Collective Trauma Summit

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Daily Schedule of Speakers and Events

The Summit broadcast took place from Sept. 28 – Oct. 6, 2022.

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The Summit broadcast took place from Sept. 28 – Oct. 6, 2022.

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This schedule is subject to change, additional talks and panels may be added.

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Day 1

Wednesday, September 28, 2022

Day 1

Wednesday, September 28, 2022

Daily Insight Video from Thomas

Witnessing the Collective Trauma Field

Thomas Hübl

Host, Teacher, Author of Healing Collective Trauma, and Founder of the Academy of Inner Science
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Highlights from this session:
- What is collective trauma?
- The challenges of normalizing a world that is systemically traumatized
- Viewing our social, ecological, and political issues through the lens of collective trauma
Thomas Hübl is a teacher, author, and international facilitator whose lifelong work integrates the core insights of the great wisdom traditions and mysticism with the discoveries of science. Since the early 2000s, he has been leading large-scale events and courses that focus on the healing and integration of trauma, with a special focus on the shared history of Israelis and Germans. He has worked with tens of thousands of people worldwide through workshops, multi-year training programs, and online courses. He has been teaching workshops and presenting trainings for Harvard Medical School since 2019. Hübl received a PhD in Wisdom Studies from Ubiquity University in 2022.

He is the author of the book Healing Collective Trauma: A Process for Integrating Our Intergenerational and Cultural Wounds.

“We have been born into a world that is systemically traumatized… for most of us, no one explained that to us, so it became normal.” – Thomas Hübl

Live Opening Ceremony

Creating a Global Healing Movement

Day 1: Wednesday, September 28 at 9am Los Angeles / 12pm New York / 6pm Berlin
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With: Thomas Hübl, Laura Calderón de la Barca, Angel Acosta, Ruby Mendenhall and a Poetry Offering from Kim Rosen with Music by Jami Sieber

The event will last for 90 minutes and will be recorded.

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Music Performance with Joy Clark

Joy Clark is a New Orleans-born singer-songwriter, lyrical guitarist and composer who creates soulful compositions that celebrate peace and the undeniable power of love.

This musical performance is pre-recorded and will be available to watch for free from the day it is released until the end of the Summit (October 6).

This performance will be available to watch for free from the day it is released until the end of the Summit (October 6).

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Speaker Talks Day 1

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From: September 28, 12:01am New York time
Until: September 29, 11:59pm New York time

Creating Environments of Safety and Trust Through Polyvagal Theory

Stephen Porges, PhD

Distinguished University Scientist, Traumatic Stress Research Consortium Founding Director, and Professor of Psychiatry
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Highlights from this session:
- Listening to the needs of the body to allow health and creativity
- How co-regulation can support families, stressed communities, and collective healing
- Application of Polyvagal Theory in education, media, and the medical industry
Dr. Porges is a Distinguished University Scientist at Indiana University where he is the founding director of the Traumatic Stress Research Consortium. He is Professor of Psychiatry at the University of North Carolina, and Professor Emeritus at both the University of Illinois at Chicago and the University of Maryland. He is the originator of the Polyvagal Theory, a theory that emphasizes the importance of physiological state in the expression of behavioral, mental, and health problems related to traumatic experiences.

“Every loving person gets that our connectedness with others is a portal towards healing.” – Stephen Porges, PhD
Restorative Justice: From the Paradigm of Punishment to Ecosystems of Healing

sujatha baliga

Restorative Justice Facilitator and Public Speaker
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Highlights from this session:
- Creating accountability for seemingly unforgivable crimes without resorting to punishment, domination, and humiliation
- Opening our hearts to the people we considered to be enemies and calling each other back to our true selves
- How well-resourced and self-regulated individuals can lead to societal safety and a reduction in recidivism
sujatha is a former victim advocate and public defender and a frequent guest lecturer at universities and conferences about her decades of restorative justice work. She also speaks publicly and inside prisons about her own experiences as a survivor of child sexual abuse and her path to forgiveness. She’s a member of the Gyuto Foundation in Richmond, CA, where she leads meditation on Monday nights. She was named a 2019 MacArthur Fellow.

“I live by the notion that a seed never sees the flower.” – sujatha baliga
Greek Theater as a Radical Forum for Communalizing and Healing Trauma

Bryan Doerries

Artistic Director, Theater of War Productions
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Highlights from this session:
- Using the ancient technology of the Greek amphitheater as a unifying medium and fuel for open communication about trauma
- The healing that occurs when we acknowledge and stay in a space that’s difficult to inhabit
- The virtuous cycle of service; that in knowing you’re helping someone, you help yourself
Bryan Doerries is a New York-based writer, director, and translator who currently serves as Artistic Director of Theater of War Productions, a company that presents dramatic readings of seminal plays and texts to frame community conversations about pressing issues of public health and social justice. A self-described evangelist for ancient stories and their relevance to our lives today, Doerries uses age-old approaches to help individuals and communities heal from trauma and loss. Doerries’ books include The Theater of War: What Ancient Greek Tragedies Can Teach Us Today, The Odyssey of Sergeant Jack Brennan, All That You’ve Seen Here is God, and Oedipus Trilogy.

“This is not highfalutin ancient poetry, this is kitchen-sink realism for people who are living lives of mythological proportions.” – Brian Doerries
Disability Rights Activism: Recovery, Resilience, and Hope

Dr. Malvika Iyer

Motivational Speaker, Corporate Trainer, President Awardee, Activist, and Model
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Highlights from this session:
- Having awareness of our attitudes and biases against people with disabilities
- Living with stigmas around PTSD, anxiety, and mental health medication
- Being an advocate and change-maker for inclusivity, accessibility, and diversity
Dr. Malvika Iyer is an award-winning disability rights activist with a doctorate in social work, and she’s co-chair of the World Economic Forum India Economic Summit. Dr. Iyer has come a long way from surviving a gruesome bomb blast at the age of 13 that blew off her arms and severely damaged her legs, to inspiring millions of people around the world. She has been the subject of over 300 international newspaper articles, TV interviews, books, and magazines, earning her a spot among the 100 Change Agents and Newsmakers of the Decade. She has given keynote speeches and TED talks, and conducted workshops and seminars on resilience, breaking barriers, growth mindset, positive self-talk, body positivity, and overcoming adversity.

“Grief and suffering cease to be possible when we find our meaning.” – Dr. Malvika Iyer
Applying Traditional Jewish Wisdom to Modern Cultural Harms

Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg

Author and Scholar in Residence at National Council of Jewish Women
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Highlights from this session:
- When forgiveness can be used as a way to reinscribe power and when it can be used as a practice for healing
- The nuanced differences between repentance, forgiveness, atonement, and reconciliation
- The possibility of a different future when nations reckon with their collective harms
Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg is an award-winning author and writer. She was named by Newsweek as a “rabbi to watch,” and a “faith leader to watch” by the Center for American Progress. Her newest book, On Repentance and Repair: Making Amends in an Unapologetic World has been hailed by Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley as “A must-read for anyone navigating the work of justice and healing.” She has written for The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Atlantic, and many other publications. She serves as Scholar in Residence at the National Council of Jewish Women, where she organizes the Jewish community to fight for a more just world for everyone, particularly around reproductive freedom.

“In times and places where people are willing to name and face and grapple, they open up the possibility of a different future.” – Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg

Poetry

Poet conversations will be available to watch for free from the day they are released through the end of the Summit (October 6).

The Summit is complete, but all 8 Poet Readings and Conversations are included in the Collective Trauma Healing Upgrade Package.

Weaving Intergenerational Narratives

Monica Sok

Poet
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Highlights from this session:
- Honoring lineages and ancestral homelands by creating art that lasts beyond one’s life
- Poetry as a way to write ourselves into the histories where we may have been erased
- Reinventing the self beyond trauma and inherited traumatic histories to create openings into the future
Monica Sok is the author of A Nail the Evening Hangs On (Copper Canyon Press, 2020). She has received fellowships from the Elizabeth George Foundation, Hedgebrook, Jerome Foundation, Kundiman, MacDowell, National Endowment for the Arts, Poetry Society of America, the Wallace Stegner Fellowship at Stanford University, and others. Her poems appear, or are forthcoming, in American Poetry Review, Paris Review, POETRY Magazine, Kenyon Review, New Republic, and others. She has taught poetry at Stanford University, and the Center for Empowering Refugees and Immigrants in Oakland, California.

“I want poetry to be about acts of creation, so I can make room for things beyond trauma and expand the narrative of myself.” – Monica Sok

Integration Practice

The 9-day Summit is complete. Six integration practices (dance, yoga, meditation, qigong, sonic journey, and social presencing theater) are included in the Collective Trauma Healing Upgrade Package.

Integration Practices will be available to watch for free from the day they are released through the end of the Summit (October 6).

A Moving Journey: Dancing the Edge from Center

Melissa Michaels

Movement Mentor, Founder of Golden Bridge and Golden Girls Global
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Highlights from this session:

We invite you to go on a movement journey to find your way from the edges of your body into the sensations of your aliveness. This somatic practice is intended to help you navigate the edges and real challenges of whatever is unfolding in your life and return to ever more flow, ground of being, presence, and love. Allow Melissa’s nourishing guidance and beautifully curated musical playlist to take you through a dynamic experience that will move your whole being.

Melissa Michaels, Ed.D. Soul midwife, educator, and artist, Melissa is the Founder/Director of Golden Bridge and Golden Girls Global; two not-for-profit initiatives dedicated to improving and empowering the lives of diverse people through body-centered initiatory experiences, mentoring, and community action. Her body of work includes the book, Youth on Fire: Birthing a Generation of Embodied Global Leaders; online moving journeys, including Thresholds; as well as her video narratives of resilient people and communities mobilizing around the world. Melissa’s award-winning film, Twisted Gift, shares her dancing journey through late-stage ovarian cancer into health.

“This dance floor of life is open to all of us. It’s our natural way of being; in motion, in beauty and vulnerability.” – Melissa Michaels

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Daily Schedule of Speakers and Events

Day 1

Day 1

Daily Insight Video from Thomas

Witnessing the Collective Trauma Field

Thomas Hübl

Host, Teacher, Author of Healing Collective Trauma, and Founder of the Academy of Inner Science

Highlights from this session:

Live Opening Ceremony

Creating a Global Healing Movement

Music Performance with Joy Clark

Speaker Talks Day 1

Creating Environments of Safety and Trust Through Polyvagal Theory

Stephen Porges, PhD

Distinguished University Scientist, Traumatic Stress Research Consortium Founding Director, and Professor of Psychiatry

Highlights from this session:

Restorative Justice: From the Paradigm of Punishment to Ecosystems of Healing

sujatha baliga

Restorative Justice Facilitator and Public Speaker

Highlights from this session:

Greek Theater as a Radical Forum for Communalizing and Healing Trauma

Bryan Doerries

Artistic Director, Theater of War Productions

Highlights from this session:

Disability Rights Activism: Recovery, Resilience, and Hope

Dr. Malvika Iyer

Motivational Speaker, Corporate Trainer, President Awardee, Activist, and Model

Highlights from this session:

Applying Traditional Jewish Wisdom to Modern Cultural Harms

Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg

Author and Scholar in Residence at National Council of Jewish Women

Highlights from this session:

Poetry

Weaving Intergenerational Narratives

Monica Sok

Poet

Highlights from this session:

Integration Practice

A Moving Journey: Dancing the Edge from Center

Melissa Michaels

Movement Mentor, Founder of Golden Bridge and Golden Girls Global

Highlights from this session:

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