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TUNE INTO JUSTICE • MLK Day 2021 • Holistic Resistance Benefit
SONG and COMMUNITY with Lyndsey Scott, Doreen Conte, and Laura Sandage
DONATE to HOLISTIC RESISTANCE and learn about their work.
ARRIVING SONGS
CALLING FOR A HEALING by Terry Garthwaite (Doreen) : listen on audio player above
lyrics:
We are calling for a healing
We are calling far and near
May our voices be revealing
That the need for help is here
Send some love, send some light
Keep the flame of this revival burning bright
LET THE SONG (chorus and verse 2) by Laura Sandage (Laura) : listen on audio player above
lyrics:
Let the song carry
Let the song carry us
Let the song carry all of us back to reverence
Back to reverence
Let the song wake the voice of justice
Let the song emerge from sacred lands
Let the song offer a welcome safe house
And guide our open hands
THE WAY KNOWS THE WAY by Lyndsey Scott (Lyndsey)
lyrics:
You don't have to know the way
The way knows the way
You don't have to plan the way
Trust the way
Feel your way
The way knows
The way knows
The way knows the way
7:05 OPENING
Prayer: Laura and Lyndsey
Welcome and Greeting: Lyndsey and Laura and Doreen and everyone
Opening Song:
I HAVE NOT COME HERE ALONE by the Peace Poets (Lyndsey)
lyrics:
I have not come here alone
I carry my people in my bones
I have not come here alone
And if you listen you can hear them in my soul
7:15 JUSTICE FROM THE INSIDE OUT
Drop In with Spirits and Ancestors of Justice: (Laura leads guided process with song support from Lyndsey)
Characteristics of White Supremacy: Lyndsey will focus on one or two concepts from this document to discuss.
TO LISTEN IS TO LEAN IN SOFTLY by Eoghan Carrick (Laura, Eoghan recording)
lyrics:
To listen is to lean in softly
Lean in soft with your heart
With the willingness to be changed
Be changed by what you hear
BREAKOUT GROUPS of 3: radical listening on focus topic = How am I practicing internally to end white supremacy in myself?
ONE BY ONE EVERYONE COMES TO REMEMBER by Michael Stillwater (Doreen)
lyrics:
One by one everyone comes to remember
We're healing the world one heart at a time
7:40 JUSTICE IN ACTION
RISE UP by ??? (Lyndsey, pass around participation)
lyrics:
There's a vision in you, there's a vision in me
There's a vision in everybody
Rise up
Come down, feet on the ground
SHARE: Lyndsey talks about Holistic Resistance and supporting black leadership. Discussion.
BREAKOUT GROUPS OF 3: Prompt = How in my life am I supporting black leadership and black voices?
SONG(S): Reprise/add more (either Rise Up or I Have Not Come Here Alone or The Way-- Lyndsey)
8:10 CLOSING
CALLING FOR A HEALING add second verse (Doreen) : listen on audio player above
lyrics:
We are calling for a healing
We are calling far and near
May our voices be revealing
That the need for help is here
Send some love, send some light
Keep the flame of this revival burning bright
We are asking for a blessing
Let the loving light appear
May our voices be caressing
Those in need we hold so dear
Send some love, send some light
Keep the flame of this revival burning bright
SHARE AS A GROUP (popcorn style) on “When I am tuned into justice, my body/heart/soul feels ________.” (Laura)
LEAN BACK by Sarah Salem (Laura with everyone adding lyrics)
lyrics:
Lean back, they say (3x)
We're right here
We're right here
CLOSING GRATITUDES/Shout outs (Lyndsey & all)