Unsettling Grief is an opportunity to collectively explore grief and genocide, tending to the unnameable sorrow for the unjust mass death of Palestinians at the hand of empire.
Through collective witnessing of the shared grief we refuse to look away from, we gather online for this grief circle to honor the unfathomable sorrow in our hearts for the mass death of Palestinians at the hands of empire. So we may discover a different kind of opening. An overlooked crack in the foundation of modernity's violences, a way of moving through sorrow that resists apathy, passivity, or acceptance. A way for our love of life to outweigh our fear of death – strengthening our endurance for witnessing so much grief and sorrow – and build our capacity to show up to fight what presently feels overwhelming.

This goodGrief circle is an opportunity to sit with what our death-and-grief-averse culture often hides from sight. To complement our discussions in the otherWisdom Circles around the mythical land of Away, we will hold space for open conversation in the style of a virtual Death Cafe. Taking the time to explore a topic that the dominant culture has deemed taboo might just shift our perceptions of death and decay in ways that can inform how we lean into otherWays of living, loving, and grieving amidst a finite world.

In this goodGrief circle, we will peer into the wisdom of those who believe that the energy of those who have passed is not destroyed, and live in a practice of acknowledging the ancestors that have moved beyond the Tribe of the Living. As always, there will be an opportunity for sharing and bringing the dead to life through remembrance and story. Participants will also be guided in ritual to connect with the Tribe of the Dead, tending to the Ancestral Grief we carry through generational loss and a perceived disconnection from those who have taken on new forms.

Through an offering of weekly prompts and suggested practices leading up to the darkest day of the year, we will take the time to explore the darkness – literally and metaphorically. What may we find when we move with intention into the dark? What may be revealed to us – both from dark places within us and from the dark spaces we choose to explore fearlessly – when we sit in darkness from a place of peace? Join us in this goodGrief offering as we practice holding and expanding space for Grief in the Dark.