The HEArts Center Spring Festival spotlighted the holistic practices and creative programming that will one day thrive at the soon-to-be HEArts Center.

Dr. Drum grounded us in our origins, using the power of the drum to guide us back to the heartbeat in our mother’s womb. We were moved by the powerful words of Bonafide Rojas, who took us on a journey through the Boogie Down. And we closed the day with Karla Mayenbeer Cruz reading her children’s book, The Adventures of Pepita Morales at City Hall—awakening both our inner child and our activist spirit. We’re also grateful to the practitioners from Qi Wellness and the Five Lights Center of Shiatsu, who helped ease our bodies, and to Samaritan Daytop Village for sharing resources and tabling with us.