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We are living in a world where the depths of division, violence, and destruction can no longer be ignored. From political polarization leading to the erosion of the democratic process to the climate crisis continuing to perpetuate racial inequity, we need changes that heal harms at the personal and systemic levels. In times of collapse, we need a movement that recognizes injustice as a reflection of collective trauma and embraces its role as a catalyst for collective healing through transformative action.
Escalated forms of harm require an equally escalated response. Yet social movements often use tactics that tend to escalate an “us vs. them,” “right vs. wrong” worldview not conducive to healing. Activist, trainer, and practitioner of nonviolence and restorative justice Kazu Haga realizes we can’t “shut down” injustice any more than we can “shut down” trauma. If healing is our goal, we need social movements that center relationships. Kazu argues this binary worldview is at the heart of what is destroying both our relationships and our planet and offers a new way to create healing by combining the time-honored lineage of nonviolent action, the sciences of trauma healing, and the promises of spiritual practice.
Join CIIS Assistant Professor in the Somatic Psychology Department Deanna Jimenez for an inspiring conversation with Kazu exploring insights from his work in restorative justice and from his latest book Fierce Vulnerability.
Kazu invites you to mobilize the power to stop harm by cultivating love to heal it.
Kazu Haga is a trainer and practitioner of nonviolence and restorative justice, a core member of Building Belonging, the Ahimsa Collective, and the Fierce Vulnerability Network, is a Jam facilitator and author of Healing Resistance: A Radically Different Response to Harm. He works with incarcerated people, youth, and activists from around the country.
He has over 25 years of experience in nonviolence and social change work. He is a resident of the Canticle Farm community on Lisjan Ohlone land, Oakland, CA, where he lives with his family. You can find out more about his work at his website.
Deanna Jimenez is an Assistant Professor at California Institute of Integral Studies in the Somatic Psychology Department and a somatic/transpersonal psychotherapist in private practice supporting individuals and couples. Her clinical work is centered in the dialogue of mental health as it intersects with race, culture and spirituality.
She received a bachelor's in international relations from UC Berkeley studying the efficacy of conflict resolution and cultural awareness in the international workplace. Following a career in corporate and non-profit fields, Deanna received her master's from John F. Kennedy University in transpersonal counseling psychology.
Through an eclectic body of training, she uses a freedom-focused approach to support clients who have dedicated their lives to transformative justice movements. In supporting people of marginalized identities to build a solid spiritual, embodied foundation we raise collective consciousness while dismantling systems of oppression.
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