Please join us for a conversation about the film 'Where Olive Trees Weep' with Sami Awad, a visionary peace activist and co-director of Nonviolence International. Sami is devoted to a “lasting and just peace” in the Holy Land, the area between the Jordan River and the Mediterranean Sea. He is an advocate for nonviolent resistance and an inspirational leader working towards a shared future for Palestinians and Israelis. Sami will be joined by Ibrahim Ashour from Ghaza, Project Manager of the Palestine Trauma Relief Project.In preparation, you are warmly invited (but not required) to watch the film, which gives background to the current crisis in Israel/Palestine and shows the lives of people from the occupied West Bank. Their universally human stories speak of intergenerational pain, trauma and resilience. Please watch “Where Olive Trees Weep” if you have the time and resourcing to do this, ideally with friends and people who you feel safe and supported by: https://whereolivetreesweep.com/. 

How does our disconnect from ourselves, each other and the living systems we are embedded in give birth to the crises of our times? Can we bring our embodied witnessing capacity to these gaps, especially in regards to the natural world, and open up to what might become visible? What does it feel like when we allow our curiosity and system sensing capacity to enter these spaces?  Join us for this call to explore possibilities for a next level of embeddedness, connectedness and evolutionary movement.

The latest research is helping us to understand the effect that stressful and disorganized versus safe, stable and nurturing relationships in our childhood can have on our lifelong wellbeing. Can we create safety within contents that are not safe? This question is becoming more and more crucial in our shifting world. Christina Bethell, Professor at Johns Hopkins University, will share the newest findings with us and inspire us to understand how we might be able to provide trauma-informed environments that allow children and adults to flourish amidst adversity. She will equally explore how the concept of adverse childhood experiences meets mainstream.Join us to learn how science meets mainstream with the potential of a transformational shift towards collective healing.