Dear John,

Thank you to all those who joined us for the Local Peace Economy meeting last night!

We LOVED spending Valentine’s Day with you talking about care - a fitting topic for the evening. If you want to revisit the content, or if you weren’t able to join us, you can watch the recording of last night’s call. The videos shown during the meeting are linked in the description below the video. They’re also linked at the bottom of this email.

Our next meeting will be Wednesday, February 28th at 5:00 PT/8:00 ET. We will be deepening our learning about care and connection together during this call. You can register for the event here.

Over the next two weeks, spend some time noticing who in your community you can offer some care. That could be a shoulder rub in a meeting, a smile, bringing some food to a neighbor. How does it feel? What does it do to your psyche? Your soul? What is uncomfortable about it? How do we make space for the discomfort as we accept and enjoy care?

Our reconnection to care in our lives is part of a larger cycle - what we call the Cycle of (Re)connection. As you bring awareness to and deepen into your relationship with care, you might notice other emotions, including grief and joy, arise. We’ve curated some resources that can support you as you move through the Cycle of (Re)connection. (These resources are in progress and will be available in a more navigable form in the future, but we wanted to share them with you now as you work through the workbook!)

Some other supportive resources are listed below:

• Download The Local Peace Economy Workbook (free digital version)
• Purchase The Local Peace Economy Workbook (physical copy)
• Video introduction to the workbook
• Resources for the Cycle of (Re)connection
• Local Peace Economy Ecosystem
• Local Peace Economy Wiki

If you have any questions, please email Emily at [email protected]. We look forward to seeing you on February 28th!

Take good care,

Jodie and Emily

Videos shown during the call:

Rev. angel Kyodo williams - Exercise for Connecting (grounding practice)

Rev. angel Kyodo williams - Interrupting Disconnection (talk)