The Bambi Fund

WHO WE ARE

The Bambi Fund is an organization based in Phoenix, Arizona, founded by changemakers, designers, innovators, lovers, and entrepreneurs. Our vision is a world where people from historically excluded communities have the resources to fully realize their dreams and determine their own life paths. Learn more about us and our team at www.thebambifund.org

WHAT WE'RE WORKING ON

For Give Out Day, we’re fundraising to hold a series of 6 accessible, free workshops for LGBTQ+ folks and BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, and People of Color) centered on mental health and healing. These workshops will be free for participants and each workshop will be facilitated by an expert healer on a different topic including: somatic healing, trauma and processing trauma, mental health for LGBTQ+ organizers and activists, queer and trans-led families, substance use and harm reduction, and more. At each workshop we aim to offer additional community resources for LGBTQ+ folks as well as small grants/stipends for participants to continue accessing healing and care in safe and brave spaces.

WHY YOU SHOULD FUND US

In April 2022 we held our first LGBTQ+ community event, Queer Insight, where we invited two QTBIPOC healers to facilitate a day of discussion, somatic healing work, and creative expression. It was an incredible day of community building and emotional release and processing. Thanks to our generous event sponsors, we were also able to provide 1 participant with a fully scholarship for a 7-day LGBTQ+ healing retreat out of state (valued at $1800 including travel and accommodation). 

The feedback we received from event participants was so moving - participants shared that in a decade+ living in Phoenix, they had never experienced a healing LGBTQ+ space like this. One person shared that they lost their entire community after coming out, and this was the first time they had been around loving community since then. Another shared that their anxiety was greatly reduced during the course of the event. After Queer Insight, we were determined to hold more spaces like this for QTBIPOC community in Arizona.

Please support our work towards building safe and brave healing spaces for QTBIPOC community in Arizona by making a donation today!