Dear WTR Community of Facilitators, Practitioners and Friends, We hope you are safe and healthy wherever you are physically distancing yourself during this COVID-19 pandemic while building social connections. Stay connected virtually! We are stronger and more resilient together. The Work That Reconnects was created for these times. As facilitators and friends of the Work… Read more
Featured Facilitator: Kathleen Rude
Kathleen Rude, MS, is located in Glenview, IL, (near Chicago) on the land of the Potawatomi, Miami and Sioux. She has been involved with the WTR since 2007, when she first began her studies with Joanna. She has been facilitating since 2008 throughout the Midwest and the Rocky Mountain Region, and more recently online. How… Read more
Working safely: tips when using Video Conferencing
With the restrictions due to the COVID-19 pandemic, facilitators of the Work That Reconnects, and many other similar practices have been scrambling to get their offerings online. There are more questions than answers, as we walk in the unchartered territory of working online with emotions and practices that were designed to be “lived” and “embodied”.… Read more
Trabalho Que Reconecta (Work That Reconnects) Brazil
Report by Ormando MN and Polliana Zocche The year of 2019 was a nightmare for ecologists and human rights defenders in Brazil. The criminal fires in the Amazon rainforest to open fields for soja or cattle, the increase of police brutality, the invasion of indigenous land, the abundance of fake news and the lack of… Read more
Work That Reconnects Gathering, May 3 – San Francisco Bay Area
On May 3rd, we will gather as a community to connect with old and new friends, and to strategize about how we can co-evolve the Work and Joanna’s legacy into the future. The Work That Reconnects Network invites all voices and ideas to this gathering. We welcome co-conspirators as we continue to expand the programs… Read more
Active Hope Grows in China
The Work That Reconnects Network recently received this report from Active Hope practitioners, Helen Sui and Sally Wu, on behalf of a group of 21 supporters and 15 translators, who are spreading Active Hope in China. We are very honored to be part of the global news. It will also warm our Chinese community members’ hearts because… Read more
Spiral Journey Facilitator Development Intensive: September 25 – October 4
Advanced Facilitation of the Work That ReconnectsSeptember 25-October 4, 2020 River’s Bend Retreat Center, Mendocino County, California. The heart of this course is a residential 10-day Intensive, with introductory and follow-up webinars. The Intensive will provide for practice facilitation with feedback and in-depth exploration of WTR concepts and the environmental and social crises in the world today, This course… Read more
Galvanized into Action
The Work That Reconnects in Western Australia (WTR WA) The call from the WTR Weavers for Regional Gatherings came at a great time. Two of us were co-convening an Active Hope group, others of us were well established WTR Facilitators and others were long standing activists with connections to Joanna and the WTR going back… Read more
Special Invitation from Joanna Macy – May 2
Join us on May 2 for this book launch celebration! A Wild Love for the WorldJoanna Macy and the Work of Our Time Saturday, May 2nd, 7pmFirst Unitarian Church of Oakland685 14th Street, Oakland, CA Don’t miss this chance to offer a toast to Joanna on her 91st birthday and to celebrate the release of… Read more
New Learning Opportunities – Webinars & Cafes
We are excited to announce that this spring the Work That Reconnects Network will begin offering Webinars and Conversation Cafes to provide a wide range of exciting opportunities to learn together as a global community. Through this online series, we will coordinate and offer rich educational and supportive opportunities for our global community of WTR facilitators,… Read more
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