Join us as Deirdre (Dee) Church helps us explore and grow our own capacity for supporting trans people through direct action. Using her expertise as a clinical therapist, Dee will discuss the pendulum of hyper-activism and burnout that so many activists face, how to slow down our nervous systems to make intentional actions, and how to soften emotional barriers that stop us from embodying our justice-seeking principles.
The word love is like a bucket of many other big words. What is it really? And what’s love got to do with anything? Is it really the superglue that makes everything work? I’ve worked with impassioned leaders and some of them were even dogmatic and perhaps you could say ideological. But the best changemakers and agents of good have always been those who have the ability to change their minds, to be loved and cared for by others, and to make space for trusting the good in others. The ability to give and receive are signifiers of love. Charity…
Joanna Whaley will speak about her experiences with surviving conversion therapy, and how she imagines a day when the spiritual world leads the way in ending the oppression of our fellow humans.