Our Stories

Our stories - our combined voices are what make up this community.  Every single one of us has lived a life-time before DRC (for some of us that amounts to many more years, than others).  Those previous experiences inform not only our past tales, but present, and future narratives, as well.  When we begin to amalgamate all those individual life-times into a shared tale, we not only discover the many differences that make us perfectly, unique, but also the uncanny mirror images that remind us of our interconnection and, yes, our shared humanness. 
 
When I ask all of our students to think about what DRC means to them, at this time of year, I discover that many of their responses reflect similar cravings and values: comfort, family, hominess, freedom, safety, and advocacy.  These are basic human necessities.  We all need to be heard, to have a safe place where we are supported to be our most awesomely, creative, distinct selves without fear of being judged or ridiculed – an environment where we have the freedom to thoroughly explore what truly delights us. After some time in this space, some are surprised to learn that they have hidden talents, others realize that they are in fact imaginative and creative after having that part of themselves buried or shut-down.

Three Deep Root Center Voices

Our strength comes from listening to and honoring all of our voices to create an organic community of kind, empowered, confident, empathetic, outside the box thinking individuals who know what they want and, if necessary, will change the world to make it happen.

DRC News
 
Deep Root Center is on Spring Break this week.  We will be back April 22nd.
 
We are in the process of planning a massive, collaborative garage sale to be held during the Dairy Princess Festival, Saturday, June 1st.  Please stay tuned for more information as it comes together.