Great Gatherings & Good Trouble

Greetings all,

Happy St. Brigid’s/Candlemas/Imbolc—in the Celtic calendar, the midpoint between the Winter Solstice and the Spring Equinox and the beginning of Spring. You may have noticed the days becoming longer as we move into another cycle of our intimate relationship with our Sun, Moon and the Earth. 

There are so many ways to nurture ourselves and our world in these times; I am happy to be presenting at one of them April 5-6 at Pacifica Graduate Institute near Santa Barbara at the Once and Future Goddesses Conference. 

I am so looking forward to gathering with other founding mothers of the women's spirituality movement and meeting those who are carrying the Sacred Feminine into the future. Also, Pacifica is the site of Marija Gimbuta's archives (viewing them is part of the conference), as well as Joseph Campbell’s. If you would like to join us, you may register to attend in person or virtually via live stream.  

The weekend before the Once and Future Goddesses Conference there are an abundance of choices: the always wonderful Bioneers in Berkeley and the rich ASWM in Tucson.

In our daily lives, there are many things we can be doing to help heal our beloved world. Remember, wise action is one of the best antidotes to depression or despair. First though, given the particular challenges of these times, I recommend doubling or tripling the amount of time you spend doing whatever daily practices help you remain strong. For me it is Wisdom Healing Zhineng Qigong--and you are welcome to join me. 

The Sierra Club is doing an excellent job of showing people how they can make a difference in just a few hours a month. For information on how to take action, click here.  

My beloved Reclaim Our Vote, part of Center for Common Ground, continues to spotlight the most important electoral actions--there's an important one going on right now with the Wisconsin Supreme Court election. Your postcards, phone calls and donations are necessary to get out voters of color and other disenfranchised voters. 

You might be wondering: why focus on voters of color and why not all voters? Of course, all votes are important and essential. This article details how much voter suppression of all kinds--and particularly of voters of color--turned this past election. 

Lastly, Harper’s Index reported that American voters are 3-4 times more likely to vote for a person of color for president than a woman. On many fronts, clearly, we have a lot of work to do…  Let's get going, back in the saddle, love ourselves, one another, and the world. 

We can do it—with one another. 

May all beings be safe, happy, healthy and free,  Hallie