{"id":20624,"date":"2014-06-25T15:19:04","date_gmt":"2014-06-25T19:19:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/?p=20624"},"modified":"2014-07-21T11:29:46","modified_gmt":"2014-07-21T15:29:46","slug":"couple-to-facilitate-womens-healing-workshops-at-emmanuel-episcopal-church","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2014\/couple-to-facilitate-womens-healing-workshops-at-emmanuel-episcopal-church\/","title":{"rendered":"Couple to facilitate women\u2019s healing workshops in Harrisonburg"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"color: #2c2c2c\">Helping others find peace. That\u2019s the shared goal of Cristian Quezada and Anita Fonseca-Quezada, Chilean immigrants who were drawn to Eastern Mennonite University because of its emphasis on conflict resolution.<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #2c2c2c\">Before coming to the U.S., the married couple called Santiago, Chile, home. The two were living on the 20th of a 21-floor apartment building when the capital city was hit by an 8.8-magnitude earthquake in 2010.<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #2c2c2c\">\u201cIt was awful,\u201d Fonseca-Quezada said of the 2-minute, 30-second-long temblor. \u201cI thought the world was coming to an end. And then when it stopped, you heard all these people yelling, \u2018Help! Help!\u2019 It took both of us 10 minutes to realize what happened.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #2c2c2c\">But the pair came away from the traumatic experience inspired.<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #2c2c2c\">Fonseca-Quezada said she has found healing through meditation and spiritual practices, and wants to share what she has learned with others.<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #2c2c2c\">The 32-year-old, whose father was a seminary professor and taught in eight nations across North, Central and South America, moved a lot when she was younger.<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #2c2c2c\">\u201cBeing \u2018present\u2019 is something I struggle with,\u201d she said, explaining that, as a child, she struggled to feel like she fit in. \u201cThrough silent meditation, I have been able to feel like I am present where I am. If your mind is somewhere [else], you can\u2019t really engage.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #2c2c2c\"><strong>Practicum offers hope<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #2c2c2c\">Fonseca-Quezada \u2014 currently pursuing a master\u2019s degree in theology at EMU \u2014 and her husband, who in April earned a master\u2019s in conflict transformation with emphasis in restorative justice and trauma healing, will facilitate women\u2019s healing workshops starting this month.<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #2c2c2c\">The couple hopes to help Hispanic women who have come to the U.S. illegally to cope with traumas they\u2019ve experienced, such as the pressures of a new country and ostracization from society, for example.<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #2c2c2c\">Quezada\u2019s graduate school practicum, titled \u201cOur History: Identity, Resilience and Hope,\u201d focuses on helping women through art and dialogue.<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #2c2c2c\">Beginning this month, the workshops will be held Sundays at Emmanuel Episcopal Church in Harrisonburg, though a start date is yet to be fixed. Each will consist of six dialogues combined with art, for a session lasting about two hours, explained Quezada.<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #2c2c2c\">The art \u2014 based on mandalas characteristic of the Buddhist tradition \u2014 includes media such as painting, drawing, photography and poetry.<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #2c2c2c\">He explained that both the left and right sides of the brain are engaged while doing artwork and engaging in dialogue.<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #2c2c2c\">\u201cYou\u2019re painting and drawing, and, in the process, reflect on your life, and when doing this, you can see things that you can\u2019t see when you are [just] talking,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #2c2c2c\">Quezada \u2014 who worked as a human rights attorney in Chile \u2014 volunteers with New Bridges Immigrant Resource Center, housed in the basement of Community Mennonite Church, 70 S. High St., Harrisonburg.<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #2c2c2c\">Many of the women with whom Quezada works struggle with identity and dignity, he said.<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #2c2c2c\">\u201cIt\u2019s not about us giving them lectures; it\u2019s about them talking. You have to create a safe space,\u201d he said. \u201cIt\u2019s therapeutic because they are speaking about their situation. We want to create the kind of circle they lost. &#8230; With dialogue, we can open doors for more in-depth conversations.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #2c2c2c\"><strong>Faith journey<\/strong><br \/>\nIt was through the Mennonite faith tradition that the couple became inspired to share with others.<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #2c2c2c\">\u201cBefore we got married, we weren\u2019t going to church because it was lacking the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.emu.edu\/peacebuilding\/\">peacebuilding<\/a> aspect,\u201d Anita said of their former faith traditions.<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #2c2c2c\">\u201cWe came \u2026\u00a0 [to EMU] because of the peacebuilding emphasis.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #2c2c2c\">Before relocating to Harrisonburg in 2011, the couple began attending a Mennonite church in Indiana, where they had moved in 2010 while Fonseca-Quezada pursued a bachelor\u2019s degree in journalism from Goshen College.<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #2c2c2c\">\u201cIt took us one Sunday to realize this was where we should be,\u201d Fonseca-Quezada recalled.<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #2c2c2c\">The couple is also hoping to offer the workshop at any Spanish-speaking congregation in the central Valley.<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #2c2c2c\"><em>Courtesy of the Daily News Record, June 7, 2014<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Helping others find peace. 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