BAATN Online conference 2025

Belonging: An Act of Visibility and Revolution

Belonging is revolutionary; it fosters safety, stability, and community—essentials for human well-being. Being heard, valued, accepted, loved, and respected is crucial for creating a more just and inclusive society. However, we must remain vigilant.

As john a. powell notes, “Western culture has, for the last several centuries, built a society founded on three strong separations: our separation from ourselves, our separation from the other, and our separation from the Earth. The reality is we are deeply connected to each other.”

Martin Luther King Jr. stated in his *Letter from Birmingham Jail*, “All are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny.”

This conference will explore the challenge of our age — fostering belonging without the creation of an “other”.