East Coast: August 3rd, 7:30 Eastern Standard Time
West Coast, August 3rd, 7:30 Pacific Standard Time
Join CPA-NA's bi-monthly drop-in conversation called “Linking Conversations.”
In this upcoming Linking Conversation, we will be talking about our emotional reactions to the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022. After decades, months, and weeks of very dire news, many in the climate space had very complex feelings about the surprising shift in Washington. Could we trust it? How did it happen? If we know it’s not enough, how are we “supposed” to feel? Are we allowed to feel some relief or is that “hopium.” Are we allowed to feel some cynicism, or is that being a “doomer.” What does it mean to take in and process good news?
Generally, in this bi-monthly Linking Conversation series, we will think and talk together about what’s happening in the world–such as extreme weather, political moments, and cultural flashpoints–and about linking thought and action, being and doing, the internal and external worlds. Through these conversations, we hope to create links that will help us bear the weight of climate change and find spaciousness from which to act.
The conversations are founded on the idea that to build an empathic and justice oriented response to the climate crisis, we need to support and honor those parts of being human that “link” - to our own inner lives, to the subjective experiences of others, to the collective lived experience of our communities, and to the environment in which we live and upon which we depend. In a culture that persistently attacks and disavows these links, we aim to recognize and support them.