Free Online - Sat, January 17 - 10:00-11:30 am PST/1:00-2:30 EST
Emergen(t)cy Meeting
Stay awake. Stay resourced. Stay together.
with Sarah Nahar and Lydia Violet Harutoonian
Come on in.
This Saturday from 10 to 11:30am online, join Sarah Nahar and Lydia Violet for an Emergen(t)cy Meeting in response to the accelerating violence of the state, from ICE killings here in the U.S. to the ongoing uprising in Iran. When repression intensifies, and grief comes fast and heavy, we need spaces that help us stay awake without burning out and discern how to respond with integrity, courage, and care. This is an ongoing practice, and we are here for it.
We will draw on Joanna Macy’s Work That Reconnects to tend our spirits and ground our nervous systems, practicing holding the times together. Alongside this, Sarah will share concrete ways to plug into collective action to help our outrage move from isolated to organized. Come however you be, and we’ll have some space for questions and collective ideation.
The Speakers
Sarah Nahar
M.Div., Ph.D.,
Is a nonviolent action trainer, WTR facilitator, and interspiritual theologian. An emerging expert of Excreta Infrastructure Technologies, her doctoral work centers on ecological regeneration, community cultivation, and discard studies. Previously, Sarah was a 2019 Rotary Peace Fellow and worked at the Martin Luther King, Jr. Center in Atlanta, Georgia. She has been the Executive Director of Community Peacemaker Teams, an organization committed to building partnerships to transform violence and oppression worldwide. She attended Spelman College, majoring in Comparative Women’s Studies and International Studies, minoring in Spanish. She has an MDiv from Anabaptist Mennonite Biblical Seminary in her hometown.
Lydia Violet
Is an Iranian-Armenian-American facilitator, public speaker, and musician devoted to inner and outer ecological renewal and cultural healing. She is a scholar in Joanna Macy's work, with over 16 years of collaboration with Macy, facilitating The Work That Reconnects across many communities, weaving together systems thinking, deep ecology, and emotional resilience in the face of global crisis.
Lydia is the founder of the School for The Great Turning, a learning community where activism and spiritual practice meet. With training in community organizing and trauma-informed facilitation, she offers grounded emotional support to individuals and communities navigating burnout, grief, and the psychological weight of living in socio-ecological crises.
