Frailty Myths
Building Power and Advancing Justice through Practice
about us.
Frailty Myths is a movement space for practicing the new world.
Through somatic learning and hands-on skill building, we unlearn systems of domination and practice the leadership, communication, and courage needed to build a more just society
Our programs center BIPOC women and gender-expansive people, creating brave spaces to lead, heal, and organize toward collective liberation. Across sectors, we partner with teams ready to confront power and practice the skills needed for deep culture change.
By engaging the body and the imagination, our programs surface what needs healing and practice. Through real tools and real work – from woodworking to dialogue – we uncover truths about ourselves and the world we’re building.
Learning together requires vulnerability and that’s where transformation takes root. It allows us to move beyond awareness into embodied leadership and real-world impact.
This is how we practice freedom.
It’s messy, embodied, alive, and beautiful.
We know awareness isn’t enough.
We know a just world is possible.
We have the tools to build it.
Join us.
45+
Free Community Workshop
2,000+
Frailty Myths Graduates
6,000+
Myths Smashed
8
Cities
what we do
and communities with the skills and shared practice needed to lead with equity and compassion.
Offerings
We work with your team to build a custom program to achieve your goals
Frailty Myths does DEI differently. Rooted in the power of practice, our unique programing results is real, tangible changes toward advance justice.
Start your journey with us now
We join you for the long term journey. As an ongoing partner, we work with with your team to achieve big picture culture change that will result reaching your DEIB goals and healthier workplace. This includes broad culture shifts, core principles, recruitment, on-boarding, and the leadership journey. We work with your team to strategize and develop an integrated program for the entire staff including management, and executive leadership. (virtual & in-person)
Frailty Myths offers single or multi-session packages in both workshop and panel form (virtual & in-person)
Popular topics:
Intro to Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion |Inclusive Facilitation | Microaggressions | Developing Core Values around Race & Gender | How to Have Difficult Conversations | Communicating Across Difference | Building a Culture of Feedback | How to Apologize | LGBTQIA+ in the Workplace.
Shared experiences mean tighter and more effective teams. At Frailty Myths, we know that communication can be hard. And we also know that creating a clear and concise communication strategy is one of the keys to success. Through our custom built Team Building Training, we’ll create experiences that will be fun and help your team bond. We also cultivate experiences with challenges and tools that leave participants better able to communicate their needs, be more seen, and become more confident members of the team.
What we believe in
The Power of Practice
There is no one answer or one way. We honor our differences and the journey we are each on. In order to change behaviors we need to practice the new ones. That means space to make mistakes and try again. It means grace as we grow and hone new skills. We believe in learning by doing and building a culture of feedback where we are nimble and nuanced and can all thrive. We unpack as we build, revealing broken systems while actively participating in what a more just way feels like.
Messiness & Curiosity
We believe in the beautiful messiness of change. We reject ideas of perfectionism and rigidity to embrace messiness and curiosity. We try things on, ask questions, and explore what works and what doesn’t. This is where the real learning happens. This is where we truly learn to communicate and grow into our whole selves.
Trust & Accountability
We are in this work for the long happen. Change doesn’t happen overnight and we trust the process and our theory of change. We trust people’s lived experience and that we know what is best for ourselves. We embrace personal agency and self-determination. Our intersectional framework centers the substantive differences in
experience that people have related to overlapping and interdependent systems of discrimination and disadvantage.
Hard Doesn't Mean bad
This work is hard. It is uncomfortable. And that is where we can grow. We understand the importance of communication and emotional intelligence and work to build muscles that allow for us to truly communicate. When we avoid conflict we avoid change. Hard can be beautiful.
Our Board.
Frailty Myths is a family of amazing people working everyday to reImagine power and build a more just and loving world.
It is powerful and nurturing support system that continues well beyond the workshops.
Here is the Frailty Myths Board, Facilitators, & Advisory Council
Chandini Gaur
Volunteer Coordinator | Facilitator
Council & Facilitation Team
Amazing Humans
FM Philosophy
We Root to Rise
Testimonials.
“I took a workshop with Frailty Myths in NYC & it was everything I’ve been looking for — a space to create, do woodworking work that previously felt inaccessible to me, AND to be able to do so in community with other queer & trans people was 100% a dream come true. The facilitators set the groundwork for us to explore not only the physical skills but also root us back into how these skills originate from Black & brown communities. They broke down how we could learn together without judgement & were clear & patient each step in the way about all the power tools. I left the workshop radiating, with new community in this city.”
Huiying Bee
Basic Power Tools & Woodworking Participant
Become a Sponsor
Help us build a more just and loving future.
Sponsor Today
Sponsor a Community Workshop
- Life Changing experience for 15 - 20 women, trans, GNC folks
- Name on sponsor page of website
- Gift of custom Frailty Myths Pocket Knife
- Framed Group Photo of Workshop Participants
Sponsor our Leadership Development Program
- 2 Train the Trainer Workshops
- Your Name or Logo on Sponsor page of website
- 40-50 women, trans, GNC folks will recieve leadership training
- Framed Groups Photo of all program workshops
- Gifts of custom Frailty Myths Pocket Knife & Smash Patriarchy Hammer
Become an
Impact with Love Sponsor
$20,000
- Annual Impact with Love Gala Sponsor
- Supports Live Build to be donated to an elementary school
- Recieve Gift Set of one of a kind Frailty Myths tools: Tape Measure, Pocket Knife, and the Smash Patriarchy Hammer
- Your name or Logo on Sponsor Page of Website
- Your Name or Logo on all Gala materials
- Lunch with one of the Founders
Latest News.
Basic Power Tools and Woodworking in New York
Amazing workshop in New York with facilitator and Advisory Council Member LJ Amsterdam.
The Contest of Conversation
Another cost of COVID: Our collective sense of time
Five Lessons For Imagining the Future
Frailty Myths Finds Out: How to Apologize
Get in Touch
Here for you
Call us 24/7. We are there for your support
About us
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Where to find us
42 Boulevard, California, number 23
Keep in touch
Frailty Myths uses the power of practice to advance justice and build a better, more loving world. Frailty Myths is a registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit under EIN 30-0760614. Donations are tax-deductible to the fullest extent allowable under the law.
About us
We are building a network, a force of love and power. We are always looking to grow our team.
Get in touch
Don't hesitate to reach out! Contact us on the form above or at info@frailtymyths.org
Where to find us
Based in Oakland, with hubs in LA, and Brooklyn. We come when called