Emergency/Emergence: From Chicken Little to Beloved Community

A dynamic model of opening space where theists and nontheists gather to explore empathy and intentionality in realizing increased collective consciousness in which their differences generate the capacity to see emergent solutions to the climate crisis. The presenters are a sampling of an alignment of religious, spiritual, secular persons whose regular gatherings over the last several years are bringing awareness of the field of love into public policy, promoting healing relationships with nature and among peoples. Participants take home: consciously re-connect with one’s self and a growing community of shared practices with intention; become official Cities of Compassion, Peace, and Equity; envision your city as a Beloved Community; practice biomimicry by studying living systems for collaborative learning; apply theories of field consciousness to small groups, representing the diversity of a Permaculture flower; and “Dance” in conversations for the healing of the world.