In 2012, Joanna Macy and Chris Johnstone wrote Active Hope - How to Face the Mess We’re in without Going Crazy. Drawing on decades of teaching the empowerment approach called The Work That Reconnects, the authors guide readers through a transformational process that equips us to face the mess we are in and to play our role in the collective transition to a life-sustaining journey.
What is Active Hope? Hear it directly from Joanna Macy in this video.
The book journey is a little like a book club, but instead of meeting once after having read the entire book, we’ll meet weekly for 6 weeks via Zoom on Thursdays from 4:30pm to 5:45pm PT.
The book journey has three main elements:
1) Reading Active Hope together
2) The weekly Zoom meeting, where we discuss the book and engage in exercises from it
3) (Optional) A partnered homework process between each meeting
We will meet weekly for 6 weeks for 75 minutes.
Dates:
May 6- Session 1 - Introduction plus Chapters 1 & 2
May 13- Session 2 - Chapter 3 on Coming from Gratitude
May 20- Session 3 - Chapter 4 on Honoring our Pain for the World
May 27- Session 4 - Chapters 5, 6, 7 & 8 on Seeing With New Eyes
June 3- Session 5 - Chapters 9 & 10, Going Forth pt 1
June 10- Session 6 - Chapters 11, 12 & 13 on Going Forth pt 2
Read more about book groups on the Active Hope website.
To engage deeply with the topic the book journey is limited to 10 participants. If interested, please sign-up early to reserve your spot. There is no cost to participating.