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I worked for years as a climate organizer and environmental educator, and now spend my time as a chaplain working in hospital, community and social movement settings. I offer group facilitation and one-on-one spiritual companionship for anyone who wants to be in their lives, and show up for the world, more fully. 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Born into a farming community of white Dutch settlers, I was raised on Treaty 6 territory just outside of amiskwaciwâskahikan / Edmonton, Alberta. For years, I worked across Treaty 6 and 7 as an environmental educator and a co-founder and organizer with Climate Justice Edmonton. However, after an intense period of climate despair and burnout, I felt called to attend to the deeper layers of emotional and spiritual wounding in my community––those perpetuated by the interlocking systems of violence and dehumanization so normalized in modern Western society. In 2021 I finished my graduate degree in Theological Studies and completed over 800 hours of supervised Clinical Pastoral Education in medical and psychiatric care settings. Since then I have worked as a hospital chaplain, a movement chaplain (supporting the healing and spiritual well-being of people working in social movements), and a contemplative spiritual director. My work is (imperfectly!) grounded in the principles of collective liberation and queer liberation, and in the practices of the contemplative Christian and somatic healing traditions. I strive to help people re-enchant the world around them and feel a sense of deep, committed belonging here. Photography by Abdul Malik https://gabriellegelderman.squarespace.com/poetry daily 0.75 2021-08-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6111a6bce563497f6c9a47a9/1628666336012-6YZ5V8KQ96MQESNFJOHF/IMG_6531.JPG Poetry - To be alive in the world right now Tobias Keene, D.D.S. Hailing from Richmond, Virginia, Dr. Tobias Keene brings a bit of unabashed Southern hospitality to all his patients. He moved to Washington, D.C. over thirty years ago as a freshman at Ivy College. Right after graduation, he attended World University’s School of Dentistry. Before opening Keene Dental in 1994, he worked for free clinics and some of the finest practices in the District. 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Grounded in an art-based research methodology and using a theological lens, I examined the ways climate organizers give meaning to their grief and the ways shared forms of meaning-making can lead to healing. You can hear me talk about my research here, and read my thesis here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6111a6bce563497f6c9a47a9/1628658949461-6L64EW17SMRBWIPY6IMJ/IMG_5746.JPG Resources - Climate Grief Resource List Shared list of organizations, toolkits, workbooks, podcasts etc. all related to climate grief and healing justice work. (Access here). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6111a6bce563497f6c9a47a9/1633638547192-O1U3KP3X43SLLM0AXI65/IMG_4776.JPG Resources - Whiteness, White Supremacy, and Healing Resource List Shared list of organizations, toolkits, workbooks, podcasts etc. all related to whiteness and healing justice work. 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