Darkness Rising, a mental health and arts organization founded by Carlita Victoria, works with a range of communities that are often left out of the conversation on mental wellness - including incarcerated and formerly incarcerated people. If we want to be free, no one can be left behind. Based on her experience going through a reentry simulator, Carlita emboldens us to reach out to our local reentry council to learn ways to collectively care for marginalized groups. She proclaims “It is so important and so vital that we, as humans, as a society, reach out to understand each person's individual experience and how we can help people throughout their journey.”

Multidisciplinary Artist, Jezz Chung, led our in-person audience through somatic tools to address anxiety and rescript negative thinking from “I’m worried” to “I’m protected.” Jezz’s somatic demo begins at 59 min in the playback. For more prompts and provocations to unlock your personal power, read Jezz’s book This Way To Change and listen to their podcast Dreaming Different.