Saturday, November 23 | 10am PT / 11am MT / Noon CT / 1pm ET
[2 hour session]
For many, living a meaningful life includes personal development, contributing to the improvement of the lives of others, and preservation of the natural world.
The current external environmental, economic, political, and social crises present enormous challenges for concerned activists to feel that their/our work can make real, positive change. These overlapping crises often led to feelings of anger, grief, despair, and other very difficult emotions.
Feelings of isolation, overwhelm, and a sense of hopelessness that meaningful external change is possible are very discouraging and can easily lead to burnout and feeling unable to act.
Join us as we explore ways to avoid getting stuck in painful emotions. Learn how to work with them and transform them into liberatory action.
Facilitators
George Friday is one of the original founders of Move to Amend. They work with grassroots community and national organizations providing leadership development and skills training ranging from strategic planning and organizing to fundraising, marketing, and community building. George’s work particularly focuses on communication, oppression, change, and the role of privilege in transforming power dynamics, fostering broad, deep economic and social justice change.
Tara Ingram, a member of MTA's National Board, was born and raised in Northern California and currently lives in Sacramento. She is a psychotherapist and is passionate about meeting each individual where they are and helping them find relief from their suffering. Her education was grounded in a cross-discipline curriculum which included sociology, political liberation theory, and earth-based indigenous healing models.
Jason Bayless is a Board Member of Move to Amend and Democracy Unlimited. He’s a seasoned social justice activist with over two decades of dedicated advocacy for animal rights, farmworker families, and broader systemic change toward a more equitable society. He is also the founder of A Radical Guide (Radical-Guide.com), a comprehensive platform spotlighting radical history, locations, and people devoted to creating transformative social change. His leadership in A Radical Guide has been crucial in building a global network of activists, fostering community-building initiatives, and amplifying the efforts of those striving for liberation and justice.
Greg Coleridge is Co-Director of Move to Amend. He previously worked for more than three decades with the American Friends Service Committee (a Quaker related organization) in Ohio where he educated, advocated and organized on a range of justice, peace, environmental and democracy issues -- including organizing a community-wide gathering of reflection and support following 9/11.
This is the launch of the what will become the new Movement Education Program (MEP) session!