Invitation to Poetic Candlelight Vigil on Sept 9 with award-winning poets

Wed Sep 2 14:03:37 PDT 2020

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A Poetic Candlelight Vigil 
September 9
5pm PT/8pm ET

September 9 marks the 8 month anniversary since the first reported death from COVID-19 back in January. Since then, we have lost innumerable lives to not only this global pandemic but to systemic race-based violence, natural disasters, and more. 

One way to make sense of all of this is through the power of self expression and words.

Next Wednesday, we turn to the magic of poetry. Join us at 5pm PT/8pm ET for a Poetic Candlelight Vigil to honor those we have lost and to call in a more loving, considerate, and action-oriented way of showing up for one another and our world.
We will be led by acclaimed spoken word poet and social activist, Darius Simpson <https://go.pardot.com/e/810533/2020-09-02/41pwk/52493388?h=OGG9JdrlQtW-lWv6x7XUOV3tkix-_MiCEfZ_MUXiZI4>, who made history as the first spoken word artist to open the annual Skoll World Forum <https://go.pardot.com/e/810533/watch-v-rwrX-66YrOs/41pwm/52493388?h=OGG9JdrlQtW-lWv6x7XUOV3tkix-_MiCEfZ_MUXiZI4> for Social Entrepreneurship in Oxford, UK. He will be joined by the world-renowned Jane Hirshfield <https://go.pardot.com/e/810533/poets-jane-hirshfield/41pwp/52493388?h=OGG9JdrlQtW-lWv6x7XUOV3tkix-_MiCEfZ_MUXiZI4>, a visiting poet at Stanford University and UC-Berkeley who works at the intersection of poetry, the sciences, and the crisis of the biosphere.

Multi-instrumentalist Amber Sue Field <https://go.pardot.com/e/810533/2020-09-02/41pwr/52493388?h=OGG9JdrlQtW-lWv6x7XUOV3tkix-_MiCEfZ_MUXiZI4> will share their melodic tunes, Katy Butler <https://go.pardot.com/e/810533/2020-09-02/41pwt/52493388?h=OGG9JdrlQtW-lWv6x7XUOV3tkix-_MiCEfZ_MUXiZI4>, health-care author of the acclaimed book Knocking on Heaven's Door: The Path to a Better Way of Death, will inspire us through words and ceremony, and Reimagine’s executive director Brad Wolfe will host. 

Save the date!
Reimagine's Fall Festival 
October 1-December 15

That’s right. We are in a period that calls for action. We are therefore excited to announce that we are launching a brand new Reimagine festival. Stay tuned for the theme.

For now, we invite you, our Reimagine family, to join us on September 10 at 9am PT/12pm ETfor “A Space to Dream: Connect and Brainstorm with Potential Reimagine Collaborators <https://go.pardot.com/e/810533/ential-reimagine-collaborators/41pwy/52493388?h=OGG9JdrlQtW-lWv6x7XUOV3tkix-_MiCEfZ_MUXiZI4>," a special meetup space to create more connections with incredible potential collaborators of different backgrounds, who also want to explore life, loss, and love and change the world as a community. You'll have a chance to share what you're up to in an exciting (but low pressure) speed-dating format that will leave you empowered to get moving on your dreams.

SEPTEMBER EVENTS

One With The Sound
Wednesday, September 9
12pm PT/3pm ET

In this prerecorded theater performance, we will follow 5 young people from poverty stricken areas in a developing nation who have one thing in common: a desire to not give into the unforgiving circumstances of where they were born. Register here <https://go.pardot.com/e/810533/54509-one-with-the-sound/41px1/52493388?h=OGG9JdrlQtW-lWv6x7XUOV3tkix-_MiCEfZ_MUXiZI4>.

Strong Drinks & A Movie: "The Departures" 
Sunday, September 12
5pm PT/8pm ET

In this film discussion, we will explore the film "The Departures", which won the 2009 Academy Award for best Foreign Language Film and focuses on themes of loss, death, and grief through a multicultural lens. Please watch the film  <https://go.pardot.com/e/810533/-Masahiro-Motoki-dp-B00I03950U/41px3/52493388?h=OGG9JdrlQtW-lWv6x7XUOV3tkix-_MiCEfZ_MUXiZI4>prior to the event and bring your favorite beverage to enjoy. Register here <https://go.pardot.com/e/810533/-drinks-and-a-movie-departures/41px5/52493388?h=OGG9JdrlQtW-lWv6x7XUOV3tkix-_MiCEfZ_MUXiZI4>. 

Holding Space 
Thursday, August 10
11am PT/2pm ET

Join best-selling author Claire Bidwell Smith and Emmy Award winning journalist, Allison Gilbert, in an exploration of our collective grief and anxiety. You will learn new tools to help you cope during these times. Register here <https://go.pardot.com/e/810533/-bidwell-smith-allison-gilbert/41px7/52493388?h=OGG9JdrlQtW-lWv6x7XUOV3tkix-_MiCEfZ_MUXiZI4>. 

Reimagine Pet Loss Support
September 6, 13, 20, 27
1pm PT/4pm ET

If you've recently lost a pet, or perhaps you want to remember and talk about a dog or cat that you've lost long ago, please join us any Sunday in September for a virtual Pet Loss Support group. This event series is hosted by PetCloud <https://go.pardot.com/e/810533/2020-09-02/41px9/52493388?h=OGG9JdrlQtW-lWv6x7XUOV3tkix-_MiCEfZ_MUXiZI4>, an organization that offers pet loss and bereavement counseling. Register here <https://go.pardot.com/e/810533/020-schedule-query-pet20loss20/41pxc/52493388?h=OGG9JdrlQtW-lWv6x7XUOV3tkix-_MiCEfZ_MUXiZI4>. 

As a 501(c)(3) non-profit, we are able to provide virtual events free of charge, thanks to humans like YOU! Please consider a donation to Reimagine so that we can continue to bring helpful and inspiring experiences to individuals and communities all over the world.

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To be hopeful in bad times is not just foolishly romantic.  It is based on the fact that human history is a history not only of cruelty, but also of compassion, sacrifice, courage, kindness.  What we choose to emphasize in this complex history will determine our lives.  If we see only7 the worst, it destroys our capacity7 to do something.  If we remember those times and places – and there are so many – where people have behaved magnificently, this gives us the energy to act, and at least the possibility of sending this spinning top of a world in a different direction.  And if we do act, in however small a way, we don’t have to wait for some grand utopian future.  The future is an infinite succession of presents, and to live now as we think human beings should live, in defiance of all that is bad around us, is itself a marvelous victory.
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