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Arlia is joined by Cathryn the Grateful, a fellow priestess and sacred activist in the first of two episodes.
Cathryn the Grateful was born in Macon, GA and raised in Asheville, NC by an artist and a psychologist. When her mother said, “Life isn’t fair,” Cathryn responded, “I’m here to make it fair” (to which her mother replied with a grin — “good luck with that”) and from there, a journey of joyful justice work has unfolded.
Cathryn’s love of community, creativity, and the Earth was cultivated at an early age as a member of Jubilee! Community Church in Asheville (where she was ordained a Minister of Movement in 2018). She trained as a clown in her teens, and was active in theater and debate throughout high school. A graduate of the University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill, Cathryn moved to New York in her twenties, where she conceived and created FULLY AWAKE, a feature documentary about the legendary Black Mountain College (1933-1957) an experiment in education that birthed the American Avant Garde. The film has screened worldwide from art museums to film festivals to community centers.
Cathryn began her civic work as a 13-year-old volunteer for Senate candidate Harvey Gantt (running against Jesse Helms) and worked on two campaigns in NC, planting a lifelong interest in politics. Aware of the deeply entrenched injustice of unfettered capitalism and systemic racism, Cathryn has taken part in actions as part of Occupy Wall Street, a lawsuit against Monsanto, the SC Poor People’s Campaign, as well as creating a WAKE THE NATION documentary film series and other awareness-raising campaigns for justice issues.
A graduate of the Institute of Integrative Nutrition, Cathryn is a committed student of planet, producing public television shows about gardening and permaculture for Growing a Greener World and working for an open-pollinated seed company, Sow True Seed.
A passionate sacred activist, Cathryn strongly believes in the importance of creativity, storytelling, and community as we co-create a just world for all. She served as Executive Director of Enough Pie, a non-profit in Charleston, SC’s Upper Peninsula that uses creativity to connect and empower the community for the past six years. Enough Pie (www.enoughpie.org) works with community members to co-create creative, out-of-the-box ideas and partnerships that embolden people to take action. She is also the founder of The Joyful Revolution (www.joyfulrevolution.org), a movement for planet, people & pleasure, inspired by the visionary work of adrianne maree brown (Emergent Stratgey), Octavia Butler (Earthseed), and Tom Robbins.
Cathryn practices movement as medicine, and is follows the vision of dancing through life. She has a movement studio – The Sanctuary – at her home in Charleston SC where she hosts small group dance and individual movement healing as well as Zoom moon cycle dances (New Moon & Full Moon) for a wider audience. Today she co-directs A Living Temple, a non-denominational church that celebrates creation where she leads regular dance & prayer offerings and serves as a celebrant.
“Come dance with me. Come Dance.” – Hafiz
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Cathryn the Grateful was born in Macon, GA and raised in Asheville, NC by an artist and a psychologist. When her mother said, “Life isn’t fair,” Cathryn responded, “I’m here to make it fair” (to which her mother replied with a grin — “good luck with that”) and from there, a journey of joyful justice work has unfolded.
Cathryn’s love of community, creativity, and the Earth was cultivated at an early age as a member of Jubilee! Community Church in Asheville (where she was ordained a Minister of Movement in 2018). She trained as a clown in her teens, and was active in theater and debate throughout high school. A graduate of the University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill, Cathryn moved to New York in her twenties, where she conceived and created FULLY AWAKE, a feature documentary about the legendary Black Mountain College (1933-1957) an experiment in education that birthed the American Avant Garde. The film has screened worldwide from art museums to film festivals to community centers.
Cathryn began her civic work as a 13-year-old volunteer for Senate candidate Harvey Gantt (running against Jesse Helms) and worked on two campaigns in NC, planting a lifelong interest in politics. Aware of the deeply entrenched injustice of unfettered capitalism and systemic racism, Cathryn has taken part in actions as part of Occupy Wall Street, a lawsuit against Monsanto, the SC Poor People’s Campaign, as well as creating a WAKE THE NATION documentary film series and other awareness-raising campaigns for justice issues.
A graduate of the Institute of Integrative Nutrition, Cathryn is a committed student of planet, producing public television shows about gardening and permaculture for Growing a Greener World and working for an open-pollinated seed company, Sow True Seed.
A passionate sacred activist, Cathryn strongly believes in the importance of creativity, storytelling, and community as we co-create a just world for all. She served as Executive Director of Enough Pie, a non-profit in Charleston, SC’s Upper Peninsula that uses creativity to connect and empower the community for the past six years. Enough Pie (www.enoughpie.org) works with community members to co-create creative, out-of-the-box ideas and partnerships that embolden people to take action. She is also the founder of The Joyful Revolution (www.joyfulrevolution.org), a movement for planet, people & pleasure, inspired by the visionary work of adrianne maree brown (Emergent Stratgey), Octavia Butler (Earthseed), and Tom Robbins.
Cathryn practices movement as medicine, and is follows the vision of dancing through life. She has a movement studio – The Sanctuary – at her home in Charleston SC where she hosts small group dance and individual movement healing as well as Zoom moon cycle dances (New Moon & Full Moon) for a wider audience. Today she co-directs A Living Temple, a non-denominational church that celebrates creation where she leads regular dance & prayer offerings and serves as a celebrant.
“Come dance with me. Come Dance.” – Hafiz
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