Thursday, June 4, 2026 at 9:45 AM
Skylight Books, Los Angeles
 CLICK HERE TO RSVP _**RSVP is recommended but not required. Entry and seating are first-come, first-served. RSVPs do not guarantee entry to a full event.**_ Crisis looms large in daily life. From failing public health infrastructure to resource shortages, endless wars, and melting ice caps the crisis in education is inseparable from the crisis in loneliness, spurred on by the interests and fantasies of a small group of wealthy individuals, for whose sake whole swaths of our planet burn. The name for this compounding disaster is polycrisis. In this program at Skylight, Kyle T. Mays, author of _When We Are Kin_ and Kailea Rose Loften and Kate Rose Weiner, co-editors of _Compassion in Crisis_ explore strategies for intersectional repair and collective healing in the face of capitalism's overlapping crises. This conversation will explore reparations, mutual aid, allyship and solidarity building, offering concrete tools and frameworks for responding to disaster—from the sudden and immediate (wildfires, earthquakes) to the systematic scaffolding that exacerbates catastrophic impacts for communities of color (white supremacy, colonization). Drawing inspiration from Indigenous philosophy, community organizing, Black resistance movements, and holistic healing, Loften, Weiner, and Mays will explore how we can keep us safe now and into the future. **Kailea Rose Loften** is a mother of Tahltan, Kaska, and Black American ancestry. She is the coeditor for the community publisher Loam and has guided climate change policy with an emphasis on Indigenous rights, previously serving as a Climate Commissioner for the City of Petaluma, California. **Kate Rose Weiner** is a writer, editor, and publisher working at the intersections of culture and climate justice. She is the coeditor of community publisher Loam and the director of Loam Library, a mobile library committed to bringing the power of print to the people. Kate’s work is shaped by her studies in environmental art, social practice, and community herbalism. **Kyle T. Mays** is an Afro-Indigenous (Saginaw Chippewa) writer and scholar. He is a professor of African American studies, American Indian studies, and history at the University of California, Los Angeles, and the author or co-author of four books, including _Rethinking the Red Power Movement_ (with Sam Hitchmough), _City of Dispossessions: Indigenous Peoples, African Americans, and the Creation of Modern Detroit_, _An Afro-Indigenous History of the United States_, and _Hip Hop Beats, Indigenous Rhymes: Modernity and Hip Hop in Indigenous North America_.