Our Mission

Veridia Institute is a patron-supported educational space dedicated to cultivating character, imagination, and stewardship in children through cross-cultural arts and mythology. By sharing enduring stories, symbols, and creative practices, Veridia fosters moral imagination and leadership qualities that strengthen communities across generations.

Programs and Services We Offer

1. Myth and Story Circles
Curated storytelling sessions drawing from global myth traditions to explore themes such as courage, responsibility, loyalty, consequence, and leadership. Sessions are discussion-based and age-appropriate.

2. Creative Arts Workshops
Artistic activities inspired by mythic narratives, including drawing, writing, music, and performance. Workshops encourage reflection on character development and ethical imagination.

3. Cross-Cultural Narrative Curriculum
Development and distribution of structured educational materials that introduce children to enduring stories across civilizations, emphasizing stewardship and thoughtful leadership.

4. Family and Community Learning Gatherings
Small, patron-supported gatherings that foster intergenerational discussion about character, responsibility, and cultural wisdom traditions.

5. Publications and Educational Materials
Creation of story collections, guidebooks, and teaching materials that support character formation and responsible imagination in youth.

Veridia helps nurture moral imagination and responsible leadership in young people through enduring stories and creative practice.

Our Principles:

Imagination. Wisdom. Stewardship

 

Imagination

Imagination is the courage to see beyond what is given, to enter stories and symbols that widen the heart and awaken possibility without losing one’s moral center.

Wisdom

Wisdom is the quiet discernment that weighs consequence across time, choosing what preserves dignity, relationship, and long-term harmony over what is merely immediate.

Stewardship

Stewardship is the steady commitment to care for what has been entrusted to us—people, stories, communities, and futures—with humility, responsibility, and generational awareness.

 
 
Learn More