Dear Work That Reconnects Network Family and Friends,

A couple of days ago, we (Frieda and Paula, the editors of this newsletter) had the pleasure of interviewing two prospective members of the Network’s Communications Committee. These two women, one from the Republic of South Africa and one from Australia, shared with us a bit about their lives and about how the Work That Reconnects has impacted them. We are both from the US, and trading stories about our experiences of the world, in the expansive but interconnected global web of the WTR community, meant a lot. We hope that each of these women chooses to add their unique perspective and skills to our efforts at the Network – and we look forward to introducing each of them to each of you.

See below for opportunities to engage and contribute to the growth of the Network, including the next in our series of Conversation Cafés. Following the beautiful and intimate webinar with Miki Kashtan, Liberation for All: Bringing Tenderness to Conversations about Power and Privilege, we will gather and explore what emerged. We welcome the community to join us.  

In closing, we offer Joanna Macy’s reflection on one of the profound gifts of Work That Reconnects workshop spaces: 

Once again, I experienced it: when we open together to the suffering around us, we become more real to each other. Even in the midst of grief and fear, we are not alone. The mystery at the core of our existence is that simple: we are held in a web of mutual belonging. 

Yours in the Great Turning,

🌀 Work That Reconnects Network Weavers Team
Constance, Frieda, Helen, Jo, Kathleen, Mutima, Paula, Shayontoni and Silvia

Conversation Café on Liberation for All

Friday, December 9
5 – 7pm PST (UTC-8)

Following on from the rich exploration of Liberation for All: Bringing Tenderness to Conversations about Power and Privilege, presented by Miki Kashtan in one of our recent webinars, this Conversation Cafe will give us the opportunity to explore these concepts more deeply and discuss how they can inform our service to the Great Turning, our work as WTR facilitators and participants, and our engagement with co-liberation for all.

Experienced and emerging facilitators, as well as WTR practitioners, are invited to come together to share your insights and learn from your community. 

Save the Date for these Webinars

January 28: Resilience for the Great Unraveling with Richard Heinberg
February 18: Conversation Café
February 25: Systems Thinking, Systems Doing, Systems Being with Felicia Chavez

This is an invitation to co-create, (re)imagine and (re)interpret as well as (re)embrace an emergent (or latent) vocabulary for a deeper sense of connection that reflects our current times and the need for socio-economic, cultural, and environmental change. A vocabulary that also reflects the diverse contexts in which WTR is now being practiced.

You are invited to share with the Deep Times Journal, words you have come across, words that have emerged out of your practice or words from your ancestral or/and indigenous traditions that can help us engage and contribute to the Great Turning. These can be in any language. 

The deadline for submissions to this article and the full journal are December 15, no exceptions. Submissions can be sent to: 
deeptimes@workthatreconnects.org.