This event is free to attend. In person space is limited — please preregister to reserve your spot.
Our country and our community is in crisis. Many of us are carrying grief, anger, confusion, and disbelief as we witness rapid policy changes unfold—cuts to public programs, economic strain, deepening social divides, and increasing threats to marginalized communities.
In recent months, the escalation of actions by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and the Department of Homeland Security has become especially alarming. Detainments have intensified, detention centers have expanded, violence is commonplace and communities across the country—including our own—are seeing neighbors, colleagues, and loved ones harassed, targeted, detained, and in some cases disappearing altogether. Minnesota has emerged as a flashpoint, where civilians and U.S. citizens have been killed by ICE agents in the streets. Rather than calling for accountability and humanity, many of us are experiencing denial and gaslighting from our government—being told that what we are seeing is not real.
So many of us want to help. We want the violence to stop. We want to protect our neighbors and uphold our shared values. And yet we feel overwhelmed, unsure where to begin, and uncertain how to act in ways that are effective and sustainable.
This is an expression of Yoga in Action—the practice of remembering our shared humanity and allowing that awareness to shape how we move through the world. It’s an invitation to bring the compassion we cultivate on our mats into our communities, our conversations, and our choices.
This is the purpose of the CALL TO ACTION Community Forum.
This FREE Community Forum includes:
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Led by Yoga Pod teacher, Lisa Fierer, we’ll begin with a brief guided breathwork and meditation to center our attention and clarify our intentions, and prepare ourselves to engage with presence and courage. This opening practice is designed to help us move out of reactivity and into steadiness—so we can listen deeply, think clearly, and respond intentionally.
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Following the grounding practice, we’ll move into a facilitated group discussion led by Jill Grano and Jee Kim, focused on making sense of current events and identifying concrete ways individuals and communities can respond.
Jill Grano is a former Boulder City Council member with extensive experience in civic engagement, public policy, and community organizing. She has worked at the local, state, and federal level, including serving as Director of Community Affairs for Congressman Joe Neguse, and continues to focus on policy, housing, and democratic participation.
Jee Kim is a Yoga Pod teacher as well as a strategist and researcher who has spent nearly a decade studying the global rise of authoritarianism. He previously served as Senior Advisor of Strategy at the Roosevelt Institute and has led national efforts in civic engagement, voting access, and democracy-focused advocacy. He currently advises organizations and donors on political, social, and economic change strategy.
Together, Jill and Jee will help guide a thoughtful, inclusive conversation about what is happening locally and nationally—and, critically, how we can participate in solution-based action. The discussion will focus on actionable pathways for engagement, accountability, and sustained involvement, rather than outrage or despair.
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This gathering will conclude with a 40-minute all-levels yoga practice, led by Lisa Fierer, offering space to integrate what we’ve discussed, harness our collective energy, and reconnect to our shared humanity so we leave informed, grounded, and resourced.
This forum is a call to action: to step out of comfort and isolation and into collective responsibility and care. Even if injustice is not happening to us personally, it is happening to people in our community and across the country.
A reminder that meaningful change begins when we come together—and choose to act.