Andy/Andrea (they/she)

Mount Sinai Hospital Fired Social Worker Over “Gaza Must Live”… Hospital employees say the termination is an example of the anti-Palestinian climate at the institution.

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Show & Tell Wednesday, July 23,2025 6-9pm Rooted Luv Farm 2535 Gull Road, Kalamazoo, MI *Food Share *Art Share *Heart Share ~ All Ages Welcome ~ Let’s build a community of creative resistance and connection to bravely be our awkward selves together. Please bring some food or nonalcoholic drinks to share, a bowl/plate, cutlery, cup, something to sit on, and, optionally, something creative to share (song, poem, work of art.) Suggested contribution starting at $1 to support host and organizers to keep these events going.

Join us this Wednesday in Kalamazoo!!

I just left the Everglades Immigrant Interment Camp. No, I’m not using their ridiculous name. It was a very tough to witness humans in those cages. Every Floridian should be ashamed that our taxpayer money is being used for this.

Embracing Awkwardness and Bravely Connecting We all long to belong.

Check out my new SubStack post on accepting the possibility of belonging in times of grief and loss.

Let’s be clear if you think you’re celebrating freedom while being for sending weapons to destroy others’ liberation, you’re actually celebrating supremacy. If you think you’re celebrating freedom while claiming you own land and have dominion over the earth, you’re actually celebrating supremacy.

“free free falasteen” embroidered over Palestinian flag. The red triangle is a slice of watermelon.

“free falasteen” embroidered over Palestinian flag. The remainder of the circle patch is embroidered like the inside of a watermelon.

I’ve been embroidering patches to support liberation. Let me know if you’d like one. Proceeds to Free Palestine via individuals abroad and movements abroad and locally.

600+ people drowned in these waters, left to die by Europe while seeking safety. Today, we pass through this same sea on the 'Madleen', sailing to break sieges and borders.

An image of the crew from Madleen Freedom Flotilla wishing everyone Eid Mubarak.

This Eid, our hearts are with the Palestinians of Gaza. You deserve life, justice, peace, and the right to celebrate Eid without mourning.
#EidMubarak #FreedomForGaza #Madleen #Solidarity #Palestine #EndTheOccupation #JusticeForGaza

Andy looks right over a serene field wearing a vintage collared shirt. Text says “Fearless Self-Love with Andy Bachman | Podcast.”

Billie Smith smiles with eyes closed sitting on a bench. Text reads: “Fearless Self-Love Podcast | Billie Smith with Andy Bachman | S6 E2 | Queer Inclusivity

New Fearless Self-Love Podcast episode and trailer dropped today! Check them out wherever you listen to podcasts or at groundedhere.com/resources

Move with Billie - Inclusivity Workshops Workshops and training for yoga teachers, movement teachers, group fitness instructors, personal trainers who are looking to teach more anti-diet classes

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Queer Inclusivity Workshop Saturday, May 31st Online-Zoom 10am - 4pm EST (breaks included!) This workshop will be recorded

On May 31 I am co-facilitating a virtual Queer Inclusivity workshop with Billie Smith! This is an interactive opportunity for learning how to bring your community or workplace beyond the Pride Flag. You will learn terminology, history, and practical tools for creating a genuinely inclusive space.

Gaza: Flour prices soar to $300 a bag after more than 50 days without new aid deliveries Food prices are skyrocketing in Gaza, ActionAid’s staff and partners reported today, as Israel's total ban on aid entering the territory continues into its eighth week, causing major shortages and del...

CALL YOUR REPS, donate to families directly. Tasneem, [Palestinian NGOs Network (PNGO)]: “For over 50 days, not a single truck carrying…aid has been allowed to enter. Families [are] milling dried pasta…just enough to make a piece of dough…to feed their children…we haven't seen fresh food in months.“

Andy and their dog Porter lie spooning. Andy forehead touches the back of Porter’s head.

Who/what helps you ground? To feel connected with nature, self and all of life?

This pup is my anchor in so many ways for so many years. #grounding #connection

Queer Inclusivity & Grounding to Belong It’s Spring! And that doesn’t have to mean you’re happy. Hi There. Welcome to my Substack.

I shared my first big Substack newsletter yesterday! It’s called Queer Inclusivity and Grounding to Belong. Learn about the workshop I’m co-facilitating and some practices to uplift while staying grounded in heavy times.

Check it out at open.substack.com/pub/grounded...

pheasant back mushrooms, half free morels, ramps, dead nettles, chives and woodland violets!

Good Mor(el)ning!
You’re welcome for the dad joke. West Michigan gifts of the earth. [pictured: pheasant back mushrooms, half free morels, ramps, dead nettles, chives and woodland violets! Not pictured: uprooted invasive garlic mustard.]

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Resource guide for education, advocacy and action including books, documentaries, orgs, and actions you can take! It’s a long list. Please message if you’d like to know more about what’s listed under a particular category 🙌🏼 From Students for Justice in Palestine at Western Michigan University

How to get involved, learn, and connect with others for 🇵🇸

Detroit, Ann Arbor, Grand Rapids, Jackson and Kalamazoo.

Spring Equinox - a time of opening myself to inspiration, intuition, connection to the elements, starting anew.

Image: Smoke from coals of this morning’s sunrise fire, mug with sticker “decommodify survival,” The MagicalYear book, by Danu Forest, pup wrapped in blankets, under the sun.

Hi, I’m Andy. New Orleans has inspired me and leaves me wanting more of its essence - creativity, community, joy. The abundance of care & connection here has been astounding. As I move to Michigan (from Montana) this Spring, May I embody the kind of acceptance so freely given in this magical place.

Slow…to speak
Check out my new Substack post, Slow…to speak, substack.com/@groundedhere

Thank you for this question. Continuing to learn I need much less than I want. And practicing requesting the gift givers in my life to donate to a cause on my behalf instead.