H.A.G.S. Collective Inc
HEAL-ART-GROW-SUSTAINABILITY
H.A.G.S. Collective Inc
HEAL-ART-GROW-SUSTAINABILITY
The H.A.G.S. Collective Inc. empowers rural women, non-binary people, and families affected by domestic violence through healing, art, growth, and sustainability. We turn waste into opportunity and isolation into belonging by creating safe, inclusive spaces for creativity, learning, and community resilience.
Saint Wilgefortis, a legendary female folk saint known for growing a beard to avoid an unwanted marriage and being crucified by her angry father. Also known as St. Uncumber or St. Liberata, she was a patron saint of women in unhappy marriages and a protector against abusive husbands, although her cult, based on a misunderstanding of religious art, was officially removed from the Catholic Church's list of saints in 1969.
The H.A.G.S. Collective has been busy building community from the ground up — creating a local gardening crew to help with garden chores, exploring native orchid sites and documenting their growth, doing a recce at the tip to plan a reuse and clothes share hub for domestic violence survivors, applying for grants, and hosting gatherings where ideas and support can grow together.