# Look for the Helpers

Amid crisis, people are always helping—protecting, restoring, and reimagining a better world. This newsletter highlights their work, reminding us we’re not alone. Let’s look for the helpers—together.

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## [Wild Love for the World: Helpers Inspired by Joanna Macy](https://schoolforthegreatturning.substack.com/p/wild-love-for-the-world-helpers-inspired)

_2025-10-31 · Leilani Navar_

Our beloved teacher and friend, Joanna Macy, has transitioned. Her legacy shines brightly and continues to grow worldwide, among people acting together for peace, ecological sanity, and re-connection.

## [Look for the Helpers: Standing for Peace and Preserving Life in Gaza](https://schoolforthegreatturning.substack.com/p/look-for-the-helpers-standing-for)

_2025-06-20 · Jen Myzel_

Gazans are living in dire conditions, facing food insecurity, and fearing for their lives. Here are some of the brave souls bringing relief, building peace, and centering everyone's humanity.

## [Look for the Helpers: Finding a Compass in the Chaos, Today](https://schoolforthegreatturning.substack.com/p/look-for-the-helpers-finding-a-compass)

_2025-06-12 · School For The Great Turning_

A conversation between Lydia and Leilani about responding to this week's events with a strong spine and a compassionate heart, the antidote to powerlessness, and focusing on what really helps.

## [Look For The Helpers: LGBTQ+ Leaders](https://schoolforthegreatturning.substack.com/p/look-for-the-helpers-lqbtq-leaders)

_2025-05-16 · Jen Myzel_

The queer community is under attack, made vulnerable by reckless abuses of power--and here are some of the people and orgs defending, protecting, and celebrating our vibrant and vital queer family.

## [Look for the Helpers: Re-humanization as a Response to Attacks on Immigrants](https://schoolforthegreatturning.substack.com/p/look-for-the-helpers-re-humanization)

_2025-04-25 · Leilani Navar_

Lydia and Leilani talk about the dehumanization of immigrants, emotional overwhelm in response to recent attacks, becoming unafraid of our pain, and the power of re-humanization.

[Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/162020828/2df09ba7b49c5cb0862d504897bb6047.mp3)

## [Look for the Helpers: Standing up for Immigrants](https://schoolforthegreatturning.substack.com/p/look-for-the-helpers-standing-up)

_2025-04-23 · Jen Myzel_

To the people whose humanity reaches across borders--we thank you.

## [Look for the Helpers: Protecting Our Rights](https://schoolforthegreatturning.substack.com/p/look-for-the-helpers-protecting-our)

_2025-04-16 · School For The Great Turning_

Lawyers, educators, advocates... these folks are fighting for our rights through the legal system, and fighting for the legal system itself.

## [Meet The Helpers: Fighting Fascism](https://schoolforthegreatturning.substack.com/p/meet-the-helpers-fighting-fascism)

_2025-04-01_

"You will always find people helping"

## [Welcome to Look for the Helpers](https://schoolforthegreatturning.substack.com/p/welcome-to-look-for-the-helpers)

_2025-03-26 · School For The Great Turning_

“When I was a boy and I would see scary things in the news, my mother would say to me, ‘Look for the helpers. You will always find people who are helping.’” - Mr. Rogers