Emotional Support for Activists Workshop

Those of us who are active in various groups and efforts to change the world need support. This workshop will help you to:
... *shift and transcend over-extension, and feeling overwhelmed and ‘burnt out’
*overcome any bad feelings about yourself (feeling as if you are not ‘doing enough’)
*achieve more balance between focus on yourself and on the social world
*make your physical, spiritual, and emotional health a priority, even while you are changing the world
*overcome feelings of despair, isolation, hopelessness, and powerlessness
*work through difficulties and feelings about social change groups and leaders
*develop and speak your visions about what kind of society we are working to create

We rarely have the opportunity to share and delve into our feelings related to the state of the world, feelings such as grief, anger, and fear. Typically we go about our lives and our work to help others and function ‘on top’ of these feelings. This workshop is a start towards providing the collective, confidential space for emotional healing related to all of these concerns, a space we all need.

This workshop is for: activists, social workers, counselors, community service workers, healing practitioners, people working for peace, teachers, labor organizers, and anyone who is or wants to be involved with social change.

Date: Sunday February 12, 2012
Location: Open Heart Spiritual Center, 2489 Broad Ave.
Time: 1 p.m. - 6 p.m.
Cost: $20-$50 (sliding scale; scholarships available)
*Space is limited to the first 10 people who register.

For more information or to register contact Allison Glass (allison@midsouthpeace.org) or call the Mid-South Peace and Justice Center at 725-4990.