HR!Day385 - The Power of Ceremonial Apology to Heal Ancestral and Personal Wounding - Shelly Alcorn & Juan Carlos Areán
- --- Humanity Rising Day 385 - Wednesday January 6, 2022 (GoTo Bottom)
Shelly Alcorn opens today's session with commentary on the January 6, 2021 attack on the United States' Capitol
Juan Carlos Areán
In November 2016, Juan Carlos, a Ubiquity University doctoral candidate, was called to be part of a powerful spontaneous sacred ceremony in Teotihuacán, Mexico. A series of synchronicities guided him to ask for forgiveness for the historical atrocities committed by his people (the Spanish) upon the Mexicas (Aztec) and their land. In this session, Juan Carlos will share with Jim Garrison the story of how he ended up kneeling in front of a Mexica Elder, and discuss the repercussions that this act has had in his life.
Juan Carlos Areán, Ph.D., is an internationally recognized activist, public speaker, trainer and facilitator, and published author. For many decades, he has worked on his own journey of healing from racism, sexism, and other forms of oppression, and has supported others to pursue their own healing. In particular, he has worked to engage men across different cultures to become better fathers, intimate partners, and allies to end domestic violence and achieve gender equity. He presently works as a Program Director at Futures Without Violence. He is a founding member of the United Nations Network of Men Leaders to combat violence against women created by former Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, and an active trainer and facilitator, who has led hundreds of workshops and presentations throughout the United States, the Americas, and the Caribbean, as well as in Europe, Asia, the US Congress, and the United Nations in New York and Geneva.
Recommended reading and links for those who want to learn more
The Experience and Impact of Sacred Ceremonial Apologies: A Colonizer's Journey of Personal, Community, and Ancestral Healing (Ubiquity University Doctoral Dissertation).
The Power of Apology - A Spaniard to the Indigenous Mexicans (Video of Juan Carlos’ Apology Story)
Lazare, A. (2005). On Apology. Oxford University Press.
Tavuchis, N. (1991). Mea culpa: A Sociology of Apology and Reconciliation. Stanford University Press.
Ensler, E. (2019). The Apology. Bloomsbury Publishing USA.
Hübl, T., & Avritt, J. J. (2020). Healing Collective Trauma: A Process for Integrating Our Intergenerational and Cultural Wounds. Sounds True.
Convener:
- Jim Garrison, President, Ubiquity University
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