It is an understatement to say that we are in a unique time. A changing time, a time when it feels like galaxies are being formed around us. We are in the midst of a global pandemic, a long-overdue revolution + reckoning around white supremacy in the U.S., and a presidential election cycle that for many feels heavily consequential.

Many of us are asking ourselves how we want to show up in service, in self-love and self-care, in truth, in fierceness, and with our hearts right now. There are also so, so many options for how to do that. So many suggestions that people may be giving us, directly or indirectly, each day. It can get overwhelming.

This is a space to look inside of that swirling array of options and listen to yourself. To give voice to the part of your being that longs for collective liberation, that holds a piece of the dream of what that could be like. This part of you is wise. Let’s take some time to tune into this part together.

This is NOT an educational space about activism, anti-racism, or politics.* This IS a space to synthesize what you have already learned about these topics and what you know of yourself and your needs, and to look inside yourself with this knowledge and come up with a unique plan of how you want to move forward.

<<for many of us - this is a combination of self-care and community care>>.

Sometimes we need to pause, intentionally, and listen to the wisdom that is inside of us. Sometimes we may be looking for answers on the outside that exist in here. So much can happen when we gather together as a group with the intention of collective healing, accountability, and the willingness to listen to ourselves.

This free offering will include

  • time for you to dump all of your ideas + options onto the paper of how you’d like to show up

  • some group sharing of those options

  • a group meditation to connect each of us to the parts of us that are wise and calling us to act

  • time for individual writing for how we want to show up

  • small group sharing of our commitments for witnessing + accountability.

We heal by being seen by others, and we also heal by listening to ourselves.

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Please note that this is a space for all people - BIPOC, white folks, all genders, all abilities. ((please email me if you need an ASL interpreter)). This space will not center whiteness**. Because of the intention to make this a space where all are welcome and can share, we will have a group agreement that it is NOT a space to process any feelings participants have about their privilege. (Although it is vital to acknowledge and take these privileges into account when considering how you will show up!)

Breakout groups in the end will have the option of being divided into affinity groups, with BIPOC folks working with one another and white folks working with one another.

*However, it is important to say that I am actively anti-racist, I believe that our country is founded on white supremacy and that this structure must crumble to make way for what is new and healing, and i do believe that activism is both internal healing + external work. If you disagree with these statements, then this space + my work are likely not a good fit for you.

**As a white person, this is something that I am learning how to do!