Astrology as a Portal to Prototyping Care Ecosystems // Two-Part Virtual Series with Yoo-Jin Kang
Too often, capitalist and ableist practices of urgency stifle possibilities for communal care to emerge within our workplaces, our communities, even our social movements. What can the wisdom of astrology teach us about our relationship to care amid systems of oppression? How can it act as a portal to a world in which we are all free? Join our November Care Pod Series, where healing justice practitioner Yoo-Jin Kang will guide us through using astrology as a tool in prototyping care ecosystems, toward interdependence and togetherness.
We invite you to join both gatherings or one, choosing which focus feels most relevant for you. These experiences are virtual, free, and open to people practicing (or curious about) Design Justice and Design Justice Principles. DJN Membership and previous attendance are not required. Design Justice Principles will be weaved into each gathering and we will invite discussions that connect us back to creative, collaborative ways of working and being.
CARE CIRCLE
November 6, 2023 / 6 - 8:30PM EDT
In this Care Circle, we will gently enter the topic of care ecosystems through the lens of astrology and our Moon signs. With curiosity and compassion, we will illuminate the parts of ourselves that we keep hidden, as a way of opening up more doors to giving and receiving care—tending to our shadows, letting in the light. Through guided prompts and exercises, we will learn more about our care languages and styles and how we can be in community with ourselves—our gifts, our burdens, our triggers—as we design systems of care that can hold and sustain our external communities as well.
PRACTICE SPACE
November 18, 2023 / 1 - 3:30PM EDT
In this Practice Space, we will deepen into an embodied exploration of our care lineages, in relation to our Moon signs and care styles. We will harness a range of creative prompts and activities to prototype care ecosystems based on the gifts, intuitions, and lived experiences we each have to offer. As we weave present realities—exploitative and oppressive systems, isolation and alienation, our own wounds—with future possibilities, we understand community as something that must be built. We remember care as something we do intentionally and with loving discipline. Join us in dreaming of new worlds and ways of being that we can enact right now, while putting down seeds of care that may only bloom beyond our own lifetimes.
For this gathering, please have creative making materials available, if accessible to you, such as paper, markers, pens, and any additional supplies that bring you joy.
This is for you if…
You’re feeling isolated, depleted, or demoralized in your work to bring healing and design justice principles into your practice.
You’re breaking cycles of internalized oppression and intergenerational trauma within your workplace, organization, family, or elsewhere.
You’re interested in expanding your capacity to give and receive care, as part of an interdependent network, a community of collective struggle.
Practitioner Bio
Yoo-Jin Kang (she/her) is a healing justice practitioner with roots in trauma-informed yoga, mindfulness-based healing modalities, astrology, and Reiki. Her day work includes executive coaching, anti-racist consulting practice, and program creation and facilitation. Yoo-Jin blends her experience in violence prevention, trauma healing, and collective liberation practices to center the healing of the most impacted, with a special focus on BIPOC women in our workplaces and communities. Yoo-Jin is based in the Washington DC area and enjoys being by the water, re-watching her favorite Studio Ghibli films, and rollerskating during her free time!
Access Supports
ASL interpretation
Auto-captioning via Zoom Recording, with options for asynchronous participation
Visual descriptions by speakers
Emotional Support available during the gathering
Tech support
Scheduled breaks throughout the two and a half hours
Show up as you are: feel free to take additional breaks, have camera on or off, move around your space, etc.
General Gathering Flow
Opening & Landing
Check-In Conversations
Topic Explorations with Guest Practitioner
Break
Group Discussions
Announcements & Closing
You can learn more about our DJN Care Pod at https://designjustice.org/djn-care-pod