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Kate Schapira

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I wrote a book, LESSONS FROM THE CLIMATE ANXIETY COUNSELING BOOTH: HOW TO LIVE WITH CARE AND PURPOSE IN AN ENDANGERED WORLD. Let me know if you think you could use it for something.

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Kate Schapira @kateschapira.bsky.social · Jan 25

If you want some support & company in responding well to frightening realities, I wrote you a book for that. Stories of models & mentors, questions for reflection, practices for connection & action. www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/kate-...

Lessons from the Climate Anxiety Counseling Booth

Climate anxiety is real—and this practical, accessible guide helps address it on personal, relational, and structural levels, from the founder of ...

www.hachettebookgroup.com

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Kate Schapira @kateschapira.bsky.social · 5h

This I will read tomorrow morning! Thank you!

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J. Mijin Cha @jmijin.bsky.social · 5h

If your response to this is "why should we support coal workers," or "tell me who they voted for first," I would urge you to think about what differentiates you from the current regime that favors only the ones they deem worthy. Just transition for all is just transition for ALL.

J. Mijin Cha @jmijin.bsky.social · 15h

New coal leases in the Powder River Basin have been paused after the first one had only a bid for 1/10th of a penny. They are trying to blame previous administrations, but the writing is on the wall. We should be supporting coal workers and communities not doing wtf this clown show is doing.

US postpones Wyoming coal lease sale after disappointing Montana auction

The Trump administration has postponed a scheduled sale of coal leases on federal lands in Wyoming two days after a disappointing auction in Montana, an Interior Department spokesperson said on Wednesday.

www.reuters.com

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Kate Schapira @kateschapira.bsky.social · 5h

I don't hold out much hope for it but I wish with all my heart that Luisa and Teresa went home to Manaytique and lived out the rest of their days eating salted chestnuts with their old neighbors and their neighbors' children and grandchildren.

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Scott 🦇Cave🦇 @hellabarnes.bsky.social · 5h

Here is a fairly drafty first draft!

I am so thrilled to tell the story of these two Appalachian Indigenous women from the 16th century, a story that is just barely tellable. Please let me know if you use it!

www.scottcave.net/blog/2025/10/13/luisa-and-teresa-of-appalachia

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melanie newport @melanienewport.bsky.social · 7h

the students at the encampments were right

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Kate Schapira @kateschapira.bsky.social · 5h

May her memory be a blessing to all who live and fight in the ways they learned from her.

Girl, I Guess @mikellestreet.bsky.social · 5h

Very sad to have published this obituary tonight, but tried to do her legacy justice

Miss Major Griffin-Gracy, Stonewall Veteran and Legendary Trans Activist, Has Died at 78

www.them.us/story/miss-m...

Miss Major Griffin-Gracy, Stonewall Veteran and Legendary Trans Activist, Has Died at 78

Miss Major continued fighting for trans rights even after two strokes and other health concerns.

www.them.us

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Kate Schapira @kateschapira.bsky.social · 8h

Does anyone want to do anything really sick with this, like just incredibly cool, bc if so I will help you

WPRI 12 @wpri12.bsky.social · 10h

The Pawtucket Redevelopment Agency is once again seeking development proposals for the long-dormant Apex building and the vacant storefronts that surround it.

Pawtucket seeks development proposals for Apex building, surrounding area

The Pawtucket Redevelopment Agency is once again seeking development proposals for the long-dormant Apex building and the vacant storefronts that surround it.

www.wpri.com

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Sogorea Te' Land Trust @sogorea-te.bsky.social · 19d

The Shuumi Land Tax is a voluntary contribution that non-Indigenous people living in the territory of the Lisjan Nation can make to support Indigenous-led land work.

Support Sogorea Te' by visiting bit.ly/shuumi

Check out the full video on YouTube at bit.ly/shuumiYT

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Kate Schapira @kateschapira.bsky.social · 9h

You know what *I* should do is respond to the comments on the climate & community resilience game I'm helping to design & start drawing the cards for it

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Soraya Nadia McDonald @sorayanadiamcdonald.com · 10h

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Broadway Musicians Have Voted to Authorize a Strike

Musicians and actors are currently negotiating with the Broadway League for a new labor contract—and a strike is now officially on the table.

playbill.com

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Kate Schapira @kateschapira.bsky.social · 10h

That brings us to 2 Qs. *Does* the climate info mean what you thought? & if it does, what do you want to do--not "about it" necessarily, but *because you know it*? If you want to mourn, or act, how & w/whom? These deaths & proximities to death give us a gift of questions--let's not waste them. (5/5)

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Kate Schapira @kateschapira.bsky.social · 10h

No answer is wrong! BUT there may be sthg useful in beholding the feeling, incl the impulse to share the info that provoked it. Often w/info like this, the feeling comes from what you think/know the info *means* or what the event is a *sign of*--what that's challenging or confirming for you (4/5)

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Kate Schapira @kateschapira.bsky.social · 10h

It's a mistake, you probably know, to try to make fear, dismay, even despair "go away" or even redirect it w/o finding out what makes the thing grievous to the person speaking. So if *you* felt those ways, or other painful ways, upon seeing that headline: what makes reef death grievous to you? (3/5)

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Kate Schapira @kateschapira.bsky.social · 10h

Marine biologists & science journalists were *already* writing about coral bleaching & reef death as inevitable in 2013. That inevitability is what freaked me out. Similarly, people often bring forth this "tipping point" or "point of no return" wording to the booth, w/fear, dismay & despair. (2/5)

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Kate Schapira @kateschapira.bsky.social · 10h

I see people sharing this, maybe as an act of shared mourning, an attempt to stir action, or confirmation that the world sucks. The death of reef ecosystems pushed me into a panic about climate change in 2013 & led to me starting the Climate Anxiety Counseling booth in 2014. So, a few things (1/5)

Bruno J. Navarro @brunojnavarro.bsky.social · 10h

… today, a group of 160 scientists from 23 countries is announcing that the planet has already reached its first major tipping point: the widespread death of warm-water coral reefs.

Corals are disappearing, pushing Earth to its first major ‘tipping point’

A new report says Earth has reached a dire milestone with the widespread death of warm-water coral reefs. It's not too late to save what remains.

grist.org

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Jack Mirkinson @jackmirkinson.bsky.social · 14h

Wrote about the temptation to put Gaza on the back burner now that the ceasefire is solidifying—and why we can't let that happen. Gaza still needs you, and me, and everyone to fight until real Palestinian liberation is won. www.discourseblog.com/p/gaza-still...

Gaza Still Needs You

This fight is not over.

www.discourseblog.com

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Kate Schapira @kateschapira.bsky.social · 18h

I'm tabling at PRONK! today with support for neighbor-to-neighbor disaster planning & adjacent to these great activities and performances. If you're #PVDlocal, come by AS220 (115 Empire St), 11am-4pm! Get a free packet of fun stuff to add to your emergency kits!

A poster in black, green, yellow and red, saying:
Indigenous Peoples' Day Celebratuon
Mon Oct 13th / AS220 Blackbox & Mainstage
11:00am Yoga w/Haus of Glitter
12:00pm Extraordinary Rendition Band
12:30pm Blackout Drum Squad
1:00pm Undertow Brass Band
1:30pm Lao Youth Dance Company
2:00pm The Haus of Glitter Dance Company
2:30pm Raymond Two Hawks
2:45pm Pomham Singers
3:15pm Closing Circle
Free + Family Friendly / Relocated due to rain
pronkfest.org

Kate Schapira @kateschapira.bsky.social · 2d

Also can we stabilize the rent already? A good chunk of the actions in that email ^ would be less necessary if it didn't cost one william dollars to be housing secure in Providence www.reclaimri.org/rent-stabili...

Rent Stabilization Now! - Reclaim RI

www.reclaimri.org

Kate Schapira @kateschapira.bsky.social · 2d

Some #PVDlocal/#RIlocal neighborly actions ushered in by the October winds. neighborlyactions.substack.com/p/jump-dont-...

Jump, Don't Fall, Into Neighborly Actions

Push for that ban on police-ICE collaboration, guard against utility shutoffs, help a family stay housed, provide winter supplies, and save the date for a training!

neighborlyactions.substack.com

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Kate Schapira @kateschapira.bsky.social · 2d

This is "Gentle Arms of Eden," btw. If you didn't know that sometimes I like to sing along with a banjo and fiddle and then cry-sing the last verse, now you know www.youtube.com/watch?v=mlYJ...

Gentle Arms of Eden

YouTube video by Dave Carter - Topic

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Kate Schapira @kateschapira.bsky.social · 2d

Got to hold and sing to a very little baby AND a medium-little baby last night. We sang "Roll the Old Chariot Along," "They All Asked for You," "Step by Step," & "Gentle Arms of Eden." I tried to also hold the medium-big baby but he was not having it

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Kate Schapira @kateschapira.bsky.social · 2d

Want to take a minute over the weekend to draft these emails and leave these messages to protect against utility shutoffs and push for better policies?

Kate Schapira @kateschapira.bsky.social · 6d

Here's your guide to fighting utility shutoffs this winter. W/o the gov't open, few to no states will have funds for emergency bill payment program LIHEAP. This doc has scripts, state context, contact info for governors & commissions, everything you need. Please call! docs.google.com/document/d/1...

NO UTILITY SHUTOFFS scripts by state

🚨 WE NEED AN EMERGENCY BAN ON UTILITY SHUTOFFS DUE TO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN 🚨 TAKE ACTION: ONE E-MAIL OR PHONE CALL! ⚡ Hello! Welcome to our crowdsourced effort to campaign for ending util...

docs.google.com

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Kate Schapira @kateschapira.bsky.social · 3d

Celebrate with me!

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Kate Schapira @kateschapira.bsky.social · 3d

If you like, on this Don't Argue Inside Your Head With Other People Friday, you can also observe an internet holiday that my friend CJ invented, Don't Argue On The Internet Day--if there's a principled stand to take, take it, but "don't spelunk deep into the comments to argue with clowns."

Kate Schapira @kateschapira.bsky.social · 3d

It's Don't Argue Inside Your Head With Other People Friday. Today, if you like, you can practice moving your mind away gently from the arguments that start up inside your head w/people who aren't present, or whom it's not safe or not fair for you to argue with. Do this as many times as you need.

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