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Mar
21
Tue
March JEDI Book Club- Braiding Sweetgrass @ Online Via Zoom
Mar 21 @ 7:30 pm – 8:30 pm
For the March JEDI Book Club, we will be reading Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer and discussing it on Mighty Networks. “I give daily thanks for Robin Wall Kimmerer for being a font of endless knowledge, both mental and spiritual.” —RICHARD POWERS, NEW YORK TIMES Braiding Sweetgrass (Oct 13, 2020 edition) | Open Library   Here is the Goodreads Summary: As a botanist, Robin Wall Kimmerer has been trained to ask questions of nature with the tools of science. As a member of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation, she embraces the notion that plants and animals are our oldest teachers. In Braiding Sweetgrass, Kimmerer brings these lenses of knowledge together to show that the awakening of a wider ecological consciousness requires the acknowledgment and celebration of our reciprocal relationship with the rest of the living world. For only when we can hear the languages of other beings are we capable of understanding the generosity of the earth and learning to give our own gifts in return. Register at this link. Please feel welcome to attend, even if you missed earlier book club meetings. This is an open group, and we understand that our lives are busy and not everyone will be able to attend each month! The JEDI Book Club is facilitated by Resilient Activists Brenda Bennett-Pike and Anne Melia. We hope you will join us! Robin Wall Kimmerer - The New School at Commonweal
Also, check out Robin Wall Kimmerer exemplifying what she teaches in her book in this beautiful video made by The Commons KU. GIFTS OF THE LAND | A Guided Nature Tour with Robin Wall Kimmerer | The Commons KU – YouTube    
Mar
28
Tue
Climate Café Gathering: Imperfect Activism @ Online Via Zoom
Mar 28 @ 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm

The Resilient Activist’s

Climate Café

Support as we Navigate Climate Change

March 28, 2022

Imperfect Activism

Fourth Tuesday of each month

6:00-7:30 pm Central

Hosted on our Mighty Networks Online Community via Zoom

Photo of people sitting in a coffee shop or café

At March’s Climate Café on Mighty Networks, there will be time to reflect on our own imperfect activism.

Imperfect activism has many different areas of discussion, including (but not limited to):

  • giving up
  • forgiving yourself and moving forward
  • mistakes of the past
  • lack of knowledge
  • pushing ourselves past our limit
  • self-criticism and guilt
  • not appreciating small victories
  • picking the lesser of two evils

The sun rises and it sets. The water keeps moving. We too must follow the paths of the current of our life. Let’s talk about those sticks in the mud, the rocks, and the falls that we have had to endure while finding our way past.

Painting by Indigo Gilmore, Titled Loss

 

This discussion will be guided by a climate-aware therapist, Ashley Radtke, who is on a mission to support change-makers as they pursue ambitious work while honoring their playful, messy, explorative self. Ashley uses the lens she cultivated as a system-focused therapist to find patterns and context that can boost change or maintain stability in the work of environmental stewardship. (https://www.radtkecounseling.com/ )

This is your best opportunity to connect with a community that gets you, with folks who are experiencing many of the emotions that climate change has brought out in your heart and mind.

There is nothing for you to commit to except to gather your favorite beverage, a journal, find a comfortable spot with your Zoom window open, and just be you.


Meet your friends. Speak your #ClimateTruth.

The idea is simple

Apr
11
Tue
April JEDI Book Club- You’ll Never Believe What Happened to Lacey @ Online Via Zoom
Apr 11 @ 7:30 pm – 8:30 pm

For our April JEDI Book Club, we will be reading, You’ll Never Believe What Happened To Lacey, Crazy Stories About Racism by Amber Ruffin and Lacey Lamar. Here is a link to the Goodreads Summary.

Please note that for April, we will be meeting on April 11th, the 2nd Tuesday of the month, rather than the 3rd Tuesday! 

 

The book is written by writer and performer on Late Night with Seth Meyers Amber Ruffin and her sister Lacey Lamar. They share stories of racism that Lacey faces everyday living in Omaha, Nebraska. While the racism faced by Lacey isn’t really very funny, the book is infused with humor, and some of the stories would be unbelievable if they weren’t true. I really enjoyed the book. It was a fairly quick read, and a nice departure from what we have been reading.

 

(Photo Credit: Goodreads)

Register at this link.

Please feel welcome to attend, even if you missed earlier book club meetings. This is an open group, and we understand that our lives are busy and not everyone will be able to attend each month!

The JEDI Book Club is facilitated by Resilient Activists Brenda Bennett-Pike and Anne Melia. We hope you will join us!

Apr
23
Sun
Introduction to The Four Steps for a Resilient Life @ Online Via Zoom
Apr 23 @ 10:00 am – 10:45 am

Introduction to the

Four Steps for a Resilient Life

Sunday 4/22/23 10 – 10:45 am

EF23s

In this Introduction, you’ll learn all about The Four Steps for a Resilient Life program from The Resilient Activist.

You’ll take away the basic steps to help you align your values and well-being with your activism, learn about opportunities to attend more in-depth workshops, and how you can bring these supportive tools to your organizations or communities of activists.

This workshop offers an empowering journey to cultivate resilience, optimism, and hope in the face of the climate crisis. Participants learn how to practice embodied activism and access support through community-building and deep nature connection strategies.

Practices include:

  • self-care
  • self-reflection
  • reimagining techniques
  • nature connections 
  • noticing where stress or difficulty arises
  • honoring what brings joy and energy into your life

Come learn how to get access to these simple tools that will support your journey of resilience, optimism, and hope today!

 

Picture of a forest with the words Review, Rejoice, Reimaging, Reflect

Apr
25
Tue
Climate Café Gathering: Open Mic for Storytelling, Poetry, and Song @ Online Via Zoom
Apr 25 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm

The Resilient Activist’s

Climate Café

Support as we Navigate Climate Change

April 25, 2022

Open Mic for Storytelling, Poetry, and Song

Fourth Tuesday of each month

6:00-8:00 pm Central

Hosted on our Mighty Networks Online Community via Zoom

Photo of people sitting in a coffee shop or café

This joyous meeting will be for the opening of our voices to each other through storytelling, poetry, and song (voice or instruments).

This meeting will last 2 hours instead of the normal hour and a half. Everyone will have time to share at least 1-2 original pieces (or more!), depending on time. You also are welcome to simply come and listen.

We are excited to express our creativity this month and sing joyously for the coming of spring!

Photo by Indigo Gilmore

 

Guidelines for Climate Café Open Mic

  • Take risks. There is no judgment here.
  • We will have time for reflection and conversation after each performance.
  • We will popcorn from act to act and once everyone has performed, we will have another chance for more to be shared.
  • We are respectful of others’ unique voices.
  • We listen and are interested in each other’s views, and we don’t try to impose our own.
  • Silence is fine. Performance is not required.
  • Tears and all emotions have a place.
  • Performances are not recorded.

This is your best opportunity to connect with a community that gets you, with folks who are experiencing many of the emotions that climate change has brought out in your heart and mind.

There is nothing for you to commit to except to gather your prepared piece, find a comfortable spot with your Zoom window open, and just be you. We can’t wait to share and connect with you.

Apr
29
Sat
Nature Celebration at the Heartland Overlook Preserve
Apr 29 @ 10:00 am – 2:00 pm

Nature Celebration at the Heartland Overlook Preserve

Photo Credit: HCA

 

“Participants can come and go from 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. and explore the interactive environmental education booths led by Heartland Conservation Alliance’s partners.” The Resilient Activist will be one of the booths you will see there!

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Photo Credit: HCA

“We invite all visitors to join one of the guided hikes, which will run every 30 minutes, and give you the opportunity to collect the valuable, scientific data for the City Nature Challenge.

New to iNaturalist? We’ll have someone on site ready to help you out.

Dress for the weather and wear shoes you are comfortable hiking in. Everyone is welcome, including furry friends, to come and enjoy a day in nature!”

Register Here

& check out Heartland Conservation Alliance’s event webpage for more information!

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May
4
Thu
The Four Steps for a Resilient Life Workshop @ Online Via Zoom
May 4 @ 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm

The Four Steps for a Resilient Life program from The Resilient Activist offers an empowering journey to cultivate resilience, optimism, and hope in the face of the climate crisis. Through this program, you will learn how to practice embodied activism and access support through community-building and deep nature connection strategies.

Practices include:

  • self-care
  • self-reflection
  • reimagining techniques
  • nature connections 
  • noticing where stress or difficulty arises
  • honoring what brings joy and energy into your life

This program will help equip you with the tools to reduce, reframe, and release activities that no longer bring joy into your life, allowing time and resources to be directed toward more joyful, rewarding, and sustainable actions. By reflecting on your life activities with clarity of intention and self-compassion, you are already taking the first step to creating a more resilient life.

Through the resources and support of this program, you will gain insights into creating an environment that aligns with your values, welcomes connection and joy, and encourages hope for the future. Get ready to start your journey of resilience, optimism, and hope today!

Picture of a forest with the words Review, Rejoice, Reimaging, Reflect

May
16
Tue
May JEDI Book Club- Grandmother’s Hands @ Online Via Zoom
May 16 @ 7:30 pm – 8:30 pm

For our May book club, we will be reading, My Grandmother’s Hands: Racialized Trauma and the Pathway to Mending Our Hearts and Bodies by Resmaa Menakem. This book is not an easy read, but it deeply impacted me in the way that it talks about how the trauma of slavery and racism impacts white, black, and police bodies.

Goodreads says, “In this groundbreaking work, therapist Resmaa Menakem examines the damage caused by racism in America from the perspective of body-centered psychology. He argues this destruction will continue until Americans learn to heal the generational anguish of white supremacy, which is deeply embedded in all our bodies. Our collective agony doesn’t just affect African Americans. White Americans suffer their own secondary trauma as well. So do blue Americans—our police.”

Here is the link to the full description by Goodreads.

Register at this link.

Please feel welcome to attend, even if you missed earlier book club meetings. This is an open group, and we understand that our lives are busy and not everyone will be able to attend each month!

The JEDI Book Club is facilitated by Resilient Activists Brenda Bennett-Pike and Anne Melia. We hope you will join us!

 

 

(Photo Credit: Goodreads)

Jun
3
Sat
The Four Steps for a Resilient Life Workshop @ Online Via Zoom
Jun 3 @ 9:00 am – 11:00 am

The Four Steps for a Resilient Life program from The Resilient Activist offers an empowering journey to cultivate resilience, optimism, and hope in the face of the climate crisis. Through this program, you will learn how to practice embodied activism and access support through community-building and deep nature connection strategies.

Practices include:

  • self-care
  • self-reflection
  • reimagining techniques
  • nature connections 
  • noticing where stress or difficulty arises
  • honoring what brings joy and energy into your life

This program will help equip you with the tools to reduce, reframe, and release activities that no longer bring joy into your life, allowing time and resources to be directed toward more joyful, rewarding, and sustainable actions. By reflecting on your life activities with clarity of intention and self-compassion, you are already taking the first step to creating a more resilient life.

Through the resources and support of this program, you will gain insights into creating an environment that aligns with your values, welcomes connection and joy, and encourages hope for the future. Get ready to start your journey of resilience, optimism, and hope today!

Picture of a forest with the words Review, Rejoice, Reimaging, Reflect

Jul
17
Mon
The Four Steps for a Resilient Life Workshop @ Online Via Zoom
Jul 17 @ 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm

The Four Steps for a Resilient Life program from The Resilient Activist offers an empowering journey to cultivate resilience, optimism, and hope in the face of the climate crisis. Through this program, you will learn how to practice embodied activism and access support through community-building and deep nature connection strategies.

Practices include:

  • self-care
  • self-reflection
  • reimagining techniques
  • nature connections 
  • noticing where stress or difficulty arises
  • honoring what brings joy and energy into your life

This program will help equip you with the tools to reduce, reframe, and release activities that no longer bring joy into your life, allowing time and resources to be directed toward more joyful, rewarding, and sustainable actions. By reflecting on your life activities with clarity of intention and self-compassion, you are already taking the first step to creating a more resilient life.

Through the resources and support of this program, you will gain insights into creating an environment that aligns with your values, welcomes connection and joy, and encourages hope for the future. Get ready to start your journey of resilience, optimism, and hope today!

Picture of a forest with the words Review, Rejoice, Reimaging, Reflect


Speakers Bureau Presentations

The Resilient Activist’s Speakers Bureau offers educational and inspiring presentations and workshops designed to help audiences better understand how they can be a part of creating a healthier planet in ways that also support our well-being.  Check out our Speakers Bureau Presentations page for a detailed list of topics.

Speaker Sami Aaron: Reconnecting to nature


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