Tuesday, December 9, 7–9PM
FCCW: 3053 Rosslyn St. LA CA 90065
Info on our space here
Deadline to register: Friday, Dec 5
Cost: General Admission $45, Sponsorship Admission $65, please email [email protected] if this isn’t accessible to you
As we approach the end of the year, we invite you to pause — to breathe, reflect, and honor all that this year has held. Hands That Hold is a creative gathering designed for BIPOC healthcare workers, mental health clinicians, professional caregivers, and end-of-life care practitioners who have spent the year holding others.
Hosted by Introspective Spaces and Bacii, this gathering is a gentle space for you to be held. Through guided art-making, and storytelling, we will process grief, release what can no longer be carried, and make space for what’s next. As we create and share a meal in community, we’ll weave creativity and collective care as acts of restoration and remembrance.
Come as you are — no art experience needed. Just an open heart, ready to rest, reset, and reconnect.
What to Expect
An evening of creative rest and communal reflection through:
- Art-making as a form of release and expression
- Guided reflection to honor the year’s experiences
- Community dialogue for shared understanding and connection
- Dinner + Tea to nourish and connect
- Gentle opening & closing ritual to integrate and reset
We are grateful for our partnerships with Pause and Feminist Center for Creative Work whose support has allowed us to offer this gathering.
About the Facilitators
Anu Gorukanti, MD is a public health advocate and pediatric hospitalist at a county hospital in Los Angeles, CA who is passionate about health equity and racial justice. She went to undergraduate and medical school at Saint Louis University and completed her residency at Stanford University. She is passionate about social justice and the role that reflection and contemplation play as building blocks for revolution (as inspired by many theologians, spiritual leaders, and activists before her). She strongly believes that understanding who you are, what you value, and where your values come from can lead to a meaningful and authentic life. In her perspective, social change should always honor and incorporate both the individual and systems-based approach.
Mangda Sengvanhpheng is an artist, death doula, and the founder of BACII – a platform that focuses on loss and grief while providing services and offerings for individuals, communities, and organizations that renew our engagement to life. Her life and death work is guided by her Lao last name, which means “the light of the full moon.” Mangda was an awarded recipient of Reclamation Ventures grant for under-represented leaders making pathways to addressing grief and loss and her work has been featured in VICE, Vogue, Architectural Digest, NY Mag’s Curbed, Brydie, Chacruna Institute and more.