We are living in a time marked by deep uncertainty, grief, and fragmentation. Even as we remain hyperconnected online, many of us are experiencing profound loneliness—personally, socially, and politically. Isolation isn’t just a private emotion; it’s a shared political condition, shaped by disinformation, polarization, and eroding trust in institutions and one another. Even those working toward belonging can carry a quiet loneliness—including bridgers.

To bridge in this moment means to hold complexity, to seek connection across divides, and to resist the forces that demand we compromise our own or one another’s humanity. But being a bridger comes with risks. It can mean being misunderstood or shut out by your own community. It can mean holding tensions others would rather ignore.

In this session of Processing Politics, taking place on Tuesday, September 2, 2025 (8:00 AM - 9:00 AM PT / 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM ET / 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM CET), we’ll explore how we’ll explore how loneliness shows up in our lives and movements, especially for those doing the vulnerable work of bridging. Through storytelling, somatic reflection, and dialogue, we’ll ask: How do we hold the emotional weight of these times together? What does it mean to bridge across lines of difference while holding the risk of being shut out by your own community? And what practices of care, belonging, and solidarity can we cultivate that challenge not only our loneliness, but the systems that profit from it?

Register here.