rebirth garments x rewilding.cc present
Rest Nests for Nara:
No Pride in Genocide
Sunday, June 29, 4.30pm ET
A BIPOC, crip-friendly virtual art workshop and fundraiser
Every ticket helps our disabled Palestinian friend afford food, medicine, and rent.
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What is Rest Nests for Nara
Begin image description: A Zoom screenshot from Rest Nests for Nara, showing the participants resting in their Rest Nests surrounded by artworks, yarn, pillows, blankets, animal friends, plushies, and special lighting. End image description.
What: A 2-hour, crip-friendly, virtual art workshop and fundraiser
Who: For Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC)
How: Gather, ground, make crip art, rest, rage, and grieve for the whirlwind times we’re in. No experience or fancy materials needed. Sliding scale & scholarships available!
Where & when: Zoom, Sunday, June 29, 4.30pm ET / 3.30pm CT / 1.30pm PT / 10.30pm CET (2 hours)
Why: To raise funds for our disabled Palestinian friend Nara and her family, and help them afford healthcare, medicine, food, and fuel.
All funds raised minus Zoom and payment processing fees will be contributed to Nara's Chuffed fundraiser campaign.
Keep reading for more details.
This is for you if:
You want a low-pressure, restorative environment to connect with your body, to be met where you’re at
You’re looking for a community that values Covid safety, access needs, care, systemic analysis, and collective healing.
You want to stay grounded in community in whirlwind times without ignoring the real systemic issues causing the turbulence
You’re fed up with performative wellness that acts like the world isn’t on fire
You want to show up as you are without performing and masking disability, race, and/or queerness
You want to connect with other like-minded disabled QTIBIPOC folks
You want a collective space to grieve and rage so you don't have to carry it all alone
You want a structured way to start or maintain a rest practice
You want time to reconnect with your roots, your ancestors, and your culture
You’re tired of being told to "regulate" your emotions without acknowledging that our dysregulation is more systemic than internal
You're tired of capitalistic urgency and find it impossible to slow down alone
You want to remember what matters most to you when the world makes it so easy for us to forget
You want to stay creative and keep making art in an apocalypse
You want to have lots of space-time to move slowly
No Pride in Genocide
As QueerCrips of color, we want to honor the anniversary of the Stonewall uprising and resist the white/pink-washing and corporatization of Pride.
We will honor QTIBIPOC ancestors Stormé DeLarverie, Sylvia Rivera, Marsha P. Johnson, and so many others who made our present moment possible.
We also cannot mention the month of Pride without mentioning Juneteenth, the abolishing of slavery, and acknowledging the persistence of white supremacy.
It is also the month of World Refugee Day. We want to shine a light on QTIBIPOC refugees who have been forcibly displaced by war, genocide, and persecution: which ties deeply back into our question: Who gets to rest and nest in our world today?
Help Nara afford medicine for multiple sclerosis and food for her children
Begin image description: On the left, a photo of Nara with her back facing the viewer, wearing a grey headscarf, a keffiyeh, a black coat, dark pants, and white sneakers carrying a black bag of groceries while walking on a wet pavement alongside rubble, with Gaza in shambles before her.
On the right, a photo of Nara’s two children. 7-year-old Jenan is on the left and 13-year-old Jamila is on the right. Jenan is wearing a pink headband and a pink, yellow, lime green, and blue windbreaker, holding up and apple. Jamila is wearing a purple headband and a vermillion turtleneck, pointing at a banana. Their faces are pixelized to protect their safety. End image description.
Nara is a 34-year-old disabled Palestinian mother raising two sweet kiddos, aged 13 and 7, with her husband in Gaza. Nara has multiple sclerosis, pancreatic cancer, and epilepsy.
Her family was displaced yet again in May. They depend on us to afford shelter, food and fuel, as well as Nara’s meds, tests, and doctor visits.
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June 2, 2025
"The bombing comes from every direction, including artillery. We can hear all the sounds of aircraft.
The problem is that no one here is able to bear the pressures we're experiencing in the tents, and they suddenly come to us with bombing.
I'm one of the many civilians of Gaza witnessing the horrors of this unjust war.
My back is bent from cleaning the dishes and doing the laundry.
I swear I hate going to the bathroom.
I almost go crazy when it's time for my two daughters to bathe.
All this, in addition to our war on the extreme price of goods here.
Ask anyone who lives here and you'll hear the unbelievable things we're living through.
We hate life, my dear.
Our lives have been wasted, and our faces have been disfigured by everything.
Is it reasonable for me to try to sleep to the terrifying sound of aircraft while my mind is thinking about calculating my daily expenses from everything?
Is it conceivable that the price of a bag of flour exceeds $300?
Can the human mind comprehend that, to this day, children still dream of a piece of candy?
Is it conceivable that the price of a kilogram of sugar exceeds $50?
Forgive us, my dear, for this complaint, but you are my friends to whom I express my heartfelt anger and resentment toward this life.
Please make our voices heard from the heart of the tents, worn out by the summer heat, to whomever you can.
Tell them that the war is almost two years old...
That our children haven't been to school for two years...
That our hair is falling out a lot from the polluted water.
Tell them that after the war stops, if it ever stops, we will need years to try to repair everything inside us...
To repair our children, our homes, our bodies, our health, and our minds.
I am not ashamed to tell you that I dream and crave a piece of meat, and that I sit with my two daughters planning what we will eat on the first day of the ceasefire.
Tell them that all the children of Gaza are innocent, that they are beautiful, and that they all have dreams. They all long to ride the playground swings.
They all have a birthday and celebrate Christmas and wish we would bring them a cake.
Shame on everyone who sings for children's rights. Let them come here for one hour and see our children. We will not say they see us."
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Grounding: A simple guided ritual to connect to the Land, our ancestors, each other, and our bodies. An invitation to let others shoulder the burden of our grief and pain for the moment. An opportunity to ground in the Land, the ancestors, and the body as creative sources to spark the Nesting process.
Nesting: A creative process in gathering your materials and creating your Rest Nest artwork, guided by gentle prompts and the prior grounding ritual.
Resting: An invitation to slow down and rest in ways that suit you best, while still held in community, with the option to listen to our liberation-themed playlist in the process.
Raging and grieving: A collective ritual in expressing rage and grief physically or vocally, followed by gentle after-care.
Reflection: A collective sharing of our Rest Nest experiences, and a discussion about how marginalized folks are systemically prevented from resting and nesting. What do we need to abolish? What do we need to create?
All these processes are inspired by the work of Tricia Hersey (the Nap Ministry), Mia Mingus, and generative somatics!
What does your Rest Nest look like?
Above: An example of TQ building a Rest Nest from soft pillows, blankets, plants, colorful fabrics, a sleep mask, and white noise machine.
Why is this BIPOC-only?
In a world where most spaces are built for white people by default, BIPOC folks need safe-enough spaces to gather and be themselves beyond the white gaze.
Rest Nests for Nara is also an opportunity for BIPOC folks to reconnect with our ancestors and invite them into the Rest Nests journey. This is sacred work that we want to honor.
White folks who want to support Nara and redistribute wealth can sponsor seats so BIPOC folks can attend for free. You’ll still receive the event workbook, audiobook, playlist, and bonuses.
What others are saying
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"I could take the afternoon and rest, to pause deliberately in our waking hours to chill, to honor our bodies as much as possible.”
- K.
"It’s been lovely to figure it all out together. When you’re in an emergent space where that’s acceptable, it’s actually healing and restful.”
- A.
"I feel less activated, like the tenor of stress in the background is a little less loud."
- M.
"Thanks so much for this care & rest work!"
- O.
FAQs
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Attendees receive:
A seat at our 2-hour Zoom workshop
The latest version of our digital PDF workbook
The latest version of our audio workbook
The workshop recording
The workshop transcript
A liberation-themed playlist
Digital PDF embodied art prompt cards
Plus a surprise post-workshop bonus
After the workshop: free weekly 1-minute embodied art rituals from the Rewilding Substack newsletter
Sponsors will receive:
The latest version of our digital PDF workbook
The latest version of our audio workbook
A liberation-themed playlist
Digital PDF embodied art prompt cards
Plus a surprise bonus
After the workshop: free weekly 1-minute embodied art rituals from the Rewilding Substack newsletter
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You can apply for a scholarship, simply leave your name, email, and verify that you are BIPOC. Once a seat is available, TQ will email you.
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As long as you reserve a seat, you will still receive the event recording, transcript, chat, along with all the other bonuses.
We highly encourage you to attend live so that so you can tap into the magic of communal creating.
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An understandable question - but there are many differences!
You'll be doing this in community
You'll be invited to express, vocalize, and metabolize grief and rage together
You get to ground in the Land, your ancestors, and each other
You'll receive guided creative prompts to turn your Rest Nest making into a sacred ritual that's more than just making your bed
You get to rest in community - especially if you struggle to slow down and pause during your waking hours
You get to share your experience and discuss the broader political, systemic implications of Rest Nesting
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Create from your bed
Low-energy modifications for each activity available
Cameras on or off
Chat available
Closed captions and live transcript in English
TQ will stay on chat and audio to help with access and provide audio descriptions of any visuals
You don’t have to share anything you’re not comfortable sharing
You will be sent the workshop outline and workbook before the event so you know what to expect
The recording and transcript will be shared after the event
We apologize that due to the limited budget, we’re unable to provide ASL
Note: This is not therapy. We seek to provide a trauma-informed workshop where your consent and autonomy are prioritized. We hope everyone recognizes we all play a part in not actively re-traumatizing one another.
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The workshop is designed such that you can participate from your bed.
Low energy modifications are provided for each activity.
You also get to preview the workshop in your workbook to decide which activities you might want to engage in differently or opt-out of!
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This is a BIPOC-only space. We especially welcome Disabled, Deaf, chronically ill, neurodivergent, mentally ill, and/or mad, queer, trans, intersex BIPOC folks.
We appreciate the interest of white folks - you can still support the event, receive the bonuses, and experience Rest Nests by sponsoring a seat.
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That's perfectly okay. Systemic oppression and trauma have made it unsafe for many disabled BIPOC folks to get in touch with our bodies.
We respect your agency - every activity in the workshop is an invitation, not a demand.
You get to consent to each activity, engage in ways that work for you, or opt out altogether.
If we've been disconnected from our bodies for a long time, the invitation is not to reconnect in a dangerous way overnight.
It is to respect our bodies' wisdom, be patient and kind with each other, and hold the intention to reconnect, bit by bit.
About Us
Nara
Nara is a 34-year old disabled Palestinian mother raising two kids, aged 13 and 7, with her husband in Gaza.
Besides surviving genocide, occupation, and apartheid with her family, she also lives with multiple sclerosis, pancreatic cancer, epilepsy, and thrombocytosis.
She is the author of the memoir, Between the Siege and the Sky: A Memoir of War and Disease in Gaza.
Begin image description: a photo of Nara wearing a grey headscarf, grey striped scarf, and a black coat. Her back is facing the camera as she stares at the rubble of Gaza around her. End image description.
TQ
TQ (they/them) is a Chinese-Singaporean Queercrip artist, writer, and facilitator behind the Rewilding Retreat.
Their work asks: how do we physically embody creativity for collective liberation as Disabled BIPOC folks?
Begin image description: a red-tinted photo of TQ holding a grey and white piebald kitten, smiling at the camera. TQ has a buzzcut and is lying back on a pillow. End image description.
Sky
Sky Cubacub (They/Them/Xey/Xem/Xyr) is a non-binary xenogender and disabled Filipinx queer from Chicago, IL.
They are the creator of Rebirth Garments, a line of wearables for trans, queer and disabled people of all sizes and ages, which started in summer 2014.
Begin image description: a photo of Sky posing with their signature pink scalemaille headpiece, long-sleeved pink top with a cutout, pink pants, and pinkish-red coiled earrings. Xey are holding up more pinkish red and dark blue coils draped around their neck and shoulders. End image description.