For Mitsui Collective, this work is part of a broader vision of communal healing that is rooted in the human capacity to attune to our bodies and inner worlds. “We already have so much of what we actually need to better navigate and heal from and transform how we relate to these oppressive ideologies and ultimately to ourselves and each other,” Silverstein said.

“I’m not sure that we fully appreciate the impact of someone just seeing us and saying ‘you belong, you can do this, you can lead.’” For Rabbi Buchdahl, such affirmation was especially powerful because leadership felt distant without visible role models.