
Penny has been a facilitator for over 40 years--she infuses her style with deep time understanding, evolving ideas of consciousness and energizing notions of human creativity. Her work with Joanna Macy began informally 20 years ago and in 2012 she, and others, welcomed Joanna to Madison for a 5-day retreat. Since then, the sensibility of The Work that Reconnects has infused her endeavors.
Why I am called to facilitate the Work
WTR is a pathway into the gravitas of our time. In order to act, we must first be able to articulate truths that generally live below the surface. WTR frees the voice to speak its truth that then, in turn, opens energy for 'active hope' to emerge.
I have been a committed Earth activist since my early 20s. WTR assists in conversations that deepen and open our understanding of the precarious place we are and what is our work to undertake now.
How I see the Work serving the Great Turning
With my local partner, Sunshine Jones, we are already serving by offering WTR tools at a recent Youth Summit and offering a workshop at a week long Earth Day celebration. Additionally, we are part of a "Unity' group that is bring social, economic, ecological justice groups for the Climate Strike in September and then hopes to work together past that event. We have started a WTR monthly practice group that includes others who attended the retreat in 2012 and also new folks who are interested in finding a new way to navigate through daily headlines without succumbing to despair.
Audiences I work with
UUs, activists, youth, WTR community
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