Awakenings: Film Feeling and the Space Between

You Are Expansive Program at RAC

 

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The Eternal Song, a newly released documentary by Zaya and Maurizio Benazzo (directors of The Wisdom of Trauma with Dr. Gabor Maté), is a powerful film exploring Indigenous wisdom, interconnection, and the rhythms that move through us all. This gathering will include individual somatic grounding opportunities, community art-making, and shared reflection—an opportunity to slow down, feel deeply, and connect with one another.

✨ Details:

Friday, July 11th, 2025 6:30pm

Riverside Arts Center, Top Floor, Main.

$5 donation is encouraged but not required! No one will be turned away for lack of funds.

Suggested for ages 13+ Attendees under the age of 18 must be accompanied by an adult.

 

Bios:

Kayla Skinner-Roy (she/her, You Are Expansive Program Founder) is an experienced social worker, artist, and educator who recently launched an art-based, community-centered education initiative at Riverside Arts Center that integrates expressive therapies, liberatory education, and the Internal Family Systems (IFS) therapy model, called You Are Expansive (YAE). Prior to this, Kayla held positions as a case manager for families experiencing housing instability, sexual violence, food insecurity, and education concerns. Most recently, Kayla helped design an asset-based scholarship program for first-generation, limited-income (FGLI) undergraduate students at the University of Michigan, called the Kessler Scholars Program. As a FGLI, neuroqueer woman, Kayla knows firsthand the unique barriers and deficit narratives historically marginalized students encounter in their pursuit of education, and she is committed to creating innovative and humanistic learning experiences to empower and transform.

Jarell Skinner-Roy (he/him, facilitator) is a fifth-year doctoral candidate in the Center for the Study of Higher and Postsecondary Education at the University of Michigan and a research associate at the Campus Abolition Research Lab. Jarell’s current research examines the ways racially minoritized students conceptualize safety and security in the context of racialized policing and surveillance on college and university campuses. Prior to attending U-M, Jarell taught English in Benin, worked at an education nonprofit in Minneapolis, and led international programs abroad for high school students.