Survivor Healing Track
The Survivor Healing Track is a dedicated space spotlighting diverse healing journeys, particularly for survivors of Asian cultures. From seeking justice to gaining community and family belief, finding acceptance within, and giving back to the movement - we'll explore how justice varies in our communities and how community understanding shapes survivor healing. The summit features insights from leaders, survivors, and service providers, aiming to enhance our understanding and capacity for creating an ideal community where survivors can authentically heal and thrive.
Sessions
Session 1
10:00am - 10:50am
A. Navigating Recovery: Understanding DV & SV through the Lens of Healing - Room 2103
- Aakriti Koirala & Ai Doan, AFSSA
This session delves into domestic and sexual violence, specifically exploring the challenges faced by survivors in marginalized communities. Participants will gain insight into AFSSA's mission, witness a survivor's journey, and learn how we support clients through healing on a deeper and intentional level.
B. "I had some healing through Justice Language in my mind" - Room 2104
- Roz Pillay, AFSSA
Session 2
11:00am - 11:50am
Healing Connections: Art and Storytelling - Room 2103
- Sabrina Mooroogen Phillips, Equity Through Art
This workshop is designed to explore how art and storytelling can serve as vehicles for connection, healing, and personal growth. In this immersive session, participants are invited to uncover and tell the stories that resonate deeply within us. The session is open to anyone, and everyone interested in exploring the intersection of art, storytelling, and healing. Whether you are an artist, writer, healer, or someone on a journey of personal growth, you will find value in the connections made and the stories shared. No previous experience with art or storytelling is necessary, only a willingness to be open, vulnerable, and engaged with the process.
B. Using Art + Storytelling as Restorative Practices for Intergenerational Healing - Room 2104
- Meghna Bhat, Ph.D.
Using Art + Storytelling as Restorative Practices for Intergenerational Healing: Storytelling when combined with art has the power to help connect with others, promote individual and collective healing, and bridge intergenerational gaps in our communities. In this interactive session, participants will be guided to envision and write their stories through group art and writing activities about intergenerational healing and community building. The participants will leave the session with a draft of their own stories, and additional tools, examples, and resources of how to implement intergenerational storytelling activities and story circles in their communities.
Session 3
1:50pm - 2:40pm
A. Exploring Digital Advocacy for Ethical Storytelling and Action - Room 2103
- Jenn Xia, AFSSA
In this workshop, participants will explore what advocacy looks like online - how can we use technology and media to tell ethical stories that are often at the heart of transformation and holding the world accountable to the ways we want it to take care of our communities.
B. An Introduction to "Text Power Telling": Coming Together to Process Trauma through Writing and the Arts - Room 2104
- Anita Lakshman & Jess Restaino, Text Power Telling
Our mission is to create safe spaces in which survivors can use writing and other forms of expression to claim their stories, to be heard, and to listen, respond, and support other survivors. In this workshop, we will present an outline of our workshop structure, including its goals and philosophical underpinnings, and we will also introduce our digital arts magazine in order to create opportunities for sustained partnerships with other organizations who work with survivors.
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