Rosemarie Freeney Harding (1930–2004) was an organizer, teacher, social worker, and cofounder of Mennonite House, an early integrated community center in Atlanta. She also cofounded the Veterans of Hope Project at the Iliff School of Theology.
Rachel Elizabeth Harding, daughter of Rosemarie Freeney Harding and Vincent Harding, is Assistant Professor of Indigenous Spiritual Traditions in the Ethnic Studies Department at the University of Colorado, Denver, and author of
Rosemarie Freeney Harding (1930–2004) was an organizer, teacher, social worker, and cofounder of Mennonite House, an early integrated community center in Atlanta. She also cofounded the Veterans of Hope Project at the Iliff School of Theology.
Rachel Elizabeth Harding, daughter of Rosemarie Freeney Harding and Vincent Harding, is Assistant Professor of Indigenous Spiritual Traditions in the Ethnic Studies Department at the University of Colorado, Denver, and author of
The Workshops and Retreats: Ritual, Remembering, and Medicine Available to Purchase
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Published:April 2015
The chapter recalls various workshops and exercises that Rosemarie and Vincent developed over the years, geared toward teachers, community activists, and others in the helping professions—how they focused on storytelling as a healing tool, on resources of spirituality for activism, and on the value of gratitude and hospitality. The chapter describes one particular workshop that Rosemarie and Vincent led at a Council Grove retreat in the 1990s. It also discusses the work of playwright George H. Bass as an inspiration for Rosemarie and Rachel’s vision of a deeply multicultural, genre-mixing public workshop model that can be adapted to the needs of cities throughout the country.
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