Who Heals the Healer: the convergence

Sunday, May 19th, 2019

Thank you for joining us!

The 2019 Who Heals the Healer: the convergence was generously supported by:

Individual donations
Patrons of The Healer’s Mixtape
MINKA brooklyn, Compound Coworkspace
The Greater New York Arts Development Fund of the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, administered by Brooklyn Arts Council (BAC).

exchange + RSVP!

Tickets for the convergence are here! The exchange is $15-30 sliding scale, which increases our capacity to compensate everyone involved in the production of the gathering.

Donation based and sponsored tickets for those who need it are available through contacting us at whohealsthehealer [at] gmail [dot] com with the subject line: “2019 WHTH Tickets.”

We are deeply grateful to MINKA brooklyn and the Compound Workspace for hosting us in their space, individual donors and Greater New York Arts Development Fund of the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, administered by Brooklyn Arts Council (BAC).

Access – the multistory building has an elevator and gender neutral bathrooms on the second and third floor.

Childcare – we are thrilled to confirm that we will have childcare available during the conference. If you are seeking this type of support, please fill out the intake form here. Thank you to Emily of The Fifth Vital Sign for support the village in this tangible way!

ECOSYSTEM

Information on the collaborators, presenters, vendors and practitioners – including the program, will be shared closer to show time!

PRESS

All media and press inquires should be sent to whohealstheahealer [at] gmail [dot] com with the subject line: “2019 WHTH Coverage.”

2018 Program

Thank you!

We are abundantly full and grateful. 

10:00am - Doors Open

10:30am - Opening Session - Who's a Healer Anyways? Imprints and Legacies with Barbara Williams, MSW and Veronica Agard

11:00am-12:00pm -  Round 1 of Experiences

A = Self-Care for Difficult Moments: A Community Conversation curated by QTPOC Mental Health Intitative 

B = Inner Altars with Oscar Lopez

C = FLY Radical Therapy: A Healing Jodona Approach to self-love with Dorian Ortega

D = Mari con Mari: High Mountain Desert Femmes with Ella Mendoza and Mario Duran

12:05pm -1:05pm - Round 2 of Experiences

A = Mastering the Lower Self through Capoeira Angola workshop with Capoeira Muçurumim

B =  Labors of Love: Confronting the Complexities of Self Healing In Community with Olivia Ahn and Mélat Seyoum

C = Reimagining Ritual and Self Care for the Colonized/Ostracized with Cassandra Spellman

D = Give Emotional Labor Back to Yourself with Dom Chatterjee, Janhavi NP and Kamaria

1:10pm-2:25pm = LUNCH, VENDORS MARKET AND WELLNESS HOUR

Khao'na Kitchen, LLC with vegan Filipina and Indian food (third floor)

Pop up market with 20 vendors (third floor)

Offerings from wellness practitioners  (second floor)

2:30pm-3:30pm - Round 3 of Experiences

A = Healing the Black Body movement workshop with Nana Chinara

B = Accountability, disposability, and the language of silence discussion with Shaira Chaer

C =  Surpassing Adversities: a Path Towards Bliss storytelling session Mary Ann B. Fernandez

D = Get to the Heart of the Matter with your GUT and Ancient Eastern Wisdom of Ayurveda and Yoga with Shweta Parmar 

3:35pm-4:35pm  - Round 4 of Experiences

A = Dance Floor as a Sacred Space with DJ Brujo Boogie and Chiquita Brujita

B =  Keeping the Integrity Within Spiritual Offerings with Reem Abdou of collective BAE

C =  Aunties and Ancestors Taught Me: A Workshop on Honoring Vulnerability in Black Queer Communities with Deeply Rooted Healing Collective

D = Soul Tribe Session with Fearless Leon
 

4:40pm-5pm Closing Ceremony

 *5:00pm - 10:00pm - After Vibes at Starr Bar spun by Uptown Vinyl Supreme

Mayday Space

Mayday Space is a multi-story organizing center and social hub in Bushwick that works in tandem with our sister space Starr Bar a short walk away. Mayday is both a neighborhood resource and a citywide destination for engaging programming, a home for radical thought and debate, and a welcoming gathering place for people and movements to work, learn, celebrate and build together.

As an organizing center and events space for grassroots organizations to host their fundraiser parties, leadership retreats and more, Mayday inspires and sustains a justice-oriented community that is both publicly identifiable and approachable. We are creating a new innovative model that connects to the solidarity economy, promotes a shared sense of stewardship, and attracts new individuals to social justice politics in a culturally-dynamic setting.

As a movement project, Mayday also works with long-time community organizers to amplify neighborhood issues such as immigrant rights, food justice, tenants protections, gentrification and displacement as well as broader global issues such as climate justice and Internet freedom. To carry out this work, we’ve co-created empowering leadership structures for collectively managing the space and shaping the direction of our programming and organizing projects.

By offering access to our space on a sliding scale (down to free access), we prioritize people of color, immigrants, women-led groups, LGBTQ, poor and working class communities. The programming events Mayday will encourage and curate will likewise emphasize the voices, creativity and leadership of frontline communities.

MayDAY Space

176 St. Nicholas Ave.

Brooklyn, NY 11237

After Vibes

All vinyl vibes were conjured by the Boogie Down's finest, Uptown Vinyl Supreme! Uptown Vinyl Supreme is a DJ collective paying homage to the analogue roots of music, party and dance culture. 

Starr bar

214 Starr Street
Brooklyn, NY 11237