We gather to sing together as a practice of care, listening, and collective strength.
This circle will offer songs as balm, not answers, but companions to help regulate our nervous systems, strengthen trust, and remember what we are working toward in these intense times. Accessible and repeatable, these songs will be taught by ear and offered as communal practice, with room for rest, choice, and different ways of participating. No singing experience is needed and you are welcome exactly as you are.
Facilitated by guest songleader Ríomas (they/them) from Portland, Oregon, this space will center queer and trans belonging while welcoming all who come with care and respect. We will hold center for ourselves and each other, to feel our grounding, power, and even joy together.

FACILITATOR BIO
Ríomas (RiYo for short, they/them), previously known as Shireen Amini, is a queer, trans masculine, Puerto Rican-Iranian artist, facilitator, and culture builder based in Portland, Oregon. Creating at the intersection of music, healing, and activism, they are guided by a belief that music, especially voice and rhythm, can reawaken in us what modern culture has forgotten: how to grieve, grow, and feel our power together. Ríomas crafts artful, participatory songs that invite realness, tenderness, joy, and transformative energy, drawing from roots, pop and folk textures, respectfully from Black and Afro-Latin lineages. Through their song circles and educational offerings, Ríomas empowers people to trust their musicality and engage music as a living practice for cultural healing and social change. They are the founder of Sing People Sing!, a queer and BIPOC-led community song circle series in Portland, author of the course Drum Song Reclamation, and leader of an emerging band collective bridging high-level musicianship with community participation. Their first community song album Gather Your Resilience: Medicine for Liberation is set to release in early 2026.