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SUMMARY:C3 | Sustaining Advocacy When It’s Hard
DESCRIPTION:Advocacy is hard: long legislative timelines, an endless news cycle, bills that go nowhere. On December 9, join us for a morning of connection, creativity, and discussion led by Nia Eubanks-Dixon of Creative Praxis, to help you walk into 2027 inspired, supported, and a little lighter.\nOver two hours of art-making, reflection, and conversation, you’ll name what makes advocacy hard right now, ground yourself in the values that brought you to this work, set boundaries that protect your capacity, and meet colleagues across Bucks and Montgomery counties who can share the load. You’ll leave with practical tools for your personal, organizational, and collective advocacy work.\nCosponsored by HealthSpark and the Tigris Foundation.\nWednesday, December 9\n9:30-11:30am\nCommunity Partners Center, 2506 North Broad Street, Colmar, PA 18915\n\nOnly 100 Seats Available!\nWho Is This For?\nOpen to nonprofit professionals, advocates, and community members.\nWhat You’ll Take Away In 2 Hours\n\nBoundaries you can start using right away, so advocacy fits the capacity your organization actually has\nRenewed belief that this work matters and can be effective, even when progress is slow\nNew connections: the people and organizations you can partner with so the load isn’t yours alone\nTake-home tools and slides to revisit when the work gets heavy\n\nMeet the Trainer\nNia Eubanks-Dixon\nFounder, Creative Praxis\nNia Eubanks-Dixon (she/her/we) is the founder and creator of Creative Praxis (CP). The art-infused, healing-informed, and joy-filled trainings of CP emerged from over 20 years of research and experience working with diverse communities worldwide. Nia is dedicated to interactive, healing-centered, and transformational facilitation.\nNia is an international seasoned trainer/facilitator, counselor, professional dancer/storyteller, teacher,published author, and therapeutic restorative community artist. She is certified in life\ncoaching, crisis intervention, the dialogic process, restorative practices, interactive mediation, restorative arts, trauma healing, trauma-informed spaces, and de-escalation techniques.\nIn 2002, Nia received her BFA in Dance Education from the University of the Arts in Philadelphia. In 2017, she received her Master’s Degree in Urban Studies with a concentration in Therapeutic Restorative  Community Arts from Eastern University. She has worked as a site director for a member of out-of-school-time programs, a teaching artist, a middle school teacher, a General Education Development (GED) program director, a life coach, a youth community organizer, a care practitioner, an international youth program director, a touring artist for renowned dance companies, and practicing community healer.\nEach year, Nia trains thousands of people globally. She has worked globally with organizations, including but not limited to the American Friends Service Committee, Philadelphia Parks and Recreation, The Harmony Project, The Aspen Institute, Jobs for the Future, and Urban Bush Women. Her liberation-centered pedagogy has been incorporated into classrooms, community centers, and nonprofit organizations throughout the Philadelphia region and beyond.\n
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