A Time with N.A.N.C.Y.
- restorativejustice3
- 6 days ago
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A Time with N.A.N.C.Y. is a monthly restorative dialogue space rooted in truth, humanity, and shared growth. Born from a cross-cultural mentor–mentee relationship, this initiative was created to dismantle stereotypes, challenge internalized narratives, and awaken deeper awareness of self-worth and collective humanity.
Each month, participants are invited to listen, learn, and respond through guided reflection and community dialogue. This is not a space for debate or perfection—it is a space for honesty, courage, and care. Through storytelling, critical reflection, and restorative practice, A Time with N.A.N.C.Y. models how difference can become a source of connection rather than division.
This space is for those willing to pause, reflect, and stay in conversation long enough for understanding to grow.
The Awakening: Our Beginning
A Time with N.A.N.C.Y. was born not from comfort, but from courage — the courage to sit in difference and stay long enough to see one another clearly.It began with two people — a mentor and a mentee — separated by race, culture, and class, yet united by a shared calling: to dismantle the barriers that keep humanity fragmented and fearful. Through conversation, they began to challenge internal narratives — the quiet stereotypes, biases, and learned messages that shape how we see ourselves and each other.What emerged was not an answer, but an awakening: an awakening to how deeply we’ve been taught to mistrust difference, and how much healing becomes possible when we unlearn that.This space exists to tell that story — not as a finished product, but as a process of becoming.
A Time with N.A.N.C.Y. is an invitation: to name what’s real, to listen beyond labels, to learn from discomfort, and to yield to love that transforms.
N.A.N.C.Y. — Naming All Narratives, Cultivating Yield
Each edition is an act of truth and tending. It begins with naming — the bravery to speak what’s unspoken. It continues with cultivating — the patience to nurture growth in ourselves and others. And it leads us to yield — not surrender, but the harvest that follows humility.
· Naming our truths dismantles illusion.
· All stories matter — not just the loudest.
· Narratives shape what we believe about worth and belonging.
· Cultivating compassion grows courage.
· Yield is the shared fruit of equity, honesty, and grace.
Why We Gather
We gather here to confront the unseen — the unknown of humanity and self-value that lives beneath stereotypes and silence. We gather to replace judgment with curiosity, fear with empathy, and isolation with collective care.This is more than a newsletter — it’s a practice of becoming whole together.
“When we dare to see each other beyond the stories we inherited, we find the freedom to write something new.”
An Invitation to You
This month, take time to reflect:• What biases have you inherited without question?• How have your own internal messages shaped your sense of worth or belonging?• What would happen if you replaced judgment with wonder? Share your reflections, stories, or questions with us using our community form below:
✨ Share Your Reflection — A Time with N.A.N.C.Y. Community Dialogue
Together, we’ll keep building a community rooted in truth, tenderness, and transformation.
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