Irresistible Care Circle
How you holding up, movement family? We are needing each other now more than ever.
As a response to the trying pandemic season in spring 2020, we convened a weekly virtual Irresistible Care Circle: a life-giving, interactive gathering place for connection and care.
Over 1,200 of you — organizers, facilitators, parents, artists, teachers, therapists, and hearts dedicated to personal & collective liberation — joined us in this series. We shared rest, honesty, and ritual. Our themes include self-regulation practices, grief and honoring our pain, song, and more.
Watch the videos & sing along
Most of our Care Circle sessions were not recorded to protect the privacy of the social justice leaders finding refuge with us, but the two exceptions were our amazing singalong nights.
Thrive Choir gave us a night of “Singing for Joy” on April 30. Artists Cherie Badawi, Kaitlin June, Austin Willacy, & Kyle Lemle shared some original music and taught songs we could sing along with and bring to our groups.
Watch & share the “Singing for Joy” video on Facebook:
Lu Aya of the Peace Poets, Niria Alicia, and BJSTAR led us in song on March 31. They taught us liberation songs that we can lead in our homes, with our organizations, and lean on when we need to pick ourselves and each other up.
Watch & share the “Let us Sing! Songs for Liberation” video on Facebook:
Meet your Circle Keeper
BJSTAR (they/them) is an experience designer committed to building a just, thriving, and sustainable world through supporting and strengthening groups working within the intersections of climate justice, abolition, anti-racism, and radical black queer feminism. BJ also served as Co-Director of Irresistible.
BJ is accompanied by Irresistible team members Kate Werning & Alyson Thompson as well as drop-in guest facilitators, some of whom you’ll recognize from past episodes of the podcast. Thank you to Lu Aya, Niria Alicia, Celia Kutz, Kaitlin June, Austin Willacy, Kyle Lemle, Cherine Badawi, and our incredible team of accessibility & security volunteers.
