Brave Nature Collaborative

What if the future our children deserve requires adults to unlearn first?

CWYC and the Brave Nature Collaborative are launching a monthly learning circle for parents, caregivers, educators, organizers, and allied adults ready to heal, grow, and show up differently with young people.

Together, we will practice unlearning harmful habits, ideologies, and internalized narratives the system has taught us while building deeper skills in listening, accountability, community care, and intergenerational partnership.

This space is about healing from adultism, racism, ableism, patriarchy, and other harmful “isms” so we can better support the leadership and brilliance of young people as we build a more liberated future together. ✨

Join one of our virtual “call-ins” to learn more, hear the vision, and see if this circle is for you:
📅 May 13 @ 8:30 PM
📅 May 14 @ 4:30 PM

Link to register on our link tree!!

CWYC BraveNature YouthLeadership

Today is the last day. 🌿

We are so grateful. Grateful for every person who has donated, shared, cheered us on, or simply believed that something different is possible for children and families.

If today feels like the day to give, the link is in our bio. And if not, thank you for being here anyway. That means more than you know. 💚

Today is the day. 🌿

The 2026 Great Give is HERE, and we are so grateful for every single person who shows up for this community whether you've been with us from the beginning or are just finding your way to BNC today.

Last year, you helped us raise over $3,000. This year, we're dreaming a little bigger. Help us reach our $5,000 goal!

We know many folks would love a place where children, caregivers, and community can come together, breathe, and belong and we want to make that happen! A home where children to guide their own learning with caregivers who support them!

Donate today through the link in bio.
Thank you for being part of the story. 💚

Learning doesn't stop when you become the grown-up in the room.

At BNC, we know that the adults in a child's life are part of their story too. When caregivers and allied adults have space to tune in, question, and reimagine, new pathways of being together become possible.
Our kids feel safe. Our community feels supported. 🌱

Our programs hold space for that kind of un/learning. The messy, honest, and most necessary for children’s learning.

Donate May 6–7 through the 2026 Great Give to support access to these programs, and bring us one step closer to making them free for everyone.

Link in bio to give 🌻 See our website to volunteer

What happens when kids get time to just be?
They follow their curiousity. They take risks. They build worlds. 🌿

For kids who spend their days in structured programs, our Kids Only! circle is something essential: time to lead, create, and grow on their own terms.

This is where we're beginning, and we can't wait to see where they take it! 🐛🦋

Donate to us this 2026 Great Give, and support a child's right to learn on their own terms.

Link in bio to give 🌱 See our website to volunteer

Can't wait until May 6th? Neither can we. 🌱
Early giving for The Great Give is already open!

Our switch from "school" to "collaborative" is not a simple rebrand. We've been doing the quiet, necessary work, rebuilding our foundation so we can show up fully for children and their caregivers. 🦋

Your gift helps us teach more folks about children's liberation. It helps grow our community events, grow new circles like Kids Only! and lead us back to the path for full time programs for children, rooted in what we've always believed: that children's liberation and liberation for our planet are tied together!

Come build with us!
Link in bio to give. 🤍 See our website to volunteer.

Not just talking about practice ☀️ we're practicing!

CWYC x BNC are bringing parents, caregivers & allied adults together to think critically about what we've been taught, to un/learn, and listen to children and youth's visions of the future!

The children are always ours, every single one of them, all over the globe. - James Baldwin

✨️ Link in bio to join the interest list.
📩 DM for more information.

If summer had a smell, it would be wet paintbrushes, freshly picked flowers, and pine needles in the sun!

Welcome to Sun Gardens 🌞🌿
Come join us at Edgerton Park for two days of unplugged magic: learning alongside nature, planting, growing, painting, and so much more 🌸🌱

No screens. Just the good stuff.

Register now for one day or the full camp! Link in bio 🌼

🌿 Brave Nature Collaborative is hiring!

Formerly Brave Nature School — now a 501(c)(3) nonprofit — we're an outdoor, consent-centered learning community at Edgerton Park in New Haven, CT.

If forest school, playwork, or a Reggio-inspired process inspire you, we'd love to hear from you!

Open roles:
→ Nests Playworker (Birth–9)
→ Camp Playworkers (Ages 3–10)
→ Kids Only! After-School Facilitators

We are also hiring for remote positions including:
→ Virtual Assistant
→ Grant Writer

We practice connection over compliance, trust children to lead, and gather outside in every season.

🔗 bravenatureschool.com/about -our-team
📧 [email protected]

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