KAILEA ROSE LOFTEN & KATE ROSE WEINER

Copperfield's Books is honored to welcome Kailea Rose Loften and Kate Rose Weiner to Petaluma for the launch of their critical new book - Compassion in Crisis: Building Disaster-Resilient Communities.

They will be joined in conversation by Natasha Juliana, co-founder of Cool Petaluma.

Join us for a reading and warm discussion followed by an audience Q&A and book signing.

This is a free event. Registration required for seating.

A vibrant and holistic grassroots guide to disaster preparedness that builds community resilience.

polycrisis noun /'pa: .li, krai.sis/
a time of great disagreement, confusion, or suffering caused by many different crises occurring simultaneously and amplifying one another.

How do we live in the age of disaster? In this updated and expanded guide to collective crisis preparedness, Kailea and Kate, organizers and coeditors for the book and magazine publisher Loam, share community-shaped strategies on how to practically navigate the challenges posed by overlapping catastrophes--be they environmental, economic, political, or otherwise.

Help is here for our bodies, hearts, minds, and shared homes. By amplifying resources for resilience, the authors underscore preparedness as a constant, communal practice. They offer inspiration from frontline organizers who help their communities prepare for emergencies, demonstrate how to envision probable futures after upheaval, and showcase people-powered projects that nurture collective regeneration. With engaging prompts, concise checklists, and heartfelt advice, Compassion in Crisis helps its readers build and sustain the durable mutual aid networks necessary for rapid response in the face of disaster.

This is your invitation into the lifelong work of caring for our Earth and one another as we all find our way through the polycrisis.

Author: Kailea Rose Loften is a mother of Tahltan, Kaska, and Black American ancestry. She is coeditor for the community publisher Loam and has guided climate change policy with an emphasis on Indigenous rights, previously serving as a Climate Commissioner for the City of Petaluma, California. You can contact her through kailealoften.com.

Kate Rose Weiner is a writer, editor, and publisher working at the intersections of culture and climate justice. She is coeditor of Loam and director of Loam Library, a mobile library committed to bringing the power of print to the people. Weiner's work is shaped by her studies in environmental art, social practice, and community herbalism.

Natasha Juliana grew up playing in the redwood forest and wondering at the miracle of the Milky Way. Her active imagination and love of building led to a career in architecture, lots of creative volunteer work, and the founding of an award-winning coworking space and community hub in Petaluma focused on the sharing of resources and ideas. Trained by Al Gore as a Climate Reality Leader in 2017, she began pivoting her career toward climate work. In January 2022, she co-founded Cool Petaluma, a grassroots nonprofit inspiring climate action through community building. As the Director, her goal is to create replicable and adaptable models to share with other communities in order to create the culture shift needed to protect the planet for future generations.

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