#belonging — Public Fediverse posts

WHAT NEW FORMS OF SPIRITUALITY ARE EMERGING?

In spaces of resistance, creativity and imagination, something new can begin to take shape.

For Adriaan, these spaces can become sites of possibility — where people challenge inherited ideas, reclaim their voices and imagine different ways of relating to spirituality and one another.

Belonging Episode 16 available on all major platforms TOMORROW!🎙️

#Belonging #Belonginghappy #Theology #Queerspirituality #LGBTQ+Podcast

WHAT NEW FORMS OF SPIRITUALITY ARE EMERGING?

In spaces of resistance, creativity and imagination, something new can begin to take shape.

For Adriaan, these spaces can become sites of possibility — where people challenge inherited ideas, reclaim their voices and imagine different ways of relating to spirituality and one another.

Belonging Episode 16 available on all major platforms TOMORROW!🎙️

#Belonging #Belonginghappy #Theology #Queerspirituality #LGBTQ+Podcast

WHAT NEW FORMS OF SPIRITUALITY ARE EMERGING?

In spaces of resistance, creativity and imagination, something new can begin to take shape.

For Adriaan, these spaces can become sites of possibility — where people challenge inherited ideas, reclaim their voices and imagine different ways of relating to spirituality and one another.

Belonging Episode 16 available on all major platforms TOMORROW!🎙️

#Belonging #Belonginghappy #Theology #Queerspirituality #LGBTQ+Podcast

WHAT NEW FORMS OF SPIRITUALITY ARE EMERGING?

In spaces of resistance, creativity and imagination, something new can begin to take shape.

For Adriaan, these spaces can become sites of possibility — where people challenge inherited ideas, reclaim their voices and imagine different ways of relating to spirituality and one another.

Belonging Episode 16 available on all major platforms TOMORROW!🎙️

#Belonging #Belonginghappy #Theology #Queerspirituality #LGBTQ+Podcast

WHAT NEW FORMS OF SPIRITUALITY ARE EMERGING?

In spaces of resistance, creativity and imagination, something new can begin to take shape.

For Adriaan, these spaces can become sites of possibility — where people challenge inherited ideas, reclaim their voices and imagine different ways of relating to spirituality and one another.

Belonging Episode 16 available on all major platforms TOMORROW!🎙️

#Belonging #Belonginghappy #Theology #Queerspirituality #LGBTQ+Podcast

#MakingItMonday… A micro moment. A bigger question.

#Trust #Belonging #Thriving #Interdependence #EmotionalWisdom

@zponderings
@ZPonderings.bsky.social

https://substack.com/@zponderings

https://linktr.ee/ChangeAndThrivalHood= Change and ThrivalHood
https://pegaphinz.com = Byte Wise Thriving

#MakingItMonday… A micro moment. A bigger question.

#Trust #Belonging #Thriving #Interdependence #EmotionalWisdom

@zponderings
@ZPonderings.bsky.social

https://substack.com/@zponderings

https://linktr.ee/ChangeAndThrivalHood= Change and ThrivalHood
https://pegaphinz.com = Byte Wise Thriving

#MakingItMonday… A micro moment. A bigger question.

#Trust #Belonging #Thriving #Interdependence #EmotionalWisdom

@zponderings
@ZPonderings.bsky.social

https://substack.com/@zponderings

https://linktr.ee/ChangeAndThrivalHood= Change and ThrivalHood
https://pegaphinz.com = Byte Wise Thriving

Authoritarianism doesn’t begin only with bad leaders, dangerous ideologies, or manipulated information.

It also grows in emptiness: in closed youth centres, underfunded libraries, commercialised public squares, and feeds that replace conversation with performance.

https://associationredefine.substack.com/p/where-do-we-gather-the-geography?r=6l8ed8

#CivicIntelligence #Democracy #PublicSpace #Belonging #DigitalDemocracy #AIAndSociety #SocialInfrastructure #DemocraticResilience

Authoritarianism doesn’t begin only with bad leaders, dangerous ideologies, or manipulated information.

It also grows in emptiness: in closed youth centres, underfunded libraries, commercialised public squares, and feeds that replace conversation with performance.

https://associationredefine.substack.com/p/where-do-we-gather-the-geography?r=6l8ed8

#CivicIntelligence #Democracy #PublicSpace #Belonging #DigitalDemocracy #AIAndSociety #SocialInfrastructure #DemocraticResilience

Authoritarianism doesn’t begin only with bad leaders, dangerous ideologies, or manipulated information.

It also grows in emptiness: in closed youth centres, underfunded libraries, commercialised public squares, and feeds that replace conversation with performance.

https://associationredefine.substack.com/p/where-do-we-gather-the-geography?r=6l8ed8

#CivicIntelligence #Democracy #PublicSpace #Belonging #DigitalDemocracy #AIAndSociety #SocialInfrastructure #DemocraticResilience

Authoritarianism doesn’t begin only with bad leaders, dangerous ideologies, or manipulated information.

It also grows in emptiness: in closed youth centres, underfunded libraries, commercialised public squares, and feeds that replace conversation with performance.

https://associationredefine.substack.com/p/where-do-we-gather-the-geography?r=6l8ed8

#CivicIntelligence #Democracy #PublicSpace #Belonging #DigitalDemocracy #AIAndSociety #SocialInfrastructure #DemocraticResilience

Authoritarianism doesn’t begin only with bad leaders, dangerous ideologies, or manipulated information.

It also grows in emptiness: in closed youth centres, underfunded libraries, commercialised public squares, and feeds that replace conversation with performance.

https://associationredefine.substack.com/p/where-do-we-gather-the-geography?r=6l8ed8

#CivicIntelligence #Democracy #PublicSpace #Belonging #DigitalDemocracy #AIAndSociety #SocialInfrastructure #DemocraticResilience

Light for My Path (Christian Music) = Share in the joy ❤️ of this new worship song! - #God #Jesus #TheLord #Praise #ChristianMusic #Bible #Music #Song #Faith #Hope #Trust #Light #Path #Guidance #Strength #Journey #Purpose #Truth #Love #Devotion #Praise #Worship #Discipleship #InnerPeace #SpiritualGrowth #Community #Unity #Belonging #Transformation #Uplift #Grace #Mercy #Salvation - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0WI3kWyEhp8

Some places make belonging feel effortless.

Everything is structured in a way that leaves no friction: paths are clear, rhythms are shared, nothing pushes you to the edges.

It looks natural from the outside.

But it’s not accidental.

It’s the result of systems designed well enough that people don’t have to fight to be part of them.

https://open.substack.com/pub/associationredefine/p/the-civic-architecture-of-a-city-c69?r=6l8ed8&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true

#Education #Belonging #PublicSystems #SocialInnovation #LearningBeyondSchool #CivicDesign #Democracy #YouthEngagement #SystemsThinking

i am ukrainian https://sacs.zouluvo.com/i-am-ukrainian/

#iamukrainian #ukraine #nationality #heritage #identity #pride #culture #ukrainianflag #ukrainianroots #tradition #patriotism #ukrainianlanguage #ukrainianpeople #community #homeland #ethnicpride #ancestry #ukrainianspirit #ukrainianculture #nationalpride #identitystatement #culturalheritage #ukrainianheart #proudukrainian #ukrainianbackground #roots #belonging #ukrainianidentity #ukrainianflagcolors #ukrainianlove

JUN-KAN PERMACULTURE IS ON A MISSION OF REPAIR

Just off Notre-Dame Rd. in Petersburg, Ontario is the Jun-kan Permaculture Garden. The garden sits on one of 20 acres in the Petersburg Community Garden, and volunteers tend permaculture food forests and annual vegetable terraces.   

The garden was started in 2022 when the land’s owner, Daryl Dore decided he no longer wanted to rent his fields to cash-cropping commercial farmers. Dore contacted Doug Jones of the Waterloo Regional Community Garden Network and proposed that his land be available to individuals, especially new Canadians.  

While the proposal was eagerly accepted, years of cash cropping and heavy pesticide use had left the soil damaged.  

“In a word, this soil was dead. And poisoned,” Barbara Hankins, one of Jun-kan’s volunteers, said.  

Permaculture gardening operates on the basis of symbiosis and diversity. A wide array of individual species are planted in cooperative guilds to work in concert with each other and the environment. Together, they thrive and improve the quality of the land they are growing on.   

This is where the name Jun-kan comes from. The garden’s website explains, it is a Japanese word that translates roughly to “the universe,” or “the cycle of life”. In accordance with the principles of permaculture, Jun-kan’s first step was to plant swaths of five distinct cover crops: clover, alfalfa, buckwheat, field peas, and rye. Quickly, the earth began to heal and the gardeners started producing food, still with permaculture in mind.  

“[We ask ourselves,] ‘what does the ground need? What do the plants need? How can I give to them because they are giving to me?’,” Hankins said.  

In turn, the land gives back to its farmers, not just in food, but in a more existential way as well. This is especially helpful at Jun-kan, where many of the volunteers are new Canadians and do not own their own land. People are given the opportunity to form a relationship with the land they may not otherwise have been able to. This is crucial for a sense of belonging.  

“This garden supports a huge diversity of growers from around the world, and it’s nourishing to see how the diversity of culturally relevant foods, approaches, skills, stories…the diversity enhances our resilience as a community of gardeners,” Nikola Barsoum, one of Jun-kan’s founding volunteers, said.  

The ethos of repair and repurposing extends beyond physical gardening and the dignity of the volunteers as well. In 2023, ongoing war in Lebanon put Hankins’ family in danger, and here in KW, her house burned down. The garden provided the family with relief, repairing them in the wake of the tragedies. The bricks from their home were salvaged and used to cobble Jun-kan’s community fire pit.  

“We went through so much that year. This was my therapy. Coming out here, and just being with the land, with the earth, with the butterflies, and feeding the insects and the birds… Watching things grow is very therapeutic,” Hankins said.  

Restoring the land, offering a dignified community for newcomers and a sanctuary for its volunteers, Jun-Kan is on a mission of repair. For more information, the garden can be found on Instagram @junkanpermaculture, or on their website. 

#agriculture #BarbaraHankins #belonging #dougJones #Gardening #junKan #nikolaBarsoum #Ontario #permaculture #Petersburg #RandyMoore #waterlooRegionalCommunityGarden #ZackMason

Digital #language #inclusion is crucial for #equitable #participation in #socialmedia, especially for marginalised communities.

🤝 #Federated social services support vulnerable #languages, preserving #culturalidentity and fostering #belonging.

🏡 #Regional and #country-focused servers create #culturallyrelevant environments, promoting #civicdiscourse and #economicmobility.

👉 https://jaz.co.uk/2025/07/01/digital-equity/?Fedizen.EU #Fedizen #Fediverse #ActivityPub #News

Carrie shares:

✨ How her own social anxiety led her to community building
✨ The surprising power of “quiet communities”
✨ Why true belonging doesn’t require being active
✨ Practical advice for joining or building communities that feel safe and supportive

If traditional social spaces feel draining or just not made for you — this episode might change the way you think about connection.

https://saralobkovich.com/thinkydoers-pod/social-anxiety-community-building

#Thinkydoers #Podcast #Belonging #Neurodivergent #IntrovertLife #Introversion

New Thinkydoers episode today:
For the quiet ones, the deep thinkers, and the socially anxious — this one’s for you.

This week, I’m joined by community strategist Carrie Melissa Jones for a conversation that flips the script on what it means to "belong."

We talk about creating spaces for connection that don’t require you to perform, show up constantly, or play pretend at extroversion.

#Thinkydoers #Podcast #QuietCommunity #Belonging #IntrovertLife #Introversion

I feel I matched several of the rainbows in the image...

#PrideMonth #LGBTQSupport #LoveIsLove #MentalHealthAwareness #Belonging #SelfDiscovery #FirstTimeCelebration #SafetyFirst #LateBloomers #RelationshipLoss #OutAndProud #SupportSystem #Inclusivity #Pride2024

#UK to be #release #violent Neo-#Nazi — who named his #baby #Adolf — from #prison early

#AdamThomas had been given a six-year #sentence for #belonging to #proscribed neo-#Nazi group #NationalAction, and swearing to "kill #Jews and #black #people." He also wanted to bring the #KKK to the UK.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #UK #Tories #Conservatives #Extremism #Fascism #Hategroups #Nazis #KKK #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #AntiSemitism #Racism #WhiteSupremacy

https://www.thejc.com/news/neo-nazi-who-named-his-baby-adolf-to-be-released-from-prison-early-cmpkmq5j

Poll: Most #transgender #people in #US struggle to find #belonging, even in their own #neighborhoods.

#Respondents to the #poll said they could neither #dress or #act as they #felt nor #engage in #publicdisplaysofaffection without #fear of #harassment or #violence.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Conservatives #Fascism #Extremism #RepublicanParty #Religion #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Genocide #Discrimination #Homophobia #Transphobia #EmptyThePews #ThePartyOfHate

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2023/07/03/transgender-people-largely-lack-sense-of-community-seek-refuge-online/70344026007/