Newark Center for Meditative Culture (NCMC) received our very first grant as a 501c3 non-profit organization in early April from 
the Victoria Foundation Fund and the Thrive Neighborhood Initiative Fund in partnership with the Greater Newark LISC. Part of the funding was allocated to assist with online meditation workshops and sessions due to the covid19 emergency. A portion was to support online workshops specifically in two neighborhoods of Newark, but viewership broadened in scope.
NCMC is grateful for the opportunity provided us by the leaders of these organizations to be able to serve the community virtually in this difficult time we are in.
The sponsorship enabled us to provide two 2-part qigong workshops, two 2-part yoga workshops, one 8-part guided meditation in spanish, two 4-part guided meditation series, and one 3-part meditation series. As well, we produced six online community self-care mindfulness workshops. These online sessions were also used to support Newark’s Be Still Monday initiative.
In total there were 31 videos (of 33 sessions produced) ranging from about 15-60 minutes each. You can see our developing video library on NCMC’s YouTube Channel.