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December 2016 Newsletter
Dear Interhelpers and friends, Here we are in the dark time of year. Hearing and sharing good news (as we received yesterday about DAPL) brightens us. And, in an intimate sort of way, so does sharing of our sorrows. “When we open together to the suffering around us, we become more real to each other. […]
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Summer 2016 Newsletter
Dear Interhelpers and Friends, First of all, I want to thank each of you for your work toward a sane and peaceful world. In recognition of the unceasing efforts made by so many, the theme for this year’s Interhelp Gathering will be “Holding Each Other in the Great Turning.” We will offer a space to […]
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Dunk, Dunk, Brew
Carol Harley As I paddle through summer heat and humidity, the freshness of April’s workshop continues to reverberate. I cherish the people who showed up! (see Facebook pictures here) and the work we did together as part of the At The Crossroads of Environmental and Social Justice five-day immersion in the Work That Reconnects. I loved the leadership […]
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Facilitation Deepening
Upcoming in September: The Interhelp Facilitator Development and Deepening Action Circle is offering an opportunity to attend Joanna Macy’s five-day program at Rowe Camp and Conference Center, with meetings on site prior to and following the program. Work That Reconnects Facilitation Deepening with “World as Lover, World as Self”: The Theory and Practice of the Work that […]
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Interhelp Newsletter, April 2016
Dear Interhelpers and Friends, It’s been a busy few months. Some of us have “danced the Spiral” or “sung the Spiral”; some have met with support groups and Communities of Practice; and others have helped to launch the online publication Deep Times: A Journal of the Work That Reconnects. Over the years I have published […]
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An Open Letter to Janet White
Dear Janet, Remember when I worked for you in the house on Midland Street? The whir of the phototypesetting machine expelling its 40th galley of the week, the aroma of hot wax in the air? The two of us companionably in your small studio, cutting, repositioning rectangles of photo paper and rubbing them down to […]
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Interhelp Newsletter, January 31, 2016
Dear Interhelpers and Friends, January’s Interhelp Day of Conversation was everything we could have hoped for and more. The morning’s journey through the Spiral set us up well for a focused and productive afternoon. See details below. Out of this day together arose a desire improve our ability to network with each other. In support […]
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Two Great Opportunities in 2016
Wonderful news! A third Earth Leadership Cohort is in the works. Who do you know ages 18-30 who could benefit from participating? Application deadline is February 15. Click here for all the info. And, by request, a residential workshop this spring in eastern MA: At the Crossroads of Environmental & Social Justice–Showing up for Earth and Each Other A five-day Work That […]
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On Not Knowing
by Michael Rice It was an hour-and-a-half before sunset on a mild Fall afternoon. I was heading down a moderate hillside on a lumber road from the top of Woolman Hill in Deerfield, Massachusetts, in an easterly direction. At the near horizon was another ridge, covered with trees up the entire slope of that ridge. […]
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