Setlist for Jul 3 Song Circle for Change

Here are the songs we sang at the Song Circle for Change: Healing & Liberation at CTUL on Monday night, July 3, 2023:

1. I did not come here alone (The Peace Poets)
2. Ready (Alexandra "Ahlay" Blakely)
3. It's Over Now (Kirk Franklin) - led by SooJin
4. Carrying Water (Samara Jade)
5. improvisation* based on andrienne maree brown's IG post on "despite devastation, creativity"
6. Stop outsourcing your self-worth** (Liz Digitale Anderson, based on a quote by Logan Ury on the We Can Do Hard Things podcast)
7. The journey to the center of my soul (Samara Jade)
8. We were made for these times (Clarissa Pinkola Estes/Linda Noonan)
9. Oh, I’m free, free, free (Melanie DeMore) 

* This was not recorded.

** Liz and Sarah don't have these songs online yet. We'll let you know when they are!

Here are bonus links to other things we talked about:

• Abigail Bengson, of the musical songwriting & theater making duo The Bengsons, with andrienne maree brown on the podcast, How to Survive the End of the World talking about the "flowsongs" that come through them.  
• Other Bengsons songs we would recommend:  
• The (abbreviated) Keep Going Song with hand dance by Sarah Goeke & Travis Staton-Marrero (Conie's first introduction), 
• the full length The Keep Going Song, 
• Hope Comes
• Highly recommend following The Bengsons on IG@thebengsons or supporting their Patreon if cash is not an issue.  

Thank you to the crew who sang with us! The right people were there, tenderness and support were shared. Community was tended. This is part of the dream Liz and Conie are working towards!  

Big gratitude to CTUL for hosting us!

It takes more than desire to keep this BIPOC song circle going.  Your financial contributions and trades are welcome and needed! If you missed the big blue-green tip jar by the door, contributions can be sent through Paypal or Venmo or a check can be mailed to P.O. Box 11791, St. Paul, MN 55111.  

We are taking the 1st Monday of August off. We're scheming about the possibility of singing outside before it gets cold again. Let us know if you have opinions for days/times of the week and or location!

Keep singing and stay cool, hydrated and creative!

Love, Liz and Conie, a.k.a. Good Trouble