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Meet the Doves
Rock Dove is a collective of anarchist and radical individuals who seek to address
the need for helpful, accessible, non-hierarchical health assistance in
our communities. We support de-centralized and non-oppressive forms and
sources of physical, mental, emotional, sexual and spiritual well-being. We see
this as both a daily necessity and a revolutionary strategy.
Alana
Alana has been practicing yoga since 1995 and was certified as a hatha yoga teacher by the Integral Yoga Institute in 2003. She has
experience instructing kids and adults and has worked with both currently and formerly incarcerated men and women. Alana first got
active in anarchist politics in 2002 and has been affiliated with Anti-Racist Action, Critical Resistance and
Anarchist People of Color (APOC) as well various small collectives. She is currently a
member of the New York Metro Alliance of Anarchists (NYMAA) in which she participates in a number
of small working groups. Alana believes that in order to fight for and ultimately create a truly fair and free world, you must
simultaneously maintain a healthy mind, body and spirit.
Autumn
Autumn Brown is one of Rock Dove's Consensus and Facilitation trainers. She was trained in Consensus method for decision making and
group process by the UK-based collective Seeds for Change, and she is committed to
utilizing, teaching, and integrating consensus in her life and work. Autumn is also a trained practitioner of the Fertility Awareness Method for natural birth control and reproductive health, and she sits on the Board of Directors of the Fertility Awareness Center in New York City. She is part of the Rock Dove Collective because she believes fiercely in
the mind-body continuum, and that within an individual's deeper understanding of her own body, mind and soul, is the potential for
a deeper understanding of the other.
cid
cid is a resident of Brooklyn who is employed as a
social worker and has been involved in movements for
social justice for as long as she can remember. She
belives that we must have personal revolutions if
we're going to have social revolution and love may not
be all we need, but its a great place to start.
Danielle
Danielle's current work is in Restorative Justice and prison re-entry,
and she has engaged in anti-violent, empowerment-based programs
with 'at-risk' youth since she was one herself. She has taught
creative writing in prisons and jails in Chicago and Georgia, worked
for nearly 4 years with court-involved youth in Harlem, and
facilitated a sex education program in abstinence-only Atlanta
schools. While in Atlanta, she created and directed a project to
teach conflict resolution through the arts in inner city schools and
juvenile detention centers and did extensive gang intervention work in
her community. She has been practicing Reiki informally for years,
and was finally "attuned" in Guatemala in 2002. She practices yoga
and meditation, and recently learned to build a one-match fire at
summer camp. Danielle believes that the daily work of living
healthily, happily, and generously with one another is the foundation
for any radical social change. She likes pigeons very much.
Josh
Josh Reisner is Rock Dove's web designer. He works during the day at a nonprofit
that helps families achieve a better quality of life.
You can contact Josh through his website.
Josh's cat Trouble is fascinated by pigeons.
Lauren
Lauren wants you to have access to creating and sustaining a positive,
healthy well-being. In all ways, always. Prior to becoming a dove,
Lauren spent long, hard and fun hours with the
volunteers of The
Indypendent, producing NYC's leading independent newspaper.
She is currently looking into herbal medicine and holistic health counseling programs and aspires
to be a Rock Dove Service Provider one day. She welcomes practicing folks to share their stories and experiences with her.
Maryse
Maryse is an organizer and native New Yorker who believes that in our
crazy-making world, well-being is itself a revolutionary act. In addition
to her work with Rock Dove, she has been a part of various community-based
efforts for radical, accessible, and transformative healing. She is a
proud founding member of SWANK (Sex Workers Action New yorK) and dreams of
establishing a sex worker wellness support center here. Maryse is
currently pursuing her MSW in Community Organization and Planning at
Hunter, which she loves but wishes it didn't steal away her life. When
not rabble-rousing, Maryse can also be found reading magical realism,
making room for yoga and meditation, and cajoling the crew down at
Bluestockings Bookstore.
Brad Will
We honor and celebrate the life and work of our friend Brad Will and we stand in solidarity with the people of Oaxaca and their
continued struggle for autonomy.
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