Poems:

“The Song of a Man Who Has Come Through” (from The Complete Poems of DH Lawrence edited by V. de Sola Pinto & F. W. Roberts). Used by permission of the Estate of Frieda Lawrence Ravagli and Pollinger Limited.

“Day Dream” by A. S. J. Tessimond, in Collected Poems (Bloodaxe Books, 2019). Reproduced with permission of Bloodaxe Books. www.bloodaxebooks.com

“Love after Love” from Collected Poems 1948-1984 by Derek Walcott. Copyright © 1986 by Derek Walcott. Used by permission of Farrar, Straus and Giroux, LLC.

Music:

“Benediction” composed and performed by Jami Sieber from Unspoken (Out Front Music, 2008) and Only Breath (Out Front Music, 2007)

“Returning” composed and performed by Jami Sieber from Unspoken (Out Front Music, 2008) and Only Breath (Out Front Music, 2007)

About the Presenters:

Thomas Hübl is a renowned teacher, author, and international facilitator who works within the complexity of systems and cultural change, integrating the core insights of the great wisdom traditions and mysticism with the discoveries of science. Since the early 2000s, he has led large-scale events and courses on the healing of collective trauma, with a special focus on the shared history of Israelis and Germans, and facilitated healing and dialogue around racism, oppression, colonialism, and genocide. He is the author of Attuned: Practicing Interdependence to Heal Our Trauma—and Our World and Healing Collective Trauma: A Process for Integrating Our Intergenerational and Cultural Wounds.

Laura Calderón de la Barca is a psychotherapist, cultural analyst, and Collective Healing researcher. Besides degrees in Literature and Linguistics (BAHons), Discourse Analysis (MA) and Social, Community and Organizational Studies, (PhD, Chaos and complexity theories applied to social healing) Laura holds diplomas as Narrative Therapist (from the Latin American Institute of Family Studies, Mexico City), Anger Management Specialist (with Moose Anger Management in Vancouver, Canada) and Intuitive Integral Psychotherapist and Trainer from the Masters Center for Transformation (Ashland, Oregon). Learn more here.

Robin Alfred is an executive coach, leadership trainer, event facilitator and organisational consultant. Born into a Jewish family, with refugee grandparents who suffered the trauma of persecution in Russia and Poland, Robin has now lived for 28 years in the Findhorn ecovillage, a spiritual community in Scotland.

Ruby Mendenhall is a Professor of Sociology and African American Studies at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. She is an Associate Dean for Diversity and Democratization of Health Innovation at the Carle Illinois College of Medicine. Her research examines Black mothers’ resiliency and spirituality, and how living in racially segregated neighborhoods with high levels of violence affects their mental and physical health. Recent grants from the MacArthur Foundation and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign will also support work around training CHWs and CSs. Ruby discusses her vision for healing in her TEDxUIUC talk entitled DREAMing and Designing Spaces of Hope. Learn more here.

Kim Rosen, M.F.A. is a poet, spoken word artist, and ritualist known for using poetry to heal and connect individuals and communities. She’s collaborated with cellist Jami Sieber on several albums, including her most recent Feast of Losses. In 2007, she founded the S.H.E. College fund to help Maasai girls in Kenya get access to college education. Her work often explores aging, death, and letting go. Learn more here.

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