Wellness @ Sadie

 

  • achieving a state of comfort, presence, and engagement through a holistic practice incorporating public health approaches, connected, empathetic community, and equity based decisions

    Kink, as part of sexual expression, can be a crucial and fundamental wellness practice. Sadie aims to nurture that practice both with resources and community that can support individual’s kink exploration and by taking a radical approach to programming that centers community wellness.

  • Is not a purchasable good or service

    Interrogates colonial values

    Encompasses a different set of practices and priorities for everyone

    Should be accessible to people of diverse identities, resources, and experiences

    Accounts for and addresses overlapping public and social health concerns, including:

    • systemic bias and discrimination based on race, gender identity, disability, body size, sexual orientation, socioeconomic status, ethnicity, immigration status, and/or country of origin

    • the high occurrences of sexual assault and consent violation

    • professional and personal privacy vulnerabilities

  • Applies public health lenses and solutions to issues that affect community engagement and enjoyment including

    • Consent

    • Representation

    • Burnout

    • Access

    • Mental health

    • Attrition

    Acknowledges and compensates labor

    Empowers community members at all levels of engagement to affect necessary change

    Values the sharing of mistakes and experiences

    Is centered in joy, and accountability, and growth

    Prioritizes the physical, emotional, and social safety and sustainability of engagement