Press release from Asheville Movement Collective:
January 1, 2016 at 10:30 am at Asheville Masonic Temple, 80 Broadway Street, $7+ Suggested Donation
Our VOICE pursues a community that is free of sexual violence. Asheville Movement Collective hosts dance waves for personal and community transformation.
Asheville Movement Collective has partnered with The Asheville Masonic Temple to host a dance on New Year’s Day to benefit Our VOICE, an Asheville community nonprofit organization serving all individuals in Buncombe County affected by sexual assault and abuse, through counseling, advocacy and education.
How we are in the world, how we are present in our home community, makes a difference. We are all affected by sexual violence in our community, and Our VOICE works to make a difference for everyone. Whether you’re a regular community dancer or have never danced before, join us on New Year’s Day to dance and support the women, men, children, and families who are affected by sexual violence in our home community.
We are all connected; let’s dance in recognition of our connection.
All proceeds will benefit Our VOICE. The Asheville Masonic Temple has donated the event space, and the facilitator will be donating her time, so all money will go directly to Our VOICE.
www.ashevillemovementcollective.org
www.ourvoicenc.org
www.ashevillemasonictemple.com
Sharing Our Bodies Safely
Steven Jones, AMC Events CoordinatorAsheville Movement Collective’s three central guidelines are Awareness, Participation, and Permission. We like to imagine a world where these guidelines are observed in every place or situation; where moving together with responsibility and respect can be a model for how the world could move with responsibility and respect. Of course, we have a long way to go, but as far as aspirations go, it’s a pretty worthy destination.
Our VOICE imagines a similar world, one that is free of sexual violence. For so many victims, even years after being abused, our bodies feel taken from us, separate from us, the actual site of a horrible and traumatizing experience. I’ve spoken with so many in our community who are travelling along this path to healing, looking for ways to be held safely in community, but to be able to hold ourselves as well.
At AMC, we celebrate our bodies; we claim them; we are them. How better, then, to support the healing of so many in our community than coming together to dance in thankfulness for our own bodies, but also in celebration of a community where we strive to find safety and share there; on a New Year’s Day filled with the anticipation of a New Way.
For more information, visit www.ashevillemovementcollective.org.
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