Re-Membering our Forgotten Community PART II
Presented by One Spirit in Action
Date: Monday, October 18, 2021, 7:00 - 8:30 pm ET
Available by: Join by Videoconference Only (learn more about videoconference)
THIS IS A FREE EVENT
“The difference between a broken community and a thriving one is the presence of women who are valued.”
-Michelle Obama
This panel discussion for “re-MEMBERing” our forgotten community Part II is to reinforce that “out of sight is not out of mind.” ALL of us are needed members of ONE human family with a shared consciousness and journey towards liberation.
The female incarcerated population stands over seven times higher than it was in 1980. Though many more men are in prison than women, the rate of growth for female imprisonment has been twice as high as that of men since 1980. Between 1980 and 2019, the number of incarcerated women increased by more than 700%.
Join One Spirit in Action in uplifting the voices and lives of our formally incarcerated sisters through deep sharing as we re-imagine our justice system through a lens of “just us” with no one left out. This event concludes with opportunities to be “IN ACTION” to de-carcerate and support those who are currently and formerly incarcerated.
PROGRAM FACILITATORS:
Salome Raheim, Ph.D., ACSW (OSIS Class of 2022) is an organizational consultant and trainer whose passion for advancing diversity, equity, and social justice has taken her to four continents to work with health and human services agencies, educational institutions, and nonprofit organizations. She is Dean Emeritus at the University of Connecticut School of Social Work and Professor Emeritus at the University at Albany—SUNY School of Social Welfare. She is the mother of two sons, grandmother of a beautiful goddess-child, a family constellations facilitator, energy healer, and certified mindfulness instructor.
Reverend Heidi Tessmer, BA, MBA, was ordained from One Spirit in June of 2020. She started her spiritual training at Still Harbor where spirituality and social justice meet. She serves as a Chaplain/Spiritual Director for the Covid Grief Network. She brings compassion, openness and tenderness to her ministry and has be called to wonder about the wound’s unseen. Learning from activist and educator Ruby Sales, in asking, “Where does it hurt? Heidi worked as an organizational change management consultant, process redesign consultant, facilitator, and trainer for 12 years at one of the top Global Consulting firms. She is the mother of two teenagers and lives with her family in Amesbury, Massachusetts.
If you have questions about registering for this course, please contact One Spirit Learning Alliance by email to info@1spirit.org or call 212-931-6840.