The Seed House-La Casa de la Semilla

The Seed House-La Casa de la Semilla We create an arena for community leaders to develop in their capacity to bring sustainable justice & equality thru creative expression & collective action

Our mission is to create an arena for established and emerging community leaders to grow and develop in their capacity to bring about sustainable justice and equality through dialogue, creative expression and collective action.
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La Casa de la Semilla~The Seed House facilita talleres educacionales y de capacitación en viviendas y en su locación en Wichita

, Kansas. Estos talleres formativos reúnen a gente de comunidades locales que encaran conflictos mutuos; juntos a través de las artes, círculos educacionales and practicas ambientales sostenibles, el pueblo descubrirá la manera mas eficiente para encontrar soluciones a problemas sociales y así progresar colectivamente.

06/02/2021

Aligning boldly-resilient young people with the tools and mindset to move courageously,
with purpose and discipline, to activate underserved communities.

Root The Power Camp Destination Innovation Progeny

06/01/2021

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In 2017, the first retreat which was named in later years, Courage & Resiliency, is rooted in deep listening practices t...
06/01/2021

In 2017, the first retreat which was named in later years, Courage & Resiliency, is rooted in deep listening practices that center on one’s inner wisdom while being surrounded and supported by a trustworthy community in that listening process. As organizers, activists, and social change agents, we recognize the need for spaces where people can spend time internally identifying their Authentic Self while continuing to do heavy lifting in the outer world that needs our attention now more than ever. It is our job to show up better equipped to face the challenges ahead of us. C & R started as an annual retreat and now is being spun off to expand in to an ongoing space with relationships that span over time and geography. Laura continues this work with co-creator Lupe Lopez.

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An opportunity for Seed House to organize young people who had been touched by the juvenile justice system grew out of a...
06/01/2021

An opportunity for Seed House to organize young people who had been touched by the juvenile justice system grew out of a partnership with Kansas Appleseed, who originally identified Sedgwick county as a much needed location for youth investment. The small group of youth leaders grew and transformed in both their personal lives and in envisioning the closing of the last youth prison in Kansas. At its point of origination, four youth leaders were able to take trips to meet other young leaders from around the country and learn more about the history of youth incarceration and how racism is embedded in the system, and looking at alternatives to incarceration that include community-based restorative justice practices. This team traveled to places like Atlanta, New York, Virginia, Birmingham, and New Jersey and were able to participate in organizing training in Chicago, speaking and media trainings, as well as practice telling their own personal story and the story of how they want the world to be; a world without youth prisons.

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Starting as a civic engagement pilot in 2016 funded by the Kansas Health Foundation, youth interns worked to engage pote...
06/01/2021

Starting as a civic engagement pilot in 2016 funded by the Kansas Health Foundation, youth interns worked to engage potential voters, focusing on young people. Choosing their own name, Root The Power was inspired by knowing that they as young people needed to own their power and voices through community involvement and engaged voting, coupled with anchoring their voices in a way that would sustain over time. In their early years they knocked on doors, talked to neighbors in the North End, hosted music events that drew young people culminating in voter rallies at the downtown early voting site. Co-founders Armando, Emira, and Laura, along with Margi Ault-Duell planted a seed that continues today as a vibrant program area directed by Jondalyn Marshall.

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The establishment of a Kansas chapter of the Poor People’s Campaign started in the Fall of 2017 when Revs. Barber and Th...
05/31/2021

The establishment of a Kansas chapter of the Poor People’s Campaign started in the Fall of 2017 when Revs. Barber and Theoharis, came to Kansas for a founding retreat with 40 community leaders from around Kansas and held a mass meeting at 1st United Methodist Church in Topeka where a thousand people from around the State drove from as far as Frontenac in the southeast and Liberal in the southwest part of the State to show that Kansas was ready for a change. In the Summer of 2018, 50-years after the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr., hundreds of Kansans from farmers to veterans, LGBTQ+ to Black and Latinx people joined together for 40-Days in the State Capital. Each Monday there was an action with rallies, street drama, testimonies and art that raised issues around wages, racism, poverty, militarism, and healthcare that culminated in 108 arrests. Laura supported leaders and held teams of volunteers together as they moved their voices into the public arena.

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In the Fall of 2016 with the statehouse vibrating with potential political change, a seed was planted bringing together ...
05/31/2021

In the Fall of 2016 with the statehouse vibrating with potential political change, a seed was planted bringing together people from all across Kansas to shine a light on issues that hurt Kansans. In 2017, the first of four mass gatherings that drew hundreds of people, lifted up the voices of everyday people needing healthcare, work, food, and equal treatment. The people themselves would go visit their legislators, speaking for themselves and the things they cared about instead of leaving it in the hands of the lobbyists. Laura Dungan supported leaders in their strategy development and delivery on how to bring Kansas issues into the spotlight.

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For topics and emerging areas of focus, the Seed House engaged small groups in Learning Circles that used popular educat...
05/31/2021

For topics and emerging areas of focus, the Seed House engaged small groups in Learning Circles that used popular education as a methodology, starting with a person’s lived experience and then seeing how that experience connected to others and then could move into action.

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Co-Founders Emira Palacios and Armando Minjarez teamed up with organizer Louis Goseland to both host and travel in an or...
05/31/2021

Co-Founders Emira Palacios and Armando Minjarez teamed up with organizer Louis Goseland to both host and travel in an organizer exchange between the US and Eastern Europe. Many of the fellows from Slovakia, Romania and Yugoslavia traveled to the US seeking methodologies and ways to intersect with their own oppressive situations. They viewed the US as having a longer history of organizing. Many of the international fellows worked alongside the Roma people and were eagerly working out creative ways to engage people who experienced tremendous suppression. Emira and Armando were able to facilitate workshop space both in the US and abroad.

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Public art that intersected with raising social consciousness was a consistent thread throughout the early years of the ...
05/31/2021

Public art that intersected with raising social consciousness was a consistent thread throughout the early years of the Seed House. Through efforts of the Army of Artists and the annual Urban Arts Festival the City of Wichita exploded with color and deeply thought provoking images.

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Wichita, KS
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