ABOUT US
Nature and Soul Based Programs Honoring Life’s Changes
OUR MISSION
Gaia Passages centers youth expressing their full selves in multicultural nature-based programs, empowering all to connect deeply with Earth wisdom within an intergenerational community of support and creative play.
OUR VISION
We envision a world where humans embody love for our earth, each of us acting with justice and compassion, honoring our creative selves, one another, and all our wild relations.
*Gaia Passages (formally Gaia Girls Passages) centers the feminine while being a diverse, inclusive, and equitable community of belonging. Read more about how we approach gender here.
Your support will plant seeds that bloom far into the future…
PROGRAMS
Enrolling Soon for Fall 2020
Health and Safety Precautions
In response to COVID-19, all fall circles will have a maximum ratio of 6 participants with one auntie. We will no longer have shared meals or snacks. While all programs take place outdoors, participants and staff will comply with updated CDC recommendations for health and safety. (Read our complete COVID-19 Health and Safety Plan.) Each program will have 2 extra sessions scheduled in both fall and spring semesters, as some cancellations will likely be necessary due to rain, wildfire smoke, COVID-19, or other unforeseen circumstances. If it becomes unsafe to meet outdoors, programming will move temporarily online and Aunties will provide meaningful and connective content through Zoom.
ONLINE INFO SESSIONS
Pop in and learn more! Caregivers and their youth are invited to meet our staff, learn about our philosophy and experience our curriculum at our monthly online info sessions
I love being at Gaia Passages. When I’m here I feel like there is no pressure to be pretty or anything. I also feel like Gaia Passages is a community that I can always trust.
Gaia Participant I love how whenever I arrive, no matter how my day was I can’t help but feel happy.
Gaia Participant Gaia Passages is always a huge relief in my week, and I feel more confident in myself and with others. I am a lot more connected to the earth and in some way protected from what I don’t like about middle school, like bad attitudes, judgment and self depreciation and insecurity.
Gaia Participant I’m always comfortable here, and love being with the aunties. Gaia Passages always makes me feel grateful for life.
Gaia Participant Found myself looking forward to growing up rather than dreading it. I now feel proud to be a woman.
Gaia Participant*Studies show a rising percentage of youth who say they don’t fit traditional gender norms. More are identifying themselves with nontraditional gender labels such as transgender or gender-fluid.
Our Cultural Thriving initiative is generously funded by the Horner Foundation.
