Are you an educator who is looking to rest and recharge this summer because you are....

• Zoomed out

• Burned out

• Drained

• and exhausted?

We (Arlène, Addison, Alex, and Rhiannon) are co-founders of Nurturing the Nurturers, a trauma-informed healing community for educators. This summer, we’re designing an experience for educators to rest, reflect, heal, and set intentions for the coming year- all without logging into Zoom or spending time on screens. This is personal and professional development, crafted by us for you. 

Here’s how it works: participants of Nurturing the Nurturers Unplugged will get an email each week for five weeks this summer, starting July 1. We’ve curated weekly themes that will take you through a reflective cycle as you process the last year and look to what's ahead.

Each email will contain a downloadable file with journal prompts and reflection activities, a mini-podcast episode created by us, and a curated selection of further reading and listening. The weekly themes will help you connect the personal and the communal, trauma and healing, teaching and who you are outside of your role as a educator.

We’ve designed this experience so that you can download and/or print everything and engage with it wherever it feels best to you: in a hammock? At the beach? In your bathtub? In bed? Sitting in a canoe? Wherever you go to unplug, take us with you.

You can experience Nurturing the Nurturers Unplugged as a solo journey, or connect with other learners using the #NurturingTheNurturers hashtag throughout the summer to share your reflections on Twitter or Instagram.

We can’t wait to share what we’ve been working on for you. Let us know if you have any questions, and then hit Register to join the community!

A couple of logistical details:

• People who register will receive additional details in June before the Unplugged experience begins on July 1. 
• There will be professional development certificates available upon request.
• Registration is by sliding scale. If you have institutional support/funding from your school, we encourage you to register for the highest sliding scale option. 

About the Nurturing the Nurturers facilitators:

Arlène Elizabeth Casimir (she/her/hers) is Brooklyn-based activist, educator, herbalist, healer, personal and professional development consultant, and writer. She’s currently studying clinical psychology and education with a concentration in trauma, spirituality, and culturally sustaining practices. When she’s not teaching, learning and/or writing, Arlène is creating at Lakay Lune. Lakay (pronounced: LAH-KAI, means home in Haitian-Creole) It’s the place where Lune (Arlène’s nickname which means moon) makes intuitive herbal blends for the body, mind, & soul. Her healing and wellness venture honors her ancestral lineage and generational wisdom. (www.lakaylune.com)

Addison Duane (she/her) is an elementary teacher turned PhD candidate studying trauma in schools from all levels-- systems, schools, teachers, and students. Her favorite self-care practice is therapy and her favorite community-care practice is FaceTime and dreaming up ways to dismantle and reimagine systems through collective work.

Alex Venet (she/her) is an educator, professional development facilitator, and author of Equity-Centered Trauma-Informed Education. She focuses on trauma-informed practices with a special interest in boundaries, unconditional positive regard, and trauma-informed leadership. Her favorite self-care practice is drinking tea and her favorite community-care practice is writing letters and postcards.

Rhiannon Kim (she|her) is a biracial Korean and white woman. She is currently an Ed.D student studying and teaching healing-centered anti-oppressive trauma-responsive practices and pedagogies. In addition to disrupting patterns of over-pathologization in public education, she is an adjunct lecturer, consultant, and lay practitioner and teacher of yoga and mindfulness. Her go-to self-care practices are movement and writing and her favorite community-care practice is sharing space with people who blend social justice and healing-centered contemplative practices.