Building Capacity for Hope-As-Action

The goal for this session is for us to be more resourced to carry the weight of our caring by reconnecting with what is true for and sustains each of us. In a culture that asks us to do more and do it faster, regardless of the emotional weight of the context, it's often difficult to find space to pause, name what we're experiencing, and access practices and strategies that both honor these feelings and help us move through them to a place of strength and possibility.

Over the course of the afternoon, we will facilitate an intentional progression of Work That Reconnects teachings and practices that integrate deep ecology, systems thinking, engaged Buddhism, and indigenous wisdom traditions to empower us to be able to both hold our pain for the world and move through it towards wise action.

By slowing down, reconnecting to our bodies, and using our imaginations to connect with future generations, we will gift ourselves the time and space to connect anew with the truths alive in each of us.

Facilitators

Hanna Jertz (she/her) and Rebecca Sampson (she/her) both found their way to facilitation through careers in sustainability, recognizing how fundamental our inner and interpersonal capacities are to doing this important and complex work well. They have both trained in the Art of Hosting and the Work That Reconnects, and together bring additional skills and experience related to various fields, including coaching, anti-oppression and liberation work, entrepreneurship, permaculture, systems thinking, and social, climate and imagination activism. An intergenerational duo, both carry a developed sense of intercultural awareness borne from their bicultural identities. As science-loving animists, they are ignited by what becomes possible when we recognize our inseparability from the living world.

Practicalities

Date & Time: Sunday 28 June, session runs 13:00 - 16:00, please arrive by 12:45

Location: Centrum EMMA, Cremerstraat 245/247, Utrecht (approximately 15-20 min walk from Utrecht CS - please see website for route description and parking options)

Language & Accessibility: The event will be hosted in English and we are able to offer occasional support with Dutch as needed. Weather permitting, we will be outside in the garden with some structures for shade or rain. The facilities at Centrum EMMA are not wheelchair accessible. If you have any questions or requests about accessibility before registering, please contact us via this form.

Pricing

As part of our commitment to spreading community- and care-based alternatives to transactional capitalism, we are practicing sliding scale and transparent pricing. We want this work to be accessible to all who feel called to participate. And we want to make such work the basis for our own livelihoods.

For support in self-assessing your financial capacity, here is a framework developed by the Spiral Journey team.

Solidarity - 20 euros - For those experiencing financial scarcity or insecurity.

Reciprocity - 40 euros - Ensures event expenses, including venue and materials, are covered.

Abundance - 60+ euros - If you have financial comfort and can support the work we've put into creating and hosting this event.

Additional donations are also welcome.

Event photo credit: Steve Hillebrand/US Fish & Wildlife Service, Qik'rtaq (Kodiak Island, Alaska)