms on her thighs. The text at the bottom reads: "Workshop Description Introduction to Disability Justice 101" Participants will explore the ten principles of Disability Justice, coined by Sins Invalid, through conversation and movement invitations. We will use these principles to deepen our connection, relationships and acceptance of every Body. February 25, 2023 4pm-5:30pm EST Online via ZoomRegister Online" ]
Come Join Us!
This FREE workshop is brought to you by
the Artist of Color Council.
[Virtual] Introduction to Disability Justice 101
By Kayla Hamilton and guest teacher India Harville. This is part one of a series of three workshops.
Participants will explore the ten principles of Disability Justice, coined by Sins Invalid, through conversation and movement invitations. We will use these principles to deepen our connection, relationships and acceptance of every. Body.
Access Information
-This class includes auditive guidance.
-ASL interpretation provided by Ariel Agramonte and Andria Alefhi.
- CART provided by Kayla Peters.
For access-related questions and requests, please contact accessibility@movementresearch.org, subject line “Kayla Hamilton".
Register Here
the 2023 sibling shindig
[Image Description: Gold border and text with a set of stars on each side reads “ The 2023 Sibling Shindig.”]
Come join The Sibling Transformation Project at the annual fundraiser, the Sibling Shindig!
STP is planning a party to celebrate with all of our participants, our families, our friends, and our whole communities. It's a great opportunity to connect with all parts of our programing - our cohorts, our affinity groups, our Kitchen Karaoke, and more!
We're thrilled to announce that Liat Ben-Moshe will be our keynote speaker! She is an interdisciplinary scholar-activist working at the intersection of disability/madness, incarceration/decarceration and abolition. She is the author of Decarcerating Disability: Deinstitutionalization and Prison Abolition (University of Minnesota Press 2020) and co-editor (with Allison Carey and Chris Chapman) of Disability Incarcerated: Imprisonment and Disability in the United States and Canada (Palgrave 2014). Dr. Ben-Moshe is an Associate Professor of Criminology, Law and Justice at the University of Illinois at Chicago.
For more info: https://www.liatbenmoshe.com/
Her work has really helped us understand how the history of deinstitutionalization of disabled people leads us to the moment we are in, in our families, in our lives, today and we are incredibly thrilled to have her joining us!
We're also planning to create some mingling and dancing time at this short and fun family-friendly event. You can even request your favorite song and dedicate it to a friend or family member!
Access Information
In addition to what is outlined in STP’s accessibility policy, the Sibling Shindig will also offer interpretation to ASL, as well as real time live captioning. Please let STP know if you need other interpretation or have additional access needs we should be aware of.
There are multiple options for tickets prices and sponsorship levels. Please choose what feels right to you! If you want to discuss other options or request a comp ticket, please email us: info@siblingtransformation.org.
We can't wait to share this celebration with you!
Register Here
All of Us: Coming Together Through Movement (online)
[Image description: Black background with white text reads "All of Us: Coming Together Through Movement. With Kayla Hamilton & India Harville” is prominently displayed, introducing the facilitators of the event. Under the main title, there are side-by-side photos of both Kayla and India. The first photo features Kayla standing confidently against a bright blue wall, smiling. The second image features India, smiling while sitting in a wheelchair alongside her service dog, Nico, behind them a beautiful garden is visible.
The date "Saturday, 2/12 Online via Zoom" is prominently displayed below the pictures, followed by "3pm to 5pm", indicating the time the event is taking place.
At the bottom left, the Angela's Pulse's logo is prominently displayed alongside the text "Dancing While Black, 10th anniversary season. From January to May 2023" announcing the ongoing celebration of the event. The bottom right corner features a bold red number 10, signifying the 10th anniversary season of Dancing While Black.]
SAVE THE DATE!
Black Disabled Artists India Harville and Kayla Hamilton will guide us through a movement experience that centers disabled bodies and the disabled experience. This class is for BIPOC disabled artists, accomplices, and anyone open to learning. Please bring a note catching device of your choosing. If you are black, come!! If you are disabled come! If you are accomplices come! If you want to be with all.of.us. come!
Access Information
This event will have ASL interpretation and CART (live captioning) provided by SignNexus. There will be an access doula present to support attendee access. Please reach out to info@embracedbody.com with any additional access requests.
Register Below
MOnkeyhouse: brown bag lunches
[Image Description: Black circular frame headshot of JJ Omelagah, BIPOC trans genderqueer disabled person smiling with short faded hair and small hoop earrings. They are wearing a black shirt with lush greenery in the background. Text with a tan background reads “MONKEYHOUSE PRESENTS BROWN BAG LUNCHES,Curated Community Conversations, BUTTRESS EDITION. SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 12TH, 6PM EST @ZOOM. JJ Omelagah, ACCESS DOULASHIP.]
Come Join Us!
JJ Omelagah(They/Them) will be having a conversation about what an access doula is, why having one is important, how it relates to general self and community care, where you find one, etc.
JJ is a seasoned Access Doula with over a decade of experience. They started as a care provider for individual loved ones in 2011. As they interfaced with disabled communities more frequently, they started to provide access support for many different community members. Eventually, people recognized their capacity to support collective access for small and large group gatherings as well. JJ has been an Access Doula for a variety of social gatherings, Sins Invalid events, DJCC, Dancing Freedom classes/workshops, East Bay Church gatherings, Movement Liberation workshops, and most recently at the 2022 Dancing Disability Lab. They currently serve as the executive manager at Embraced Body, a Disability Justice organization where they support building collective access for all of the staff members and for community events.
In addition to their work as an Access Doula, JJ is also a transgender vocal artist, trained Reiki practitioner, Ifa initiate, Disability Justice and LGBTQIA+ activist. They are also experienced in customer service, nonprofit organizations, case management, conflict resolution, and volunteer management. All of these skills support them being a well-rounded Access Doula.
When they aren’t working or singing, JJ enjoys spending quality time with their family, traveling, swimming, and spending time in nature.
Access Information
All events in this series will be held on Zoom. Automatic captioning will be on for all conversations and video and a document of resources will be made available after the event.
If you have any additional access needs please let us know! You can email Nicole (Nicole [at] MonkeyhouseLovesMe.com) or let us know when you register. Some access needs take time to implement, so please let us know two weeks in advance and we will do our best to accommodate you.
All conversations are free and open to the public.
Land And Body Dance & Rest Workshop
[Image Description:Background is clear white sky with numerous overlapping with lush green hills. Text reads “IN PERSON, LAND AND BODY, DANCE & REST WORKSHOP FOR BIPOC. SATURDAY, SEPT. 24TH, 2022. 11AM-5PM PDT.” Below are headshots of Valerie Chafograck on the left (yellow circular border) and India Harville on the right (YELLOW circular border). Valerie is a black/mixed race woman smiling with her head resting in her left hand. She has brown and golden curly long hair wearing a red/white blouse. India is an African American woman smiling with long locs wearing a pink blouse. At top center is black text that reads “MOVEMENT LIBERATION” with an illustrated rainbow peacock logo on the left.]
SAVE THE DATE! India Harville, founder of Embraced Body, will be co-facilitating a dance and rest workshop with Valerie Chafograck, founder of Dance Sanctuary and Movement Liberation.
Join us for an in person daylong workshop for BIPOC movers and lovers of stillness with the AMAZING India Harville in September for Fall Equinox.
Movement Liberation will be meeting in person, at the Fellowship church in Berkeley, CA. Limited to 44 dancers. Beginners and long time devotees welcome. More info to come when we get closer to the date. Pre-registration required. There are several price options ($108/$88/$44) to choose from. For participants who are economically secure, we respectfully ask you to pay to join us. Offer what makes you feel generous, rather than contracted, so as to support those who are experiencing financial hardship at this time.
We return. It will be an indoor dancing experience with windows open, light, air purifiers, and an outdoor wonder ritual experience. Can we dream a little here? 6 hours together. 6 long and short hours together in flesh and bones, and in breath.
Register Below
Scholarships
Please contact assistant.dance.sanctuary@gmail.com
Access Information
The venue is wheelchair accessible and most wheelchairs can fit in the bathroom, please contact India for additional information. ASL will be provided. Attendees will be required to take a PCR test within 24 hours of the event. Please contact us with any additional access needs at info@embracedbody.com
ROCKWOOD COMMUNITY CALL:FREE AND OPEN TO EVERYONE
[Image Description: India Harville, African American female with long black locs, seated in her manual wheelchair wearing a long sleeveless green dress. Her service dog, Nico, a blond labrador retriever, has his front paws on her lap. He is wearing a blue and yellow service dog vest. They are outside with lush greenery behind them.]
The next 60-minute Rockwood Community Call will be on March 31st at 12 PM PT / 3 PM ET and will be hosted by disability justice consultant, public speaker, somatics practitioner, and performance artist India Harville.
India has made it her mission to open people's minds to the wonder of their own bodies. She works diligently to foster a sense of the body as a vehicle for growth and transformation, both personal and collective. Whatever she is doing — practicing, performing, teaching — she is setting forth an example, that however our bodies show up the world, they are perfect, worthy of existence, and capable of magic.
Access Information
Rockwood Leadership Institute will provide captioning for this event. Please reach out to info@embracedbody.com with any additional access requests by 3/29/22.
Register by clicking below
https://bit.ly/3O4E8jz
HEALTHY BOUNDARIES Dance Workshop
[Image Description: Light blue background with headshots of Valerie Chafograck on the left (yellow circular border) and India Harville on the right (orange circular border) and a couple of flowers between them. Valerie is a black/mixed race woman smiling with her head resting in her left hand. She has brown and golden curly long hair wearing a red/white blouse. India is an African American woman smiling with long locs wearing a pink blouse. Above is text that reads “HEALTHY BOUNDARIES(orange text) DANCE WORKSHOP FOR BIPOC. SATURDAY, FEB. 26TH, 2022. 10AM-1PM PST(black text). At top center is black text that reads “MOVEMENT LIBERATION” with an illustrated rainbow peacock logo on the left.]
SAVE THE DATE! India Harville, founder of Embraced Body, will be co-facilitating a dance workshop with Valerie Chafograck, founder of Dance Sanctuary and Movement Liberation. This online conscious dance workshop is for BIPOC and it will explore the theme of healthy boundaries.
An invitation to use our bodies and voices to reclaim our right to say YES to what we want and NO to that which no longer serves us.
An invitation to explore somatic inquiries and to give ourselves the freedom and permission we deserve to clearly express our needs without apology.
Open to all movers that identify as Black, Indigenous & People of Color (BIPOC). No experience necessary. Bring your open heart to invite in a new vibrant energy of healing, connection and joy.
Register Below
https://www.dancesanctuary.com/events/healthy-boundaries
Scholarships
https://docs.google.com/.../1JH25HH8YHeQNlJ19.../viewform...
Access Information
The event will be live captioned and ASL interpretation will be provided. Please contact us with any additional access needs at admin@embracedbody.com
Study Series #10: Disability Justice 2 with India Harville
[Image Description: Black text that reads “Sibling Transformation Project” alongside logo which consists of blue, green, and purple adjacent triangles vertically aligned.]
The STP Study Series runs concurrently with our 2021 cohort and is open to all sibs.
Study Series #10: Disability Justice 2 with India Harville
January 31 @ 5PM PST / 8PM EST
India Harville is a disability justice leader, dance teacher, and embodiment specialist. Check her out at www.embracedbody.com. She's leading two sessions on disability justice in this series, come check out one or both of them!
Register here: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZIqc-iuqzsqHdGtGWP9XIgH5mS48hXcrphe
Facebook RSVP here: (Facebook link coming soon)
This is the last session of our study series! Make sure you stay tuned for more STP programming by following us on Facebook and being on our email list!
Access Information
The event will be live captioned and ASL interpretation will be provided. Please contact us with any additional access needs at admin@embracedbody.com
Study series #8: Disability Justice 1 with India Harville
[Image Description: Black text that reads “Sibling Transformation Project” alongside logo which consists of blue, green, and purple adjacent triangles vertically aligned.]
The STP Study Series runs concurrently with our 2021 cohort and is open to all sibs.
Study Series #8: Disability Justice 1 with India Harville
January 3 @ 5PM PST / 8PM EST
India Harville is a disability justice leader, dance teacher, and embodiment specialist. Check her out at www.embracedbody.com. She's leading two sessions on disability justice in this series, come check out one or both of them! This session is part one of two. Join us for part two on January 31st.
Register here: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZ0lcO2oqjssG9Lf7hlVrlQLv4ZyUKhWezgQ
Facebook RSVP here: (Facebook link coming soon)
Don’t miss our other Study Series Mondays: Sept 27, Oct 4, Oct 25, Nov 1, Nov 15, Nov 29, Dec 6, Jan 3, Jan 24, Jan 31
(Study series sessions will occur from 5pm - 6:30pm PST / 8pm - 9:30 EST.)
Access Information
The event will be live captioned and ASL interpretation will be provided. Please contact us with any additional access needs at admin@embracedbody.com
Rockwood Community Call:Free and open to everyone
[Image Description: Image with purple border and a gray background of India Harville, African American woman smiling with curly long locs and a pink dress, sitting backwards in her blue manual wheelchair. Text on the left with a white background reads “Free & Open To Everyone. Rockwood Community Call WITH INDIA HARVILLE disability justice consultant, somatics practitioner, & performance artist. SEPTEMBER 30 10:00 AM PT/ 1:00 PM ET.]
The next 60-minute Rockwood Community Call will be on Sept 30 at 10 AM PT / 1 PM ET and will be hosted by disability justice consultant, public speaker, somatics practitioner, and performance artist India Harville.
India has made it her mission to open people's minds to the wonder of their own bodies. She works diligently to foster a sense of the body as a vehicle for growth and transformation, both personal and collective. Whatever she is doing — practicing, performing, teaching — she is setting forth an example, that however our bodies show up the world, they are perfect, worthy of existence, and capable of magic.
We will be tapping into our resilience by connecting with five elements of nature - earth, water, fire, air, and ether. We will begin with a grounding rooted in all five elements and then proceed to an embodied exploration of what medicine each individual element may offer to strengthen our resilience.
Access Information
Rockwood Leadership Institute will provide captioning for this event. Please reach out to info@embracedbody.com with any additional access requests by 9/28/21.
Register by clicking below
We Move Together
[Image Description: A digital illustration of five disabled BIPOC folks hanging out together along with a service dog on a purple and turquoise background. There are two power chair users and one person standing with crutches. One person is standing signing "I love you"with both hands in ASL. The person with a service dog is sitting on the ground reading a book beside them.]
Are you a BIPOC movement teacher/healer interested in learning how to make your work more accessible but you don’t know where to begin?
Come join us for We Move Together: Disability Justice and Accessibility for BIPOC Movement Instructors!
In this Masterclass we will cover:
An introduction to Disability Justice and why it matters for BIPOC communities
Basic logistical considerations for creating accessible in-person and virtual events
How to craft your language for greater accessibility
Teaching techniques to help you include more bodies/minds in your teaching practice
There will be a 30 minute Q&A at the end for YOUR questions
Date,Time, Location
Tuesday August 31 5:30PM-8:00PM PST on Zoom
It will be recorded and you will have lifetime access to the recording!
Cost
The regular rate is $157. You can use the coupon code EARLYBIRD to get $40 off only good until 8/26 so act fast!!
Scholarships
Please reach out to us at admin@embracedbody.com to request a partial or full scholarship. No one turned away for lack of funds.
Thank you to the white accomplices who already donated to support this work!
Access Information
This event will be recorded so please keep your camera off if you don’t want to be seen on the recording.
The event will be live captioned.
ASL interpretation provided by Eboni Gaytan and Jay Jempson.
Please contact us with any additional access needs at admin@embracedbody.com
Register Below
https://india-j-harville.mykajabi.com/offers/rzGELfmB/checkout
Advocate for Disabled Artists at the CA Arts Council Meeting
[Image Description: In the center is a multicolored circle logo that reads “CALIFORNIA ARTS COUNCIL A STATE AGENCY” with a white background and blue border. Top of the blue border reads “ Arts and Accessibility Grant Recipients Speak Out!” Below reads “CA Arts Council Meeting: August 25, 2021 3:00PM PST.”]
Have you ever received the Arts and Accessibility grant? Did it meaningfully impact your artistic practice as a disabled artist? Have you heard that the CA Arts Council didn’t fund it again?
If so, please join me at the next CA Arts Council Meeting to advocate for them to continue funding this unique grant opportunity specifically for the disabled community! If you can come in person that is most impactful, but if you are not available at that time, you can submit written comments here: https://forms.gle/8wQVDkAjbimkUEyv9
Access Information
I have not found any access information listed for this meeting. Please contact me if you have any access requests and I will try to reach out to them directly.
Register Below
BUTCH Voices 2021 Virtual Conference: Building up together
Lunch AMA on Disability and Disability Justice with Patty Overland and India Harville
[Image Description: Butch Voices logo reading “BUTCH Voices” in maroon color with brown bars above and below the words. The background is white with a brown border.]
Access Information
This event will have AI captioning and ASL interpretation. Contact https://www.butchvoices.com/about/contact-us/ with additional access requests.
Register by clicking below
Online: Access-Centered Movement @ East bay meditation center
[Image Description: India Harville, African American woman with curled locs wearing a pink dress is straddling her blue manual wheelchair with her left leg stretched out. Her arms are resting on the handle bars of the wheelchair and she is smiling.]
This workshop will introduce participants to the Access–Centered Movement framework. We will explore how people who teach movement/bodymind practices (yoga, dance, martial arts, meditation/mindfulness etc) can make their classes more accessible to a wide array of bodies and minds. We will examine access-centered and invitational language, access-centered movement and variations, as well as opening a dialogue around cultural humility when engaging with different bodies and minds. The workshop will include interactive lectures, demonstrations, some space for participants to practice with each other, and time for questions and answers.
Access Information
AI captioning provided. Please contact https://eastbaymeditation.org/about/contact/ with additional access needs.
Note: These Access-Centered Movement trainings will build on each other.
Register by clicking below
https://eastbaymeditation.org/ebmcreg/?event=Aug2accesscentered
Online: Access-Centered Movement @ East bay meditation center
[Image Description:India Harville, African American woman with curled locs wearing a pink dress is straddling her blue manual wheelchair with her left leg stretched out. Her arms are resting on the handle bars of the wheelchair and she is smiling.]
This workshop will introduce participants to the Access–Centered Movement framework. We will explore how people who teach movement/bodymind practices (yoga, dance, martial arts, meditation/mindfulness etc) can make their classes more accessible to a wide array of bodies and minds. We will examine access-centered and invitational language, access-centered movement and variations, as well as opening a dialogue around cultural humility when engaging with different bodies and minds. The workshop will include interactive lectures, demonstrations, some space for participants to practice with each other, and time for questions and answers.
Access Information
AI captioning provided. Please contact https://eastbaymeditation.org/about/contact/ with additional access needs.
Note: These Access Centered Movement trainings will build on each other.
Register by clicking below
https://eastbaymeditation.org/ebmcreg/?event=Aug2accesscentered
BIPOC Mentorship for yoga & breathwork teachers
[Image Description: Black background with left corner full of lush green trees, river, and a couple of green balls. White text reads “BIPOC MENTORSHIP FOR YOGA + BREATHWORK TEACHERS. Register now! WWW.BREATHBODYALIVE.ORG/BIPOC. Green and black logo in top left corner.]
BIPOC Mentorship Program
Registration is now open for our inaugural cohort
PROGRAM COMPONENTS:
*8 Sunday Workshops beginning July 18
*5 Participant-led Gatherings (optional, but highly recommended)
*1:1 Session with a Mentor (optional, but highly recommended)
*Access to Breath & Body Alive BIPOC Mentorship Facebook Group (A closed group for current & past participants!)
* Access to resources including pre-recorded workshops, client resources, & more.
The Breath & Body Alive BIPOC Mentorship Program is an opportunity for all self-identifying Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (including mixed POC) to deepen our understanding & practice of sustainable, liberatory, community-based approaches to yoga and breathwork. It is open to yoga and breathwork teachers and current teachers-in-training.
Big love to our inaugural mentors:
Michele Smith
Jirod Webb
India Harville
Mya Cato
Raízes Zindzi Tayo
Mentorship begins Sunday, July 18. To learn more and apply, visit www.breathbodyalive.org/bipoc
Do you know someone who would benefit from this mentorship? Pass it on
Access Information
The event will be live captioned and ASL interpretation will be provided. Please contact us with any additional access needs at admin@embracedbody.com
PODS End Of Year Celebration
[Image Description: Logo reads “ OSA, Oakland School for the Arts” with a black background. All text is white except the “A” in “OSA” which is red.]
Parents of Students with Disabilities (PODS) will be hosting an end-of-year celebration- "Excellence, Pride and Art-ivism" on May 17th. It will be a night of inspiration from current OSA students with disabilities, alumni, and community Art-ivists Leroy Moore and India Harville! The event will also be recognizing the work of the Special Education Team at OSA, a team that has gone above and beyond in teaching our exceptional children during the pandemic. Please join us in celebrating our amazing students and staff! We look forward to seeing you there!
Access Information
Please contact oakarts.org for the finalized agenda and access information.
Join us
Monday, May 17th, 2021-6:30-8:00 pm
Meeting ID: 984 8954 5617
Disability justice training for siblings of color
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Check out this awesome upcoming event from The Sibling Transformation Project! @siblingtransformation. Facilitation by India Harville, Founder of Embraced Body.
"Calling all Siblings of people with disabilities who are also people of color!
The Sibling Transformation Project knows how important a "caucus" space is for siblings - a space where we can be together with just other siblings of people with disabilities to share our experiences with each other and make meaning of what we've experienced in the world. And, we know that people with multiple marginalized identities need this kind of caucus space for these intersections, too.
Disability Justice is a movement led by disabled people of color - and as siblings, we can learn much from this movement about how to build an anti-ableist world. So, we're bringing all this together for a training just for siblings of people with disabilities who are also people of color on Disability Justice.
The training will be led by an amazing Disability Justice leader, India Harville. We're really excited to have India with us because she brings amazing facilitation, embodied presence, and lots of heart in addition to her really solid content in understanding Disability Justice."
Access Information
This event will have live captioning and ASL interpretation.
Please contact admin@embracedbody.com if you have access needs you would like us to be aware of before we begin.
Facebook event page here: http://ow.ly/y6B950ECMA8
Register for the training here: http://ow.ly/ifLP50ECMA9
Disability Justice Panel
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Join us for this Disability Justice Panel presented by DSPS, the Jean Miller Resource Room, the Office of Equity, and Ability at De Anza. In this panel, we'll host empowering women of color who are living a life of social justice and living with a disability through self-determination, healing and justice:
India Harville is an African American queer disabled femme teacher, somatic bodyworker, dancer/dance instructor, performance artist, social justice activist, and educator dedicated to facilitating people in personal and collective healing and transformation.
Maria (Conchita) Hernandez Legorreta M.A.T. was born in Mexico and grew up in California. She advocates for the rights of blind children and their parents in the public-school setting in the United States and abroad through a lens of intersectionality focusing on social justice.
Access Information
This event will be ASL interpreted. Please contact https://www.deanza.edu/contact-us/ for any additional access needs.
Join us via Zoom using this link or meeting ID 940-036-377-26.
Crip Camp: the official virtual experience
Image description: White text over a gradient black background with seafoam green triangles reads “Crip Camp Guides Week 2. India Harville. Sunday, May 31st. Topic: ‘Internalized Ableism & Intersecting Identities: Disability, Race, Class & Gender’. Crip Camp: The Official Virtual Experience.” To the right of this is a headshot of India Harville, a Black woman with long locs seated in a manual wheelchair. She is accompanied by her service dog ,Nico, a white labrador wearing a service vest.]
Our speaker on Sunday's session of Crip Camp: The Official Virtual Experience, is India Harville! India is an African American, femme, queer, disabled Disability Justice educator with 20+ yrs of experience in the field of embodiment through her study of social justice, advocacy, massage, somatics and dance.
Join us on Zoom!
Access information
This event will be a webinar. Captioning and ASL will be provided along with basic audio description. Please contact cripcamp.com for any additional access requests.
Register for the session at cripcamp.com.
justice brunch
Disability Justice Culture Club Speakers’ Series
An Online Event
[Image Description: Top of image reads “JUSTICE BRUNCH: A SUNDAY SERIES FT QUEER DISABLED BIPOC BRILLIANCE. SUNDAY AFTERNOONS, 4/12-5/17* *PLEASE NOTE: 5/3 WORKSHOP WAS MOVED TO 5/17 HOSTED BY DJ CULTURE CLUB.” Includes beautiful fierce photos of Bianca Laureano, Neve Mazique, Shanelle Jones, JJ Omelagah with India Harville, and Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha. A vector graphic of a laptop with a croissant on the screen in the top left of image. Background is two shades of blue.]
India Harville & JJ Omelagah - “If You Can Breathe, You Can Sing and Dance”
Singing and dancing are our birthrights and a way for us to connect deeply to ourselves, to our communities, and to something greater than ourselves. Yet capitalism has lied to us and convinced us that only some people can sing or dance and that if you are not Whitney Houston or Neyo you better be quiet and sit down. This keeps us disconnected from the deep liberation, joy, and freedom that singing and dancing can offer each of us. Disabled people are often further shamed for the ways that their bodies deviate from how other people move and sound. We do this work to disrupt that notion. However you move and sound is beautiful and we want an opportunity to mirror that back to you.
Please join us for this virtual workshop where we will gently explore ways to reclaim our voices, our bodies, and our dances. No singing or dance experience required. Come join us and sound and move in whatever ways feel comfortable and accessible for your body. We will offer a variety of access-centered exercises to free our voices and movement. We can use these practices to build resilience and connection during this challenging time.
Access Information
This event will have live captioning and ASL interpretation.
Please contact https://www.facebook.com/disabilityjusticecultureclub/ if you have access needs you would like us to be aware of before we begin.