This April, I’m fundraising for Self-Reclaimed in honor of Sexual Assault Awareness Month (SAAM) 2025. Self-Reclaimed is a survivor-led nonprofit based in Chicago and Evanston, IL that creates space for healing, empowerment, and cultural change to end sexual assault and domestic violence. This year, they’re raising $10,000 to fund their most powerful initiative yet: The SR-EXA Facilitator Certification Program. Your donation directly fuels: free therapeutic healing spaces for survivors of SA and DV, training for Chicagoland facilitators to offer safe, brave, transformative spaces across the country, survivor-centered operations that are shaping the future of healing justice I believe in the urgency of their work—and I believe in a world where survivors don’t just survive, but thrive. Will you stand with me and support Self-Reclaimed this SAAM?
A somatic art experience for survivors, advocates, and allies.
Join us for an intimate 2-hour gathering where we move together—through body, story, and creative expression—guided by the ancient wisdom of the snake. We will root into the sacred act of reclamation: shedding what no longer serves, and stepping into our power with intention.
In this experiential event, you will be gently guided through the 4 Stages of the Snake:
- Coiled Chaos – where survival tension lives
- Molting – the first stirrings of discomfort and awakening
- Shedding – the vulnerable and courageous release
- Serpent in Motion – movement toward embodied action
Through somatic movement, art-making, and community conversation, we will explore what it means to move from chaos to action—not in urgency, but in deep embodied wisdom.
✨ What's Included:
- 1 entry for our “Serpent’s Sanctuary” wellness kit
- Intimate container (limited to 20 participants)
- Community conversations
- Guided art somatic journey through the 4 snake stages—no experience needed
- Live music and movement performance
- Light food & drink refreshments
This event is in honor of Sexual Assault Awareness Month (SAAM)—a space to bear witness, move through, and rise together.