Want to be part of our constellation this summer?!
We sure hope so!
Why get involved with Soloss?
Connect with kindred spirits
Be in a space that values beauty, intentionality, showing up as our full selves
Learn new ways of being with grief & loss from around the world
There are four open roles. Scroll down and see which role might be right for you!
Are you someone who wants to connect 1:1 and share practices that have helped you cope with your own losses?
Losstender
A Losstender is supported and guided to extend care to strangers, holding space for grief and loss through artistic and embodied practices.
Weekly Hours
Mid July: 24 hours for a retreat
End of July-Sept: ~5 hours a week
Time Commitment
Mid July-End of September 2023
Honorarium
$1600CAD
As a Losstender, you will:
Co-learn: Share practices as a cohort and encounter diverse wisdom about the experience of grief & loss
Recruit: Work as a team to share & demonstrate your offer with people living in encampments
Hold space & modeling creative expression: Develop skills to acknowledge and move emotions relating to grief & loss, through creative practices, leaving people with an artifact of their experience
Debrief: Maintain a practice of sharing your learnings and reflections throughout with the cohort and Circle of Support
Make grief visible: Help plan events to prompt public witnessing of grief & loss
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Are you someone who wants to mobilize your living knowledge of how to support people through loss, so that people living in encampments can access more healing moments?
Circle of Support Member
A Circle of Support member draws on a depth of knowledge and experience to encircle Losstenders with wisdom and care, from any of a range of cultural, spiritual, or therapeutic backgrounds.
Commitment
Mid July 2023 to September 2023
Weekly Hours
Mid-July:
~24 hours for our immersive onboarding retreat
End July - Sept:
~1-3 hrs/wk
As a Circle of Support Member, you will:
Guide: Share & demonstrate your own creative & embodied healing practices & knowledge with the Losstender cohort
Debrief: Match with 1-2 Losstenders who you will check in with regularly from mid-July-Sept, offering ways to process experience
Mentor: Help Losstenders reframe challenges, develop self-awareness, try new approaches, feel confident to reach out and hold space for others
Celebrate & connect: Join us for events designed to build relationships across our network and prompt public witnessing of grief & loss work
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Are you part of an existing group or community that might jive with Soloss? Introduce us to resonant people or places, and help us create healing rituals & events!
Relationship
Broker
Relationship Brokers are local leaders & network builders who want to help Soloss connect to relevant happenings, spot future opportunities, and grow in organic ways.
Time Commitment
Mid July-October 2023
Monthly Hours
Depends on the shape of our collaboration
~3-5/hours a month
As a Relationship Broker, you will:
Make connections: between Soloss’ grief & loss work and new contexts
Broker us to people: in your circles who are curious community-based care & mental health support networks
Plan an event with us: to help spread the principles & practices of Soloss
Spot future opportunities: for Soloss to spread while staying true to our values
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Are you someone who loves working with your hands and adept at envisioning and constructing physical objects and spaces?
Builder/
Exhibition Maker
Soloss’ Builder/Exhibition Maker will help us create & construct a pop-up, outdoor exhibition & reflection space that opens -up space for care and creativity. Think: interactive pop-up art gallery meets chill zone meets ice-cream stand?!
Commitment
July to possibly August
Remuneration
$30/hour + material costs
Time
We estimate about 35 hours of work spread from July to possibly August
As a builder/exhibition maker, you will:
Work with the Soloss team to sketch out a concept for a portable, outdoor space to engage with art, prompt peaceful reflection & enjoy something yummy!
Gather and present relevant inspiration
Source affordable materials
Construct the space & any other objects in such a way that it can be assembled and taken down by two people, and stored in a car
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Or Nominate Someone!
Or Nominate Someone!
Know someone groovy who might be a fabulous addition to any of the above roles?
We’re looking to meet creative folks who might want to join our next cohort. From July to September, we’re exploring how Soloss can offer nourishing community care alongside folks living in encampments.
Got any friends, neighbours, colleagues, acquaintances, family members who …
Have a creative practice of any kind — whether they are ‘dabblers’ ‘hobbyists’ ‘side-hustlers’ or ‘full-timers’?
Are on their own healing journey — having traversed through grief and loss?
Seek to listen and learn — rather than fix, save, or teach?
Might have experience living precariously — and/or real openness to understanding experiences of insecurity?
Are curious how to bridge lines of difference — and subvert some of the norms that can keep us separate & alone?
If the answer is YES, we’d love to get an introduction! Cohort submissions are open until JUN 26 2023 11:59PM PST. We can send them a hello message, and invite them to a conversation! Thank you so much for the connection!