Oct 18: MGH Huddle Up

We are convening folks from past reads of My Grandmother's Hands (MGH) for a time of community catchup, discernment, and mutual support on

Jul 12: MGH Huddle Up!

 

We are convening folks from past reads of My Grandmother's Hands (MGH) for a time of community catchup, discernment, and mutual support on Tuesday, July 12, 2022, 1-2:30 p.m. CT. RSVP here to receive the link to join, whether its for part or the whole time.

When:  Tuesday, July 12, 2022

Time:  1-2:30 p.m. CT (11a-12:30a PT / 2-3:30p ET)

Register here

If you haven't read MGH with us before, rest assured. We will be accompanying another set of groups soon. Stayed tuned by signing up for our MGH newsletter.

Reading My Grandmother's Hands, Take 2022

It's time to read My Grandmother's Hands in community!  You are welcome to join us whether you have participated before or are newly joining us.  

We are organizing this reading with Music that Makes Community, an organization near and dear to our heart for their work to empower and liberate the spiritual life of communities through singing.  Check out more of their work here.

Groups start late in April and continue meeting every other week for eight 90-minute sessions.  Nine (!) scheduling options are available, including weekend and weekday evening.  See the details, select your best times, and register on this scheduling survey form: https://forms.gle/XErMmM9vkjCBG2wQ9.  

Mar 17: MGH Huddle Up!

 

We're convening folks from past reads of My Grandmother's Hands (MGH) for a time of community catchup, discernment, and mutual support on Thursday, March 17, 2022, 1-2:30 p.m. CT.  RSVP here to receive the link to join, whether its for part or the whole time. 

In particular, we will experience and explore the triad work Resmaa recommends in this Psychology Today article.  Then you will be invited to consider making a commitment to continue this triad work with two others of the same racial affinity group.  

If you haven't read MGH with us before, rest assured.  We will be accompanying another set of groups starting in late April.  Details are being worked out at the moment, so stayed tuned by signing up for our MGH newsletter.

Oct 7: MGH community convening

What:  A gathering for folks who have read My Grandmother's Hands (MGH) with Conie and PLM or Music that Makes Community (MMC) over the last year.  To check-in and support each other's journey's, grow community.

When:  Thursday, October 7, 2021, 1 p.m. EDT.   
(10 a.m. PDT // 11 a.m. MDT // 12 noon CDT)

Length: 90 minutes

Where:  online via zoom.  To get the link, send a note via the Contact Us form or reply to the email you received.

Read My Grandmother's Hands: Spring-Summer 2021

We're facilitating a book read of Resmaa Menakem's My  Grandmother's Hands: Racialized Trauma and the Pathway to Mending Our Hearts and Bodies*, with Music that Makes Community this spring-summer.

If you've read our Reflection for the UCC Musician's Association, then you know how transformative this book is.

Would you like join us?  

Here's the overview:

Read My Grandmother's Hands: Winter 2020-2021

 

We're hosting a book read of Resmaa Menakem's My Grandmother's Hands: Racialized Trauma and the Pathway to Mending Our Hearts and Bodies*, with Edina Morningside Community Church (UCC) this winter.  

If you've read our Reflection for the UCC Musician's Association, then you know how transformative this book is.  

There's a few open spots and we're opening up it to the wider community!  Would you like join us?

Here's the details: