A Lifeline for Difficult Times: The Taking Solace Series

Starting this past November, Center for Solace (formerly Brattleboro Area Hospice) & Brooks Memorial Library
began an 8-month collaboration on the first Wednesday of each month, from 6-8 pm.

Come join us for a wide range of conversations
on tender topics, from Death Cafes, to film & discussion nights,
speaker panels, a climate-grief dialogue, and more.

Together we’ll explore some of the challenges of being alive in our time.
For instance, how might we navigate illness, caregiving, or loss?
Or beyond that, face a much broader anguish for our fragile planet itself?
Because we know that at least one form of solace
stems from staying connected.

To quote poet David Whyte, “Solace is not meant to be
an answer, but an invitation, through the door of pain and difficulty,
to the depth of suffering and simultaneous beauty in the world
that the strategic mind by itself cannot grasp or make sense of.”  

Join us for the January gathering in this series when we will discuss
Climate & Ecological Grief: An Exploration

All are welcome as we create a space to slow down and share our feelings about the growing effects of climate change. Feelings such as grief, sadness, fear, guilt, despair, and helplessness can be held in community as we witness the ongoing destruction of our planetary home. This will not be a venue for problem solving; it’s a place to express and share our feelings about how the earth is rapidly changing.

And to find out about further topics, please follow
Center for Solace or Brooks Memorial Library on Facebook:
centerforsolace.org, or brookslibraryvt.org.