Rising Together
a day of renewal, learning, and connection for justice-seekers and community builders
Rising Together 2025: Lessons on Healing from the Front Lines of Activism
Saturday, January 25th, 2025
9:00 am – 1:00 pm at Fox Valley Unitarian Universalist Fellowship
Register HERE.
Are you wondering how to sustain your activism in the face of so much despair and uncertainty in our world? Do you long for the opportunity to nurture your own spirit as you care for others in the community? Join us for Rising Together 2025: Lessons on Healing from the Front Lines of Activism!
Hosted by the Fox Valley UU Fellowship, along with co-conspirators from the Green Bay Area UU Fellowship, Congregational United Church of Christ Neenah/Menasha, and ESTHER Interfaith Community Organizing, Rising Together gives local advocates, activists, justice-makers, and community-builders the opportunity to get centered on what matters most and feel grounded in a nurturing community.
The event is free, open to the community (but please register to help us plan!), and includes light breakfast, snacks, lunch, and childcare.
Here’s an outline of what we’ll do together:
9:00 am – 9:45 am Spiritual Deepening
9:45 am – 10:30 am Panel
10:30 am – 10:45 am BREAK
10:45 am – 11:30 am Breakout Session 1
11:30 am – 11:45 am BREAK
11:45 am – 12:30 pm Breakout Session 2
12:30 pm – 1:00 pm Lunch
If you have questions, please email [email protected]!
Program Details
Breakout Sessions
| Mindfulness for Activists | This session will teach a few concrete mindfulness practices that you can use for grounding and centering as you work for change. |
| Managing Your Own Anxiety in Your Activism | Do you ever feel like your own discomfort and worry get in the way of doing the work of activism? Join this session to learn practices to help manage this anxiety. |
| One-on-One Relational Meetings 101 | Building a strong network is key to justice and advocacy work that are sustainable! But do you ever wonder where to begin? This session will teach the basics of one-on-one meetings as part of activist work. |
| Self-Reflection & Cultural Humility | Building relationships across cultural, racial, class and other difference is an essential part of our work! But have you ever made a mistake and then gotten locked in a shame response? This session will offer support and guidance for self-reflection and learning as part of this ongoing work. |
| Decentering Yourself in Your Activism | Do you sometimes have trouble seeing beyond your own perspective? Join this session to reflect and learn about how to get beyond your usual approaches. |
| Moving at the Speed of Trust | adrienne maree brown teaches that good work happens at the speed of trust. But how do we slow down enough to let that happen in a world where every need feels deeply urgent? This session will invite that conversation! |
Panel & other program details coming in early December!
