The Social Change Sanctuary
TURNING A POOL OF TEARS INTO A SEA OF SOCIAL CHANGE
For thousands of years, people have been mourning in collectives with rituals, prayers and songs.
Your not supposed to mourn alone.
In the face of so much crisis and catastrophe, coming together to grieve can help us move through traumatic experiences, sustain our solidarity and create social change.
If you’re looking for a safe space to grieve & mourn, to find hope in hardship...
Join us at the Social Change Sanctuary.
Upcoming Events
Good Mourning
Resilient Heart Activism Club
facilitated by
Eva Orbuch & Alison Avigyail Ramer
Weekly on Friday
8:00 AM - 8:30 AM PST
Interfaith Community Led
Collective Mourning
Sunday, March 22nd - 4PM PST / 7PM EST
Join artists, activists, spiritual leaders & scientists for a 90 minute community led grief and gratitude practice.
Our time together will include music, art, poetry, nervous system regulation and other practices to help us feel and process our emotions.
We will also witness and share our collective grief and how we are nourishing ourselves and others.
This research based practice is designed to increase personal and communal resilience.
About this Space
The Social Change Sanctuary formed as a collective to support people experiencing a multitude of emotions — grief, anxiety, doubt, fear, numbness, hopelessness — due to war and violence in October 2023.
This space is designed to be welcoming to all who would like to experience or witness the use of different resiliency practices from different cultures, religions, traditions and disciplines.
Research shows that when we come together to collectively mourn, we are co-regulating. This creates an increased sense of safety and belonging, which enables us to better respond to the needs of ourselves and others.
You can learn a bit more about the Social Change Sanctuary through this link here.
Also, please take the time to review our community agreements .
Our Values
Working to create a just, equal and free world for all in recognition of the interconnected web of life.
Respect for diverse religious, spiritual, humanist and earth-centered traditions.
Practicing co-resistance in struggles for racial, indigenous, and gender justice.
Collectively opposing racism, homophobia, transphobia, Islamophobia and Anti-Semitism
Our Story
Together with spiritual communities, activists, artists and movement partners, we are co-creating grief rituals to hold our heartbreak, rooted in collective healing and resilience.
Since October 7th over 500 people of multiple faiths and nationalities have joined us for collective mourning rituals and workshops.
Past Events
Political Grief Ritual
led by Alison Avigayil
September 7
Online
4pm PST / 7pm EST
Community Grief Ritual
led by Coby Liebman, Gabi Jubran, Amanda Nagai & Muna AlSheikh
September 15
In Person - Bodega, CA
10 am - 5 pm PST
Collective Mourning Ritual
led by Alison Avigayil Ramer
January 16th
10:00 am PST
Online
led by Gabi Jubran and Alison Ramer
October 6th
10:00 am PST
Online
Mourning the Fires
led by Alison Avigayil Ramer &
Rabbi Cat Zavis
April 4th
10:00 am PST
Online
Newsletter
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Resources
The Necessity of Collective Grieving
Grief tender and poet Amanda Nagai shares with Ignite Talks, a global speaker series, about the need for collective mourning
Youth Without Borders
Grief tender and writer Alison Carmel shares about how Youth Without Borders is continuing in Gaza.
Emergence in Emergency
How has the Social Change Sanctuary responded during this time? Where do we go from here?