On Fierce Vulnerability: A Conversation With Kazu Haga and Deanna Jimenez

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EVENT DESCRIPTION: We are living in a world where the depths of division, violence, and destruction can no longer be ignored. From political polarization leading to the erosion of the democratic process to the climate crisis continuing to perpetuate racial inequity, we need changes that heal harms at the personal and systemic levels. In times of collapse, we need a movement that recognizes injustice as a reflection of collective trauma and embraces its role as a catalyst for collective healing through transformative action.

Escalated forms of harm require an equally escalated response. Yet social movements often use tactics that tend to escalate an “us vs. them,” “right vs. wrong” worldview not conducive to healing. Activist, trainer, and practitioner of nonviolence and restorative justice Kazu Haga realizes we can’t “shut down” injustice any more than we can “shut down” trauma. If healing is our goal, we need social movements that center relationships. Kazu argues this binary worldview is at the heart of what is destroying both our relationships and our planet and offers a new way to create healing by combining the time-honored lineage of nonviolent action, the sciences of trauma healing, and the promises of spiritual practice.

Join CIIS Assistant Professor in the Somatic Psychology Department Deanna Jimenez for an inspiring conversation with Kazu exploring insights from his work in restorative justice and from his latest book Fierce Vulnerability.

Kazu invites you to mobilize the power to stop harm by cultivating love to heal it.

📅 Date: Thursday, May 8
⏰ Time: 6:00 p.m. PDT

(This was originally streamed on Thursday, May 8, 2025)

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