Steady in the Storm

Harmful systems in need of change are not going quietly. The U.S is subjecting the world to accelerated imperialism beyond its borders, and militarized white Christian nationalist rule at home. Across much of Europe, long-standing claims to liberal values have often given way to open racism, ethnonationalism, and the return of far-right movements. In both regions, border violence is often reframed as “security,” immigrants are cast as existential threats, racialized fear is leveraged for political power, and nostalgia for authoritarian order is dressed up as cultural preservation. Prices rise on everything, everywhere. Healthcare balloons out of reach, at least in the United States. Home ownership, once a cornerstone of the American Dream, has become a fantasy for most.

The arrogance of harmful U.S. policies has been familiar to people outside the West and to Indigenous peoples and POC in for many generations. U.S. and European imperialism has shaped lives globally for centuries through coups and economic sabotage, debt regimes, and extraction justified as stability or freedom. It’s not new. But what is worsening is just how brazen this violence is now enacted at home, in the imperial core. 

In moments like this, when the old paradigm feels on a needed but messy collision course with itself, with no clear solution in sight, the temptation to collapse inward can feel strong. But succumbing to despair, cynicism, or paralysis does not protect us, nor does it serve those around us.

This teaching is offered in service of something more demanding and more hopeful: supporting you to become the steady, ethical presence that your community and life most needs. We’ll explore ways to embody the values this historical moment demands: courage, discernment, generosity, and an anti-supremacist commitment to historical and present-time honesty — the foundations of building community resilience in times of upheaval and creating systemic change that lasts.

Expect sober analysis, ethical grounding, and practical tools for staying human, staying in relationship, and modeling the kind of grounded, values-driven energy the world urgently needs.