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10 Days to Activate Revolutionary Love
January 22–31, 2021
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Joy
Teaching and practice with Valarie Kaur
Today’s teaching and guided inquiry invite us to understand the role of joy in our labors, to connect with what brings us joy, and how to create the conditions for joy on a daily basis.
Home Practice
1. Create the conditions for joy. What is your “dance time”?
2. What did you learn from the joy? How can you bring more of it in?
Interview and live Q&A
with Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II, Rev. Dr. Liz Theoharis, and Dr. Parker J. Palmer: “Joy”
musical performance by Ani DiFranco and the Resistance Revival Chorus
Joy is the gift of love. More than just a feeling, joy is the core practice that sustains all others. Joy returns us to everything good and beautiful and worth fighting for, giving us energy for the long labor. Iconic musician Ani DiFranco’s new album, Revolutionary Love, was inspired by Valarie’s work. Here, she performs new songs with special guests the Resistance Revival Chorus. Valarie also interviews Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II, Rev. Dr. Liz Theoharis, and Dr. Parker J. Palmer about how they make room for joy amid the suffering they encounter in their work.
Moderated by: Melissa Ann Canlas, EdD
Session Highlights:
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Why is joy a necessary practice of revolutionary love?
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Noticing and protecting your joy each day
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Joy as an act of moral resistance and reimagining
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Keeping a joy or gratitude journal
Ani DiFranco
Ani DiFranco is a feminist icon, Grammy winner, and mother of the DIY movement, having been one of the first independent artists to create her own record label—Righteous Babe Records—in 1990. While she has been known as the “Little Folksinger,” her music has embraced punk, funk, hip-hop, jazz, soul, electronica, and even more distant sounds. Her collaborators have included Prince and R&B legend Maceo Parker, and she has shared the stage with everyone from Bob Dylan to Chuck D. She is the author of a memoir, No Walls and the Recurring Dream. Ani’s transcendent new album, Revolutionary Love, was inspired by Valarie Kaur’s work and gives voice to our deepest frustrations and tensions, both personal and political.
Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II
Rev. Dr. Liz Theoharis
Rev. Dr. Liz Theoharis is co-chair of the Poor People’s Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival, which has organized the largest coordinated wave of nonviolent civil disobedience in 21st-century America. She is also director of the Kairos Center for Religions, Rights, and Social Justice. A graduate of UPenn and Union Theological Seminary, Liz has been published in the New York Times and Time magazine, among many others, and is the author of Always with Us?: What Jesus Really Said about the Poor. In 2018 she gave her “Building a Moral Movement” TED Talk at TEDWomen and was named one of the Politico 50 “thinkers, doers, and visionaries whose ideas are driving politics.”
Parker J. Palmer, PhD
Parker J. Palmer, PhD, is the founder and senior partner emeritus of the Center for Courage & Renewal. As an activist, his work focuses on issues of education, community, leadership, spirituality, and social change. He is the author of 10 books, including the bestselling titles The Courage to Teach, Let Your Life Speak, and Healing the Heart of Democracy. Dr. Palmer was named one of 25 “visionaries who are changing your world” by Utne Reader, and in 2010 he was given the William Rainey Harper Award, whose previous recipients include Margaret Mead and Elie Wiesel. He holds a PhD in sociology from the University of California at Berkeley, as well as 11 honorary doctorates.
Resistance Revival Chorus
Resistance Revival Chorus is a collective of 70+ women and nonbinary singers who join together to breathe joy and song into the resistance, and to uplift and center women’s voices, especially the voices of Black women and women of color. Members are touring musicians, actors, Broadway performers, solo recording artists, gospel singers, political activists, educators, filmmakers, artists, and more, representing a multitude of identities, creative backgrounds, and causes. The chorus was founded in the wake of the 2017 Women’s March and strives to address how historically marginalized women have been in the music industry. Their debut album, This Joy, features original compositions along with protest classics.
Melissa Ann Canlas, EdD (Moderator)
Melissa Ann Canlas, EdD, is the director of education at the Revolutionary Love Project and a full-time faculty member in the School of Education at the University of San Francisco. Dr. Canlas’s research and teaching focus on issues of educational equity and human rights. As a lifelong educator, Dr. Canlas believes that education should be directed toward learning to love and care for one another as we build systems where every person can live in wellness and dignity.
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Joyful play like a child is how I create my sacred marks.
My research over the past 20 years had shown that there is a critical mass of spiritual growth collectively in the world but that it will take about 10,000 years to come to full fruition. I won’t be therer to wotness it but tthe energy I contribute to it will still exist.
As this wonderful 10 days of such rich offering comes to a close I imagine many may feel bereft that what has felt so present and alive fades back into the virtual world. I would like to know how we can connect with one another to keep the flame of revolutionary love burning bright ? Can you share some of the ways you envision taking the next steps together? Thank you!
I am for some reason not able to access the live broadcast!!! Blessings and Love!
it helps to refresh your page Irene, good luck!
How do we join the live broadcasts?
You click on the large green rectangle near t he top of this webpage (that says “Interview and Live Q&A”) at 8 pm Eastern Time (5pm Pacific Time), Angela..