collective Care
in a time of rising fascism
How do we take care of ourselves and one another in these dangerous times?
Sessions
Being a Body in Community
Preparing Ourselves
Dealing with Fear
Boundaries and Nourishment
Polarization
Love in a Time of Hate
In this series of six workshops, we learn embodied practices that sustain spiritual grounding and provide individual and community resources for the long haul.
We explore skills that help us build relationships and support a practice community for collective liberation.
The program draws from politicized somatics, active mindfulness, art,
ritual, and group sharing.
When: Six Thursdays, April 10 to May 15, 4 pm – 6pm
Where: 932 Balmoral (United Commons, formally First Met)
Accessibility: All genders washroom, walker and wheelchair accessible (no automated doors)
Cost: Sliding scale $20-$90 - includes snacks and art supplies
Host: Abbey church
Facilitators
Denise Nadeau is a movement therapist, somatic educator, practical theologian, and activist whose work for the past twenty-five years combines expressive art therapies and spiritual practices in the repair of racist, sexist and colonial violence (denisenadeau.org). She is of Western European ancestry from Quebec and currently resides as an uninvited visitor in lək̓ʷəŋən territories.
Karen Fraser Gitlitz (she/her) is an art therapist at creativeupwelling.com and a community minister with the Unitarian Universalists . Her experience includes community art making and ritual as well as building bridges between spiritual and secular justice communities. A cis-gendered person of European descent, Karen is an uninvited guest on the lands of the W̱SÁNEĆ people.
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