Hosted in English with simultaneous live translation in Ukrainian, German and Arabic.

In honor of Global Healing Day on the 25th of April, this Global Social Witnessing call invites us into a deeper exploration of collective resilience as an important quality of collective healing. Global Healing Day is not a single event but a living field of co-creation, a shared pause, a remembering, a decentralised ecosystem of people, organisations, and networks acting in synergy to spark healing across all systems. On this day, we are invited to contribute to a shared pulse of healing.

As we gather within this moment and movement, we turn our attention to an essential capacity of our time: the ability to remain grounded, connected, and resourced in the face of adversity. Resilience is not the absence of pain or difficulty, but the ability to remain connected to oneself and others through hardship, and to find agency in the midst of conflict. We are also delighted to mark this occasion with the launch of the Pocket Project’s Resilience Program, a trauma-informed training for practitioners, leaders, and community stewards dedicated to building societal resilience from the inside out.

Hearing from voices across regions touched by displacement, conflict, and collective trauma, we bear witness to our shared stories and explore what it means to cultivate resilience — within ourselves, our relationships, and the communities we are part of. How do we stabilise our nervous systems when the ground feels uncertain? How do we remain present to others when we ourselves are stretched? And how can the circles we host and inhabit become sources of collective strength and relational repair?

In this Global Social Witnessing Call, we will explore:

• Bearing Witness: Honoring the stories of those living through acute crisis, conflict, and collective hardship, and cultivating the inner steadiness to remain present without turning away.
• Grounding and Regulation: Exploring practices that support nervous system stabilization and co-regulation, so that we may become anchors of calm within the systems and communities we serve.
• Resilience in Relationship: Discovering how resilience circles, trauma-informed facilitation, and relational awareness can strengthen social connection, restore coherence, and sustain communities through ongoing change.

Kosha Joubert is the CEO of the Pocket Project. She is an international facilitator, author, coach and consultant specializing in sustainable development and collective trauma healing. Growing up in Apartheid South Africa shaped her lifelong dedication to bridging divides and fostering intercultural collaboration.

Rola Hallam is an award-winning physician, humanitarian, and social entrepreneur who built seven hospitals in her home country of Syria, impacting millions, and guiding work at the intersection of healing, leadership, spirituality, and collective liberation.

Karen Simms, a licensed therapist, and is a trauma-informed consultant and founder of TRI and TRU, with 30+ years addressing complex trauma and advancing resilience, equity, and healing-centered leadership.

Daria Yemets: Psychologist, educator, and facilitator. Project manager in Ukrainian Trauma Relief Project at Pocket Project, currently based between Ukraine and Barcelona. Five years of healing and educational work across four continents.

Idit Dotan-Rose is a somatic-oriented coach, group facilitator, and founder of the OneBody approach. A co-facilitator in the Jewish Trauma Relief Project and a senior student of Thomas Hübl, she is based in Israel and integrates precise somatic attunement with grounded presence.