AF3IRM LA School of Youth Activism
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AF3IRM Los Angeles, in conjunction with the Albert Schweitzer Fellowship, and in partnership with People's Yoga Los Angeles, is excited to present the first-ever AF3IRM LA School of Youth Activism (SOYA LA)! We are in the midst of reviewing applications and preparing workshops and activities - but we need your help to ensure that all participants will have the necessary materials to complete the program.
Beginning in September 2016, SOYA LA is a free, holistic three-part program for high-school-aged youth who identify as girls. Over the course of eight weeks, participants will learn, heal, and grow through trauma-informed yoga, sensory strategies, and transnational feminist workshops. This unique program is designed to provide youth with the knowledge and tools to not only cope and survive, but to organize, dream, and be resilient. The trauma-informed yoga will guide participants in the restoration and nourishment of the mind-body connection, as they begin the process of shedding histories of generational trauma. Sensory strategies for everyday living will also be taught to participants, providing them with tools to take control over their bodies and to find productive ways to relieve stress and anxiety in a myriad of scenarios. Using the AF3IRM-specific praxis of transnational feminism, the third component of SOYA LA will include workshops, dialogues, and skills training for knowledge-sharing, co-creation, and visioning to build feminist leadership.
Drawing a connection between the healing and resistance models of our ancestors, as well as building upon current research and community knowledge, AF3IRM LA has developed SOYA LA because we recognize the necessity of creating new practices of survival which address the needs of the women and youth of today. As our communities of color face deep subjugation, exploitation, and genocide, we know that we must not just engage in self-care, but in collective care and we must hold and lift up our communities as we envision and fight for a truly liberated world.
We seek support from you, our community, because we know that we cannot do this alone. With your help, we will be able to provide this program at no cost to our participants and be able to give them materials and tools that will last beyond these eight weeks. With your contribution, we will be able to empower our youth with new visions for the future and an elevated sense of well-being, as they learn health-enhancing methods and organizing skills that will allow them to be conscious, revolutionary leaders within their schools and communities. With your support, we all move ever closer to our goals of liberation.
Your donation will support the following:
- $200 donation will sponsor the total cost of new yoga blocks and straps to keep the program running for future rounds!
- $100 donation will go towards our yoga instructor's valued labor.
- $75 donation will go towards binders and supplies for the feminist workshops.
-$50 donation will go towards yoga bolsters of various sizes in order to provide options for different body types.
- $30 donation will sponsor one girl's yoga mat so that she may continue her practice beyond the program.
AF3IRM is a grassroots, all-volunteer, not-for-profit organization, purely funded by the people and your contribution of any amount is greatly appreciated!
For tax-deductible donation amounts of $50 or more, payments must be made via check, made out to our fiscal sponsor AJ Muste Memorial Institute. Contact us for more information.
“The importance of doing activist work is precisely because it allows you to give back and to consider yourself not as a single individual… but to be a part of an ongoing historical movement.” -Angela Davis
Beginning in September 2016, SOYA LA is a free, holistic three-part program for high-school-aged youth who identify as girls. Over the course of eight weeks, participants will learn, heal, and grow through trauma-informed yoga, sensory strategies, and transnational feminist workshops. This unique program is designed to provide youth with the knowledge and tools to not only cope and survive, but to organize, dream, and be resilient. The trauma-informed yoga will guide participants in the restoration and nourishment of the mind-body connection, as they begin the process of shedding histories of generational trauma. Sensory strategies for everyday living will also be taught to participants, providing them with tools to take control over their bodies and to find productive ways to relieve stress and anxiety in a myriad of scenarios. Using the AF3IRM-specific praxis of transnational feminism, the third component of SOYA LA will include workshops, dialogues, and skills training for knowledge-sharing, co-creation, and visioning to build feminist leadership.
Drawing a connection between the healing and resistance models of our ancestors, as well as building upon current research and community knowledge, AF3IRM LA has developed SOYA LA because we recognize the necessity of creating new practices of survival which address the needs of the women and youth of today. As our communities of color face deep subjugation, exploitation, and genocide, we know that we must not just engage in self-care, but in collective care and we must hold and lift up our communities as we envision and fight for a truly liberated world.
We seek support from you, our community, because we know that we cannot do this alone. With your help, we will be able to provide this program at no cost to our participants and be able to give them materials and tools that will last beyond these eight weeks. With your contribution, we will be able to empower our youth with new visions for the future and an elevated sense of well-being, as they learn health-enhancing methods and organizing skills that will allow them to be conscious, revolutionary leaders within their schools and communities. With your support, we all move ever closer to our goals of liberation.
Your donation will support the following:
- $200 donation will sponsor the total cost of new yoga blocks and straps to keep the program running for future rounds!
- $100 donation will go towards our yoga instructor's valued labor.
- $75 donation will go towards binders and supplies for the feminist workshops.
-$50 donation will go towards yoga bolsters of various sizes in order to provide options for different body types.
- $30 donation will sponsor one girl's yoga mat so that she may continue her practice beyond the program.
AF3IRM is a grassroots, all-volunteer, not-for-profit organization, purely funded by the people and your contribution of any amount is greatly appreciated!
For tax-deductible donation amounts of $50 or more, payments must be made via check, made out to our fiscal sponsor AJ Muste Memorial Institute. Contact us for more information.
“The importance of doing activist work is precisely because it allows you to give back and to consider yourself not as a single individual… but to be a part of an ongoing historical movement.” -Angela Davis
Organizer
AF3IRM SOYALA
Organizer
Los Angeles, CA
