Tools for Practicing Relational & Social Justice: Relating to Darkness
Unearthing how we connect to darkness is an essential tool to unweave oppressive language, systemic oppression and a way to decolonize ourselves and society. Join Yvette McDonnell, Spiritual Chaplain Intern, for a 3 -week, 1 hour each introductory exploratory circle: Introduction- Deep Listening for Practicing Relational & Social Justice: Relating to Darkness.
This is an invitation to be curious about the layers and complexity of how you relate to darkness and blackness, in the myriad ways of their existence within the universe, to the soil, and black and brown bodies. Through reflection, poetry, and music, we will journey together.
Before each call, participants will receive a message about darkness and touchstones to consider. To deepen the practice of relational and social justice learning, we ask for a commitment to journey together and attend all three calls. This container is not based on perfection but on the progress of understanding ourselves and those around us so that we all may practice “living on our learning edges” and the many lived experiences that contribute to wholeness.
For more information about Yvette’s journey, please read the April blog post.
Call Dates and time:
Tuesdays May 3, 10, 17 | 7-8 PM EST
*NOTE: If you'd like to register and identify as BIPOC, this series is free for you. Please reach out for the discount code here
Yvette Mcdonnell is a Master of Divinity student at Starr King with a concentration in interfaith chaplaincy. Her ministry is grounded in love, justice, hope, and liberation. Yvette believes "that hope is the dream that has yet to come to fruition, and liberation is rooted in those dreams." Yvette recognizes her gifts as a mystic, counselor, educator, and keeper of memories.
She holds a Bachelor's degree in Lusophone Studies and a Master's degree in Higher Education, both from the University of Connecticut. Yvette is excited to be working with WholeHeart, Inc. during her Clinical Pastoral Education (CPE). She continues to weave and unweave a tapestry of unearthing life with deep breaths, deep listening, and the beauty of stillness.
Yvette lives with her family in Western Maine, is a homeschooling educator, enjoys crafting, baking, growing, foraging medicinal herbs and making medicine, and loves dancing.