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The Embodied
Leadership
Project
Jamila Jackson, Director (510) 472-7522
Narieka Masla, Assistant Director
EmbodiedLeadershipProject.org
EmbodiedLeadershipProject@gmail.com
We teach the skills to build
meaningful, supportive and
diverse connections to
others.
We are choosing to face 3 interconnected challenges:
the fracturing of the human community Having a framework
for the way trauma
marginalization of people impacts, and has
disharmony with the earth
impacted, individuals
and communities is
Our world is grappling with remarkable levels of social, systemic and
environmental stress and violence. This affects society by leaving many critical for successful
individuals and communities: wellness and inclusion
• disconnected from their bodies and from other people initiatives.
• with diminished access to cognitive thinking/problem solving
• unable to regulate their emotions and quicker to engage in conflict
• with compromised immune-systems & vulnerable to illness and early death
• isolated and struggling with a lack of meaning, hope and connection in their lives
“The impact of trauma is one of the
These are symptoms of traumatic-stress. Trauma is a psychological, most important public health issues
physiological and emotional response to an event or an experience that is we face today.”
deeply distressing or disturbing. -Bessel van der Kolk
Our organization serves:
“Research demonstrates the
1. individuals
benefits of the arts in
2. organizations healthcare…In two recent surveys,
nearly half of the healthcare
3. schools institutions in the United States
reported having arts in healthcare
4. institutions
programming.”
that are interested in - Americans For the Arts
building inclusive,
healthy, creative and
mindful communities
The people who work with us
are interested in:
According to Forbes,
“organizations spend about $8 • diversity & social justice
billion per year on D&I [diversity • healing & wellness
& inclusion] training” • mindfulness & yoga
• creativity & artistic practice
“In 2015 the meditation and
• trauma awareness
mindfulness industry raked in • cross-cultural communication
nearly $1 billion” - Fortune • leadership development
Our programs integrate body-based practices, such as dance and yoga,
with the community practice of storytelling.
Current research in the field of social neurobiology teaches us that our brains are social
organs. Our capacity to think, learn, and grow is directly affected by our relationships to
others. We have access to our full cognitive ability only when we feel seen, heard, and
valued on an embodied and emotional level. This research is teaching us that we
need to feel connected to one another in order to thrive.
Our hiring and partnership
practice is cognizant of the
“Creative applications of core social and political importance
content are among teachers’ of uplifting the leadership of
most powerful tools in building women of color and young
students’ understanding.” - Diversity within the field people within this field.
creativiteach.me of wellness, trauma-
awareness, inclusion and
mindfulness in the West
expands the scope the Because science is telling us to connect.
work’s political vision,
possibility and impact.
And art builds meaningful connections
inside of our brains – and to one another.
PROGRAMS AND SERVICES Online Education Artistic Research Workshops & Trainings This free program gives individuals from all Participants of all colors, genders and Higher education & schools, institutions over the world the opportunity to join an abilities are invited to explore dance and and organizations use our workshops and online community dedicated to innovative movement as a path to wellness, joy and trainings to gain coaching, guidance, approaches to wellness and inclusion. Here, connection. Facilitated by women of education and support for their team they can learn about moving from isolation color + allies, this approach to dance and and/or programming. Participants gain skills to emotionally connected relationships and movement integrates indigenous wisdom in: leadership, health & wellness, personal witness the benefits of emotional with western psychology to offer gentle growth, community-building, emotional intelligence and trauma-sensitive and accessible re-connection to the body, connection, trauma-sensitivity, connecting mindfulness, yoga and artistic practices. to play and to meaningful communication. across difference, boundaries and consent.
FUNDING MODEL & FINANCIALS Primary funding sources for programming and
(see detailed income & expense sheet in attached documents)
operations include:
Fiscal Sponsorship • individual donations
Our organization has fiscal sponsorship through The • grants
Institute for Science and Interdisciplinary Studies.
• revenue from Artistic Research Program:
We are eligible to accept tax deductible donations. screenings/exhibits, dance classes & talks
(beginning Fall 2020)
Income & Expense over the last 12 months
INCOME
$13,814 in income.
Our goal is to evolve our funding model through:
• developing a board of advisors
EXPENSE
$8,371 • pursuing specific sources of funding (individuals,
Our team volunteered between between 5-30 hours each week foundations, grants) that are a good match to
support our particular type of work
• pursuing specific sources of revenue (from
Growth over the next three years education institutions, galleries, arts
organizations) that are a good match for our
We expect our budget to grow
from $42,986 in 2020
Artistic Research Program.
to $62,986 in 2021 • building up highly professional internal
to $73,320 in 2022.
fundraising capabilities targeted at those
This growth will include: programming and administrative staff, funding model sources
expansion & program development.Currently, 19 patrons offer MONTHLY
DONATIONS that range from $3 to $100 We have received GIFTS AND
START-UP FUNDING from over
Traction ten donors that have ranged
between $50 and $9,000
Roadmap
We have given WORKSHOPS AND TRAININGS
to over 25 groups over the past 3 years with & Our WEBSITE was launched in 2018
contracts ranging between $200 - $4,000.
Milestones
Our ARTISTIC RESEARCH PROGRAM has worked Our ARTISTIC
with young women of color + ally artists and PRESENTATIONS have
facilitators to develop a film and photography exhibit been shown in galleries,
which shares our approach to dance and movement. theaters and outdoors
Our goal is to PURSUE NATIONAL LOCATIONS to
show this work beginning Fall 2020 and to donate 20% In 2018 we launched our ONLINE
of revenue to organizations supporting justice for EDUCATION PROGRAM
women, reproductive rights, and refugee and
immigration services.Our primary marketing tools are:
• Making connections through our network to: book presentations & workshops,
do outreach to participants for our programming and connect with potential
funders
• Emailing and/or calling perspective clients and participants
• Emailing, calling and/or applying to potential funders
• Building our mailing list
MARKETING PLAN • Announcing our free programming resources through our network
We have found success through personal outreach. To support
our growth, we plan on more targeted outreach through our
network and support from our board of advisors.OUR TEAM
Jamila Jackson Narieka Masla
Founder and Director Assistant Director
Jamila is an artist, facilitator and Narieka is a body based
scholar who uses embodiment, performance artist, facilitator and
storytelling and contemplative Yoga instructor. She is dedicated
practices to build community to bringing together
and cultivate leadership contemplative practice, embodied
development. Originally from the creative expression and critical
Bay Area, California, she attended
social and ecological inquiry to
Howard University for two years
address and catalyze healing and
and received her B.A. from
Hampshire College. She is social change. Originally from
Responsibilities currently working towards MFA Responsibilities Western Massachusetts, but
include: operations, in Interdisciplinary Arts. Her include: program spending a large part of her
administration, background in dance, cultural & administration, childhood in Mexico, Narieka
fundraising, program community expressive arts, and outreach, design and attended Naropa University for
emotional intelligence and two years and received her B.A.
design and facilitation facilitation.
trauma-sensitivity has helped to from Hampshire College. She
shape the leadership model she received her 200hr Yoga
offers through her work. certification from Yoga Veda.PARTNERSHIPS AND SUPPORT
“trauma-sensitive practice involves resourcing social justice movements
challenging systemic conditions that create and perpetuate trauma.”
- David A. Treleaven,
Our Artistic Research Program, facilitated by women of color + allies, uses dance and movement to invite bodies of all colors, abilities and genders to learn about
meaningful communication, compassionate listening, boundaries, consent, joy and much more. It is developed out of the desire to end violence against all beings and
to build safe, sustainable and diverse communities. We offer this body-centered art education and awareness to institutions and organizations and
we are committed to donating a total of 20% of ARP revenue to:
OUR PARTNERS
RAICES promotes justice by providing free
and low-cost legal services to underserved Hampshire College Critical
immigrant children, families, and refugees. Studies of Childhood, Youth
and Learning’s Hampshire Youth
Connect Program, Ethics and the
SBI is a home for generating new knowledge Common Good, Hampshire
and understandings of how Indigenous College and the Five College
nations and communities are impacted by Dance Department have
gender and sexual violence. partnered with us to enrich our
research and presentations.
SisterSong builds an effective network of Their support ranges from
individuals and organizations to improve network support and physical
institutional policies and systems that impact resources to start-up funds for
our organization. Their support
the reproductive lives of marginalized
aids us in the work we do and
communities in turn the potential of
TWOCC exists to create revolutionary supporting the work done
change by uplifting the narratives, through RAICES, SBI,
leadership, and lived experience of trans SisterSong and TWOCC
people of color.COMPETITIVE LANDSCAPE (or better yet: SOLIDARITY LANDSCAPE)
There are many programs and organizations doing the important work of wellness, mindfulness and inclusion.
We operate in solidarity with these programs. Some of which are:
The mission of generative somatics is
to grow a transformative social and
environmental justice movement --
The mission of Destiny Arts Center is PRISM provides a systemic diversity and one that integrates personal and
to inspire and ignite social change inclusion process and best-in-practices social transformation, creates
through the arts performance solutions. compelling alternatives to the status
quo and embodies the creativity and
life affirming actions we need to
forward systemic change.
HOWEVER, THERE REMAINS A CRITICAL NEED FOR:
wellness and inclusion programming that is trauma-informed,
culturally-relevant and offered by diverse leadership.
We offer that type of education and programming. Kirpalu is dedicated to creating an
awakened, compassionate, and
connected world, and our
educational offerings are designed
to help people realize their full
Our integration of art & creativity, trauma-awareness and uplifting the leadership of potential as they learn to apply the
principles of yoga on and off the
Women of Color and young people brings a unique and vital addition to the field. mat.DONATIONS AND USE OF FUNDS Our current donors have invested in our
online and artistic programming because
they feel connected to our work and have
In 2020 we will use funds to pay our staff to run programming and administration, witnessed its impact. Their support has
develop our funding model, and build our revenue from our Artistic Research Program grown our programs and our reach. At the
We need to raise $42,986 which will be used as follows: moment we are spending about 30 hours
• $ 39,986 towards salaries (admin + programming) per week (between two people) to run this
• $ 2,000 toward fundraising costs & events project. However, we haven’t raised enough
• $ 1,000 toward supplies and materials to cover our salaries.
In 2021, we will use funds to continue to do what we did in 2020 as well as implement a Receiving the funds to cover our yearly
residency to expand our Artistic Research Program curriculum & development and salaries + costs will allow us to continue this
work with a fundraising consultant valuable work and focus on growing our
We need to raise $62,986 which will be used as follows:
revenue and our organization.
• $ 39,986 towards salaries (admin + programming)
• $ 5,000 toward fundraising costs & events
• $ 3,000 toward supplies and materials We can accept tax deductible
• $ 15,000 toward residency costs & artist consulting fees. donations through our fiscal sponsor.
In 2022 we continue to do what we did in 2021 as well as hire a part-time Checks can be made to:
administrator/fundraiser
We need to raise $73,320 which will be used as follows: The Embodied Leadership Project
• $53,320 towards salaries and sent to
• $ 2,000 toward fundraising costs & events ELP c/o The Institute for Science
• $ 3,000 toward supplies and materials 893 West Street, NS
• $ 15,000 toward residency costs & artist consulting fees. Amherst, MA 01002Category Summary
Date Range: Last 12 Months (7/9/2018 – 7/8/2019)
Accounts: Admin Fee: FCU 30 Fiscal Sponsor , and 4 more
Categories: Donors, Donors:Individual Donors, and 14 more
Tags: All Tags
Type: Custom
Show Memo/Notes
Money In $13,814.30
Donors $7,514.17
Individual Donors $5,652.50
Monthly Patrons $1,861.67
Interest Earned $0.13
Workshops & Trainings $6,300.00
Money Out -$8,371.63
Fees & Subscriptions -$90.18
Meals and Transportation -$305.60
Personnel -$7,650.00
Program Equipment -$56.31
Supplies & Materials -$269.54
Money In: $13,814.30
Money Out: -$8,371.63
Net Total: $5,442.67
Other Transactions
Transfers Between Accounts $297.50
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