by Kazu Haga

Meeting harm with harm (in individual, familial or collective coflict) does not work to diminish harming. Kazu Haga suggests a response shift that speaks to the roots of harm with a focus on healing: combining nonviolent action with the sciences of trauma healing and the consciousess-shift of spiritual practice. It's quite amazing how much of what is suggested here is happening in a meditation studio near you. :)

Meet Dr. Resmaa Menakem; Healer, Author, and Founder of Somatic Abolitionism

by Rev. Dr. Barbara A. Holmes

Through a BIPOC lens, Dr. Holmes addresses the emergence of contemplation during crisis, offering inspirational guidance and invitations for practice.

by Vanessa Machado de Oliveira

Facing the multiple crises of modernity–and hospicing modernity–with maturity, humility, and integrity.

by Sara Groves

Sara Groves's song "Why it Matters" speaks to the importance of sharing stories, creating art, and finding beauty in the midst of chaos and to understand why it matters that we recognize and celebrate beauty.

More music available on MBMS Playlist:  “Liminalings”

edited by Ashish Kothari, et al

Essays on transformative initiatives and alternatives to the dominant processes of development

Online and in-person courses, bookclubs, information; founded by john a. powell

by Isabel Wilkerson

Examines the unspoken caste system that has shaped modernity and shows how it defines society by a hierarchy of human divisions.

by Jeanne Clark, OP

Sister Jeanne’s journey of fierce compassion, deep humility & undaunted courage, sourced in deeptime perspective … all in service of global peace and profound love of Earth & all her beings.

by Resmaa Menakem

A call to action and an alternative view of what we can do to grow beyond our entrenched racialized divide.

edited by Eli Feghali, et al

Stories and solutions for building a more beautiful, just, and livable world

Resmaa Menakem's multilevel Spomatic Abolition learning experience

edited by Lara Medina & Martha Gonzales

Edited volume of writings and spiritual practices of Xicanx, Latinx, and Afro-Latinx womxn and male allies in the United States

by Kazu Haga

A mindfulness-based approach to personal and social transformation

by Barbara A. Holmes

Creatively imagined conversations between the elders about the shape and conditions of liberation.

by john a. powell

by Ursula Le Guin

An essay pointing to the value of having a container large enough to hold what is happening in a story ... or, in terms of living in right now, a knapsack resourced enough to hold & meet what is happening in today's world.

by Scott James

Stories of building resilience into urban cities, small towns, and communities

by Rainer Maria Rilke
translated and read by Joanna Macy

by john a. powell

A "research-backed guide for building bridges across difference in any area of our lives"

A luminous collection of essays exploring the lessons we can incorporate from the animal world in order to live more fully as humans

by Rev. Dr. Barbara A. Holmes

Dr. Holmes explores the history of the Black Church and impacts of its music, community, and contemplative tradition on activism and politics.