About the Series
"Those who risk their lives to protect marine mammals, and those who risk jail to stop paying taxes for weapons, and those who risk their jobs to 'blow the whistle' on corruption and deception — they also draw on vaster powers of life. Grace happens when we act with others on behalf of our world." - Joanna Macy
"Relinquish an inch of your privilege so that an entire people (Palestinians) doesn't have to lose everything"! – Francesca Albanes
How do you face these challenging times of fascism, militarism, livestreamed genocides, overt racism, blatant propaganda, double-standard laws, accelerated rate of ecocide, potential nuclear war, etc.?
How do you overcome a by-design sense of paralysis and barriers to disentangle from the system of oppression?
While it may have been hiding under “rule of law” or “free market”, colonialism and supremacy function as the scaffolding of the industrial capitalist world. This series is an invitation to decolonize our mind, body, and heart. We will deepen our conscious and unconscious awareness of the systemic patterns of power. We will be working on how to avoid replicating tools of the dominant system, moving away from performative action and care, and centering underrepresented voices.
Together, we aim to sustain discomfort and uncertainty, bolster courage and compassion, strengthen our solidarity and our contribution to collective liberation.
This course is designed to be experimental and experiential, unlearning institutionalized knowledge and recognizing different forms of knowing and being.
A five-week experimental and experiential journey
Week#1: Political Awareness: anchor our journey in justice, healing, and mutual care
Week#2: Social Awareness: identify our entanglement within the system of harm
Week#3: Decolonize Grief: extend our circle of empathy
Week#4: Reconnect with Wide Community & Ancestral Wisdom: learn, unlearn, and embody new paradigms
Week#5: Go Forth: orient our actions towards finding/building community and collaborative actions
Zeinab Benchakroun is a somatic coach and facilitator of Good Grief Network and the Work That Reconnects. After more than two decades working in different fields, including social justice and climate activism, she transitioned to supporting people and organizations seeking agency, courage, resilience, and transformation. Focused on how the ecological collapse is braided with colonialism, patriarchy, and oppression, she is committed to bridging her attention and energy between the current injustices and the seeds for a regenerative life. She is a Moroccan woman Muslim animist, and a mother of three children.
At present, Aparna Bakhle (she/her) works as an independent researcher and freelance consultant around decolonizing care, nurturing coherence and attuning to presence through climate collapse. She holds a BFA in Film (Emerson College) and an MA in Engaged Ecology (Schumacher College, UK). She has trained as a F.L.O.W. Facilitator with Good Grief Network and in Conflict Transformation with The Whole Partnership. Aparna is also the mother of two daughters who inspire her commitment to supporting just transitions towards regenerative futures for the more than human as well as humans
Timing & Logistics
Please read the following section carefully to avoid confusion about meeting times and time zones. Good Grief Network does not offer program refunds, so please check that the timing of this group works with your schedule.
The reference/anchor time** for this meeting is Eastern Time Zone in United States:
This group will meet for 5 Tuesdays
27 October - 24 November 2026
10:00am - 12:00pm ET / 7:00 - 9:00am PT
[check your time zone]***
**When we refer to the anchor time, we mean that this meeting will occur at Eastern Time Zone in United States, no matter what the local time is for you.
***On Sunday 1 November Daylight Savings Time will start in the United States. Time will change to be 1 hour behind. Please be mindful of this change prior to registering.
Program Fees & Scholarships
The full rate can be paid in one payment or in two payment installments. Please note, these prices are a special one-time GGN deal and are lower than normal.
Full Rate: $150 USD
50% Scholarship: $75 USD
100% Scholarship: Apply Here
FLOW CoP Members: Please contact community@goodgriefnetwork.org for enrollment instructions.
We don't want finances to be an obstacle to participation. We offer full and partial scholarships to folks from marginalized communities or who are fiscally constrained and need support accessing this healing work. 50% scholarships are available on a first-come, first-serve basis via this form and 100% scholarships are available via application.
For more information on our sliding scale payment, please see the Program Payment section below for details.
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Time Commitment
We prioritize small groups, so spots are limited. Please only sign up for this group if you are able to attend the full two hours of all 5 meetings (barring unexpected circumstances, of course).
Accessibility
Each session will be hosted on Zoom. Access and familiarity with the Zoom platform is recommended.
This series will be hosted in English. We would like to be able to offer our events in other languages, but are still a very small nonprofit organization and do not have that capacity at this time.
Please let us know if you have any accessibility needs the facilitator team should be aware of.
Final Notes