When we introduced Reclaiming Our Own Time (ROOT) in 2023, the ROOT team boldly put forth their vision:
We are leaders—Black, Indigenous, and people of color. In our well-rested future, we reclaim our own narrative. We celebrate who we are and our rest practices. Our rest is deserved, intergenerational, well-resourced, and for all of us. We rest for our ancestors’ past, present and future. We are connected to ourselves, our people, our rest practices, our youth, and our elders. Our dreams are expansive and vibrant. Our loved ones rest together in fullness. We feel alive and joyful.
This program was a communal dream as much as it was a grant-based initiative, and we are sad to share that, due to losing funding, our ROOT team’s roles are ending. All rest programming, including sabbaticals, Reimagine Rest events, and Heal the Healers series, will be paused for now.
Nexus remains committed to supporting sabbaticals and rest for leaders of color, and we hope to secure additional funding as soon as we are able. We’re grateful for the support of all our funding partners over the last few years, and we look forward to future partnerships supporting this important cause.
As shared by the ROOT team:
“We know from our time with all of you in our generous, abundant, and thriving ecosystem that the work of healing and resting together is so necessary if we want to see ourselves liberated and joyful in the future. We are fortunate here in Minnesota to see a growing number of healers who are nurturing this movement. We have been privileged to be a part of this journey of reclaiming rest alongside so many of you in these past few years.”
Whether you’ve crossed paths with ROOT through a nature walk, creative healing space, virtual conversation, sabbatical fellowship, Heal the Healers retreat, a coffee shop conversation on reclaiming rest, or through a Care Package newsletter, we are grateful you chose to be a part of the rest ecosystem.
If you have any questions, please reach out to root@nexuscp.org or info@nexuscp.org.
