WTR Events
Upcoming Events​
Most events are free. Look in the event descriptions for information on price and registration if required.
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WITNESS SUPPORT: a workshop for Rapid Responders Now
Saturday January 3, 2026, 1:00 - 4:00 pm, Unity Church-Unitarian, St Paul; enter Holly St, Center Room 1st floor
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Are you providing Rapid Response or Mutual Aid Support for people targeted by Federal Agents? Are you on the brink of doing so? "Witness Support" is a facilitated group process for re-regulating your body/mind in this time of ongoing alert. This workshop will help you re-connect breath and body, release grief, and re-fortify so you can continue to do the work you feel called to do. You’ll leave with suggestions and practices for supporting your nervous system during and after actions, and onward through this time of Great Resistance.
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Space is limited, please register: https://bit.ly/witnesssupport
Cost: Free, there will be an opportunity to contribute if you so choose.
Contact: bethclearyawake@gmail.com
Please do not share this announcement on social media.
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Active Hope for the New NOW Practice Gathering
Monday, January 12, 7:00 - 8:30 pm, Unity Church-Unitarian, enter Holly St, Robbins Parlor
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Monthly practice gatherings feature a pressing issue in the New NOW as a focus for each session. The issue for January is "ICE Raids." The intention is not a discussion of the issue but to move through the Active Hope Spiral of grounding in gratitude, touching into feelings of grief/anger/fear/despair, seeing with new and ancient eyes, and gathering our capacities for action in response to this issue. All are welcome, no experience or registration needed.
Cost: Offered freely
Contact: Jean Hammink jeanhammink@gmail.com
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Active Hope for the New NOW Workshop
Saturday, February 28, 1:00- 4:00 pm, Unity Church-Unitarian, Holly St, Foote Room
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We are living in a time of disruption and uncertainty in this country. This three-hour workshop is designed to go deeper in the use of the Active Hope Spiral to build capacity for staying resilient, converting despair into action, and working toward a habitable and just world. "Active Hope," according to Joanna Macy, is not something we have but something we do. Together we will reconnect to your hopes for what the world can be, and energize our work to bring that better world about. The "now" of this time is calling -- this workshop will help you respond to that call! Register Here!
Cost: Free, there will be an opportunity to contribute if you so choose.
Contact: Jean Hammink jeanhammink@gmail.com
Save the Date
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February 9, March 9 - Active Hope for the New Now PRACTICE GATHERINGS, 7 - 8:30pm​
Recent Past
Active Hope for the New NOW: Monthly Practice Group
Mondays, 7:00–8:30 p.m. At Unity Church-Unitarian, St. Paul
Monday, December 8, Issue: Our Waters in Crisis
November 10, Issue: Weaponization of Hunger​
October 13, Issue: Militarization of Our Cities​
September 8, Issue: Gun Violence
Contact Jean Hammink: jeanhammink@gmail.com
*There is no prior registration needed for Monthly Practice Groups
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Active Hope for the New NOW Workshop
Saturday, November 15, 9 am - 12 pm, Unity Church-Unitarian, enter Holly St, Foote Room
Contact: Jean Hammink, jeanhammink@gmail.com
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WORDS on FIRE: A Retreat for Writers in Emergency
Dates and Times: Indigenous Peoples’ Weekend
Fri evening, October 10 - October 12, Eastside Freedom Library
​Contact: Beth Cleary, bethclearyawake@gmail.com
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Active Hope Book Group
Mondays, September 15, 22, 29 and October 6, 7:00 - 8:30 pm, Unity Church-Unitarian, St. Paul
Contact: Jean Hammink, jeanhammink@gmail.com
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Active Hope for the New Now Workshop
Saturday, July 19, 1:00pm - 4:00pm, in person at Unity Church-Unitarian, St. Paul (Foote Room)
​Contact: Beth Cleary, bethclearyawake@gmail.com
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INTER-DEPENDENCE DAY: A Workshop for Active, and Activist, Hope
Friday, July 4, 2025, 10:00am – 4:30pm at East Side Freedom Library, St. Paul
Contact: Beth Cleary – bethclearyawake@gmail.com
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Active Hope and Mindfulness Meditation Workshop
Saturday May 3 (12-5) and Sunday May 4 (1-5), in person at the MN Zen and Meditation Center, Minneapolis
Contact: Jean Hammink, jeanhammink@gmail.com
Active Hope: Grounding the Self of the Therapist, Cultivating Embodied Engagement
Saturday, May 3, 9:45 am - 4:00 pm, in person at Carondelet Center, St. Paul
Contact: Mary Androff, maryandroff@gmail.com
​Active Hope for the New Now Workshop
Saturday, March 22, 2025, 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM, in person, held at Unity Church-Unitarian, St. Paul
Contact: Jean Hammink, jeanhammink@gmail.com