Coming Together in the Great Turning
Collective Liberation and Work That Reconnects
Molly Young Brown author Aravinda Ananda author Kurt A Kuhwald author
Format:Paperback
Publisher:New Society Publishers
Publishing:29th Jan '26
£24.99
This title is due to be published on 29th January, and will be despatched as soon as possible.
None of us are free until all of us are free—overcoming systemic oppression through transformative group work.
The Work That Reconnects has helped countless individuals to move through denial and despair into meaningful, collaborative action. This essential guide is ideal for those seeking to deepen this work by addressing systemic racism, injustice, and oppression.
Rooted in the deceptively simple premise that none of us are free until all of us are free, Coming Together in the Great Turning represents a decade-long interrogation and expansion of the revolutionary practices of the Work That Reconnects. Powerful contributions from practitioners:
- Address the false split between environmental and social justice and identify the common roots of human rights abuses and ecological destruction
- Explore how intersectional systems of oppression manifest in group settings and provide strategies for shifting these dynamics to interconnected systems of support
- Demonstrate how to move beyond "-isms" and identity politics toward true diversity, equity, inclusion, allyship, solidarity, collective liberation, and a "Just Transition"
- Share powerful perspectives, teachings, exercises, and rituals drawn from the practical experience of facilitators worldwide
- Offer specific guidance for creating safer spaces and expanding cultural competency through anti-oppressive and trauma-informed facilitation.
This vital resource is required reading for facilitators and participants, change agents and activists, visionaries, and anyone who feels pain for our world and is committed to catalyzing change for a just and thriving world.
For anyone who's been drawn to the beauty and power of the Work That Reconnects, this book is a timely adjunct, providing tools, practices, framing, and facilitation tips to help make the Work more accessible to people of many ages and identities. Given the genius of Joanna's work, it merits all the care, framing, and insight that may be readily accessed in these pages.
—Nina Simons, author, and Co-Founder and Chief Relationship Officer, Bioneers
I'd place this book next to Coming Back to Life on the shelf, not as a replacement but as a companion that brings the work into this new era with clearer eyes and a wider web. It remembers that forests fall when people are devalued, and that people fall when forests are cut down. It treats liberation not as a metaphor, but as the ground we plant in.
—John Seed, founder, Rainforest Information Centre, and long-time facilitator, Deep Ecology and the Work That Reconnects.
Brilliant, helpful, and kind. The authors lovingly guide us through difficult truths on the path towards collective liberation. They provide diverse historic, cultural, and practical examples for growing the capacity of the Work That Reconnects to be more effective in creating deeply interconnected, just, and inclusive spaces. This book is a valuable resource for anyone working with groups to co-create a flourishing world for all.
—Constance Washburn, Founding Weaver of the Work That Reconnects Network, and Co-director, Spiral Journey Facilitator Programs
Coming Together in the Great Turning is an extraordinary, exquisitely articulated manifesto and guidebook for community and cultural transformation.
—Carolyn Baker, Ph.D., Executive Coach and Mentor, and author, Undaunted, Collapsing Consciously, and Savage Grace
ISBN: 9781774060131
Dimensions: 229mm x 152mm x 22mm
Weight: 544g
424 pages