What does it mean to stay tender in times of unraveling?

In this live SAND Community Gathering (November 2025), SAND co-founders, Zaya and Maurizio Benazzo spend the hour with activist and author Kazu Haga. This conversation invites us into a collective inquiry about healing, justice, and the radical courage of vulnerability. Drawing from his work on restorative justice and Kingian nonviolence, Haga explores how compassion can live alongside grief, anger, and collapse—not as escape or appeasement, but as a disciplined, relational practice of staying with the pain of the world.

Topics:

00:00 Introduction and Welcoming Remarks

00:44 Introducing Kazu and His Work

04:08 Understanding Fierce Vulnerability

06:43 The Great Turning and Collective Healing

10:50 Non-Violence and Social Movements

17:13 Spiritual Practice and Activism

24:22 Anger, Rage, and Non-Violence

26:40 Personal Stories and Reflections

28:57 Sowing Seeds of Change

29:56 The Power of Vulnerability

31:33 Healing Through Non-Violence

38:55 The Concept of Negative Peace

47:48 Living in Community

49:45 Final Thoughts and Gratitude

Resources:

Kazu Haga's Website

Fierce Vulnerability

Canticle Farm

The Eternal Song (film series by SAND)
 

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