Arranging Freedom Fellowship Kick Off
November 2025
Welcome to the Arranging Freedom Fellowship!
Whether you joined the in-person kickoff or are connecting virtually over the next few weeks, this page gathers everything you need to get started.
What to Expect
Quarterly Gatherings: One in-person or one virtual session (about 2 hours).
Asynchronous Practice: 30–60 minutes of creative activity + reflection after session.
Art-in-Hand Activities: collage, journaling, and mini-making sessions to map what freedom looks and feels like for you.
Compensation: Fellows will receive modest honoraria and art supplies as the cohort grows.
Winter 2025 Schedule
In-Person or Virtual Kickoff Sessions: Rolling between Nov 7 – Dec 10
Asynchronous Activity: complete your “Taking Care of Freedom”
Reflection Survey
In-Person Kickoff Recap
Opening Circle
Chanel shared that Arranging Freedom grew out of a desire to do work that is both easy and well-resourced, a creative exercise to test new ways of knowing — how we experience time, adoption, outcomes, resistance, and sustainability — without rushing to define anything.
Just to sit with what’s emerging.
Chanel Also Expressed that she should probably introduce herself more formally since each fellow knows her from a different vantage point.
[Dr. Beebe Reintroduction link here]
Framing the Fellowship
Chanel reflected on three core parts of the program:
Quarterly reflections — short forms to capture how our understanding of freedom and care evolves.
Art-in-hand sessions — moments to make and move while we think.
Shared meals and rest — reminders that nourishment is part of the practice.
Chanel emphasized that the data we create together is collaborative and that the focus is on documentation as a form of collective meaning-making.
Creative Offering: Taking Care of Freedom
Each fellow received a small jewelry box — a container to hold fragments of what freedom feels like right now.
(Supplies to be delivered to folks who couldn’t meet in person. We will go through the activity together in virtual sessions!)
Dialogue + Flow
Our conversation moved between philosophy and feeling:
When have you felt most free?
What’s the difference between freedom and untetheredness?
How does care intersect with routine, responsibility, and joy?
What does freedom look like in the body — in heat and cold, in breath, in texture?
We landed on the idea that freedom has duality — it can be chaos or calm, solitude or structure.
Sometimes it’s the power to choose flow, to shift states as needed.
Fellows shared stories of travel, self-care, and moments of feeling at ease in their skin.
The energy felt soft, creative, and unhurried.
Closing
We closed by naming intentions to keep adding to our boxes and to respond to the upcoming reflection survey.
Photos of everyone’s pieces were taken, capturing the quiet joy of beginnings.
Next Steps
If you attended the in-person session:
Continue to add to your Freedom Box
Complete Reflection Survey
If you are booked for a virtual session:
Look out for Chanel’s Delivery on your doorstep soon
Attend the Virtual Session
Complete Reflection Survey
If you have not yet booked a virtual session:
Send Chanel some one-hour time blocks that work for you!
