Strawberry Wisdom
Mission:
Strawberry Wisdom, Inc. is formed for the purpose of helping to promote and sustain the health and wellness of residents across New York State, with focus on Western New York and Hudson Valley, by offering support, guidance, capacity building and training in the delivery of restorative practices, storytelling approaches, and connection to land-based practices that uplift mental health and strengthen community connections.
“Strawberry Wisdom” is inspired in part by Krissy’s great grandmother Clara, who, after being forced to participate in Carlisle Indian Boarding School, wrote a letter back to the school and sent a basket of strawberries to the current students.
In the Haudenosaunee Confederacy’s cultural cosmovision, strawberries are the “leaders of the fruit” in the Words Before All Else; the native plant, which grows wild throughout the homelands of the Confederacy, is known as powerful heart medicine. All of our programs are thus orientated towards heart medicine.
Upcoming projects
MORBS Book Project
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MORBS Digital Guidebook
THE MORBIES PROJECT
MORBIES is a plain‑language way to name the “Morbie moment” when grief around death (both impending and that post-death moment) collides with institutional frozen systems—and to solve it. The MORBS framework turns that chaos into parallel action: one track for care, one for unfreezing finances, devices, and accounts, paced by seasonal checkpoints and guided by diverse prompts. Outcome: shared clarity, fewer roadblocks, and a practical path that participants - from individuals to families to friendship networks - can actually walk.