Cultivating Compassion in Times of Fascism
About the book
This affirmational coloring book is an invitation—to remember the power in our hands and the colorfulness of our hearts. To root into our interdependence. To cultivate a resilience that does not flinch in the face of horror but meets it with steady presence.
You are likely well-aware that we are living through a time of so much crisis, state violence, and corporate greed. Genocide keeps unfolding before our eyes—in Palestine, in Congo, in Sudan, and beyond. These are not isolated tragedies but threads in a vast fabric of systems that prioritize profit over life.
This book names fascism for its present reality—and holds compassion as a righteous way through. Compassion is not a sentimental nice-to-have, but an embodied and necessary practice. A form of resistance. A muscle we can build in creativity, in community, and in the colorful rituals of care that remind us why we’re here.
It includes…
Over 50 hand-drawn illustrations paired with original affirmations inspired by compassion research and healing justice
Art across four core themes: Mindfulness, Self-Kindness, Inter-Being, and Service
A grounding introduction about compassion as resistance amidst personal and collective crisis
Insights from nervous system literacy and trauma-informed care woven into the affirmations
Sparks for self-reflection, contemplative dialogue and meaningful connection
a soft place to land in hard times
a soft place to land in hard times
Each page is a portal to ritual, rest, and resilience. Thoughtfully designed for care pods, classrooms, therapeutic / healing spaces, and creative activist circles, this book is a soft place to land in grief, joy, rage, celebration, and solidarity,
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Coloring Circle
"Color in Compassion” Coloring Circles are locally-hosted gatherings for the tender hearts, creative rebels, care workers, changemakers, burnt-out dreamers, and anyone seeking soothing in the fire
Because coloring isn’t just soothing—it’s somatic resistance.
It restores the nervous system, invites us into presence, and helps us metabolize grief and overwhelm. In a time when so much demands our attention and energy,
coloring can be a ritual of co-regulation and repair—a way to return to our bodies,
connect in community, and invite play, messiness, wonder—things fascism tries to crush.
No art experience is needed—
just a desire to slow down, color and share care in community
Each session includes:
Light bites and beverages
Art supplies and free coloring pages
Opening and closing rituals
An embodied mindfulness practice to ground together
Guided prompts for mindful connection
Time to color, co-regulate, share and witness in community
Coloring books and stickers available for purchase
Suggested donation: $25
no one is turned away for lack of funds, space is intimate
The theme of this coloring circle is
INTERBEING
Sponsored and hosted by Ahimsa Collective
There'll be a conversation between Sonya Shah
and Chetna Mehta about the book,
including how it’s a catalyst
for community gathering
The theme of this coloring circle is
MINDFULNESS
Hosted by Chez Nous
There'll be a tea service
by Travis Sigley
In dialogue with Riss Myung, Chetna will share the story behind the book, how coloring, compassion, and fascism came together in one unexpected sentence, on creating during crisis, art as resistance, and the role of compassion and community in movement work
Hosted by On Waverly in SF’s Chinatown
We were in Chicago for our first
coloring circles since the book release!
Special thanks to:
Roshni Shah and merimira.org
57th Street Books in Hyde Park
Alex at L&A Healing Studio in South Loop
Family who pitched in to setup/clean up
All those who showed up to color
THANK YOU!
We were in Denver for a coloring circle!
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Special thanks to:
Lakshmi Nair and Wombhouse
Leena Sharma Seth of
Mending the Chasm
All those who showed up to color
in community
THANK YOU!