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Ngaio Simmons
Aug 5, 2021
End of Summer Reel Camps for Girls - A Reflection
The evenings are colder now. The past two months have felt like pure heat at all hours as if the sun and its rays follow us into the...

Ngaio Simmons
Jul 21, 2021
We were always here - day 2 at the LGTBQIA+ camp
Day two saw us opening once more with a gratitude hui. Bringing love and thanks to our ancestors, chosen and blood families, our...


Ngaio Simmons
Jul 20, 2021
Thanking the journeys we took and continue to take - LGTBQIA+ day 1
We decided to start off a little differently for day one. A few minutes after 1:00, we all gathered into a circle and gave thanks to the...


Ngaio Simmons
Jul 18, 2021
Human - final day @ The Future is Wāhine
Everyone from the school staff to the mentors, documentarian, and the participants had been buried deep in their respective work since...


Ngaio Simmons
Jul 7, 2021
Connections - EJ#2 end of camp reflection
In the brainstorming for how to begin this reflection, the one thing I couldn’t seem to get out of my mind is the weather we experienced...


Ngaio Simmons
Jul 6, 2021
Nothing deters the artist - EJ#2 day five
In a strange turn of events, we find ourselves with wind AND rain in the second to last session. In this part of the program, it’s mostly...


Ngaio Simmons
Jul 2, 2021
Small & mighty team - EJ#2 day three and four
It’s full swing on day three. After a short coming together at the beginning of the session, we go straight into hands-on work again and...


Ngaio Simmons
Jun 30, 2021
Things are going swimmingly - EJ#2 day two
Day two had us starting off with a reflection on the Tree of Life exercise from the previous day. As we sat around the table,...


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