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Rachel Mann Recipient of Catalyst Nexus Award
June 5, 2008
Rachel Mann, owner of MettaKnowledge for Peace, was honored to receive the Catalyst Nexus Award by the Virginia Sexual and Domestic Violence Action Alliance for her work on the Art of Surviving, a public physical and digital exhibit educating the public about the impact and process of healing from sexual violence. Including the art, poetry and stories of survivors of sexual violence, the Art of Surviving shows how healing and spirituality are connected and accessed through creative expression. Her collaborator wrote: “To put it in simple terms, Rachel has been absolutely instrumental in getting the Art of Surviving…funded and off the ground….She is an Agent of Change in ‘bringing new ideas to the movement’ because she successfully incorporated the elements of humanities and the spiritual aspects of violence and healing into the Art of Surviving….Rachel exemplifies Nexus because she has brought together people from disciplines and roles that do not commonly collaborate: artists/poets, activists, survivors, and humanities scholars to find a common vocabulary for discussing the problem of sexual violence in our society within the framework of humanities.” Thank you, Kate! Thank you VSDVAA!