Free workshop at Guilford College (rescheduled): From Despair to Hopeful Action

[Tom Guthrie]

New date: March 4.

From Despair to Hopeful Action: Building a More Just and Sustainable World as We Confront the “Polycrisis”

• Open to the public
• Free of charge (thanks to generous funding from the Center for Principled Problem Solving)
• Wednesday, March 4, 2026, 2:45–5:45
• Register here (registration is required)

Workshop description
We live in the age of the polycrisis: a tangle of interrelated social and environmental crises including climate change, war, authoritarianism, economic inequality, intersecting systems of oppression, forced migration, and public health emergencies. In this context, it’s easy to feel overwhelmed, powerless, anxious, or depressed.

This interactive workshop introduces strategies for confronting the polycrisis with courage, compassion, and creativity. It integrates intellectual, emotional, and embodied learning, building on “The Work that Reconnects,” a framework developed over several decades by Joanna Macy and her colleagues (https://workthatreconnects.org).

For a full description of the workshop, see the registration form.

For more information contact Tom Guthrie (tgut...@guilford.edu, 336-255-9452). To learn more about the facilitation approach and goals, click here.

Flyer attached.

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Tom Guthrie
Professor of Sociology and Anthropology

Guilford College

336-316-2836

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