HARVEST KAPLANKAYA IX

COURAGE

KAPLANKAYA, TURKEY

MAY 2025

HARVEST KAPLANKAYA IX

In May 2025, we gathered in Kaplankaya for Harvest Chapter 9: Courage.⁠

Over five days, we explored what it means to live bravely. Courage not as spectacle, but as quiet integrity, as truth-telling, as devotion. As the willingness to stand alone and to stand together.⁠ In a time shaped by division and rapid change, we examined the personal and collective bravery required to speak honestly, create fearlessly, and act with moral clarity.⁠

Chapter 9 showed us that courage is not the absence of fear, but the decision to move forward with conviction. It is a daily practice, one that asks us to align our voice with our values, and to meet the future with both strength and tenderness.⁠

THE LINE UP

GOLSHIFTEH FARAHANI

Actor and activist using art as resistance, exploring exile, freedom of expression, and the cost of speaking truth.⁠

SATISH KUMAR

Peace pilgrim and lifelong activist reminding us that true courage is rooted in love, simplicity, and service to the Earth.⁠

ROKHAYA DIALLO

Journalist and filmmaker challenging dominant narratives and advocating for justice, representation, and fearless dialogue.⁠

RUPI KAUR

Poet and artist giving language to vulnerability, migration, womanhood, and the courage to feel deeply in public.⁠