About this Event
Darkness RISING: Move & Mingle is in NYC!
Move & Mingle is where movement meets community. This movement series features energizing classes led by local instructors. Every class is designed to help you move your body, boost your mood, and connect with others. After class, stick around to mingle, build community, and learn about free wellness resources and programs available through Darkness RISING and our community partners.
Join us for Soca with Marissa!
📅 Wednesday, October 21st
7:00 - 8:30pm
📍Ripley Grier, 520 8th Ave, NYC
Every registration is self-care AND an investment in community care. Proceeds directly support Darkness RISING’s free arts and mental health programs, expanding access to healing resources for those who need them most.
ABOUT MARISSA:
Marissa Mann (@marissamovements) is a certified movement instructor and full-time speech therapist based in New York City. She specializes in dance fitness, twerk and whine, stretch and mobility, and yoga. Marissa also hosts Together We Heal, a community journaling series centered on self-development and healing. She has led health and wellness activations across NYC, with a focus on bringing holistic wellness to Black and brown communities.
HOSTED BY: Darkness RISING, an arts and mental health 501(c)3 nonprofit. We provide free community wellness workshops, REBUILD, Find Me a Therapist, a Black Mental Health Resource Packet, a Black Mental Health Provider Database, inspirational cover songs, visual albums, and live concerts created by Black Broadway and theatre professionals, many who have experienced a mental health condition. Darkness RISING reimagines and provides safe and equitable mental health resources, addresses issues which directly affect the Black community and other marginalized communities, connect community members to resources, and erase the stigma. Our resources, events and services empower the Black community, communities of color, the formerly incarcerated community, LGBTQIA individuals, those with lived mental health challenges, and those at the intersection of these communities.
to help us continue our work and our free community events and programs.
⭐️DONATE: bit.ly/DRPGives
Disclaimer: Please be advised that photography and videography will be conducted at the event for promotional and documentation purposes.
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820 8th Ave, 820 8th Avenue, New York, United States
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