Our measurements of success are not the documents and plans we produce with you.
We are successful when you are practicing new ways, when new skills are embodied and clear, and actionable commitments are made.
Prentis Hemphill
Prentis Hemphill is a genderqueer and Texan born healer, movement facilitator, Somatics teacher, and writer living and working at the convergence of healing, individual and collective transformation, and political organizing. Prentis spent many years developing, learning and contributing to powerful organizations such as generationFIVE, Communities United Against Violence (CUAV), The Relational Center, Dignity and Power Now, Black Organizing for Leadership and Dignity (BOLD) and as the former Healing Justice Director at Black Lives Matter Global Network - grappling with questions of how we value and transform ourselves and our intimate relationships, all while transforming conditions and institutions around us. Uncovering ancestral wisdom, creating new healing interventions, and shifting the culture of organizing towards creativity, healing, and joy have been central to Prentis' commitment and work. Prentis is also a deeply committed practitioner and healer who utilizes Somatics methodology, intuitive and ancestral practice into their work to heal trauma, and unlock the unique brilliance and contribution of each person, body and being they work with.
Kasha Ho
Kasha Hoʻokili Ho is co-founder of Groundwork Project, where she works with organizations to align their values with their daily work and organizational structure. Kasha uses fractal theory to assess, design, and enact new systems of collective abundance. She has been designing social change processes with communities for social, economic, and environmental justice for twenty years. Kasha is a facilitator and movement builder, trained through the American Friends Service Committee, the Ruckus Society, Rainforest Action Network, Movement Generation and Native Hawaiian movements. In Hawaiʻi, she co-founded Emergent Island Economies Collective, a consulting cooperative based on ancestral island values of interdependence, sacredness, and cooperation. Kasha continues to provide strategic direction, planning, facilitation, and management for community based organizations throughout the country.