Dear Work That Reconnects Network Family and Friends,

The latest Deep Times journal gives us many glimpses into how the Work That Reconnects is evolving around the world. A couple of pieces in particular caught our eye.

In Earth-grief: Conversations for revealing and healing our kinship, Bridget Woods shares elements of a workshop series in South Africa, in which ritual rooted in African traditions wove together with practices long treasured within the Work That Reconnects.

日本でのアクティブ・ホープ〜福島への旅を通して, に 田嶋真紀 (Active Hope in Japan, by Maki Tajima) describes the Fukushima Learning Journeys, in which WTR practices provide a structure for receiving, and learning from, the stories of those directly affected by the ongoing nuclear power plant disaster.

Also in Deep Times, The Seer & the Believer, a poem by Shayontoni Ghosh from Hyderabad, India, describes the sacred space offered through the welcome presence of a neighborhood tree.

Shayontoni, a volunteer Weaver with the WTR Network since April, has accepted a position as a member of our paid administrative staff, joining Silvia, Jo and Frieda. She has just the skill set our team needs, and will continue to offer her wisdom and perspective as a valued member of our leadership team. Shayontoni stepped up to facilitate a recent WTR Spiral for our core team. In two swiftly passing hours, she guided us through the Spiral in a simple and creative way. We reflected on the many ways in which we each, in her words, “cultivate power for the community” in our efforts for the Great Turning. 

Helen Sui, also a volunteer Network Weaver, recently led a weekend WTR workshop in Suzhou, China. She tells about the weekend, and the recent development of the WTR in China, in the article below.

Joanna Macy shares from her heart in a deeply felt conversation with Vicki Robin on the latest What Could Possibly Go Right? podcast from Post Carbon Institute. The conversation is an absolute delight, and it is profoundly moving to hear her articulate, in some new ways, the fruits of a passionate and enduring love affair with the gift of life. To listeners of all ages, she says: follow your emotions, they open the door.

Yours in the Great Turning,

🌀 WTR Network Weavers Team
Constance, Frieda, Helen, Jo, Kathleen, Mutima, Paula, Shayontoni and Silvia

Love, Rage, Rebel: Climate Activism and the Great Turning
a Work That Reconnects Network Webinar
with Margo van Greta and Tom Deacon

Wednesday November 9, 2022
11am-1pm PST (UTC-7)

In this webinar we explore how the three dimensions relate to each other, and how bringing them forward through Work that Reconnects inspired sessions can build trust, courage and resilience in movements for climate justice. We include recent examples and insights from the UK where we hold experiential sessions based on the Work That Reconnects in-service of climate activist movements including Extinction Rebellion and Just Stop Oil. We also give space for you to reflect where you are personally at in the Great Turning, and share your experiences with likeminded people from all over the planet.

Liberation for All: Bringing Tenderness to Conversations about Power and Privilege
a Work That Reconnects Network Webinar
with Miki Kashtan

Saturday, November 19
11 AM to 1 PM PDT (UTC -8)

When engaging with topics of power and privilege, would you like for everyone who has experienced impacts across power differences to be heard and engaged with deeply? Are you longing for people with access to resources, relational power, or societal privilege to leave such conversations with growing capacity and insight?
 
This webinar is designed to look at how we can move in this direction and transform such conversations even while the systems we live in are unchanged. This webinar mixes dense content with interactive engagement so that learning arises within what people bring with them to the table.

Save the Date for upcoming Webinars

December 3: Systems Thinking, Doing, Being with Felicia Chavez
December 9: Conversation Café on Power and Privilege
January 28: Resilience for the Great Unraveling with Richard Heinberg

Helen Sui and her colleagues in China have continued offering Work That Reconnects workshops in person, when Covid protocols allow, including one in September. They include many traditional WTR practices, including the Elm Dance. They have noticed some new developments over the past three years and would like to share them with the world.

For the next issue of Deep Times, to be published at the March 2023 Equinox, the editorial team has decided to have an open theme. We have many submissions on hand from past issues (which didn’t quite fit previous themes) that we’d like to share. Moreover, some of you may have responses to articles and poems in previous issues, or the themes of previous issues, that you would like to submit. So please do! For the first few issues of our journal, we didn’t have themes, although one nearly always emerged. So that may happen this time, too.

We really enjoyed the bi-lingual submissions we received for the September 2022 issue and welcome submissions from around the world in your mother tongue as well as in English translation. We especially want to feature People of the Global Majority and youth writers and artists.

Did you know that we have over 200 WTR Network Facilitator Members as part of our community? Find experienced facilitators in your region here. Learn about their backgrounds, special interests, and offerings. Looking to become a facilitator? Learn how here. In the meantime, please join us in welcoming these recently registered Facilitators: 

Amy Lister: I am called to do this work because it is at the intersection of what the world needs most right now and where my gifts lie making it the best form of service for my head, hands, heart and soul to engage in for the sake of the planet and all living beings – past, present and future.
Languages: English, French  Location: Toronto, Canada
Web: tickettailor.com/events/spiralcentre/ and amylister.ca/
FB: @spiralcentrecoaching  |  LI: @amy-lister

Carola García: I experienced for myself first how working with the spiral helped me to deal with my own confusion, frustration and fear about the world and the climate change emergency. I also incorporated the spiral as a way of inner inquiry and personal transformation when dealing with difficulties in daily life. 
Languages: English, Spanish  Location: A Coruña, Spain
Web: mindfulnessvivendi.com/ecosocial/  |  IG: @carolagarciadiaz

Emeric Dupont: Très tôt sensibilisé à l'avenir de l'écosystème, mais aussi psychothérapeute et formé à toutes sortes d'outils qui me permettent de me connecter avec moi-même et l'impulsion de prendre soin du vivant. Le processus TQR s'inscrit parfaitement dans cette volonté à la fois puissante et profonde d'aider à calmer et à stimuler les consciences face à la perspective écrasante de l'effondrement.
Languages: English, French  Location: Montmorency, France

Linda Aspey: My love of the earth and all the beings that live in it has only been enriched by my own WTR journey, and I hope that by my sharing this passion, others will feel more connected, inspired, and hopeful.
Languages: English, French  Location: Grenoble, France
Web: aspey.com/  |  TW: @LindaAspey  |  LI: @lindaaspey/