BPF Boston: Sit for Peace & upcoming workshop

[BPF Boston chapter announcements]

SIT FOR PEACE, COPLEY SQUARE, THURSDAY, 5/1 at 5:00 PM

Greetings!

I am planning to Sit for Peace in Copley Square tomorrow evening 
(Thurs., 5/1), and wanted to invite whomever else is so inspired and 
has the time, to join me.  Please do not feel you must stay for the 
entire hour if this is not convenient for you - please do come for as 
long or as little as you are able!

Lastly, if you are not able to attend physically, please do join 
me/us in mind and in spirit!

Happy May Day!

In peace and in metta,
Katarina

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Dear friends,

Two of us from Interhelp are doing a one-day workshop of Joanna 
Macy-type  "Work That Reconnects."

The purpose of this work is to provide a safe space in which people 
can connect with others around concerns for our world predicament 
(environment/peace/social justice, whatever is alive for you) and 
support each other in feeling less helpless and more able to take 
action in our lives that will make a difference.

All are welcome!

Eleanor & Rosalie



We invite you to join us


THE WORK THAT RECONNECTS

A One-Day Interhelp Workshop


Saturday, May 10, 2008

9:30 am to 4:30 pm, at 154 Auburn St., Cambridge


This can be a discouraging time for people working for peace, 
justice, and the environment. We know that we can't give up, but 
sometimes it feels hard to keep on keeping on. That's where this 
workshop comes in.


The Work That Reconnects is designed to help activists and other 
caring people to draw strength and courage from their inner 
resources, and each other, and find new possibilities as well as ways 
to protect ourselves from hopelessness and burnout.


Who are we? Eleanor Mathews and Rosalie Anders, who will facilitate 
the workshop, are part of the leadership council of Interhelp,* an 
all-volunteer organization.


What will happen at the workshop? We will join our energies to 
experience heart-opening exercises that fuel our activism and inspire 
us toward courage in our work for a nonviolent and life-sustaining 
civilization.


Where did this work originate? This work was inspired by Joanna Macy, 
a Buddhist scholar and peace and environmental activist, who, with 
others, developed exercises designed to help people move through 
their feelings of despair, anger, and fear to a strong sense of 
empowerment. Many of the exercises are found in Coming Back to Life, 
which she wrote with Molly Young Brown.


What about cost? There is a suggested $10 donation, but no one will 
be turned away. We will provide a simple vegetarian lunch.


For directions, and to reserve your place by Friday, May 9, please 
contact Eleanor Mathews at 978-263-4815 or Rosalie Anders at 617-868-6058.


*Interhelp is an international network of people who share a deep 
concern for world conditions that threaten human life and the earth. 
We support each other in moving from feelings of hopelessness and 
isolation to empowerment and action. Through community gatherings 
with shared experiences, group exercises, and opportunities for 
reflection, we integrate deep social concerns, personal psychological 
growth, awareness of our spiritual core, and intimate connectedness 
to this living planetary system. We help each other strengthen our 
personal support systems and renew our commitment to the earth, 
peace, and social justice. See 
<http://www.interhelpnetwork.org/>www.interhelpnetwork.org for our newsletter.
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