Circles Session 9
Rise
Generations—growing, giving, gathering
Nurture community and transformation
For a future that holds us, all of us
This is the work of our lifetimes
🎵 Welcome Tune (optional)
New World Coming by Nina Simone
🌱 Opening
Read 1 poem or quote from this section to open.
💫 Check-in
Prompt: Share your name + someone who inspires you to rise. Then “popcorn” to someone else. (Circle leader should go first and model this.)
☀️ Discussion
Move through 3 generous questions, ensuring everyone has a chance to share.
If you were to write a letter—a plea—about the climate crisis, who would you send it to? Why?
Can you imagine the community that will heal the climate crisis? Tell us about what you imagine…
How might we widen our circles of action?
📓 Journal prompt
Offer the following journal prompt, for those who may want to reflect and write between this session and the next one.
Prompt: What additional knowledge/skills/experience could aid your rising?
🌙 Closing
Read 1 poem or quote from this section to close. (You can either select and read the poem/quote, or you can invite a member of your group to.)
🔧 Workplace Exploration (optional)
First, revisit the prompt from the last session.
Prompt: Was anyone able to take up the workplace exploration prompt from our last session, around the organization’s “ecosystem”? What did you learn?
Then, offer this next prompt for exploration between this session and the next one. (You may also want to email/message it.)
Prompt: Reflect on roles and responsibilities within your organization. At present, is climate part of anyone’s job? Can employees access climate learning opportunities? Is there climate expertise among the organization’s leaders/board?
Additional Resources
For those who may wish to watch/listen further—now or down the road—we’ve curated a couple resources related to this section of All We Can Save. Please share these with your Circle after the session.
🎧 Placed Here, in This Calling OnBeing interview with Colette Pichon Battle
📺 Climate Action Needs New Frontline Leadership TED Talk by Ozawa Bineshi Albert
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