We are excited to have the filmmaker and program creators joining us for a special screening of this new documentary!
Are you alarmed at the state of the world? If yes, you are not alone.
You may think this topic will be depressing, but our experience with the Good Grief program is that it leaves you feeling so much better!
6:30 PM - Doors Open
Socialize with us over tea and cookies
7:00 PM - The 10 Steps Documentary
Watch this 38-minute film where people grappling with despair over climate change lean into their painful feelings and in the process find joy, connection and a renewed sense of possibility.
Q&A with the filmmaker and program creators.
8:00 PM - Facilitated Workshop
Trained facilitators will help us lean into our own feeling about the chaotic world that we face.
Location TBD.
Meet the team:
LaUra Schmidt is the founder of the Good Grief Network and the brain behind the 10 Steps to Resilience & Empowerment in a Chaotic Climate program and the FLOW Facilitation Training modality. She is a truth seeker, community builder, cultural critic, trainer, and facilitator. As the grand-daughter and grandniece of holocaust survivors, LaUra has long been captivated by the human condition. She is a lifelong student, curator, and practitioner of personal and collective resilience strategies. Inspiration finds her in natural landscapes and honest, openhearted dialogue. LaUra grew up in rural Michigan and graduated with a BS in environmental studies, biology, and religious studies from Central Michigan University. Her MS is in environmental humanities from the University of Utah. She holds certificates in Integrative Somatic Trauma Therapy and Climate Psychology. When LaUra isn't watching nature documentaries or eating burritos, she is adventuring with her two naughty rescue pups, Gus and Romeo.
Aimee Lewis Reau is the co-founder of the Good Grief Network and the heart behind the 10 Steps to Resilience & Empowerment in a Chaotic Climate program and the FLOW Facilitation Training modality. She was born and raised in Adrian, Michigan, and is the proud auntie of four amazing neice-phews. Aimee is an edgy and reverant contemplative, healer, and yoga/intuitive movement instructor. She maintains a regular dance practice because she learned from Alice Walker, "Hard times require furious dancing." Aimee received her bachelor's degree in English, poetry, and religion from Central Michigan University before obtaining her MFA in creative nonfiction from Georgia College and State University.
Katie Flint is an award winning feature-length documentary director, editor and producer. Her credits include We Are The Radical Monarchs (produced, co-edited/SXSW 2019) Somewhere Between (Co-producer, editor/Hot Docs Audience Award 2011). Trapped (Co-editor/Sundance Special Jury Award for Social Impact Filmmaking 2016). Other credits include Sound of Redemption: The Frank Morgan Story, Jonathan Demme's Jimmy Carter: Man From Plains, Steal A Pencil For Me, The World According to Sesame Street, and Daryl Hannah's dhlovelife webseries. Katie is passionate about using her filmmaking skills to advance the interests of those who lack a majority voice, including advocating for the environment and mental health surrounding climate change. Besides filmmaking, she is on the board of the Good Grief Network and is trained as a Good Grief Network facilitator.