Dear John,

We are excited to share a brilliant guest with you this Wednesday, July 2nd who will teach a skill that will help us be more resilient in the urgent times ahead. You will meet Laurel Mellin a health psychologist and founder of Emotional Brain Training. This brain-based practice strengthens resilience and liberates us to think expansively, creating more peace, love, and joy. EBT further validates the local peace economy based on neuroscience and provides a personal practice consistent with indigenous practices to prevent hopelessness, depression, and addiction.

As the military-industrial complex encodes itself in our unconscious mind without our awareness, EBT can provide another way to ground ourselves and rewire our thinking in favor of the local peace economy. The techniques enhance our effectiveness day by day in navigating grief more easily, as well as in caring more deeply.

We will talk about the power of the emotional brain to support the local peace economy work and introduce actionable skills to begin developing an EBT practice.

 Sign up here to RSVP for the gathering.

As is our habit, we will have breakouts toward the end of the call. Breakouts will not be timed, allowing for extended connections and ample time for conversation.

NOTE: Did you know that Harper Collins, the respected publisher, is uplifting voices that support genocide! Kevin Roberts, President of The Heritage Foundation, just published a book with them (and it even has a forward by J.D. Vance!) The Heritage Foundation created "Project Esther" to shut down groups like CODEPINK and others who stand against genocide — and the Trump Administration is following it like a playbook. Insist that Harper Collins cut ties with genocide supporters!

Also, we have new keffiyeh’s in our store from the West Bank.

UPCOMING Local Peace Economy Gatherings:

• LPE Writing workshops: July and August

Other supportive resources:

• Local Peace Economy Wiki
• Local Peace Economy Padlet — add yourself and see who is near you!
• Video introduction to the workbook
• Download The Local Peace Economy Workbook (free digital version)
• Purchase The Local Peace Economy Workbook (physical copy)
• The Local Peace Economy website
• CODEPINK Radio Ep. 242: The Local Peace Economy
• CODEPINK Radio Ep. 256: What is the root of peace?

We hope to see you this Wednesday!

With care,

Jodie & Marie

P.S.  Did you catch this interview clip of Jodie Evans discussing the Local Peace Economy with Chinese journalists on her recent trip to China?