Zehr Institute Webinar: Using Circles to Support Individual and Community Mental Health in a Climate Disaster
Wed, Feb 19
|Webinar hosted by the Zehr Institute
Join Samuel Johann and Kay Pranis as they host a conversation which explores the use of Circles to support individual and community mental health in the wake of climate disaster.
Time & Location
Feb 19, 2025, 1:30 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.
Webinar hosted by the Zehr Institute
About the event
The southernmost state of Brazil, Rio Grande do Sul, experienced catastrophic flooding in September, 2023, and then at an even larger scale in May, 2024. That part of Brazil has a 14 year history of training Circle keepers and building capacity to use Circles. In partnership with key colleagues and local institutions Samuel Johann, a resident of a city in the flooded area, brought together his experience as a Circle keeper with his experience working in disaster situations with Doctors Without Borders to respond to the extraordinary level of trauma caused by the flood. Samuel will describe the UN framework for understanding and responding to mental health impacts of disasters and will discuss where Circles can fit in that conceptual model. He will share the experience of using Circles in the acute phase of the disaster in Brazil. One of the partnerships supporting this wor…
