how do we expand our idea(s) of self to become more collectively response-able? in an era of political and relational fragmentation, this four-week course will explore and integrate teachings which reconfigure the sense of self. A RETURN TO WHOLENESS is an invitation to go beyond-self for connection in-communities + in-ecosystems.

informed by June Jordan and Etel Adnan’s archival correspondence letters, this curriculum expands on their lived-practices of friendship as a catalyst for political engagement, moving beyond identity politics, and poetry as a form of creative resistance. 

together, we will question how we embody + perpetuate systems of oppression while naming new pathways for healing. participants are invited to be in-discussion and in-workshop with interdisciplinary teachings, to open up awareness around inherited perspectives + assumptions, and move into mutual exploration of lenses + frameworks that are rooted in evolving ethics + relational response-abilities.

spirituality-without-dogma, visual mediums, design tools, poetry and philosophy will become our portals for thinking together in this space. by the end of this course, participants will have a rigorous set of personally designed praxes to integrate into their work and socio-cultural spheres.

for those of you who are ready to let go of the self as an “endless project,” and step into a more relational + politically-grounded way of life.