ABOUT US

OUR MISSION

We teach mindfulness, eco-healing, and commonwealth. Mindfulness is the supervision of attention. Eco-healing is restoring right relationship with nature.

OUR VISION

Our vision is a land transformed, from a land of ignorance, hatred, and greed, to a land of love.

OUR STORY

Overview
Inspired by native and classical wisdom traditions, Soil & Soul has been working to cultivate and elevate the voice of wisdom in us and around us since 2007. We believe the voice of wisdom and the voice of nature are one and the same.

Our full-time staff is 100% people of color (50% black, 50% hispanic). Our part-time staff is 100% black. Our board of directors is 80% people of color (60% hispanic, 20% black). We serve teens, adults, parents, and children, the majority of whom are people of color (80%).

Program highlights
Award-winning community organizing outdoors

Children's Services Council of Palm Beach County awarded our Holistic Wellness Circle a Community-Driven Innovation grant (2021).

Our High School Mindfulness Clubs won a Great Ideas Initiative grant (2018), plus a two-year Capacity-Building Pipeline grant (2019, 2020).

Our Delray Beach Children's Garden won the Impact 100 Palm Beach County Environment grant (2018) and is now an independent 501(c)3 agency.

All of our programs are rooted in nature and justice.

THE IMPACT

People who spend time with Soil & Soul change their habit energies. Through mindfulness, they enjoy more peace of mind and less negativity bias. Through time in nature, they feel more awake and alive. And through economic solidarity, they improve their financial wellness. We come together to do what we cannot do alone.

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OUR PEOPLE

Agency Staff

Circle Managers

Pablo del Real

Strategy & Fundraising

Sasha Sherman-Young

Social Media

Camille Bingham

Circle Manager

Cynthia Richardson

Circle Manager

Cypress Rose Howell

Circle Manager

Dorian Acker

Circle Manager

Ornella Plauti

Finance & Events

Kristyn Cox

Finance & Commonwealth

Fernanda Wolfson

Circle Manager

Jessica Perez

Circle Manager

Keisa Monterola

Circle Manager

Roseline Joseph

Circle Manager

Board of Directors

Francisco Lugoviña

Social Enterprise, Online Community

Pablo del Real

Chair, Soil & Soul Training, Online Community

Cypress Rose Howell

Soil & Soul Circles, Childcare, Community Engagement

Ornella Plauti

Treasurer, Finance, Soil & Soul Circles