What: A Taste of the Dances of Universal Peace
When: Thursday, April 24, 7-8:30 p.m.
Where: Shalom Spirituality Center, Dubuque, Iowa
RSVP here.
An offering associated with the Blessing Way Aramaic Jesus Retreat on April 25-27.
Wednesday, March 5, 2025
*Mar 13*, Apr 24: MSP MMC Gatherings
Music that Makes Community Twin Cities Metro Gathering
Where: University Lutheran Church of Hope, Minneapolis
Where: St. Timothy's Lutheran, St. Paul
Last Mondays: Singing for Liberation
What: Singing For Liberation
When: Last Mondays of the Month 2025, 6:30-8:30 p.m.
Where: CTUL/IX, 3715 Chicago Ave, Minneapolis
*Apr 6*, May 4, Jun 1: Dances of Universal Peace in St. Paul
What: Dances of Universal Peace, aka Sufi Dancing
When: First Sundays, 6:30-8:45 p.m.
Upcoming Dates: April 6, May 4, June 1, 2025
Where: Twin Cities Friends Meetinghouse, 1725 Grand Ave, St. Paul, MN
More details on Meetup.com
Mar 27: Retrain Your Lizard Brain in St. Paul
What: Retrain Your Lizard Brain: Somatic Singing for Trauma Awareness and Resilience
When: Thursday, March 27, 2025, 6:30-8:30 p.m.
Where: Dendros Group, University Ave, St. Paul
Register: Eventbrite
Mar 6: Visiting Songleader Lu Aya
What: Come Sing + Learn with Lu Aya
When: Thursday, March 6, 6:30-8:30 p.m.
Where: CTUL/IX, 3715 Chicago Ave, Minneapolis
Suggested Donation: $10-20, no one turned away for lack of funds
Come sing and learn with Lu Aya of The Peace Poets!
Lu is a legendary movement songleader and hip-hop/spoken word artist, and one of the co-founders of The Peace Poets. The short, singable, memorable songs that The Peace Poets have been seeding throughout movement organizing work have supported Black Lives Matter, the climate crisis, Stop Line 3, Palestinian liberation, and more. Lu is the author of the HARMONIZING ORGANIZING manifesto our local movement songleaders have been learning from - we are so grateful he is coming to Minneapolis! Come sing with him and learn from him (we will probably wind up writing a song on the spot together!)
Masks strongly encouraged
***Childcare available!***
Sunday, February 23, 2025
Setlist from 2025 Tending Your Heart, Tending Your Fire Retreat
Dear Friends,
If you're reading this, you might have attended the Tending Your Fire, Tending Your Heart retreat for Twin Cities Organizers + Mutual Aid Folx from Friday, February 21 through Sunday, February 23, 2025. Thank you for carrying a load for your community in a season of deep service and to lay it all down for a weekend to receive some spaciousness and care.
Here is a list of the songs we sang over the weekend with links to online recordings.
- Carry This All (Ahlay Blakely)
- Come and Gather Round the Table (adapted from Fly Away Home) - ask Liz for a recording
- Endless Boundless Gratitude (Samara Jade)
- Gather / We Are Not Alone (Joanna Laws Landis)
- Healing is Possible (Orion Johnstone)
- (Hey There) Abolish (adapted from Hey There Delilah by Plain White T’s) - Video-chorus: Video-verse:
- I am receiving (Lyndsey Scott)
- I did not come here alone (The Peace Poets)
- I think you shouldn't do more (Gloria's song) - see the link in the post-retreat email
- I send my hope (Jordan Mudd)
- Liberation, Solidarity (adapted from Earth My Body) - ask Liz for all the words
- Loosen, Loosen (Aly Halpert) - OR https://youtu.be/X-_7XfaS7Mc
- Net of Remembrance (Ahlay Blakely) - youtube
- O Bless the Food* (Okie Dokie Brothers?)
- Open Sentences (Ahlay Blakely)
- The Way Knows the Way (Lyndsey Scott) - plus https://thebirdsings.com/thewayknows/; and new album https://lyndseyscott.bandcamp.com/track/the-way-knows
- There is enough (Kerri Meyer)
* no known recording online. Please share in the comments if you find one!
** the composer/catcher of this song is not known to us. If you do know, please pass it on in the comments. :)
Here's a list of Resources:
Oracle Card Decks
Having a tangible tool to sit with and reflect our feelings back to us helps us slow down, process, and make space for emotional work and intentions we otherwise tend to ignore.
- Rest Deck by Tricia Hersey (https://thenapministry.com/rest-deck/) based on Hersey's book "Rest is Resistance: A Manifesto"
- Sacred Incantations: rituals of trans wisdom for every season - from Enfleshed.
Buddha Board
Instruments
CajonTab by Louson Drum - Liz has one of the Pro series. Get to know a bit of the cajon's musical history here. Use Liz's affiliate link to get 10% off.- Shruti Box, literally "sound" or "singing" in ancient Sankrit, replicates the sound of the Tambura, an East Asian Indian drone instrument. Part of the family of drone instruments that show up in many cultures, related to bagpipes and harmoniums. Conie's instrument is from Shrutibox.com run by Ron Kravitz of https://www.musicinthemoment.com/ in Philadelphia, PA
May all of these resources support you in your work and in your rest.
Liz and Conie, a.k.a. Good Trouble
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