Events and Trainings
Restorative Justice Unleashed
Community Peacemaking Using Active Peace Circles
with G. Scott Brown
Level 1: September 23 - October 28, 2020
Cost: $78 (scholarships are available)
Active Peace Circles take the best of restorative justice and go deeper to address root causes, systems change, and who we are as human beings. The clear focus on harm and repair cuts through the noise and old patterns of avoidance, blame, powerlessness, and separation.
From the biggest issues such as climate disruption, racial justice, immigration and the pandemic, to healthy communication and group dynamics, Active Peace Circles support healing, justice, connection, and community.
Details and Registration Here
Facilitated by G. Scott Brown, MA, author of ACTIVE PEACE: A Mindful Path to a Nonviolent World. Endorsed by the Boulder branch of the NAACP, Boulder Shambhala Center, Inner Resilience Network of Transition US, and the Rocky Mountain Peace and Justice Center.
Community Peacemaking Using Active Peace Circles
with G. Scott Brown
Level 1: September 23 - October 28, 2020
Cost: $78 (scholarships are available)
Active Peace Circles take the best of restorative justice and go deeper to address root causes, systems change, and who we are as human beings. The clear focus on harm and repair cuts through the noise and old patterns of avoidance, blame, powerlessness, and separation.
From the biggest issues such as climate disruption, racial justice, immigration and the pandemic, to healthy communication and group dynamics, Active Peace Circles support healing, justice, connection, and community.
Details and Registration Here
Facilitated by G. Scott Brown, MA, author of ACTIVE PEACE: A Mindful Path to a Nonviolent World. Endorsed by the Boulder branch of the NAACP, Boulder Shambhala Center, Inner Resilience Network of Transition US, and the Rocky Mountain Peace and Justice Center.
Caring For Your Own After Death: Nurturing connection through home funerals and wakes
with Kaat Vander Straeten
October 19th, 2020 4-5:30pm PT
Keeping a loved one at home after they have died, taking loving care of their body, making time to grieve at your own pace, in the intimacy of your home and your community... that is a home funeral or home wake, an old tradition that we can reclaim. It is possible in most cases, legal in many places, and deeply healing for all. We will touch on practical body care, legal aspects and considerations of social and economic justice. Mostly we will share stories and catch a glimpse of a culture of connection that holds death, grief, life and love in one embrace. Though it is a different topic and the two don't always go hand in hand, we will also touch briefly on green burial.
Kaat Vander Straeten is a long-time community organizer with a Transition focus and a certified permaculture designer in MetroWest Boston, where she founded several organizations for local resilience. Her passion for helping families take cf their deceased is nourished by her love of empowering personal choice-with-responsibility, her service to a regenerative and grief-literate culture, and a concern for social justice. Kaat was trained by Peg Lorenz in after-death body care and has helped several families take care of their loved ones at home.
Kaat works with Peaceful Passage at Home, a group of home funeral guides and advocates based in eastern and central Massachusetts.
with Kaat Vander Straeten
October 19th, 2020 4-5:30pm PT
Keeping a loved one at home after they have died, taking loving care of their body, making time to grieve at your own pace, in the intimacy of your home and your community... that is a home funeral or home wake, an old tradition that we can reclaim. It is possible in most cases, legal in many places, and deeply healing for all. We will touch on practical body care, legal aspects and considerations of social and economic justice. Mostly we will share stories and catch a glimpse of a culture of connection that holds death, grief, life and love in one embrace. Though it is a different topic and the two don't always go hand in hand, we will also touch briefly on green burial.
Kaat Vander Straeten is a long-time community organizer with a Transition focus and a certified permaculture designer in MetroWest Boston, where she founded several organizations for local resilience. Her passion for helping families take cf their deceased is nourished by her love of empowering personal choice-with-responsibility, her service to a regenerative and grief-literate culture, and a concern for social justice. Kaat was trained by Peg Lorenz in after-death body care and has helped several families take care of their loved ones at home.
Kaat works with Peaceful Passage at Home, a group of home funeral guides and advocates based in eastern and central Massachusetts.
