Rest in Conversation with Nia Ariel Davis Sigona – Rest Calls for Us to Reimagine

In this special live-recorded episode from the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation’s 54th Annual Legislative Conference, host Dana Tenille Weekes sits with Nia Ariel Davis Sigona to explore the relationship between rest and reimagining. 

With deep wisdom, poetic reflection, and practical insight, Dana and Nia show us how reclaiming imagination isn’t naïve—it’s necessary.

What You’ll Settle Into

• The power and necessity of reimagining in adulthood.
• How reimagining is a way to world-build and live differently, especially when you have few or no models to reference.
• How rest helps to cultivate the courage to stay connected to your agency when tested.
• A guided, transformative writing exercise with two prompts to choose from: values or dream. You’ll then be guided through a five-step revisioning process to help bring your writing to life and to decide the first small step to make your written word real.

Key Quotes & Insights

“What is a value you tell people you want to hold, but have been afraid to actually live?”

“What is the moment when you’ve popped your dream could, and you’re fully living in it?”

Mentions

Video recording of The Rest of Us podcast at the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation’s Annual Legislative Conference

Nia Ariel Davis Sigona is the executive coach and advisor behind Root + Bloom Strategies, a social impact agency helping leaders break down silos and collaborate for systems change.

An attorney by training and advocate at heart, Nia brings over 15 years of experience in executive leadership, policy, and advocacy across nonprofits and government. With her expertise in gathering changemakers to translate their good intent into collective impact, she helps mission-driven leaders develop skills, strategies, and systems to drive meaningful change.

LENGTH: 32 minutes