GWI is thrilled to welcome New York Times bestselling author of My Grandmother’s Hands Dr. Resmaa Menakem to Kingston for a talk about his new book The Stories From My Grandmother’s Hands. He will be joined by co-author T. Mychael Rambo. Copies of their new book will be available for sale. The talk will be followed by a Q&A.

“In today’s America, we tend to think of healing as something binary: either we’re broken or we’re healed from that brokenness. But that’s not how healing operates, and it’s almost never how human growth works. More often, healing and growth take place on a continuum, with innumerable points between utter brokenness and total health.” ― Resmaa Menakem, My Grandmother’s Hands: Racialized Trauma and the Pathway to Mending Our Hearts and Bodies

This free, public event is sponsored by GWI, and supported by Rough Draft Bar & Books and Radio Kingston.

Event Overview:

• 5:45 – 6:00pm : Check-in, pick up your book, grab a drink/snack, and settle in!
• 6:00 – 7:15pm : Resmaa Menakem and T. Mychael Rambo, in conversation with Micah (GWI), discussing The Stories From My Grandmother’s Hands.
• 7:15 – 8:00pm : Book-signing + mingling!

About Resmaa Menakem:

Embodied provocateur, multiple-levels thinker, and structural paradigm-shifter Resmaa Menakem (MSW, LICSW, SEP), is an author, agent of change, therapist, and licensed clinical worker specializing in racialized trauma, communal healing, and cultural first aid based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. As the originator and leading proponent of Somatic Abolitionism, an embodied antiracist practice for living and culture building, Resmaa is the founder of Justice Leadership Solutions and the Cultural Somatics Institute and is an educator and coach. Working at the intersections of anti-racism, communal healing, and embodied purpose, Resmaa Menakem is the challenging yet compassionate coach we all need in this time of racial reckoning and near-global dysregulation.

About T. Mychael Rambo:

T. Mychael Rambo is a three-time Mid-West Emmy Award winning actor, vocalist, author, arts educator, and community organizer/healer; whose talents have made an indelible mark on stages across the twin cities. nationally and internationally. He has appeared in local and national television commercials, feature films, HBO mini-series and other television programming. Nationally and internationally his credits include Carnegie Hall and performances abroad in Africa, Europe, and South America. T. Mychael is an accomplished recording artist, highly sought-after public speaker, and affiliate professor in the College of ‪Liberal Arts, Theatre Arts and Dance at the University of Minnesota; where he has taught in excess of 20 years.  

GWI and Jenny Bates are holding ongoing climate grief conversations. This group will meet on the first Thursdays of the month, (though this one is on the second Thursday) at The Greenhouse 65 St. James St. on the corner of Clinton street and St. James Street in Uptown Kingston. This group is free and open to anyone who has concerns about the climate, about our City of Kingston, and who are stressed about an uncertain future.

“We are picking up distress signals, as living beings on this planet” – Jenny Bates.

Grief is not easily processed alone. The grief felt, consciously or unconsciously regarding the planet is on a scale previously unknown to our species. This series of conversations is an opportunity to share and verbalize what is felt in the context of group that will be facilitated with care, support and a sense of belonging in a confidential and fully respectful manner.

You can listen to Micah and Jenny speak on The Good Work Hour about this topic.
If you have any questions, email [email protected] or [email protected]

GWI and Jenny Bates are holding ongoing climate grief conversations. This group will meet on the first Thursdays of the month, (though this one is on the second Thursday) at The Greenhouse 65 St. James St. on the corner of Clinton street and St. James Street in Uptown Kingston. This group is free and open to anyone who has concerns about the climate, about our City of Kingston, and who are stressed about an uncertain future.

“We are picking up distress signals, as living beings on this planet” – Jenny Bates.

Grief is not easily processed alone. The grief felt, consciously or unconsciously regarding the planet is on a scale previously unknown to our species. This series of conversations is an opportunity to share and verbalize what is felt in the context of group that will be facilitated with care, support and a sense of belonging in a confidential and fully respectful manner.

You can listen to Micah and Jenny speak on The Good Work Hour about this topic.
If you have any questions, email [email protected] or [email protected]

GWI and Jenny Bates are holding ongoing climate grief conversations. This group will meet on the first Thursdays of the month, (though this one is on the second Thursday) at The Greenhouse 65 St. James St. on the corner of Clinton street and St. James Street in Uptown Kingston. This group is free and open to anyone who has concerns about the climate, about our City of Kingston, and who are stressed about an uncertain future.

“We are picking up distress signals, as living beings on this planet” – Jenny Bates.

Grief is not easily processed alone. The grief felt, consciously or unconsciously regarding the planet is on a scale previously unknown to our species. This series of conversations is an opportunity to share and verbalize what is felt in the context of group that will be facilitated with care, support and a sense of belonging in a confidential and fully respectful manner.

You can listen to Micah and Jenny speak on The Good Work Hour about this topic.
If you have any questions, email [email protected] or [email protected]

GWI and Jenny Bates are holding ongoing climate grief conversations. This group will meet on the first Thursdays of the month, (though this one is on the second Thursday) at The Greenhouse 65 St. James St. on the corner of Clinton street and St. James Street in Uptown Kingston. This group is free and open to anyone who has concerns about the climate, about our City of Kingston, and who are stressed about an uncertain future.

“We are picking up distress signals, as living beings on this planet” – Jenny Bates.

Grief is not easily processed alone. The grief felt, consciously or unconsciously regarding the planet is on a scale previously unknown to our species. This series of conversations is an opportunity to share and verbalize what is felt in the context of group that will be facilitated with care, support and a sense of belonging in a confidential and fully respectful manner.

You can listen to Micah and Jenny speak on The Good Work Hour about this topic.
If you have any questions, email [email protected] or [email protected]

“Let [Hine’s] song of loss and longing, his call to fugitivity, dispossess you of your steady gait and poise. Perhaps then we, collectively infected, might together witness the incomprehensible.”—Bayo Akomolafe, author of These Wilds Beyond Our Fences

GWI is excited to welcome writer and social thinker Dougald Hine to Kingston for a talk highlighting his book, At Work in the Ruins: Finding Our Place in the Time of Climate Crisis and Other Emergencies. Join us at the GWI Greenhouse, where we will gather to hear reflections on the consequences of our over-reliance on the single lens of science while inviting us to collectively explore paths beyond panic and polarization. Registration for this event includes a copy of the book and will be available on the evening of the event. The talk will be followed by a Q&A.

Event Overview:

5:45-6:15pm Check-in, pick up your book, grab a drink/snack, and settle in!

6:15-7:15pm Dougald, in conversation with David Brownstein, will discuss At Work in the Ruins. They will then open it up to the audience for a Q&A

7:15-8:00pm Book-signing + mingling!

About Dougald Hine:

Dougald Hine is a social thinker, writer and speaker. After an early career as a BBC journalist, he co-founded organizations including the Dark Mountain Project and a school called HOME. He has collaborated with scientists, artists and activists, serving as a leader of artistic development at Riksteatern (Sweden’s national theater) and as an associate of the Centre for Environment and Development Studies at Uppsala University. His latest book is At Work in the Ruins: Finding Our Place in the Time of Science, Climate Change, Pandemics & All the Other Emergencies (2023). He co-hosts The Great Humbling podcast and publishes a Substack called Writing Home. https://dougald.nu/