Fierce Vulnerability

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Mobilizing the Power to Stop Harm, Cultivating the Love to Heal In times of collapse, we need a movement that recognizes injustice as a reflection of collective trauma and embraces its role as a catalyst for collective healing through transformative action. We are living in a world where the depths of division, violence, and destruction can no longer be ignored. From political polarization leading to the erosion of the democratic process to the climate crisis continuing to perpetuate racial inequity, we need changes that heal harms at the personal and systemic levels. Escalated forms of harm require an equally escalated response. Yet social movements often use tactics that have a tendency to escalate an “us vs. them,” “right vs. wrong” worldview not conducive to healing. In Fierce Vulnerability , activist and author Kazu Haga argues this binary worldview is at the heart of what is destroying our relationships and our