Sacred Activism: Transforming Pain Into Power, Healing Our World

Join us for a grounding, soul nourishing experience.  Join us to create the beloved community.  

We will be honoring and allowing ourselves to feel our collective pain about what is happening in the world.  When we allow ourselves to feel our pain, energy is freed up which can then be used to put our compassion into action. 

During this sacred activism workshop, we will be practicing the world we want to see in the spaces between us.  We will engage in Joanna Macy’s The Work That Reconnects, a form of group work designed to foster the desire and ability to take part in the healing of the world.  In addition, we will be practicing nonviolent communication in order to have the skills to communicate with people whose views are different from our own.   According to civil rights leader Valarie Kaur,

“Revolutions do not happen only in grand moments in public view but also in small pockets of people coming together to inhabit a new way of being. We birth the beloved community by becoming the beloved community.”

Facilitator bios:  

Laura Le (she/her) is a community builder, wellness facilitator, transformational workshop leader, writer, and activist.  Laura believes disconnection is at the root of the  problems we are facing today. She is devoted to her own practices of connecting to community, nature, ancestors, and her body.  In the past, Laura served as director of a community-based non-profit stress management center.  In 2017, she was recognized with the Laughter Ambassador award for her commitment to sharing the healing power of laughter in hospitals, drug rehabilitation treatment centers, and homeless shelters.  

Minda Aguhob is the executive director of The Co-Caring Initiative, a nonprofit with a mission to create a more connected and vital world.  She shared the mission of co-caring to the United Nations General Assembly in 2019.   Minda is a certified meditation teacher in The Mind Illuminated, which blends ancient techniques with modern neuroscience and Culadasa’s 10-stage roadmap to provide personalized guidance. At the heart of Minda’s work is a belief in the power of mindful, intentional action to tackle today’s most pressing challenges.  

Eric Huang is a certified trainer through the Center for Nonviolent Communication (NVC).  For Eric, the key to NVC is accessing healing through the expression and discovery of authentic truth underneath with warm, sensitive accompaniment with empathy and resonance.  He is most passionate about group coaching, NVC pod & community formation, and networking of NVC resources for learning and growth.  Eric is a Licensed Professional Civil Engineer in the State of California and worked in Silicon Valley in High Tech Marketing for 25 years.