Love Wins Over Hate
June 26, 7:00 p.m.
LOVE WINS OVER HATE explores the personal transformations of six individuals who went from agents of anger and bigotry to advocates for empathy and inclusivity. In the documentary, former Neo-Nazi Shannon Foley Martinez discusses how easy it was to direct her unprocessed rage and self-hatred from a sexual assault into a movement rooted in hate. Other interviewees include former white supremacists Arno Michaelis, Tim Zaal and Chris Buckley, who speak honestly and openly about the pain they willfully caused others, their changing beliefs, and their ongoing fight for a more compassionate and inclusive world. The documentary also includes conversations with people who have endured the brunt of hateful speech and actions, revealing the depth of pain and damage inflicted on individuals and wider communities. Amidst deep polarization and prevalent incidences of bias-motivated crimes and rhetoric, LOVE WINS OVER HATE shares a message of tolerance and acceptance, and a hopeful portrait of how people can change their motivation from prejudice to an appreciation of the world’s diversity.
Old Chatham Quaker Meeting is inviting all to watch this PBS film using this PBS link https://www.pbs.org/video/love-wins-over-hate-vzi4a6/ any time prior to our zoom discussion of it which will be held on the 26th of June, 7 PM using this link:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81277461653?pwd=RFZJeDJzMEpOQkdhTU52MUpaZUdzdz09
LOVE WINS OVER HATE explores the personal transformations of six individuals who went from agents of anger and bigotry to advocates for empathy and inclusivity. In the documentary, former Neo-Nazi Shannon Foley Martinez discusses how easy it was to direct her unprocessed rage and self-hatred from a sexual assault into a movement rooted in hate. Other interviewees include former white supremacists Arno Michaelis, Tim Zaal and Chris Buckley, who speak honestly and openly about the pain they willfully caused others, their changing beliefs, and their ongoing fight for a more compassionate and inclusive world. The documentary also includes conversations with people who have endured the brunt of hateful speech and actions, revealing the depth of pain and damage inflicted on individuals and wider communities. Amidst deep polarization and prevalent incidences of bias-motivated crimes and rhetoric, LOVE WINS OVER HATE shares a message of tolerance and acceptance, and a hopeful portrait of how people can change their motivation from prejudice to an appreciation of the world’s diversity.
Old Chatham Quaker Meeting is inviting all to watch this PBS film using this PBS link https://www.pbs.org/video/love-wins-over-hate-vzi4a6/ any time prior to our zoom discussion of it which will be held on the 26th of June, 7 PM using this link:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81277461653?pwd=RFZJeDJzMEpOQkdhTU52MUpaZUdzdz09
Old Chatham Quaker Meeting’s Book Club will discuss “My Grandmother's Hands” by Resmaa Menakem.
Old Chatham Quaker Meeting’s Book Club will discuss “My Grandmother's Hands” by Resmaa Menakem.
Link for discussion: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81323454142?pwd=MmpuR0xsY2JZaXkrbkREM1ZHTGlsQT09
The body is where our instincts reside and where we fight, flee, or freeze, and it endures the trauma inflicted by the ills that plague society.
In this groundbreaking work, therapist Resmaa Menakem examines the damage caused by racism in America from the perspective of body-centered psychology. He argues this destruction will continue until Americans learn to heal the generational anguish of white supremacy, which is deeply embedded in all our bodies. Our collective agony doesn't just affect African Americans. White Americans suffer their own secondary trauma as well. So do blue Americans—our police.
My Grandmother's Hands is a call to action for all of us to recognize that racism is not about the head, but about the body, and introduces an alternative view of what we can do to grow beyond our entrenched racialized divide.
This book paves the way for a new, body-centered understanding of white supremacy—how it is literally in our blood and our nervous system. It offers a step-by-step solution—a healing process—in addition to incisive social commentary.
Author -- Resmaa Menakem, MSW, LICSW, is a therapist with decades of experience currently in private practice in Minneapolis, MN, specializing in trauma, body-centered psychotherapy, and violence prevention. He has appeared on the Oprah Winfrey Show and Dr. Phil as an expert on conflict and violence. Menakem has studied with bestselling authors Dr. David Schnarch (Passionate Marriage) and Dr. Bessel van der Kolk (The Body Keeps the Score). He also trained at Peter Levine's Somatic Experiencing Trauma Institute.
Link for discussion: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81323454142?pwd=MmpuR0xsY2JZaXkrbkREM1ZHTGlsQT09
The body is where our instincts reside and where we fight, flee, or freeze, and it endures the trauma inflicted by the ills that plague society.
In this groundbreaking work, therapist Resmaa Menakem examines the damage caused by racism in America from the perspective of body-centered psychology. He argues this destruction will continue until Americans learn to heal the generational anguish of white supremacy, which is deeply embedded in all our bodies. Our collective agony doesn't just affect African Americans. White Americans suffer their own secondary trauma as well. So do blue Americans—our police.
My Grandmother's Hands is a call to action for all of us to recognize that racism is not about the head, but about the body, and introduces an alternative view of what we can do to grow beyond our entrenched racialized divide.
This book paves the way for a new, body-centered understanding of white supremacy—how it is literally in our blood and our nervous system. It offers a step-by-step solution—a healing process—in addition to incisive social commentary.
Author -- Resmaa Menakem, MSW, LICSW, is a therapist with decades of experience currently in private practice in Minneapolis, MN, specializing in trauma, body-centered psychotherapy, and violence prevention. He has appeared on the Oprah Winfrey Show and Dr. Phil as an expert on conflict and violence. Menakem has studied with bestselling authors Dr. David Schnarch (Passionate Marriage) and Dr. Bessel van der Kolk (The Body Keeps the Score). He also trained at Peter Levine's Somatic Experiencing Trauma Institute.