ATNSC: Center for Healing & Creative Leadership
Help Us Raise $10,000 to Complete Renovation of a Duplex as Our Permanent Communal Space & Finally Open Our Doors!
About the project
ATNSC at Kahnyonhake, is a gathering space in Cleveland where healing, learning, creating and leading through a lens of wholistic transformation as the focus of its work
We are creating an interdisciplinary space for wellness, life-long learning and leadership through a multicultural and creative framework to engage in experiential and creative dialogue and to create a sustainable and just world. We have a special emphasis on intercultural, cross cultural and intergenerational connections to develop innovative, creative and sustainable solutions to both local and global dynamics.
This is the second phase of ATNSC’s growth. Our first phase was to secure space in the Buckeye neighborhood and fundraise operations support--this is complete. Now we are fundraising an additional $10, 000 to complete the renovation of a duplex secured from the Cuyahoga County Land Bank that will serve as our permanent communal space and finally open our doors!
The Steps
1. Through a collaboration with Neighborhood Housing Services, their contract manager will hire and manage contractors to complete the renovation
2. Renovate 11808 &11810 Cromwell Avenue
3. Prepare space for an October 2017 Grand Opening
4. Purchase needed equipment & supplies for programming & holistic health services
5. Begin marketing and community outreach efforts to raise awareness & solidify our presence in the Buckeye-Shaker neighborhood
Why we‘re doing it
We believe sustainable community change begins with the health and well-being of its members; We believe access to alternative health modalities within a neighborhood, access to information and diverse ideas are critical to building momentum and capacity within a community increases innovation, community organizing effectiveness and the creativity needed to address local community concerns; paradoxically, we believe access to diverse global perspectives can catalyze local communities to see themselves connected to a larger narrative and create increased commitment to nurturing a healthy community—change may begin with self, yet access to the tools and strategies to increase self-awareness and confidence is critical to any social transformation.