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SUMMARY:Witnessing Circle for Gaza
DESCRIPTION:Brooklyn\, NY\n\nThis event has a suggested minimum donation of
  $25 to the Palestinian Children’s Relief Fund’s (PCRF) Gaza Relief an
 d Recovery Campaign at our Witnessing Circle fundraising page here.\n\n=\
 n\nOn October 9th\, we gather to support each other as we enter another ye
 ar of this genocidal war against the Palestinians at the hands of the Isra
 eli Government and their allies. We open this space as an opportunity to a
 cknowledge and share the wounds we are carrying\, as well as to confront f
 eelings of culpability among those of us who feel we’ve been made accomp
 lice to the unjustifiable violence we witness daily.\n\nWe are forming thi
 s witnessing circle with the aim of building community with fellow humans 
 whose hearts cannot bear this grief alone and who want to see one another 
 and take action\, together.\n\nDoors open at 7pm and a delicious\, healthy
  meal will be available for purchase for $10 at 7pm before the Witnessing
  Circle begins.\n\nSome themes that will be explored:\n\n 	What is weighin
 g heaviest on your heart right now?\n 	How has life changed for you since 
 the most recent outbreak of violence?\n 	Have you changed\, and in what wa
 ys?\n 	What do you wish you could do in this moment? What’s stopping you
 ?\n 	Who and what has been sustaining your soul? How can we embody more of
  that\, individually and in community?\n 	How have different aspects of yo
 ur identity informed the way you are experiencing this trauma? Have they i
 nformed how you are responding?\n 	What are our hopes for the various reli
 gious/spiritual (Muslim\, Jewish\, Catholic\, Psychedelic\, Raver/Dance co
 mmunity etc.) communities we belong to in response to this genocide?\n~~~\
 n\nThis witnessing circle will be led by Mira Abou Elezz\, a board-certif
 ied chaplain who has been providing spiritual care in various settings sin
 ce 2016 and co-facilitated by Colin Pugh\, Executive Director of the Broo
 klyn Psychedelic Society. Mira Abou Elezz is currently a staff chaplain at
  Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center and is specialized in interfaith o
 ncology chaplaincy. Her chaplaincy is rooted in a mystical Islamic spiritu
 ality that continues to expand and evolve. She is dedicated to getting to 
 know God through getting to know others and is nourished in the work she d
 oes as a chaplain and as a mother to two young children.\n
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