Visionary . Changemaker . Community builder . Conflict Mediator . Organizer . Animist . Songcatcher . Abolitionist . Creative
Lux Gypsum is a community organizer, relational healer, and cultural visionary who believes that revolution happens at the level of relationship. With over 9 years of facilitation experience and dozens of impactful trainings under their belt, Lux has cultivated a strong capacity to hold potent group containers for interpersonal skill-building and cultural transformation. Some of Lux’s politicized identities are white (Northern European ancestry), AFAB (Assigned Female at Birth), gender-expansive, and queer. Lux has an ongoing practice of anti-racism work and is committed to uprooting internalized supremacy culture.
All of Lux’s work is deeply trauma-informed through their training in Somatic Experiencing, a well known modality for resolving trauma through the body. In addition to holding regular community workshops and events, Lux also supports individuals, relationships, and groups to heal harmful patterns and develop the soft skills they need to do hard things through their work as a Conflict Mediator, Relational Coach, and Community Facilitator. You can follow Lux's work and offerings on Instagram @healing.rising and by signing up for their newsletter at
Lineage of Learning
I am deeply inspired by the work and words of adrienne maree brown, Prentis Hemphill, Kazu Haga, Joanna Macy, Starhawk, Kai Cheng Thom, Tyson Yunkaporta, and Robin Wall Kimmerer, among many others. I honor the long lineages that precede me in all of my areas of practice.
The path that led me to where I am now has been a winding one.
I grew into myself a lot more while studying Philosophy at UC Berkeley, engaging in deep questions about self and society.
As I was beginning to question capitalism and the constructed social divisions that uphold it, I was also actively living within alternative structures in the Berkeley Student Cooperative houses.
Living in a house sharing food, chores, and community with 60 other social-justice-oriented college students was a catalyst for a lot of deep personal transformation, and a source of much of the inspiration that sparked what I do today.
Lothlorien Cooperative was the first place I was exposed to Consensus Decision Making, Consent Culture, and the need for Conflict Mediation.
Quick to learn and eager to contribute, I served as a House Manager, Waste Reduction Coordinator, Chicken Tender, and Garden Manager throughout my time living in the co-ops.
I also joined the Consent Working Group where I facilitated consent workshops at different Cooperative Houses, and the Events Committee where I planned a "Commons Festival" to bring co-opers together with free food, live music, a big Free Store, and skill shares.
My experiences in the co-ops established my strong value for building community based around resource sharing, creativity, collaboration, and communication.
Growing up in a planned community in Irvine, California, I spent a good part of my teenage years trying to conform to the competitive, consumerist culture I was swimming in. Eventually, through self-reflection and new connections, I freed myself from my own confines, and began the journey of living from my own soul's yearnings.
Although I was engaging in radical communal practices and ideas as a college student, the systems we were operating in were by no means perfect, and I still had a lot of growth and learning to do before finding my way to where I am today.
In the last several years since graduating from UC Berkeley, I have been purposefully putting myself in situations that furthered my personal growth, including completing a 1200 mile bicycle trip from Vancouver, Canada to Berkeley, California, which ultimately led me to move to the Pacific Northwest.
I have also been simultaneously tending the seeds of inspiration that have taken root in me over these years, seeking out and completing training as a Conflict Mediator, hosting a pop-up Freestore in my communities, and starting to work as as a home organizer.
I am excited to finally be ready to share my work with with the world in this way, and support others in reclaiming clarity and connection in their spaces and relationships.
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