Conflict Resilience in Circle

Why does money often foster so much conflict? If we understand money is an instrument of separation, then the conflict it engenders might be trying to bring us closer, so that together we can heal the original traumas of genocide, land ownership, slavery. If that is so, without conflict resilience, we can’t get to healing. Bring your “money conflicts” and together we will practice transforming conflict into resilience and insight, held in the healing space of a community circle.

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“Health is Wealth” Pop-up Clinic

The Good Work Institute is partnering with the Holistic Health Community to provide a “Health is Wealth” pop-up clinic at the Rooted Resources Festival on Saturday, May 14. There will be a range of different modalities featured from herbal health consultations to Shamanic Reiki Healing.

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Landback

In a country where land is seen as a commodity and a means to generate wealth, what does it mean when the land has been stolen? Democratizing wealth is not an easy topic, and in order to sort it out we must rectify a past filled with enslavement, genocide, brutality and thievery.

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Design a Cooperative Business!

Cooperatives are for-profit businesses that bake democratizing wealth and governance into their very DNA. In this interactive session, we go over the basics of what cooperatives are and can be, we journey in teams to design a co-op to solidify our understanding together, and we discuss the role of cooperatives in the Hudson Valley.

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Property as Wealth

Private home and land ownership are a primary driver of wealth-building and, conversely, of generational wealth gaps. Join this discussion with panelists whose work addresses the challenges of the current property ownership and housing landscape.

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Period Power! Open Mic Night

Young activists from Kingston High School who are members of the Period Power! Club, a newly formed www.Period.Org Chapter of Ulster County will be hosting an Open Mic Night at Good Work Institute. 

Period Power! Open Mic Night invites you to express your creativity through spoken words, songs, story telling, and/or dance. Sign up to secure your performance spot! We are asking all performances to be original work ONLY! Performances should be no longer than 4 minutes, and we will close sign-ups with a maximum of 20 performances.

Rooted Resources Festival

Rooted Resources is a weekend festival that shines a light on localizing economic power to nurture solidarity, awareness, and action. 

Democratizing wealth, communities, and work is one of the principles of Just Transition that we want to uplift in our places. Through this gathering we offer a platform to learn from each other, connect with ideas and initiatives, and facilitate the hard and powerful conversations that come with looking at how we might better share resources to shift from individual survival to collective thriving.

We will ask big questions to reimagine money and shared resources:

  • How might we understand money differently, democratize wealth, and see new ways to engage in exchanges that benefit our communities and all life?
  • What happens when we allow ourselves to explore the commons, land as wealth, cooperatives, community funds, local currencies, and exchange rooted in reciprocity and collective prosperity?

With activists, entrepreneurs, storytellers, community builders, and explorers as our guides, we will gather to learn from the projects underway to create stable, dynamic, just abundance in our communities. We also face the real fact that there is trauma around money, and we’ll bring forward ways to heal, to move away from the scarcity that global capitalism imbeds in us. Lastly, we will celebrate the creativity inherent in all of us and take the opportunity to be together in-person!

At the Root: Our Stories and Values

We all have stories related to money. Whether we grew up with a lot of money or very little, our access to wealth greatly shaped our lives. TMI Project will facilitate a space where, through the use of prompts, participants will free-write and have the opportunity to read.

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What’s Happening in Your Community?

Happy Spring!

How are you? Do you have any new projects in the works? Do you need support in your Good Work? What is happening in your community? We are inviting you to connect with old friends, meet some new ones and answer some of these questions on Wednesday, April 20th at 12pm. 

We have been learning about some of the initiatives happening across the Network of those doing Good Work towards Just Transition here in this valley of the Mahicantuck river. We also know that there are so many more things happening, big and small, that are adding up to making a difference in our region. Sharing these is a crucial part of the work. It’s how we inspire each other, how we increase what’s possible and collectively imagine and build.

Join us in a virtual space to share what’s happening in your community. At this session, we will hear from each other, ask each other questions, and share calls of action. Feel free to enjoy your lunch while we connect and share with each other so that we can support each other in carrying this momentum forward. We will host this event via Zoom. The link will be provided in the registration confirmation email. 

This is event is free, but registration is required. If you have any questions, please email us at [email protected].

Radical Mindfulness 1: Dismantling the Oppression Within Us

“We say we want peace in the world, yet we’re not peaceful ourselves.” Shri Shiva Rudra Balayogi.

About this Event

In order to dismantle the systems of oppression that exist in the world we must face the systems of oppression that live within us. This requires heartfulness, mindfulness, and the cultivation of internal peace. Practicing mindfulness supports us in our commitment to drive racial justice and social equity, which is in turn central to Just Transition. 

This workshop starts with your interest in the practice of mindfulness as a path to social change and willingness to take a look at your own capacity for change and peace. Mindfulness is paying attention on purpose, in the present moment, without judgement. Woven in with opportunities to practice, we will invite you to explore the meaning of “radical” and “mindfulness” and how they offer a means of recognizing the oppression that lives within, and to see how mindfulness serves as a foundation for those who are working  to change the world. 

Note: Those who attend this workshop will be invited to participate in Radical Mindfulness 2: From Recognition to Repair that is scheduled for later in the year.