About
CIRCLE class is a welcoming place for trans and cis girls and gender fluid kids 11 – 13 years old to learn about their whole bodies in relation to themselves and the natural world.
Circle Class offers kids the chance to experience how amazing and powerful are our voices and our bodies; how intimately connected are our bodies to the plant world; how deeply similar are bodies we’ve known as “female” and as “male”; how we can use our voices in strength and in power; how our bodies grow and change through childhood and adolescence; what cycling is all about and how to prepare for it; how similar and different kids lives are in Kenya and the US; how kids grow up in rural villages in Kenya.
We hold this space in joy and tenderness to welcome new kids, and to welcome back the kids who return, year after year, to learn with us. A forever beloved WiseBodies class, our first Circle Class graduates now are college students, and still are really close friends!
Teachers
Isa Coffey joins us from WiseBodies home base in Kingston, New York. Sima Kamaamia joins us from Nairobi, Kenya
Dates & Time
This year we’ll meet on Zoom, so if you live at a distance, it will be easy to be with us! An unexpected gift of COVID-19.
June 2022
REGISTRATION OPEN NOW
Wednesdays in June: June 1, 8, 15, 22, and 29
4:15 - 5:45 pm, Eastern Standard Time, US
11pm - 12:45am Kenyan time
Registration + Cost
$142 - $360
Sliding Scale; Partial scholarships available depending on enrollment, priority given to LGBTQ + Black, Indigenous and People of the Global Majority. Payment plans available.
Please email wisebodies@wisebodies.org for more info.
The Pad Project
In addition to the above, Circle kids have started a project called The Pad Project, in which we are studying the environmental impact of pads and tampons, and are designing and sewing pads for cis girls, trans boys, and gender fluid kids who cycle. These pads will be sold in our local towns to raise money for several projects students will identify, including a long-term project held in Kenya and led by Sima.
Sima’s project will include distributing pads to girls in Kenyan villages while also teaching cycling, pelvic health and pregnancy prevention. Eventually Sima will host a group of Kenyan girls who will learn alongside girls in the US. We will have a Kenya - US Circle class.