In this episode of Fierce Compassion, we delve into the fierce vulnerability of Beloved Community with nonviolence and restorative justice practitioner Kazu Haga. Drawing on stories of transformation and reconciliation, Haga demonstrates our human capacity to transmute even the deepest harms through fierce vulnerability. Together we explore the fractal relationship between personal and systemic change, and how a stance of curiosity, compassion, and commitment to Beloved Community can sustain us and help us find our place in a diverse ecosystem of social transformation. Join us in this rich conversation as we discover how unhealed trauma impacts our world and how each of us can find our place in the work of individual and collective healing.

Transcript: https://antiracistconversations.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Episode-23-The-Fierce-Vulnerability-of-Beloved-Community-with-Kazu-Haga.pdf

Kazu Haga is a trainer and practitioner of nonviolence and restorative justice, a core member of Building Belonging, The Ahimsa Collective and the Fierce Vulnerability Network, and the author of Healing Resistance: A Radically Different Response to Harm. He works with incarcerated people, youth, and activists from around the country. He has over 20 years of experience in nonviolence and social change work, and has been an active trainer since 2000. He is a resident of the Canticle Farm community on Lisjan Ohlone land, Oakland, CA.

Follow Kazu online

Kazu's website http://www.kazuhaga.com

Facebook http://facebook.com/kazuhaga

Mentioned in the episode:

Organizations

Yes! https://yesworld.org/

The Ahimsa Collective https://www.ahimsacollective.net/

People

Josiah Royce https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josiah_Royce

Mariame Kaba https://mariamekaba.com/

Lilla Watson https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lilla_Watson

Chris Moore-Backman https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/31395124-the-gandhian-iceberg

Reverend Nadia Bolz-Weber https://nadiabolzweber.com/

Sonya Shah https://www.ahimsacollective.net/s

Shilpa Jain https://yesworld.org/event-organizer/shilpa-jain/

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