Inanna Institute

Inanna Institute was formally established as a Washington nonprofit corporation to support individuals through grief, loss, and life transitions by providing confidential, nonjudgmental listening, peer support, therapeutic arts exploration, and related education.Inanna also seeks to expand access to these supports for individuals impacted by systems of isolation, marginalization, or confinement through a network of trained volunteer partners dedicated to presence, dignity, and compassionate engagement.

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Inanna's first fundraising priority is to build a fund to sustain the longstanding Shanti Inmate Support Project in Washington Corrections Center for Women.

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Image: Representation of Inanna/Ishtar at the exhibition 'Venerated and Feared' at Caixa Forum in Zargoza (Spain) December 2024 to March 2025. Plaque of baked straw-tempered clay. The goddess was originally painted red. Loaned for the exhibition by The Trustees of the British Museum.

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Representation of Inana/Ishtar at the exhibition 'Venerated and Feared' at CaixaForum in Zargoza (Spain) December 2024 to March 2025. Loaned for the exhibition by The Trustees of the British Museum.