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    To Wombman: Life & Death Giver
    poojaprema
    • May 9

    To Wombman: Life & Death Giver

    To Mother, your mother- who carried you in her own ocean for 9 whole human months and for 9 indescribable eons in some other pre-human...
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    Envisioning a World without War on International 🌍 Women's Day
    poojaprema
    • Mar 8

    Envisioning a World without War on International 🌍 Women's Day

    On this International Women's Day, as war continues to break out in Ukraine, we acknowledge that it's and especially women & children -...
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    Honoring Malidoma Somé
    poojaprema
    • Dec 9, 2021

    Honoring Malidoma Somé

    Today we pay tribute to Malidoma Patrice Somé - shaman, writer, way-seer and translator of Spirit for thousands of people, who passed...
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    Belonging & Home in the Temporary Village of 20/20 Vision: Post-Partum Reflections
    poojaprema
    • Oct 30, 2021

    Belonging & Home in the Temporary Village of 20/20 Vision: Post-Partum Reflections

    By Pooja Prema, Rites of Passage Project Founder & Artistic Director Photo by Jill Goldman Rites of Passage brought to life what I and so...
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    Victory to the Flowering Earth: 20/20 is Born!
    poojaprema
    • Aug 17, 2021

    Victory to the Flowering Earth: 20/20 is Born!

    By Pooja Prema, Rites of Passage Project Founder & Artistic Director Photo by Jill Goldman Victory to the flowering of impossible,...
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    Ring the Bells that Still Can Ring: Celebrating the First Woman of Color VP in the U.S.A
    poojaprema
    • Dec 15, 2020

    Ring the Bells that Still Can Ring: Celebrating the First Woman of Color VP in the U.S.A

    By Pooja Prema, Rites of Passage Project Founder & Artistic Director For the first time ever, millions of Black and Brown women across...
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    Fall Equinox:Restoring the Balance of Fire & Water, The Masculine & Feminine
    poojaprema
    • Sep 22, 2020

    Fall Equinox:Restoring the Balance of Fire & Water, The Masculine & Feminine

    This Fall Equinox, I'm reflecting on the balance of fire & water — the Masculine & Feminine — that has been disrupted by way of our...
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    How To Show Up As An Ally: 20/20 Vision For These Times
    poojaprema
    • Jun 11, 2020

    How To Show Up As An Ally: 20/20 Vision For These Times

    By Pooja Prema, Rites of Passage Project Founder & Artistic Director As our collective rite of passage continues with the uprising of the...
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    We Are In A Collective Rite Of Passage: Entering The Chrysallis
    poojaprema
    • Mar 20, 2020

    We Are In A Collective Rite Of Passage: Entering The Chrysallis

    By Pooja Prema, Rites of Passage Project Founder & Artistic Director The Chrysallis is often evoked as a "rite of passage" symbol...
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    A 20/20 Anthem for 2020
    poojaprema
    • Jan 1, 2020

    A 20/20 Anthem for 2020

    This is the time that they'll speak of us in the future, saying: "They Remembered". We Re-member Ourselves Now as whole-bodied,...
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    Announcing Rites of Passage 20/20 Vision
    poojaprema
    • Dec 21, 2019

    Announcing Rites of Passage 20/20 Vision

    By Pooja Prema, Rites of Passage Project Founder & Artistic Director It’s with a big deep breath, that I announce at long-last: RITES OF...
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