Part of How Healing Happens

ADMISSION:
Admission is free. RSVP at the links below beginning Monday, December 1, at 10 a.m.

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DESCRIPTION:
Join somatics and social justice practitioner Staci K. Haines for a workshop on embodied transformation. Participants will explore what embodiment and practice have to do with activism and social change, with relationship and complexity, and with healing from the impacts of trauma and oppression. This interactive workshop will include somatic practices, body awareness processes, and good conversations.

The workshop is part of How Healing Happens, a three-event series that highlights emergent perspectives on how artistic practices can nurture personal and collective well-being and provide space for reflection and connection.

Bio:

For 30 years, Staci K. Haines has been experimenting at the intersections of personal and social transformation through the work of somatics, trauma healing, embodied leadership, and transformative justice. She is the author of The Politics of Trauma: Somatics, Healing and Social Justice, which has been translated into German, and Healing Sex: A Mind Body Approach to Healing Sexual Trauma, which has been translated into German, Japanese, and Spanish. Haines is an innovator in the field of somatics, focusing on how it can bring transformative capacity to social and climate justice movements and help heal the impacts of trauma and oppression.

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A Lineage of (F)Light: A Collaborative Performance by Patrisse Cullors and Rashida Bumbray Featuring Vocalist Li(sa E.) Harris
Tuesday, January 20, 2026, at 6:30 p.m.
Fisher Museum Courtyard
For more info, click HERE.

The Intersection of Art and Care: Patrisse Cullors and Prentis Hemphill in Conversation, Moderated by Rashida Bumbray
Wednesday, January 21, 2026, at 6:30 p.m.
Gin D. Wong Hall, HAR 101
For more info, click HERE.

Presented by USC Visions and Voices. Organized by Sherin Guirguis (Professor of Practice, Art and Design). Co-sponsored by the USC Roski School of Art and Design.