2021 Updates & News
Learn how AWB is addressing Covid-19, social injustice and natural disasters. Stay up to date with news, events & projects HERE.
Medicine of Peace
Acupuncturists Without Borders provides disaster relief, recovery and support for building resiliency – to communities affected by disasters, human conflict, environmental devastation, poverty and social injustice.
Join Team AWB for our Fall Hustle Challenge!
Exciting news! From September 12th-November 30th, we’re teaming up with our friends at Kilter App for an activity-based fundraising event! When you join the Fall Hustle challenge, you’ll compete to win awesome prizes and help AWB win a $5000 grand prize, all while making an impact. Kilter lets you connect to fitness trackers, check into gyms, and manually enter activities to earn points on a leaderboard.
Follow these steps to join our team!
- Visit the Fall Hustle Event Page to register for Team Acupuncturists Without Borders
- Download the Kilter app
- Create your account, complete your profile, & connect your devices
- Visit the EVENTS tab (bottom left corner of app) and see the campaign in MY EVENTS!
- Get moving and have fun!
– Featured Events & Trainings –
Intro to Alternatives to Opioids
LIVE WEBINAR
Sept 22, 2021
12 PM PT | 3PM ET
Ryan Baker, L.Ac., Dipl. Ac. (NCCAOM), R.Ph.
2 PDA/CEUs
Price: $39
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Secondary Trauma, Your Life and Practice: Critical Things to Know
LIVE WEBINAR
October 5, 2021
3 PM PT | 6 PM ET
Diana Fried, Dipl. Ac., M.Ac.
2 PDA/CEUs
Price: $39
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Racial Justice in East Asian Medicine
THREE PART WEBINAR SERIES
Oct 25, Nov 1, Nov 8, 2021
3 PM PT | 7PM ET
Dr. Tenisha Dandridge, L.Ac.
6 PDA/CEUs Total
(2 CEU/PDAs Each)
Price: $100
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New Covid-19 Safety Manual Available
AWB has created a supplement to our standard clinic manual to support practitioners with extra safety guidance during Covid-19. Feel free to download and use as needed.
How to Run a Safe AWB Community Acupuncture Healing Circle (aka Mobile Field Clinic) During CoVid-19
– What We Do –
We are here to support trauma recovery and build resilience in the world, locally, nationally and internationally. We do this by learning from local people, while we offer what we know about trauma healing, so they can be most effective at supporting trauma recovery in their own communities and creating sustainable programs.
Disaster Response
AWB responds to disasters, both domestically and internationally, by working with communities to interrupt the devastating effects of trauma. This can take the form of a direct relief effort from AWB or mentorship for local practitioners wanting to respond in their own communities. We use community-style ear acupuncture as a powerful, simple, safe way of helping people “reset” their nervous systems to a greater state of calm, quiet and clarity.
Community Service Clinics
We support over 40 Community Service Clinics in the US which provide free trauma-reduction services for veterans, refugees, immigrants, domestic-violence survivors and other populations affected by traumatic events. AWB also trains and supports practitioners around the world to establish service clinics in their own communities. AWB provides needles, clinic documents and mentorship for providers running these clinics.
Practitioner Training
AWB trains health care workers around the world in the use of acupuncture for trauma. We offer online and live continuing education trainings across the US and Canada. In addition, we hold advanced leadership training retreats and cultural exchange trips abroad. AWB also partners with organizations in Haiti, Israel, Mongolia, Greece and Nepal to provide ongoing acupuncture training to local community health workers.
– How To Get Involved –
Become a Member
Our membership program is the heart of AWB and allows us to do the work we do! Consider joining at any level. Yearly and monthly rates offered.
Make a Donation
AWB is a 501 (c)3 organization so your donation is completely tax-deductible. Set up a one-time or recurring donation of any amount!
Come to an Event
We hold many trainings, retreats, international WHE trips, gatherings and fundraising events. See our calendar for upcoming events!
Help us Fundraise
Join us as a Medicine of Peace Ambassador, hold a fundraiser on Facebook, start a GoFundMe campaign, or any other event of your choosing!
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