Coming Back to Life – The Updated Guide to the Work That Reconnects, 2014 – by Joanna Macy and Molly Young Brown
Find translations in the Work That Reconnects Network Resource Library: workthatreconnects.org/directory-landing/
Resources
Core Texts required for the International Facilitator Development Program
Facilitating Group Learning – Strategies for Success with Diverse Learners, 2nd edition, 2020 – by George Lakey
workthatreconnects.org/resources/facilitating-group-learning-strategies-for-success-with-diverse-learners/
My Grandmother’s Hands – Racialized Trauma and the Pathway to Mending Our Hearts and Bodies, 2017 – by Resmaa Menakem
Sacred Instructions – Indigenous Wisdom for Living Spirit-Based Change, 2018 – by Sherri Mitchell
Work That Reconnects Network Resource Library
The Work That Reconnects Network is maintaining a library that features many resources relevant to our work including practices, training videos, podcasts, meditations, online publications and links to books
Link to WTR Network Resource Library: workthatreconnects.org/directory-landing/
Resources to meet the Prerequisites of the International Facilitator Development Program
1- Participation in at least 12 hours of experiential practice in the Work That Reconnects retreats, workshops, ongoing study groups, or online workshops
Find Work That Reconnects workshops on the Calendar of Events page of the Work That Reconnects Network: workthatreconnects.org/calendar
2 – Read Active Hope and Coming Back to Life
Active Hope (revised) – How to Face the Mess We’re in with Unexpected Resilience and Creative Power, 2022 – by Joanna Macy and Chris Johnstone
Find translations in the Work That Reconnects Network Resource Library: workthatreconnects.org/directory-landing/
Coming Back to Life – The Updated Guide to the Work That Reconnects, 2014 – by Joanna Macy and Molly Young Brown
Find translations in the Work That Reconnects Network Resource Library: workthatreconnects.org/resources/coming-back-to-life-the-updated-guide-to-the-work-that-reconnects/
3 – Diversity/Anti-Oppression Study or Training
Anti-Oppression Classes and Workshops:
We encourage you to find classes in your own country and culture. The following list provide some examples of quality workshops:
- Rooted Global Village – rootedglobalvillage.com
- Somatic Abolitionism – Cultural Somatics Institute – courses.culturalsomaticsinstitute.com
- Education for Racial Equity – educationforracialequity.com
- White Awake – whiteawake.org
- White People Confronting Racism –whitepeopleconfrontingracism.org
- Showing up for Racial Justice – surj.org
- Unraveling Whiteness – Embodied Anti-Racist Practices following the Work That Reconnects Spiral –nicolebauman.com/unravelingwhiteness
- Four Gates – with Larry Ward, Deeper Still Academy – lotusinstitute.thinkific.com/pages/FourGates
- Elders Action Network – eldersaction.org
Anti-Oppression Books and other Resources:
We encourage you to find resources that are acutely relevant in your own cultural context.
White Fragility – Why It’s So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism, 2018 – by Robin DiAngelo
What Does It Mean to Be White? – Developing White Racial Literacy, 2016 – by Robin DiAngelo
Me and White Supremacy – Combat Racism, Change the World, and Become a Good Ancestor, 2020 – by Layla Saad
How to Be an Antiracist, 2023 – by Ibram X. Kendi
White Supremacy Culture – an informational website written and published by Tema Okun – whitesupremacyculture.info
13th – The Movie – directed by Ava DuVernay
Sand Talk – How Indigenous Thinking Can Save the World, 2020 – by Tyson Yunkaporta
Climate Change is Racist – Race, Privilege and the Struggle for Climate Justice, 2021 – by Jeremy Williams
How to Be an Antiracists – A Conversation with Ibram X. Kendi in Yes Magazine – yesmagazine.org
Types of Ableist Language and What to Say Instead – by Ariana Resnick, CNC in Very Well Mind – verwellmind.com
De-escalating Patterns of Harm in White Dominant Spaces – a guide for WTR facilitators and participants – Link to WTR Network Resource Library