Whether long-time activist, new legal observer or distressed householder or caregiver, the occupation of the Twin Cities by ICE has made us new people: we are seeing, and doing, unprecedented things. Many of us are taking on risk, our levels of cortisol are up; whether patrolling or providing family support, we're metabolizing anxiety and holding great sadness.

This "Active Hope" workshop will allow you, in community, to name your agitations and feelings, affirm your commitments, and practice how to re-regulate and find ground despite the ongoing storms. Using the Work That Reconnects group process developed over 50 years by Joanna Macy, you will befriend the "active hope" you already carry within, and recognize your capacities for co-creating the future we need.

Beth Cleary, lead facilitator, is trained in the Active Hope process and a founding member of Twin Cities Work That Reconnects (TCWTR). She regularly leads WTR workshops at Unity Church-Unitarian and East Side Freedom Library. Peytie McCandless, co-facilitator, is an emerging facilitator of the Work That Reconnects. She is also a performer, singer, teacher, Global Somatics(TM) Practitioner, and, of course, our very own Office Administrator!

Image: "The Spiral" by Dori Midnight.