Social Justice & Equity

Leticia Nieto

With Dr. Leticia Nieto

Open Dates

Love as activism, Trust as musculature. Sunday, November 17th 2024 Through appreciative autobiography, we will explore experiences of sturdiness and stamina that have helped us build up the musculature of trust in life. Re-examining ideas of safer space in the context of trauma-informed engagement, we will invite a blueprint of love as activism. When we […]

Screening of Cannes Independent Shorts Official Selection,"Dark and Tender," with Director Q&A, and Song Circle

With Aaron Johnson

Flexible Dates

The Whidbey Institute - Thomas Berry Hall

A Screening of the Film Recorded at Whidbey Institute Dark and Tender interrupts the Black Brute archetype and traces the earnest, compelling paths black men take to reclaim caring closeness and recover tender, platonic touch. With close-up encounters with nature, uncommon images of gentle Black masculinity, and the men facing, together, internalized obstacles to closeness, […]