Choosing to See: Racial Healing is Possible, by Hanna du Plessis
Hanna was invited to participate in the annual Woordfees arts festival in South Africa. She wrote seven short personal essays describing moments in her journey toward racial healing. Read by Erica Wessels (who voiced the audiobook of "Bedsores and Bliss) and illustrated by Marc Rettig, the result is a 35-minute film of deep beauty and reflection. Group viewing on Zoom: Saturday November 15, 1:00pm US Eastern, 8:00pm South Africa. See the flyer in this post for the Zoom link.
Group Viewing of Hanna’s video!
Hanna was invited to participate in the annual Woordfees arts festival in South Africa. She wrote seven short personal essays describing moments in her journey toward racial healing. Read by Erica Wessels (who voiced the audiobook of "Bedsores and Bliss) and illustrated by Marc Rettig, the result is a 35-minute film of deep beauty and reflection. Group viewing on Zoom: Saturday December 13, 1:00pm US Eastern, 8:00pm South Africa. See the flyer in this post for the Zoom link.
Our 2024 Report
In this short video originally made for advisers and team members, Marc Rettig looks back on Okay Then's past year and describes where we're headed in 2025.
Video: Life in Unraveling
Video recording of the powerful event in honor of Hanna's book, featuring readings from "Bedsores and Bliss" and from guest authors and poets. Together they helped us grapple with questions of living fully when things are unraveling
Bedsores and Bliss! Print and eBook!
The first book from our featured voice, Hanna du Plessis, is now available in paperback and eBook. "Bedsores and Bliss" is a remarkable collection of writings from inside a terminal diagnosis.