Darcy Ottey

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Darcy Ottey (she/they) is a facilitator, educator, researcher, and ritual practitioner. The descendant of Quaker settlers, British coalminers, and Ukrainian peasants, land-based cultural practices have been part of Darcy’s life since her youth. Through projects including Re-Calling Our Ancestors, Nourishing Futures, and Rites and Responsibilities, Darcy devotes her life energy to deconstructing dominant pathways into and through adulthood and offering healing alternatives rooted in ancestry, body, land, culture, and accountable relationships. She loves dancing, learning to make Slavic folks dolls, and preserving food and plant medicines. Her book, Rites and Responsibilities: A Guide to Growing Up, was published in 2022 by Lost Borders Press, and she's currently a PhD student in Peace and Conflict Studies at the University of Innsbruck, Austria.