Sarah Jacquet‐Ray

I asked them to cast themselves forward about 10 or 15 years and close their eyes and think about the sounds, the smells, the sights, all of the things that their body would perceive if they were in a world that they desired, the world that actually had come to manifest all the things that they hoped for, the things that they'd come to college to go fix about the world.

Imagine if it all came to pass. What would that world feel like, look like, smell like, and sound like?

Imagine if it all came to pass. What would that world feel like, look like, smell like, and sound like?

Imagine if it all came to pass. What would that world feel like, look like, smell like, and sound like?

There's all kinds of things that fear prevents us from doing. And I was trying to invite them into a different part of their brain, so to speak, around what they would desire about their futures. So then they could think about what would this be the steps to take to get there? Or maybe even where does that already exist in my life and how can I nurture that and build on that?

There's all kinds of things that fear prevents us from doing. And I was trying to invite them into a different part of their brain, so to speak, around what they would desire about their futures. So then they could think about what would this be the steps to take to get there? Or maybe even where does that already exist in my life and how can I nurture that and build on that?

There's all kinds of things that fear prevents us from doing. And I was trying to invite them into a different part of their brain, so to speak, around what they would desire about their futures. So then they could think about what would this be the steps to take to get there? Or maybe even where does that already exist in my life and how can I nurture that and build on that?

And what happened was... I thought we were all going along just fine. And I was in this sort of Zen meditation mode, visualizing with them with their eyes all closed. And I asked them, OK, slowly open your eyes and come back and share what that world was like, thinking it would be this utopic, cathartic experience for all of us.

And what happened was... I thought we were all going along just fine. And I was in this sort of Zen meditation mode, visualizing with them with their eyes all closed. And I asked them, OK, slowly open your eyes and come back and share what that world was like, thinking it would be this utopic, cathartic experience for all of us.

And what happened was... I thought we were all going along just fine. And I was in this sort of Zen meditation mode, visualizing with them with their eyes all closed. And I asked them, OK, slowly open your eyes and come back and share what that world was like, thinking it would be this utopic, cathartic experience for all of us.

But they basically said there was first of all, there's a lot of silence and crickets. And then all of a sudden it was like, Sarah, we couldn't really visualize that future. We didn't have any imagination for what it could possibly be. Everything that came up in my mind was dystopic.

But they basically said there was first of all, there's a lot of silence and crickets. And then all of a sudden it was like, Sarah, we couldn't really visualize that future. We didn't have any imagination for what it could possibly be. Everything that came up in my mind was dystopic.

But they basically said there was first of all, there's a lot of silence and crickets. And then all of a sudden it was like, Sarah, we couldn't really visualize that future. We didn't have any imagination for what it could possibly be. Everything that came up in my mind was dystopic.

Yeah, so we had been talking a lot about, okay, you all have come in, you're really idealistic. How are we going to move from idealism through all of these grief emotions, anxiety emotions, despair emotions about how bad things are? How do we really sit with how bad things are? And then move into something more like action or some kind of catharsis where we work together, collective efficacy.

Yeah, so we had been talking a lot about, okay, you all have come in, you're really idealistic. How are we going to move from idealism through all of these grief emotions, anxiety emotions, despair emotions about how bad things are? How do we really sit with how bad things are? And then move into something more like action or some kind of catharsis where we work together, collective efficacy.

Yeah, so we had been talking a lot about, okay, you all have come in, you're really idealistic. How are we going to move from idealism through all of these grief emotions, anxiety emotions, despair emotions about how bad things are? How do we really sit with how bad things are? And then move into something more like action or some kind of catharsis where we work together, collective efficacy.

I had done all this research on what is the emotion that we need the most to do this work for the long haul. And collective efficacy turned out to be the kind of

I had done all this research on what is the emotion that we need the most to do this work for the long haul. And collective efficacy turned out to be the kind of

I had done all this research on what is the emotion that we need the most to do this work for the long haul. And collective efficacy turned out to be the kind of

magic go holy grail of of the set of emotions and i was trying to be really explicit about this in the class and jobe just sort of threw it all at the wall at some point and said this is all pointless hope is pointless there is you know this is really bad and nothing you can tell us sarah nothing we can do together is going to change anything