The People’s Inauguration
We are in an era of transition. Valarie Kaur, renowned civil rights activist, author, and founder of the Revolutionary Love Project, invites you to The People’s Inauguration—a 10-day online program to help us reckon with all we have lost and point us toward a vision of the society we can build together, grounded in love.
In Valarie’s words: “Revolutions do not happen only in grand moments in public view, but also in small pockets of people coming together to inhabit a new way of being.” Join Valarie and an extraordinary community of activists, thinkers, writers, and artists in this global movement to reclaim love as a force for justice and change in our world—including Baratunde Thurston, America Ferrera, Rev. Dr. Traci Blackmon, Rabbi Sharon Brous, Ai-jen Poo, Bryan Stevenson, and many more.
Let’s Birth a Future Where Love Is a Force for Justice!
Valarie Kaur considers revolutionary love to be the call of our time. As rising hate violence, pervasive social injustice, and an isolating pandemic threaten to drive us further apart, we must root ourselves in a culture of love that extends in three directions: to others, to our opponents, and to ourselves.
The People’s Inauguration puts those ideas into practice with 10 core teachings to take into the world. If you have ever felt hopeless about our future, overwhelmed by the challenges ahead, breathless from the continued labor for justice, or simply not sure where to start in activating change, this summit will provide you with a compass for navigating a world in rebirth.
What You’ll Engage:
- Loving Others—When we wonder about one another, grieve with one another, and fight with and for one another we can build the solidarity needed for collective liberation and transformation — a solidarity rooted in love.
- Loving Opponents—When we learn to harness our rage and listen to even our opponents, we can gain the information necessary to reimagine cultures and institutions that protect dignity for all of us.
- Loving Ourselves—We can care for ourselves by remembering the wisdom of the midwife: breathe and push. Breathing together, letting joy in, and pushing through fear to become our best selves allows us to summon the bravery to transition from one reality to another
Presenters:
- Valarie Kaur
- Seane Corn
- Rev. angel Kyodo williams
- adrienne maree brown
- Many More
