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movement change maker

community organizer

facilitator

trainer

certified somatic coach

founder, organizations

people trained

clients coached

orgs/alliances

mindfulness practioner

jo kata practioner

badass extraordinaire

a little bit about rusia

jadu_mia“My grandfather was the founding father of the Bangladeshi Independence struggle. He was an organizer & politician popularly known as ‘Jadu Mia’ (Magic Man). He would often tell his children,

‘The people are the source of all power!’

My mother raised her children with this as a foundation for understanding the world & what united peoples were capable of doing.”

The development of UP was a direct response to a call from Dayanara Martes + Wanda Salaman, Executive Director of Mothers On the Move, & women of color leaders on the East & West coasts whose work is hampered by the economic, social & health disparities that plague the communities they serve & live in. Our work aims at untangling the internalized oppression, trauma & violence at the heart of this problem. We understand the importance of creating safe spaces & training that bridges healing & social justice in order to have well-grounded, effective leaders in the non-profit world.

rusia2Rusia N. Mohiuddin, based in New York, is a master trainer, facilitator, & somatic coach who pioneered the integration of somatics into an organizing framework. Her current mission, through UP, has been developing a holistic model for social justice change work that places in its center the necessary transformation of social change agents. Rusia brings a unique style to creating pathways for individuals to bring their best selves forward when enacting social change in their organizations & communities.

Over the last 20 years, Rusia has primarily worked in non-profit, community-based organizations across the U.S. Her organizing career started with 8 years as a street-level community organizer, & grew to leading organizations, notably helping to establish Families United for Racial & Economic Equality & co-founding the national intermediary, Social Justice Leadership. Through this experience & her many years as a trainer, coach & consultant, Rusia brings a well-grounded expertise of basic to advanced organizing training as well as organizational & leadership development.

Rusia is also a proud nerd & is skilled in graphic design, photography, website development, video editing, & has worked with many organizations across the country as an IT specialist.

Why I love what I do

like my mother + grandfather, I believe in the infinite power + love of all people. through my own 15 year change process, I have come to deeply understand the critical importance of inner work mandatory for effective change in the world around us.

too often we default to comprises + sacrifices in the name of liberation, in the name of our communities, forgetting that, we too, are amongst those we seek freedom for. that, we too, are a part of the very communities we bleed for in our relentless, ceaseless fight. too often, I must remind people that we must be alive to do this work. alive, physically AND spiritually.

this is my karmic yoga, my life’s purpose.

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life is fragile

live it by loving hard.
start by loving yourself ferociously.
and don't hold anything back in the process.
ready?
go!

 

change

the nature of all living things is change
change is inevitable
intentional change takes practice

 

kindness

kindness is the language of love in action
shower your world with it
both inward + then outward

 

are you failing?

leadership requires failure.
if you're not failing,
you're not cultivating you're leadership to its truest potential.

 

compass of love

to be grounded in love means to always
lean towards humanity
even if it is the humanity of
your sworn enemy