169th Annual Gathering of CCNC-N

Embodied Justice: The body in the experience of faith: Embodying compassion, love and justice

'The body is the instrument through which the soul must live its life and engage its struggle.' -Howard Thurman, Jesus and the Disinherited

"If one member suffers, all suffer together; if one member is honored, all rejoice together. Now you are the body of Christ and individually members of it." - 1 Corinthians 12:26

The Oakland Peace Center (OPC) is excited about a new model of community organizing and community building that is rooted in the body. There is a long tradition of using the body in Christianity in a justice-centered way, and as the OPC enters into our next chapter, we invite you to join us as we look towards our sacred bodies as a resource.

This is an experiential workshop where we will explore the ways that we can more fully inhabit our body, celebrating the diversity of ALL bodies, and especially centering racial equity, as a pathway to liberation for us all. We don't HAVE bodies but we ARE bodies and a community is a tapestry of bodies coming together. We will affirm the divine union of body and spirit through movement, storytelling and stillness, bearing witness to our collective grief and our collective joy. We will use body-based forms that incrementally and powerfully give voice and movement to our deepest desires for justice-based transformation.

Come spend an hour with us and learn and share the stories that your body has to tell. These stories are the DNA, the blueprint for a new community.