Radical Dreaming for 2026: Virtual Somatic Leadership Retreat

Create your 2026 vision and embodied action plan using somatic leadership development tools rooted in the neuroscience of change with CEO Melissa Andrada (mel - they/them) and Dr. Suzan Ahmed (she/her)

Virtual Retreat
9-10:30am / 12-1:30pm EST / 6-7:30pm CET on Thursday, January 15, 2026

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Radical Dreaming for 2026: Dance & Somatic Leadership Retreat

Create your 2026 vision through dance, art therapy and somatic leadership tools rooted in the neuroscience of change with CEO Melissa Andrada (mel - they/them), dance teacher and healer Isabelle Duffy (Iso - they/them) and equity facilitator and science fiction writer Sol Garcia Jones (they/he/she).

Retreat
2-4:30pm
Saturday, January 17, 2026

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ONGOING EVENTS

Queer Yoga: Take Pride in Who You Are

Step into a place of embodied queer leadership on and off the part. Take part in a safe haven for LGBTQ2IA+ folks in the Bay Area.

Arise
Oakland, California
with rotating teachers

6:30-7:45pm on Fridays

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EMBODY: Step Into Your Power As A Public Speaker

Are you ready to step into your authentic queer leadership voice? Gain trauma-informed, embodied techniques and creative practices to develop your public speaking skills with confidence, joy, and resilience at the Out in Tech’s Leadership Institute.

Out in Tech
Downtown Brooklyn
with Melissa Andrada (mel - they/them)
Dr. Bree McDaniel (she/her)

September 25-26, 2025

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Healing Towards Joy:
The Art of Voice

How can you access the fullness of your voice in public?

In this interactive workshop, we hope you’ll walk away with trauma-informed creative practices rooted in the latest research in somatic psychology and music therapy on how to connect with the joy of voice and public speaking.

Your guide, Melissa Andrada (mel - they/she), will share hard-earned and heartfelt wisdom on speaking on stage as a survivor of Big T trauma and once painfully shy kid who went to become a CEO of a global collective.

Dropping the Mask
Virtual Conference based in Australia
with Melissa Andrada (they/she)
Preena Chand (she/her)

October 7, 2025
3:30pm PST

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