Active Hope: The Work That Reconnects with Mutima Imani

Friday, Aug 22, 18:00 - 20:00
Saturday, August 23, 10:00 - 17:00
Genezarethkirche-Startbahn, Herrfurthplatz

The Work That Reconnects is a body of powerful practices that use ritual, dialogue, and imagination to help us feel deeply into the condition of the world around us while cultivating our capacity for fearless open-heartedness and agency for change.

Initiated by Joanna Macy and drawing from deep ecology, systems thinking, and spiritual traditions (especially Buddhist and indigenous teachings), this work offers a pathway through and beyond grief, numbness, and despair, and into empowered action in relation with all life.

This two-day workshop is an introduction to The Work That Reconnects by one of its senior guides and facilitators, offered in collaboration by Spirit & Soul and Church of Interbeing.


Mutima Imani (https://mutimaimani.com/) is a facilitator, speaker, and author specializing in transformative practices that awaken personal and collective potential for a thriving global society. Drawing on a wealth of experience as a spiritual leader and healer, Mutima intertwines ancestral wisdom, deep ecology, and community-based practices to address the root causes of oppression, disconnection, and ecological collapse. As a dedicated steward of the Work That Reconnects, Mutima brings a decolonized, inclusive lens to themes of justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion (JEDI) in social and environmental activism.

Mutima is the author of A Global Invitation to a Thriving Worldwide Society: The Promise of the Great Turning, an exploration of how Joanna Macy’s Work That Reconnects spiral can evolve to address the polycrisis of our time. With a focus on healing intergenerational and racial trauma, nurturing resilience, and fostering liberation, she empowers individuals and communities to navigate the transition toward a just, regenerative future.

Costs for participation:
Sliding scale 30-100 Euro and request for donation

Contact for questions:
Lioba Diez, Spirit & Soul, protestant pastor, lioba@spiritandsoul.org
Adam McKenty, Church of Interbeing (adam@photosynthesis.ca)