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added by Keely Adler and · updated 23d ago
added by Keely Adler and · updated 23d ago
The crises are becoming clear even to those not being directly oppressed, or those directly organizing. And people are ready to stand up and dream of something different.
we had to lay out our operating beliefs. Each person has a set of beliefs with which they move through the world. These are formed by their cultural, social, economic, and environmental (amongst others) experiences from birth, and they change as more experiences are added to the whole. A group joins their beliefs together creating a set of named or
... See more(We are calling for a movement-wide shift away from action that isn’t grounded in a vision of deep systemic change, as that ultimately is a misuse of our time and energy.)
I am beginning to revel in the increased capacity that comes from working with and trusting others.
When artful leaders have space and support to connect deeply and are challenged to strategize and work together in new ways, possibilities light up at the intersections. We create conditions for this kind of connection, challenge leaders to strategize in new ways and support the emergent ideas and collaborations that arise.
For me, somatic work has been about relearning and reconnecting to the wisdom and life in natural forces. That what is most alive leads to opening, creating, change. That in the destruction of something lies a whole new world of possibility—a place where patterns can finally become unhinged and there’s space for something new to take its place.
At a collective level, this is the invitation to practice the world we wish to see in the current landscape. Yes, resist the onslaught of oppression, but measure our success not just by what we stop, but by how many of us feel, and can say: I am living a life I don’t regret A life that will resonate with my ancestors,41 and with as many generations
... See moreAnd we are small. But emergence notices the way small actions and connections create complex systems, patterns that become ecosystems and societies. Emergence is our inheritance as a part of this universe; it is how we change. Emergent strategy is how we intentionally change in ways that grow our capacity to embody the just and liberated worlds we
... See moreEmergence emphasizes critical connections over critical mass, building authentic relationships, listening with all the senses of the body and the mind.
How do we shift into a culture in which conflict and difference is generative?