Events

Healing Liberation Dance Gathering

Saturday, March 28th, 2026

7:00 pm - 8:30 pm

Friends (Quaker) Meeting House
1600 5th St NW

We’d like to invite you to move and heal in solidarity with global kin at the next HEALING & LIBERATORY HEADPHONE DANCE GATHERING — An immersive sonic journey and exploration of collective healing with liberatory music and song from throughout the African & Indigenous diasporas, the Americas, Europe, the Middle East and Asia.

I’m learning from dance mentor, Vincent Martinez-Grieco that when humans gather to dance, we have the opportunity to co-create beneficial medicine for ourselves and for the collective. This gathering is an invitation to movement as resistance, and a joy-filled sonic sanctuary where song and rhythm encourage our bodies to remember and heal, inspired by many of my experiences as an African-Diasporic drummer, music educator and DJ, as well as recent books including, “Pleasure Activism: The Politics of Feeling Good” by adrienne maree brown and “Joyful Militancy” by carla bergman and Nick Montgomery.

  • Headphones will be provided when you arrive.
  • Multiple headphone channels of healing & liberatory dance music.
  • Global Music from many genres and traditions.
  • A space for playful expression, tender release, and collective joy.
  • Connecting our healing & liberation in solidarity with kin around the planet.
  • Come as you are. Move how you feel. Dance with the world.

$5-10 Suggested Energy Exchange
You’re welcome to reciprocate with money, or in ways yet to be known! Here are some pathways for sharing money: PayPal – paypal.me/CliffordEB