Nakachi Clark-Kasimu

Nakachi Clark-Kasimu is a multifaceted artist, educator, and facilitator whose work bridges transformative justice, education, and creative expression. With nearly two decades of experience, she has cultivated a unique approach to healing and accountability, drawing from her deep engagement with education, Buddhism, death care, and the arts.

As a Co-Executive Director of the Embodiment Project (EP), Nakachi activates her vow to alleviate the suffering of all beings with her expertise in organizational development to foster nonviolent leadership within a worker-self-directed nonprofit. As Program Manager of EP’s Soledad Arts Project inside Soledad State Prison (CTF), Nakachi works with facilitators from The Ahimsa Collective and members of the Cemanahuac Cultural Group, an anti-racist and intergenerational group created and led by people living inside CTF, at the intersections of Kingian Nonviolence, contemporary Black social dance, and performance poetry to create pathways toward healing, accountability, and collective transformation. Through embodied practice and storytelling, she helps cultivate spaces where participants can process harm, reclaim agency, and build community rooted in nonviolence and creative expression.

Nakachi’s dedication to restorative justice is rooted in her experience as a Black Teacher Project Fellow (2019–2022), where she deepened her advocacy for educational equity and healing-centered engagement. Through this work, she developed strategies to create inclusive learning spaces that honor the lived experiences of Black educators and students.

Her facilitation style is further shaped by her involvement in the Fierce Vulnerability Network Bay Area, where she has engaged in community-based approaches to conflict resolution and healing. This experience has strengthened her ability to hold space for difficult conversations, support accountability processes, and guide individuals and groups toward collective liberation.

Nakachi’s work embodies a commitment to radical empathy, community care, and transformative justice. Whether through education, creative practice, or direct engagement in healing spaces, she continues to cultivate pathways for connection, repair, and liberation.