Supporters
Kufikiri Imara
Born and raised on Huichin territory of the Ohlone people (a.k.a. Oakland, California), I grew up in a family and community environment that strongly emphasized social awareness and responsibility. My personal healing/spiritual journey has led me to experience such moments as volunteering with the Green Earth Poets Society in NYC, bringing poetry to incarcerated African-American youth. I am one of the early members of the Entheogen Integration Circle, a support group in NYC with a focus on marginalized communities within the psychedelic community.
Bill Zito
After spending 12 years as a police officer, I transitioned my career in 1999 to become a broadcast journalist. Then in 2006 my wife, also a 20-year decorated police veteran, died by suicide, after having been retired less than 2 years.
Rick Benjamin
Learning to Shoot at Things that Moved
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Soup-cans, tires searing in the summer
air, coke bottles so old the red rubbed
off— these were easy to shoot at, even
while the Winchester bucked back into
my shoulder like his fist bruising my
body near to death. Just hold your
breath, he said, just squeeze the trigger
until it surprises you.
Katie Loncke
This is a story brought to you by psilocybin.
The story is called:
Five Hours of Pansexual Ocean-Cliffside Lovemaking with Gaia, Interrupted Only By A Brush with Death and Public Defecation.
Dr. Larry Ward
Aware that collective care hinges on each individual’s capacity to stay present, stable and centered in love, I focus on sharing practices that nurture a healthy, resilient nervous system, bolster community, mitigate burnout and increase creative capacities.