BLACK INNERSTANDING & OURSTORY

TOUR & RETREAT (B.I.O.)

Join us Sat. April 22 to Sun. April 23, 2023

Come build black self-awareness and wellness with the community using somatic body practices and guidance through sites of Black memory in Massachusetts. Build community with others on a small-group intimate retreat to the Mohawk trail. We leave Saturday morning from Roxbury MA and return Sunday mid-day.

Attendee application deadline: Thursday, April 6th

(Selection date: April 8th)

This is an Africana-centered retreat.

Black INNERSTANDING & OURSTORY

WHO IS THIS FOR?

Our B.I.O. Tour & Retreat is for Black folks:

from Boston, Massachusetts and New England
from School Systems: Teachers/Students (H.S., colleges and supporting associations/conferences)
as New England Visiting Tourists
served by Health Centers/Systems, Wellness Coordinators
seeking an introduction to Integrated Somatics
seeking an introduction to heritage and humanities
who are Adulting/Gap Agers or Returning Citizens (life skills seekers)
who are members of Black Associations, Alliances and social chapters
who comprise Business teams, small companies or corporate support groups/departments
who are DEI training/learners (non-performative)

WHAT’S INCLUDED

An overnight guided -group tour and retreat: Sat. morning to Sunday mid-day.
Central activities: somatic exercises & grounding in the Black soma interwoven with stops at black sites of memory with guided histories of Black Boston and Massachusetts
2-hour round-trip van from Boston to Leyden (Franklin County, Mohawk Trail).
Bent Birch Retreat center lodging (pilot property: run by _________
Facilites are on the land of the ___________
Sat. night dinner and road snacks