Show Notes
What does it mean to stay tender in times of unraveling?
In this live SAND Community Gathering (November 2025), SAND co-founders, Zaya and Maurizio Benazzo spend the hour with activist and author Kazu Haga. This conversation invites us into a collective inquiry about healing, justice, and the radical courage of vulnerability. Drawing from his work on restorative justice and Kingian nonviolence, Haga explores how compassion can live alongside grief, anger, and collapse—not as escape or appeasement, but as a disciplined, relational practice of staying with the pain of the world.
Topics:
00:00 Introduction and Welcoming Remarks
00:44 Introducing Kazu and His Work
04:08 Understanding Fierce Vulnerability
06:43 The Great Turning and Collective Healing
10:50 Non-Violence and Social Movements
17:13 Spiritual Practice and Activism
24:22 Anger, Rage, and Non-Violence
26:40 Personal Stories and Reflections
28:57 Sowing Seeds of Change
29:56 The Power of Vulnerability
31:33 Healing Through Non-Violence
38:55 The Concept of Negative Peace
47:48 Living in Community
49:45 Final Thoughts and Gratitude
Resources:
Kazu Haga's Website
Fierce Vulnerability
Canticle Farm
The Eternal Song (film series by SAND)
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