What is an Advocacy Power Hour?
It is a social justice hour for women of faith, rooted in spiritual practice and carried out in action. Just 60 minutes.
This is not another social justice lunch and learn. It is an hour where women of faith root activism in spiritual practice, practicing holy listening and the Examen together so our hearts stay aligned with God's dream for the world. Then we turn that grounded attention into action we take together, not as homework we carry home alone.
Personal spiritual practice sits at the center of the practice and grounds a shared cycle of learning, acting, and reflecting. What the circle discovers, it sends outward as tools anyone can carry into the wider world.
First, we'll gather and ground ourselves, then learn about the issue or action of the session: what is happening, why it matters, and what is actually being asked of the group. Then, together we'll take action. This is the heart of the hour! We'll do the thing together rather than assigning it as homework for later. Either in pairs or small groups, we'll reflect on how we felt or noticed resistance, hope, or God's presence in our actions. We'll then name one tool or practice to carry into the wider world this week, and close with a blessing as we are sent forth.
After all, we believe love in action can change the world!
