Beloved Communities Network

Facing In is a growing community of facilitators, healers, ritualists, and practitioners who are coming together to deepen their work, support one another, and explore what becomes possible through collective practice.

Over the past year, the community has been taking shape through conversation, relationship-building, and collaboration. What began as an idea is now emerging as a space where people who spend their lives caring for others can connect, learn, and grow alongside peers who share a similar commitment.

Beloved Communities Network is honored to serve as Facing In's incubator as the project continues to evolve. We're grateful to be in community with Facing In and the many practitioners helping bring this work to life.

Learn more: facingin.org

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Books have a new home at the Beloved Community Garden.

Our Free Little Library was recently installed through a partnership with Eat Learn Play Foundation, Oakland Public Library, and neighborhood leaders helping bring more Little Free Libraries to Oakland communities. Alongside the garden beds, it offers one more way for neighbors to share resources, stories, and knowledge. A book today; seeds soon; a community pantry not far behind.

If you're passing by, stop and take a look, bring a book if you have one, and take one if you need one.

Learn more about the Beloved Community Garden Project: https://belovedcommunitiesnetwork.org/our-programs/beloved-community-garden-project/

We’re honored to share that the Oakland Horizon Story Project has received support from RWJFoundation!

The Oakland Horizon Story Project is a community-rooted initiative working to imagine and build pathways toward long-term collective thriving in Oakland through storytelling, futures thinking, systems analysis, and community engagement.

Rooted in the work of Norma Wong and Collective Acceleration, this project brings together residents, organizers, artists, and cross-sector partners to help shape a shared vision for Oakland’s future, and identify the leverage points, strategies, and prototypes needed to move toward it.

Read the full announcement here: https://belovedcommunitiesnetwork.org/rwjf-grant-announcement/



(Artwork by Kristen Lynn Zimmerman)