Community Resilience in a Changing Climate
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Community Resilience in a Changing Climate 〰️
SUMMER OF SOUL
Community Resilience in a Changing Climate
What to expect:
Summer of Soul is a four-part series exploring care for the earth, Indigenous wisdom, environmental spirituality, women’s healing traditions, and the power of community in a changing world.
Summer of Soul begins on June 27 with award-winning author, poet-storyteller, and public speaker Kaitlin Curtice. In the weeks that follow, participants are invited to a screening of The Last Wintercount by Sheldon Wolfchild, a panel of women healers sharing wisdom across traditions, and an interfaith conversation on how communities can come together to care for creation and one another.
Who is this series for?
This series is for anyone interested in:
Care for the Earth
Indigenous voices and perspectives
Environmental spirituality
Community resilience
Women’s healing traditions
Faith, justice, and collective action
Learning, reflection, and connection
All are welcome!
Summer of Soul Events
Summer Kickoff w/ Kaitlin Curtice
Join Wisdom Ways and Accola for an opening gathering with Kaitlin Curtice. As the first event in the series, this conversation grounds us in story—inviting us to reflect on identity, belonging, and the role of spirituality in shaping how we live and act in the world.
Following Kaitlin’s talk, we will gather in reflection and conversation—exploring how spirituality can guide care for the earth, strengthen community, and inspire bold responses to the needs of our time.
Participants will receive resources to continue learning and stay engaged. Learn more about Kaitlin here.
The Last Wintercount
This event is for those interested in Indigenous stories, history, environmental care, and community dialogue.
Building on the foundation of story, this gathering invites us into collective memory and truth-telling through a screening of The Last Wintercount by Sheldon Wolfchild.
Through the tradition of winter counts, the film deepens our understanding of how history is carried forward—and how Indigenous knowledge shapes our relationship to land, time, and community.
Following the film, participants will engage in guided discussion and shared reflection.
Interfaith Panel
As the series unfolds, we turn toward connection across difference. This interfaith panel brings together voices across generations and traditions to explore how spirituality and justice intersect in lived experience.
Together, we will consider how communities of faith can respond to today’s challenges—and how relationships across traditions can become a powerful force for collective action.
Through panel dialogue, audience engagement, and small group conversation, this gathering invites participants to move from reflection into shared responsibility.
Facilitated by Dr. Jennifer Kilps of the Minnesota Multifaith Network
Women Healers Panel
This event is for women, femme-identifying individuals, and anyone who honors feminine healing traditions.
We close the series by grounding ourselves in healing and resilience—honoring the wisdom, practices, and lived experience of women healers across cultures and generations.
This final gathering reflects the heart of Summer of Soul: that sustaining justice requires care—for ourselves, for one another, and for our communities. Healing is not separate from action; it is what makes lasting change possible.
Through resource-sharing, reflection, and connection, participants are invited to carry forward what they have experienced throughout the series—into their own lives and communities.
