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Spoken poetry performed by Kim Rosen

Poem: 
“Kindness” from Words Under the Words: Selected Poems by Naomi Shihab Nye, copyright © 1995. Used with the permission of Far Corner Books.

Music:
“Island” and “The Layers” by Jami Sieber, from Feast of Losses: A Communion of Grief and Gratitude

About the Preview Event Hosts:

Thomas Hübl is a renowned teacher, author, and international facilitator who works within the complexity of systems and cultural change, integrating the core insights of the great wisdom traditions and mysticism with the discoveries of science. Since the early 2000s, he has led large-scale events and courses on the healing of collective trauma, with a special focus on the shared history of Israelis and Germans, and facilitated healing and dialogue around racism, oppression, colonialism, and genocide. He is the author of Attuned: Practicing Interdependence to Heal Our Trauma—and Our World and Healing Collective Trauma: A Process for Integrating Our Intergenerational and Cultural Wounds.

Ruby Mendenhall is a Professor of Sociology and African American Studies at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. She is an Associate Dean for Diversity and Democratization of Health Innovation at the Carle Illinois College of Medicine. Her research examines Black mothers’ resiliency and spirituality, and how living in racially segregated neighborhoods with high levels of violence affects their mental and physical health. Recent grants from the MacArthur Foundation and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign will also support work around training CHWs and CSs. Ruby discusses her vision for healing in her TEDxUIUC talk entitled DREAMing and Designing Spaces of Hope.

Robin Alfred is an executive coach, leadership trainer, event facilitator and organisational consultant. Born into a Jewish family, with refugee grandparents who suffered the trauma of persecution in Russia and Poland, Robin has now lived for 29 years in the Findhorn ecovillage, a spiritual community in Scotland.

Anna Molitor is a somatic healing practitioner, group facilitator, and a lover of poetry and movement arts that open a path toward what is most essential. She has a deep passion for the mystery and precision of individual, ancestral and collective trauma healing and restoration. Anna’s work is deeply informed by over 12 years of study and work with Thomas Hübl, her immersion as an assistant facilitator in Bloodline Healing (an ancestral healing modality), and her study of Somatic Experiencing Trauma Healing.

Kim Rosen is a poet, spoken word artist, and ritualist known for using poetry to heal and connect individuals and communities. She’s collaborated with cellist Jami Sieber on several albums, including her most recent Feast of Losses. In 2007, she founded the S.H.E. College fund to help Maasai girls in Kenya get access to college education. Her work often explores aging, death, and letting go.

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