OUR SPIRIT
We are a collective of queer South Asian and Black community organizers interested in creating an inclusive container for folx to gather and engage in a justice-based ethos of reciprocity, compassion and care. We have reimagined the book club by creating noorishq: a pop-up community event that centers books by BIPOC authors and expands conversations to support folx on their path to healing & liberation.
WHAT IS NOORISHQ
The essence of the two words, noor and ishq, invokes warmth, nourishment, and feeling held. We want to create events centered around this feeling with the help of books, community, and facilitated discussions. Let's grow together.
NOOR IS
ISHQ IS
OUR MISSION
To create inclusive containers connecting communities through the work of radical BIPOC authors and encouraging intentional conversations centered around healing, justice, and liberation.
NOORISHQ OPERATES THROUGH GIFT ECONOMICS, COMMUNITY GRANTS AND DANA (DONATIONS)
In order to embody the praxis of communal care and accessibility, we need your donations to create our events. Noorishq is a sponsored project of Fractured Atlas, a non-profit arts service organization. Contributions for the charitable purposes of noorishq must be made payable to “Fractured Atlas” only and are tax-deductible to the extent permitted by law.
UPCOMING EVENTS
Our first event centers the work of renowned author Fariha Róisín and her book “Who Is Wellness For? An Examination of Wellness Culture and Who It Leaves Behind”. We are offering a communal healing space via four virtual book club meetings that culminate in an in-person event on the ancestral lands of the Lenapehoking (Brooklyn, NY) on Saturday July 29th, 2023.
Purchase the book here.
VIRTUAL BOOK CLUB
The virtual book club will be conducted via zoom on the following Mondays from 7 - 9p EST | 4-6p PST
June 19th
June 26th
July 10th
July 17th
Registration is now closed for the virtual book club
check back soon for our next book
IN-PERSON EVENT
This platform aims to uplift Queer, Trans, Black, Indigenous and People Of Color local wellness practitioners who are affordable, accessible, and intentional in their practices as resources for folks to continue their wellness journey. We plan to pay the vendors for their time and services so that they may offer their services to the public for free. Financial accessibility is one way we can disrupt the harm caused by the wellness industrial complex.
Our collective is seeking funds to ensure all of our offerings stay free to the public. The funds will pay for the vendors (to offer services to the community for free), the venue, the food, the artist, the graphic designer, administrative costs, and the collaborators. This kind of work is necessary and rare as we continue to see corporations hijack and appropriate 'wellness' while leaving the majority of the folks who need it most behind. Please consider giving what you can to noorishq and we hope to provide you with a space that is accessible with inspiring conversations that lead to our collective healing.
Your support is appreciated to fund this event
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PROUD PARTNERS OF NOORISHQ
Ignite Institute: Training, centering and uplifting South Asian and BIPOC folks in yoga and wellness through Embody Yoga’s Roots YTT 200/300, Yoga Changemaker Magazine and a year long course to deepen in the heart of yoga beyond YTT Yoga Class Curator.
Currently creating a new app to highlight and connect diverse voices making authentic yoga accessible for all bodies.
Alchemystic Studio: An inclusive space designed to meld the wisdom of ancient yoga and the mission of modern activism. We invite anyone seeking communal healing, creative alchemy, and radical cultural elevation.