Sharing Silence and Attuning to Spirit with Ingrid Lakey
- Author
- Pendle Hill, Dwight Dunston, Ingrid Lakey
- Published
- Tue 22 Aug 2023
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How can we cultivate a relationship to communal silence? How can practices of silent worship allow us to build trust and open to the unknown?
Ingrid Lakey, co-founder of Earth Quaker Action Team, talks with Dwight about her journey to a public-facing role in environmental activism, the power of collective action, and the ways silence allows us to attune to Spirit and embrace a multitude of truths.
Read the transcript of this episode.
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Ingrid Lakey has been a trainer and facilitator for 25 years, leading workshops on anti-racism, diversity, team-building, non-violent direct action, and conflict. Almost 14 years ago, after the birth of her child, she gave up a career in public radio to follow her leading to be a climate justice activist, becoming one of the founders of Earth Quaker Action Team, a grassroots organization building a just and sustainable economy through nonviolent direct action. She is a member of Central Philadelphia Monthly Meeting and lives in West Philadelphia, four blocks from where she grew up.
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