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Interhelp Newsletter May 2020
Dear Interhelpers and friends,Earth Leadership Cohorts are immersions for young adult leaders in the Work That Reconnects. Supporting these efforts has been one of the joys, for me, of Interhelp participation over the last several years.The fifth Earth Leadership Cohort convened in August of last year, met again in October at Interhelp Fall Weekend and concluded […]
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Drop-in Online Practice Group
Drop-in Practice Group: Feeling what we feel together with Anne Goodwin For the next 4 weeks, I will be offering a Work That Reconnects practice and support group for the Interhelp community. My intention is to create a space to be real, to feel what we feel, and to build our sense of personal and community […]
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March 2020 Newsletter
I begin with a question: what do you suppose might bring together COVID-19, Grace Lee Boggs, patriarchy and white supremacy, Audre Lorde – and washing our hands? The answer: Dori Midnight’s poem, “Wash your hands.” She begins: We are humans relearning to wash our hands. Washing our hands is an act of love Washing our […]
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Announcement March 2020
We (members of the Council) have received feedback about how white-dominant Interhelp events are, and also on the high impact of that factor, as well as racism in general, in Interhelp spaces – especially on black, indigenous, and people of color. We have made the choice to act on that feedback and move toward healing, […]
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Day of Conversation, February 2
Let’s begin the new decade together in community at the annual Interhelp Day of Conversation. We will journey through the Spiral of the Work That Reconnects, with a focus on the theme “power over / power with.” Join us on February 2, 9:30-4 in Cambridge, MA. There will be ample time to renew acquaintances, perhaps […]
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November 2019 Newsletter
Dear Interhelpers and friends, As I write this, on the fourth Thursday of November, members of area Native American tribes, and their supporters from the four directions, are gathered in Plymouth, MA, for the National Day of Mourning. I join them in bringing to mind the genocide of millions of Native people, the theft of Native […]
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Boston Globe article, November 8, 2019
We can’t stop thinking about climate change, either. Here’s a rough guide to coping. By Jenni Todd This article highlights the value of the Work That Reconnects for people struggling with “climate grief” and anxiety. Anne Goodwin of Arlington, MA was interviewed. Here’s the link to the Globe website; for those who can’t access the […]
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Interhelp Newsletter, July 2019
Dear Interhelpers and friends, We open this newsletter with link to a new video of Joanna Macy, in a Q and A with Jem Bendell of Deep Adaptation Forum. I am inspired by her fresh articulation, and heartened to see that Joanna, at age 90, continues to contribute her vibrant thinking and leadership. Watch here. Interhelp’s second Community Practice […]
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Earth Leadership Cohort V forming!
A fifth Earth Leadership Cohort – an immersion in the Work That Reconnects for young adults ages 18-30 – will convene this fall. The cohort will meet in September, October and again in November in western Massachusetts. The October meeting will be intergenerational, with the group joining the annual Interhelp weekend at Woolman Hill. Participants from the […]
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Interhelp Newsletter, April 2019
Dear Interhelpers and friends, As I write this, a flat of pansies sits outside my door, awaiting planting when the garden finally dries out enough. It’s so wet here. But nothing like in some other places: areas of Iran, Mozambique, the Midwest US. A couple of resources have helped me comprehend and think strategically about this […]
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