Online
CORE Circle of Transformational Practice
media release: Tending to Grief: a Circle of Practice
with Julie Swanson & Stephanie Steigerwaldt
(Jan. 25 will also include Amie Heeter; Feb. 1 will also include Marcela Kyngesburye and Janice Belgreden)
“What if grief is not something to endure or get over but a relationship that will reshape us in some fundamental way?" Francis Weller, The Wild Edge of Sorrow
What might we learn if we come together as Grief Tenders in Circle Practice to deepen and honor our relationship with grief?
Join us as we explore co-creating an embodied, collective space to tend to our personal and collective grief. We will honor all forms of grief, such as from losses, change, and transitions; sorrows of our world (environmental, political, racial injustice…); loss of belonging; anticipatory grief; ancestral grief; and grief that is felt but not yet named.
Two opportunities to participate:
In person: Thursday, January 25, 2024, 3pm to 5pm, Goodman Community Center, Lau Christensen Room (Brassworks Building, 214 Waubesa Street, Madison)
Please see parking information below. Masks are welcomed but not required.
Online: Thursday, February 1, 2024, 10:30am to 12pm, Zoom link: https://us02web.zoom.us/
While the intention for both sessions is the same, each one will also be unique due to context and participants. You are welcome to participate in one or both.
Pre-registration for these Circles is encouraged, but not required. Registration will assist in communication in case of bad weather, etc.
Register by EOD Jan. 24 for January 25 in-person Circle
Register by EOD Jan. 31for February 1online Circle
Special access needs? Please contact us as soon as possible so we can do our best to make arrangements so all feel welcome.
There is no weekday parking in the Brassworks' parking lot until after 4:30pm.
Designated parking stalls at St. Bernard Church (driveway on Corry Street):
50 parking stalls are designated with yellow paint and signage in the lower lot of St. Bernard Church.
Ample street parking:
There is parking available on the residential streets (Corry, Waubesa, St. Paul, Lafollette, Talmadge). Make note of posted parking restrictions on these streets. Observe all city parking rules and do not block residential driveways. The city monitors street parking and will ticket and/or tow any vehicles parked illegally.