Native and Indigenous communities across the country are leading a resistance movement focused on climate change, decolonization, and cultural appropriation. In celebration of Earth Week, the Tishman Environment and Design Center at The New School invites you to join Native and Indigenous artists, activists, and thought leaders underscoring the value of traditional ecological knowledge and the necessity of transcending the imposed boundaries of thought, borders, and mediums as we advance socially just approaches to environmental issues.
Expand The Box is a safe and astonishing 3-day learning environment for upgrading traditional thinking and behaviors.
Without our knowing how, the standard thinking and behavior patterns we adopted from our parents, our culture and our education system severely limit both the quality of our relationships and our ability to respond creatively to the opportunities and challenges of life. Expand The Box installs swinging doors through walls that previously appeared to be impenetrable.
We will meet online daily for #11DaysOfGlobalUnity To begin the day with a mantra and hear about the speaker for the day.
Grassroots, interfaith and cultural Peacemakers celebrating and catalyzing greater peace in our community and world. Special 3 pm calling – in Drum Circle
4pm trail of tears intertribal dancers open program. Dances of Universal Peace will be taught. Special performances include: Poem and flute by TJ Anderson, African dance by local youth, Collaborative peace performance by Bernadette Brown & Semelle Ramsey “A Change is gonna Come” by Hadassah Faison, songs by Joy Tru, announcements and community Peace Blessing.
Potluck feast to follow. Bring a food item and friends!
Share your smiles, compliments, time, talents, money, and energy with those around you. We must truly be the change that we want to see. And we can do it. We are doing it. Believe that the future is full of mindfulness where hearts mean more than our accounts.
The Love Initiative.
Notes From the Road – Bright Lights Blog
http://troubadourofpeace.blogspot.com/
Book a house concert or music for a yoga class today!!
TOUR DATES
| Date | Time | Venue | Location | Cost |
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| 3/22/18 | 3:00 PM | Choices | Akron, OH | |
| 3/22/18 | 6:00 PM | Tea Time for Peace | Kent, OH | |
| 3/23/18 | 5:00 PM | Friends of the Metro Parks Benefit w/ the Bright Lights | Akron, OH | |
| 3/27/18 | 7:00 PM | Brother’s Lounge | Cleveland, OH | |
| 3/30/18 | 6:30 PM | 330 Day @ Akron Civic Theatre | Akron, OH | |
| 3/31/18 | 10:30 AM | Celebration of Life for Marilyn Stroud | Cuyahoga Falls, OH | |
| 4/3/18 | 6:30 PM | MLK Kirtan | Akron, OH | Donations |
| 4/4/18 | 6:30 PM | Nonviolent Communication Circle | Akron, OH | Donations |
| 4/6/18 | 7:00 PM | Big Love Night @ Live Music Now w/ Rhodes St Rude Boys | Akron, OH | $5-10 |
| 4/7/18 | 8:30 PM | Mustard Seed Highland Square w/ Bright Lights! | Akron, OH | |
| 4/10/18 | 7:00 PM | Brother Lounge | Cleveland, OH | |
| 4/16/18 | 7:00 PM | Wolf Creek Winery | Norton, OH | |
| 4/21/18 | 6:30 PM | Bright Lights @ the Rialto | Akron, OH | $5 |
| 4/22/18 | 4:00 PM | Yoga Central | Canton, OH | |
| 4/28/18 | 7:00 PM | Wine Mill | Peninsula, OH | |
| 5/2/18 | 6:30 PM | Nonviolent Communication Series | Akron, OH | Donations |
| 5/4/18 | 7:00 PM | Big Love Night @ Live Music Now w/ Gretchen Pleuss | Akron, OH | $5-10 |
| 5/5/18 | 12:00 PM | Cleveland VegFest | Cleveland, OH | |
| 5/5/18 | 6:00 PM | Bent Ladder winery | Doylestown , OH | |
| 5/8/18 | 7:00 PM | Brother’s Lounge | Cleveland, OH |
Wilmot, OH 44689
USA
Spend a day celebrating the earth!
TWC Wilderness Run: 9:00 – 12:30
Register through Vertical Runner Race Management. A fun run for the kids is an option.
Garlic Mustard Pull: 9:00 – 3:00
You can help with conservation efforts by picking up litter or pulling invasive garlic mustard.
Backpacking Club Demonstration: 9:00 – 12:00
Looking for a new hobby? Learn about places to go and the gear needed from the experts.
FotoFest: 9:00 – 5:00 and Sunday, April 22, 1:00 – 4:30
Be sure to vote for your favorites in our annual nature photography competition sponsored by TWC Photo Club.
Playscape Playdate: Earth Day Scavenger Hunt: 10:00 – 12:00
How well does your family know The Wilderness Center? Start at the Playscape on a scavenger hunt around our favorite spaces and come back to show off your discoveries. Easy and advanced levels will accommodate children of all ages.
Habitat Earth: Digital Theater Show: 11:00, 12:00 and 1:00 show times
Living networks connect and support life forms large and small — from colonies of tiny microbes and populations of massive whales to ever-expanding human societies. Discover what it means to live in today’s connected world. Through stunning visualizations of the natural world, dive below the ocean’s surface to explore the dynamic relationships found in kelp forest ecosystems, travel beneath the forest floor to see how Earth’s tallest trees rely on tiny fungi to survive, and journey to new heights to witness the intricate intersection between human and ecological networks.
Story Walk™ and Dip-netting: 1:00 – 3:00
Walk a trail and read a book! Follow pages from Turtle Splash then grab a net and dip into the pond to discover for yourself first-hand what lives there!
Kids Earth Day Celebration by Los Angeles County Department of Beaches & Harbors
DATE AND TIME
Sat, April 21, 2018
11:00 AM – 4:00 PM PDT
LOCATION
Don’t miss the first Earth Day celebration at the Dockweiler Youth Center! Join 3rd Rock Hip Hop as they teach kids about environmental awareness through hip hop music. This community and family-oriented event will also feature:
- Environmental exhibitors
- Hands-on activities
- Bouncy houses
- Games
- FREE giveaways
- & so much more!
COST: Admission is FREE!
Faster Check-In w/ EventBrite RSVP Tickets! For faster entry into the event and access to the rides & attractions, each entrant must show a printed or digital EventBrite ticket showing acceptance of the liability waiver.
Regular Check-In: Upon arrival, all entrants to the event who don’t have an EventBrite ticket that shows acceptance of the liability waiver must complete & sign a hard-copy liability waiver form before accessing the rides & attractions.
Please click here for a downloadable flyer. Call (310) 726-4128 for more information.
A great soul /funk concert. Come and be uplifted by great music and let’s raise as much money as possible to help re-unite children who have been separated from their families at the U.S. border. Tickets are $10. Please click on the link below to buy tickets, bring friends! You may make an extra donation on the night if you so wish. All proceeds will go to this great cause. Rob Duncan has played music all over the world, is a father of 3 and writes music about his experience of being human, man and father.
Here’s what he says about his music and this concert:
My music draws from my life experience; spiritually, soulfully, intellectually, and emotionally. All of my songs represent my musical influences like soul music, blues, jazz, and rock. Deeply soulful, funky, melancholy music with ultimately a message of hope. That’s how I write my music. That’s how I sing my music. I lay my heart on the table and reach you in places that you feel.
I have decided to donate the cover charge from my upcoming show at Rockwood Music Hall 3 to RAICES. RAICES primarily provides two very very important things.
It provides lawyers for the children who have been torn from their parents by ICES, and it pays the Immigration Bond which releases the parent from detention allowing their children to rejoin them. This is where your $10 cover charge for my upcoming show will go. If you wish to donate extra you may do so on the night of the show.
ROCKWOOD MUSIC HALL PRESENTS
ROB DUNCAN LIVE with his Funkin Soul Band
Date: Saturday, July 7
Time: 7 PM – 8 PM (Arrive by 6:30. Show starts at 7:00! )
Rockwood Music Hall Stage 3
185 Orchard St, New York, NY
Hosted by North Corner Music
$10 Cover Charge
For Tickets, Click Here: https://bit.ly/2LB0QPM
Dr. Charles Mully
Mully Children’s Family USA
OnBuzz
Mother Teresa.
The Letters: The Untold Story of Mother Teresa.
will benefit Mully Children’s Family
Please join us in celebrating an amazing humanitarian
and Nobel Peace Prize winner who
served others in need.
Join others for 15 glorious minutes of Laughter Yoga on the phone as we celebrate 11 Days of Global Unity!
No previous experience, no special clothes or equipment required. CALL: +1-218-339-2460 CODE: 52844# (LAUGH#) We’ll start with SMILE-UPsSM and get the giggles with silly, playful LAUGHTER exercises that help unite us as we decrease stress, anxiety and depression, increase joy, connection, creativity, energy, focus and productivity. Connect to others through LAUGHTER! Different times each day so check the calendar carefully. Times given for Central Standard Time. More information about Sarah and her work on www.SeriousGiggles.com Come together to LAUGH for joy! “Laughter is the shortest distance between 2 people.” – Victor Borge
Join others for 15 glorious minutes of Laughter Yoga on the phone as we celebrate 11 Days of Global Unity!
No previous experience, no special clothes or equipment required. CALL: +1-218-339-2460 CODE: 52844# (LAUGH#) We’ll start with SMILE-UPsSM and get the giggles with silly, playful LAUGHTER exercises that help unite us as we decrease stress, anxiety and depression, increase joy, connection, creativity, energy, focus and productivity. Connect to others through LAUGHTER! Different times each day so check the calendar carefully. Times given for Central Standard Time. More information about Sarah and her work on www.SeriousGiggles.com The Event Page has more details including a MAP to find the correct time in YOUR time zone and a link to the Facebook Event where you can RSVP if you want to connect further. Come together to LAUGH for joy! “Laughter is the shortest distance between 2 people.” – Victor Borge
Join others for 15 glorious minutes of Laughter Yoga on the phone as we celebrate 11 Days of Global Unity!
No previous experience, no special clothes or equipment required. CALL: +1-218-339-2460 CODE: 52844# (LAUGH#) We’ll start with SMILE-UPsSM and get the giggles with silly, playful LAUGHTER exercises that help unite us as we decrease stress, anxiety and depression, increase joy, connection, creativity, energy, focus and productivity. Connect to others through LAUGHTER! Different times each day so check the calendar carefully. Times given for Central Standard Time. More information about Sarah and her work on www.SeriousGiggles.com The Event Page has more details including a MAP to find the correct time in YOUR time zone and a link to the Facebook Event where you can RSVP if you want to connect further. Come together to LAUGH for joy! “Laughter is the shortest distance between 2 people.” – Victor Borge
Join others for 15 glorious minutes of Laughter Yoga on the phone as we celebrate 11 Days of Global Unity!
No previous experience, no special clothes or equipment required. CALL: +1-218-339-2460 CODE: 52844# (LAUGH#) We’ll start with SMILE-UPsSM and get the giggles with silly, playful LAUGHTER exercises that help unite us as we decrease stress, anxiety and depression, increase joy, connection, creativity, energy, focus and productivity. Connect to others through LAUGHTER! Different times each day so check the calendar carefully. Times given for Central Standard Time. More information about Sarah and her work on www.SeriousGiggles.com The Event Page has more details including a MAP to find the correct time in YOUR time zone and a link to the Facebook Event where you can RSVP if you want to connect further. Come together to LAUGH for joy! “Laughter is the shortest distance between 2 people.” – Victor Borge
Join others for 15 glorious minutes of Laughter Yoga on the phone as we celebrate 11 Days of Global Unity! Today, we culminate these 11 days as we mark the UN International Day of Peace. When Dr. Kataria, founder of Laughter Yoga, began spreading his vision of sharing intentional laughter, he recognized that Laughter is a universal language and since its founding in 1995, he has hoped others will share his vision of using shared intentional laughter to help the world find peace. I’m SURE I’ve enjoyed laughing with each and every person who has called in during the 11 Days of Global Unity. On this, our last call of this series, we will focus on Laughter Exercises that envision a more peaceful world. As always: no previous experience, no special clothes or equipment required. CALL: +1-218-339-2460 CODE: 52844# (LAUGH#) We’ll start with SMILE-UPsSM and get the giggles with silly, playful LAUGHTER exercises that help unite us as we decrease stress, anxiety and depression, increase joy, connection, creativity, energy, focus and productivity. Connect to others through LAUGHTER! Time given is for Central Standard Time. More information about Sarah and her work on www.SeriousGiggles.com The Event Page has more details including a MAP to find the correct time in YOUR time zone and a link to the Facebook Event where you can RSVP if you want to connect further. Come together to LAUGH for joy! “Laughter is the shortest distance between 2 people.” – Victor Borge
Also NOTE: Sarah continues these Laughter Calls every MONDAY MORNING at 9am Central Standard Time for 15 minutes. You are always invited! Thanks for joining the fun as we all work together to find a more unified, and much more peaceful world, one big smile and one shared laugh at a time!
In celebration of our common humanity, we join with citizens from all around the world on September 21st for International Peace Day. This year we are excited to celebrate the EMPOWERED VOICES OF YOUTH in our commUNITY, who are leading the way to a more peaceful and just world. International Day of Peace was established in 1981 by unanimous United Nations resolution and this day of peace provides a globally shared occasion for all humanity to commit to peace above all differences and to contribute to building a culture of peace.
Come and join us as we
march, chant, dance, rally, listen and create
with one another to celebrate our
connection, hope, and commUNITY!
Festivities include:
March
Unique voices from our International community
Performances
International Flag Ceremony
Face-painting
Sign Making
…and more!
Peace Walk & Singing Peace
Hosted by Zach Freidhof
May all beings know peace. Om Shanti.
My the leaves of aggression fall from the trees of society,
and may the rotting fruits of anger
be turned to compost
through our inward efforts and outward compassion.
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1111 Carey Ave (Big Love Headquarters)
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We will begin at Big Love HQ and walk in silence and mindfulness to Chestnut Ridge Park, about 25 min. We will meditate there for about 20 min and return to Big Love HQ. Then we will have a Peace Kirtan until 2pm, chanting for Peace – mainly Peace Shalom Salaam Shanti.
All are welcome! If anyone would like to bring food, it can be there at Big Love HQ for after the walk. We will walk rain or shine, though if there is a drenching rain or thunderstorm, we will just chant for Peace and reschedule the walk.
For those who have not experienced The Big Love Network, Peace Month is the perfect time. Come and walk with the kindest group of folks you”ll ever meet. Laugh and share food. Please bring a dish to share and stay for the meditation and chanting for inner peace and the power to send that on.
SEP 24 – 26
DC Advocacy Days 2018 – Peace Alliance DoP Campaign
TICKETS –$25
Event Information
DESCRIPTION
It’s become an annual tradition since 2011, Several or many of us prepare materials, strategies and sometimes gifts, connect in DC, welcoming newcomers and preparing ourselves for a new year of advocacy meetings and conversations while dropping off information packets with staffers and Members of Congress. We meet with prospective, former and current co-sponsors to continue to build the case for a federal infrastucture making peacebuilding and nonviolence a priority in all that we do and supporting U.S. cities who choose to do the same.
Attend 1, 2 or 3 days of Advocacy 9/24-26/18;
Contact Karen at politicalstrength@gmail.com or 312-545-3460 for room shares at the Harrington.
Advocacy materials will be provided in DC; more information to registrants.
Pre-Lobby Days Options
- 9/21-22 in DC – Pace e Bene Campaign Nonviolence Convergence (some DoP advocates will be attending; see www.paceebene.org/events/campaign-nonviolence-convergencefor more information.)
- 9/21-23 in Toronto – World Beyond War Conference (9/22 DoP Workshop, “Departments and Other National Infrastructures for Peace – A Way Forward” with Saul Arbess and Anne Creter, plus a DoP table at conference); optional Sunday event through WBW. Portions of the WBW conference will be simulcast. (See NoWar2018! for more information.)
- 9/23 in DC – 10:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m. – limited number of free “timed entry tickets” for The National Museum of African American History and Culture – reserve ASAP by contacting kendramon@comcast.net; optional a.m. event through Campaign Nonviolence.
Hotel Harrington
436 11th St NW
Washington, DC 20004
NATIONAL DOP COMMITTEE
Organizer of DC Advocacy Days 2018 – Peace Alliance DoP Campaign
September 29–30, 2018
Loyola Marymount University
Los Angeles
Note that times are for Pacific Coast Time Zone
jotff@anewwayoflife.org
323-563-3573
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Note: Last movie – SURVIVORS GUIDE TO PRISON – with Q&A to follow with producer DAVID ARQUETTE
September 30 | 3:30 PM (RunTime: 102 minutes) – at MAYER THEATRE
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Film Synopses & Trailers
Saturday, September 29
(Screenings will be followed by Q&A with filmmakers)
RT: 30 minutes
September 29 | 11 AM
Life Sciences Building Auditorium Theatre
Q&A to follow with writer/director Tiffany Johnson and producer/animator Jonathan Clark
The Real Background Check
This animated short film is based on the real life story of Tiffany Johnson, who survived life-altering trauma caused by early childhood abuse. “The Real Background Check” breaks down what happens to people before they enter the criminal justice system.
RT: 57 minutes
September 29 | 1:30 PM
Life Sciences Building Auditorium Theatre
Q&A to follow with Johnny Perez (Director of U.S. Prison Programs, National Religious Campaign Against Torture)
Rikers: An American Jail
From Bill Moyers comes the first film to focus exclusively on former detainees who were held at Rikers Island. Their searing testimonials about the deep-seated culture of systemic violence and corruption that has plagued the notorious NYC jail for decades add a powerful authentic voice to investigative journalism that has reported on violence and abuses at the jail.
RT: 68 minutes
September 29 | 1:30 PM
Seaver 100 Theatre
Q&A to follow with writer/director/producer Saffron Cassaday
Returning Citizens
“Returning Citizens” focuses on a passionate group of individuals who are looking for a second chance – or perhaps a chance they never had to begin with. Set in Southeast Washington, DC, the film offers a humanizing perspective on a community that has been negatively impacted by mass incarceration.
RT: 40 minutes
September 29 | 1:30 PM
Seaver 200 Theatre
Knife Skills
What does it take to build a world-class French restaurant? What if the staff is almost entirely men and women just out of prison? What if most have never cooked or served before, and have barely two months to learn their trade? Oscar-nominated Knife Skills follows the hectic launch of Edwins restaurant in Cleveland. In this improbable setting, with its mouth-watering dishes and its arcane French vocabulary, we discover the challenges of men and women finding their way after their release.
RT: 45 minutes
September 29 | 3:05 PM
Life Sciences Building Auditorium Theatre
The Bail Trap: American Ransom
Money bail is one of the main causes of mass incarceration in the United States. Yet, few people know what the money bail system is, let alone how it all works or why we need to do away with it. This short film compilation from Brave New Films explains America’s broken bail system.
RT: 22 minutes
September 29 | 3:00 PM
Seaver 100 Theatre
Q&A to follow with producer/director Terrell Wormley
Wild Roots
Hakeem, a reformed gang member, gets out of jail and wants to change his life around, but the hood won’t left him go easily. He knows how senseless gang banging is, but what do you do when your past catches up to you?
The Talk
After an unarmed black teen is killed, James & Maddie argue about whether they should warn their 9-year-old son about police brutality.
RT: 16 minutes
September 29 | 3:40 PM
Seaver 100 Theatre
Q&A to follow with Marlon Perrier, writer/director/star of “The Talk”
Sunday, September 30
(Screenings will be followed by Q&A with filmmakers)
RT: 60 minutes
September 30 | 11 AM
Life Sciences Building Auditorium Theatre
Q&A to follow with director/producer Ultan Guilfoyle, Craig Webb (Gehry Partners) & Leonard Noisette (Justice Team Director, Open Society Foundations)
Building Justice
At the invitation of George Soros and his Open Society Foundations, architect Frank Gehry arranged two ‘masters’ studios, one in SCI-Arc in Los Angeles, the other at the Yale School of Architecture, to investigate prison design as a subject for the best architecture students in the US. Partnering with Susan Burton of A New Way of Life Re-Entry Project in
Watts, Gehry and his students explored all aspects of prison design, learning first hand the design flaws of prison living from women who have been incarcerated in America’s worst prisons and visiting what are considered to be the world’s most successful prisons, in Norway.
RT: 60 minutes
September 30 | 1:50 PM
Life Sciences Building Auditorium Theatre
Q&A to follow with director AJ Ali
Walking While Black: L.O.V.E Is the Answer
“Walking While Black: L.O.V.E. Is The Answer” presents proven action steps
to bridge the painful gap between peace officers and the communities they serve. Featuring interviews with peace
officers, faith leaders, educators, activists and others, the film offers an inspiring blueprint to end racial profiling and heal our communities.
RT: 73 minutes
September 30 | 1:50 PM
Seaver 200 Theatre
Q&A to follow with director/executive producer Rahiem Shabazz
Elementary Genocide III: Academic Holocaust
Elementary Genocide: Academic Holocaust adds more statistical proof of the scholastic inequalities faced by Original people around the country. The documentary revisits the importance of education and its impact on self-image, family structure, financial freedom and the collective future of African/indigenous people in America and abroad.
RT: 16 minutes
September 30 | 1:50 PM
Seaver 100 Theatre
Let My People Vote
Filmed in Tampa, two days before the 2016 presidential election, this verité short covers a day-in-the-life of civil rights activist Desmond Meade. His mission? Assisting people in voting — something our “forefathers marched and died for.”
What begins as an upbeat day of faith in our democratic process, ends with a heartbreaking realization: Jim Crow is not dead.
RT: 102 minutes
September 30 | 3:30 PM
Mayer Theatre
Q&A to follow with producer David Arquette
Survivors Guide to Prison
Follows the stories of two innocent men, Bruce Lisker and Reggie Cole, who spent decades behind bars for murders they did not commit. With gripping testimony from formerly incarcerated people, guards, cops, lawyers and reformers, “Survivors Guide” exposes the failed “punishment model” and examines the programs proven to work.
‘GRANDMOTHERS ON THE MOVE’ Podcast Episodes
Click HERE!
NO START TIME and NO END TIME – LISTEN to past and current podcasts!
Grandmothers To Grandmothers Campaign
The Grandmothers to Grandmothers Campaign exists to support the indomitable African grandmothers who are caring for the millions of children who have been orphaned by AIDS. Members of the Grandmothers Campaign share three goals. They work to:
- Raise funds to meet the needs of African grandmothers and the children in their care;
- Listen to African grandmothers, respect their expertise and amplify their voices, in order to promote authentic and substantive responses to the epidemic in Africa;
- Build solidarity among African and Canadian grandmothers in order to motivate and sustain the vital work of turning the tide of AIDS in Africa.
Canadian grandmothers groups are tremendously active in their communities. They put on concerts, organize card tournaments, and sell jewellery. They visit countless schools and community organizations. They bake, cook, sew, knit, paint, write, organize cycle tours, walks, and even ride motorcycles – all to raise funds and awareness for grandmothers in sub-Saharan Africa through the Stephen Lewis Foundation.
To learn more about how you can get involved in the Campaign, write to Ilana here.
Articles About The Campaign
What started as a conversation around a kitchen table has grown to become a movement to empower women, especially grandmothers, in Africa.
The Grandmothers Campaign, an initiative of the Stephen Lewis Foundation, is known as Grandmothers 4 Grandmothers in Regina, which was among the very first places in Canada where women took on projects to support families in Africa.
‘We know the power of women’s organizing in Canada and older women have an extraordinary amount of vigour and energy.’– Ilana Landsberg-Lewis
As Ilana Landsberg-Lewis explains, the movement arose in response to the human crisis, observed by her father Stephen Lewis during his time as a special envoy for the United Nations, afflicting the African continent during the HIV and AIDS pandemic.
Millions of children were orphaned by the deaths of their parents. Their grandmothers were left to raise them, with little or no support.
Ilana Landsberg-Lewis is co-founder, with her father Stephen Lewis, of the Stephen Lewis Foundation. One of their main campaigns supports grandmothers in Africa. (Lisa MacIntosh/Stephen Lewis Foundation)
“Grandmothers were just in an agony of loss,” Landsberg-Lewis said. “Death was everywhere. They were left with no income and often isolated by the terrible stigma surrounding HIV-AIDS.”
Landsberg-Lewis recalled how requests seeking aid referred to the grandmothers as “caregivers” and when she asked why, she learned there was a strong bias in play.
“Nobody wants to fund them because they’re older women and nobody sees them as a meaningful investment,” she learned.
“We decided if Canadian grandmothers knew what was happening on the [African] continent then it would surely resonate with them and boy did it ever,” Landsberg-Lewis said.
“I wish I could say that I was prescient but it would be overstating it,” she said, talking about how the success of the organization, which quickly grew from a handful of activists brain-storming at a kitchen table (her own) to over 250 chapters across the country.
Since 2006 they have raised about $25 million.
“It was really extraordinary but I can’t say that I’m surprised,” she said. “Older women in our communities, we know the power of women organizing in Canada and older women have an extraordinary amount of vigour and energy.”
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The Campaign currently boasts more than 240 grandmothers groups across the country. Many of the groups have organized into regional and national networks in order to support each other’s efforts in solidarity with African grandmothers and the children in their care.
Resources from the Grandmothers Campaign go to grassroots organizations that support African grandmothers with food, health care, school fees and school uniforms for their grandchildren, income-generating programmes, counselling, social support, essential shelter, and other necessities. Throughout Africa, grassroots organizations run by and for grandmothers are sharing insights, deepening their expertise, collaborating with other local organizations, and building their capacity to turn the tide of AIDS at community level.
Get Inspired and Engaged by the Global Community
Reconnect with the Source of Pachamama Alliance
A 75-Minute Conference Call for Our Global Community
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These calls are designed to
bring together Pachamama Alliance
participants, leaders, and supporters who are actively engaged
in creating a shift in humanity to a worldview
that honors and sustains life
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By coming together and grounding in this vision, you will:
*Feel supported in your work.
**Be inspired and energized in your unique role in a worldwide
network committed to a new future for all.
***Strengthen your connection to like-hearted people and to the spirit
that has inspired Pachamama Alliance since its inception.
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GO TO: https://www.pachamama.org/events
to reserve your space for the conversation.
Fill out the online form and submit.
You will receive a confirmation email.
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Early Childhood Education and Public Charge
November 7 at 3:00 PM ET – 4:00 PM ET (12:00 PM PT – 1:00 PM PT)
On October 10, a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) was published in the Federal Register, outlining the administration’s intent to dramatically change the meaning and application of “public charge” provisions in immigration law. This proposal could harm the health and well-being of millions of children and families and is of great concern for young children’s development and the early childhood field as outlined in this Q&A. Staff at the Center for Law and Social Policy will provide an overview of the proposed public charge rule, its potential impact on young children, and explain how the early childhood field can support immigrant families and take action during the public comment period.
What Housing and Homelessness Advocates Should Know about the Public Charge Rule
November 8 @ 3:30 PM ET – 5:00 PM ET (12:30 PM PT – 2:00 PM PT)
On October 10, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) published a proposed rule that would make it more likely for certain immigrants to be denied admission to the U.S. or denied green cards because they receive or would receive lifeline benefits, including public housing, Housing Choice Vouchers, and project-based Section 8 housing subsidies. Previously leaked drafts of this drastic policy change have already led many families to drop out of critical food and nutrition programs for their children. This chilling effect is poised to impact hundreds of thousands of hardworking immigrant households that depend on these programs for survival.
PIF Campaign: New Research and Estimating the Impact of Public Charge
November 8 @ 3:00 PM ET – 4:00 PM ET (12:00 PM PT -1:00 PM PT)
Join partners with the Protecting Immigrant Families (PIF) Campaign as we discuss new research estimating economic and demographic impacts of the proposed public charge rule. During this webinar, panelists will present the findings of three new resources from Manatt Health, Kaiser Family Foundation, and Fiscal Policy Institute. For more information about the webinar, please contact Jackie Vimo and Renato Rocha.
PIF Campaign: Public Charge 101
November 14 @ 2:00 PM ET – 3:00 PM ET (11:00 AM PT -12:00 PM PT)
A recurring webinar from CLASP and NILC. The Department of Homeland Security has published a proposed regulation on “public charge.” If finalized, the regulation would dramatically rewrite immigration policy and make green cards only available to the highest bidder. This webinar describes public charge policy today, how it would change, and what you need to know if you work with immigrant families.
For more info: bit.ly/askPIFcampaign
AURA HOME WOMEN VETS
50 South French Broad Avenue
Suite 203
Asheville NC 28801
828-771-6979
http://aurahomewomenvets.org
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Prem Rawat Foundation Supports Veterans With Peace Education Program
This article is also available in: French
For too many veterans, finding an enduring sense of peace remains elusive long after they return from war. They often face immense challenges as they transition to civilian life, from trauma disorders to unemployment and homelessness.
Thankfully, November 11 marks an occasion to honor their service and support solutions that can improve their lives. The date is Veterans Day in the United States, and in many other countries it is called Remembrance Day and Armistice Day, commemorating the end of World War I.
A growing number of veterans say the Peace Education Program is a solution that gives them the tools they need to harness their own inner-strength and overcome their obstacles. The program’s workshops feature videos of Prem Rawat’s empowering international talks on themes such as dignity, choice and hope.
“The Peace Education Program tries only to achieve one simple thing: it’s to put you in touch with yourself,” says Rawat.
While the goal is simple, the impact was profound for Alyce Knaflich, a veteran who suffered from post-traumatic stress, depression and homelessness for 10 years. She credits PEP with giving her the confidence to now work as the executive director of Aura Home Women Vets, a charity in Asheville, NC that provides housing and support to homeless women veterans.
Veteran Alyce Knaflich shares her story in this video.
“I was lost. Prem Rawat and his message in the program, it brought me home. And my home is my heart. Peace starts on the inside,” says Knaflich.
She has incorporated the Peace Education Program into Aura Home’s services to help her clients have the same enriching experience that she did.
“Prem’s message will help them heal their emotional stress, and ease the transition of coming out of the military and trying to find a new career path. It will help them center themselves and bring out their confidence,” says Knaflich.
Print, Customize, and Post #HonorNativeLand Art
Imagine going to a local coffee shop, music venue, grocery store, or town hall, and finding a sign on the wall acknowledging traditional lands. Sound far-fetched? It doesn’t have to be! As part of this campaign to #HonorNativeLand, we partnered with Native artists to create downloadable signs that you can print, customize, and post in your community.
After Downloading the Guide, Take the Pledge
We urge organizations, collectives, institutions, and agencies to publicly commit to practicing traditional Native land acknowledgment.
Those who have taken the Pledge:
- Artist’s Laboratory Theatre
- Arts in a Changing America (ArtChangeUS)
- ArtSpark
- ArtWell
- California Indian Culture & Sovereignty Center
- Dancing Earth
- Democracy at Work Institute
- Emerging Arts Leaders/Los Angeles
- Indigenous Women Rise in Gallup
- Ink People, Inc.
- IU First Nations Educational & Cultural Center
- Kluge-Ruhe Aboriginal Art Collection
- Marietta Ohio Arts Innovation Lab
- National Council for Science and Faith
- Native American Music Awards
- Native Arts and Cultures Foundation
- New Economy Coalition
- SOMArts
- Women of Color in the Arts (WOCA)
- Artivists LA
- Kamiah Community Library
- Peñasco Theatre Collective
- Self Help Graphics & Art
- The Field
- YWCA Olympia
As a step toward honoring the truth and achieving healing and reconciliation, our organization commits to open all public events and gatherings with a statement acknowledging the traditional Native lands on which we stand. Such statements become truly meaningful when coupled with authentic relationships and sustained commitment. We therefore commit to move beyond words into programs and actions that fully embody a commitment to Indigenous rights and cultural equity.
The U.S. Department of Arts and Culture is a people-powered department — a grassroots action network inciting creativity to shape a culture of empathy, equity, and belonging. Learn more about the USDAC and read our Statement of Values, then join this act of collective imagination
Contact info: hello@usdac.us.
PROTOTYPING CULTURAL DEMOCRACY SERIES Part 7: Remember2019, Memory and Reflection on Mass Lynching in Phillips County, AR
By Arlene Goldbard, Chief Policy Wonk
This is the sixth in a series of blogs profiling the USDAC’s Policy Prototype projects, seven projects across the U.S. receiving micro-grants to document their work related to the proposals in “Standing for Cultural Democracy: The USDAC’s Policy and Action Platform.”
The proposal submitted for a one-off USDAC Policy Prototype micro-grant by Ashley Teague, a theater director with extensive community experience, focused on the critical issue of commemorative justice (as did the STICK + MOVE project featured earlier in this series). Partnering with Mauricio Salgado, co-founder of Artists Striving to End Poverty and Arielle Julia Brown, founder of The Love Balm Project, Remember2019 lives in South Phillips Country Arkansas where in “1919 arguably the largest mass lynching in American history, took the lives of more than 230 African Americans in less than 72 hours….,”
Remember2019 was developed in response to Bryan Stevenson’s (founder of the Equal Justice Initiative) call to action when he said, “Formalizing a space for memory, reflection, and grieving can help our communities recover from this traumatic history of mass violence.”
In the Remember2019 proposal, Ashley wrote:
As we approach the centennial of the massacre in South Phillips County, our goal is to partner with individuals and organizations throughout the region to create a theatre event that unearths this erased and contentious history and considers how it has affected the communities past and present. Furthermore, we will raise Dr. Martin Luther King’s timely question—where do we go from here?— tour the play during the 2019 centennial year, organize an annual residency that will continue after the theater event, offering local artists opportunities to create their own self-determined work around issues of memory, reflection, belonging, and cultural citizenship.”
Three Platform points were referenced:
- Point 2. Support A Culture of Justice and Equity
- Point 3. Redeem Democracy with Creativity
- Point 5. Invest in Belonging and Cultural Citizenship
The work touched on all three, but as Ashley explained when we spoke, “we ended up doing more work towards point five, investing in belonging in cultural citizenship. That’s where this long-term artist residency came from, working with community-based centers to reuse abandoned or underused spaces and some of our focus with the young people.”
“We believe that culture influences policy,” Ashley wrote in her proposal. “Therefore, it is our responsibility to reframe our cultural narrative so that it inspires just policies. This project begins by recognizing a history that was intentionally devalued and disposed of in order to entrench a normative white supremacist culture. In order to do that, this project will embody equity and participation by prioritizing the leadership, stories, and talents of community members that have been historically ignored. Our model is flexible, scale-able and nimble enough to adapt to the specific context and goals of the community, while still based in well-researched frameworks and proven methodologies.”
Healing the Land Ceremony in Elaine, AR, October 30, 2017
Remember 2019 is a long-term project, as Ashley explained when I interviewed Mauricio and herself:
The big picture is that we’re producing six residencies over six years. The first two are trailblazed by Remember2019, beginning with a blues event featuring local musicians using their music to synthesize personal stories and testimony with the rich history of the blues in the Delta. The next residency is the original, full-length play featuring community testimony and community and professional actors on stage. Then the next four will be determined by local artists. We are part of funding those residencies and getting a group of local folks together to take on those residencies past our involvement in the community, creating a long-term artist residency in the neighborhood.
“Another way of thinking about this long-term project, Mauricio added, “is that we are supporting local efforts to build an ecosystem of art spaces and work. At the moment there are a couple of spaces where folks engage in visual or performing arts—aside from churches, I think there are only two. There are local artists like Kyle Miller at the Delta Cultural Center who are hoping to build out a community of art spaces and art makers and that’s what we’re trying to do. How else do we build that ecosystem but by creating opportunities for performance and for sharing?”
Ashley agreed. “In this community there are a lot of vacant spaces that used to be for commerce. One part of our conversation is if there is a way to repurpose these as creative spaces. Is there a way to take on these underused or unused spaces in the blues festival performance and also in other residencies moving forward?”
The team’s time on the ground in South Phillips County was revealing and catalytic, as Ashley explained:
During the two months we were in South Phillips County we found ourselves wondering, “Where are the young people?” There’s nowhere to hang out. There’s no public space to let loose and relax and see friends other than going to church. How can we create space for that? How can we provide food and entertainment and make a space where people can just hang out and commune?
A major goal is to create and perform in 2019 a play grounded in the experiences and voices of local people who have been affected by the massacre of 1919. Mauricio explained:
All of our work, both the story-sharing institute as well as the current blues festival, has conversation at its core. We are interested in reflecting on the story-sharing practices that remember that moment in time and how that has been affected and where that has been channeled. There’s some research at the institute that the blues changed in response to the red summer of 1919, for instance. So all of that’s in the mix of thinking about the dream for the play next year.
Ashley explained that the playwright, Clos Sirah, “has gone several times to the community for interviewing and story-gathering, including one time when we were all there together for weeks. We’ve been having meetings with our community partners—community-based organizations, community-based centers in the area—as we shape what that play will be to make sure we’re getting community feedback at every stage. Ultimately it will be a performance that is inspired by and based on community testimony and will involve community in the making and performance. One idea is that it may travel around the community so that part of the experience is really being present in the space, really being aware of generations stacked up on this land and here we are now as a community moving through our space together.”
Team photo, July 2018 Staged Reading of Scapegoat by playwright Christina Ham in Helena, AR
Mauricio noted the nuances and controversies that commemorative justice projects can entail. “The Elaine Memorial Foundation is putting up a memorial and there are a series of events that are being organized for next October. And so how are we doing something that adds to that conversation? That puts up against it? That isn’t just the same thing? How is our work refracting, reflecting on, reckoning with the conversation that is already happening in light of the memorial that’s being created?
The past is always in dialogue with the present in such work. “Something we heard often from our partners and from folks we’d meet in the community,” Mauricio told me, is ‘We’re not just what happened in 1919. We’re a lot more than that, and who’s interested in that? It seems like folks are only interested in the hype around that one moment. How do we broaden our understanding of that story so that we can tell that side of ourselves too?’ That’s only possible if there are several conversations happening simultaneously that can use the events of a hundred years ago as a jumping-off point.”
Ashley and Mauricio explained that their team has been in conversation with all kinds of local groups, from Waves of Prayer to the Delta Community Center to the Boys and Girls Club, local educators, social service organizations, and beyond.
What binds our work and theirs is a desire to have this story told on a national level, to give voice to these stories, and understanding that art and theater is the way to do that. People tell us “We’re trying to move our community forward and we need this story to get out and we need attention to come here. We need jobs to come here. We need work to come here,” and the understanding is growing that theater as a vehicle for storytelling can serve those purposes as well.
This type of long-term relationship-building grounded in art calls on Citizen Artists to be open to sharing their gifts in a spirit of flexibility and generosity. For instance, Mauricio noted that he’d been helping folks from the Delta Cultural Center write a grant proposal for an after-school music academy, and the person he was working with
…says to me, “I feel funny. I don’t know what this has to do with your work.” And I said “Listen, Kyle, we are in for the long game of supporting the development of the arts in the area. So helping you write this grant is also my work.” We are showing up as much as we can for the community and the community’s needs, checking at the door our own particular agendas or even our own abilities. In that way I think this project will continue to morph. We will continue to produce these events, and that will be a centerpiece of our work. But also a whole lot of other things, because it’s going to take participating in many things.
Remember2019 has received funding from Alternate ROOTS, the Highlander Research and Education Center, The MAP Fund, and the Network of Ensemble Theaters to support this long-term cultural development in the service of commemorative justice.
In fact, a keystone event made possible with this funding is coming right up: in Marvell, Arkansas on 29 September 2018 and Elaine, Arkansas on 2 October:
Remember2019 Collective members Carlos Sirah and Mauricio Salgado are collaborating with James “Gone for Good” Morgan, Marcus “Mookie” Cartwright, and Vera White to present Black ‘n da Blues: Stories and Songs from the Arkansas Delta. The event is free to the public and will include a reception with food.
In Black ‘n da Blues, Phillips County musicians explore the relationship between legacies of race and artistic expression – locally, nationally and beyond. The event is being produced in partnership with The Delta Cultural Center, The Elaine Legacy Center and The Boys, Girls, Adults, Community Development Center (BGACDC).
Major events like these emerge from a fabric of community dialogue and story-sharing. For example, Remember2019 Collective members Arielle Julia Brown and Carlos Sirah convened a two-day story-sharing institute on 18 and 19 June, inviting local people to share “freedom songs, delta blues traditions, oral histories, meal centered oral traditions, story circles, testimonies, gossip, folklore, interviews and more,” culminating in a Juneteenth Freedom Celebration in a local park.
Specific activities also emerge from a convergence of interests in which the artists’ desire for commemorative justice—for their work mattering to people and serving as a vehicle for everyone’s liberation—connects with local desires and aspirations. Mauricio recalls being asked by a community leader
“What’s your investment in the work?” She would question us whenever we would say “We’re here for you.” Towards the end of our last time together, she heard us start to say “We’re here because we want. We want.” She says, “I only trust people who are here 100% for themselves because how do I know that you’re committed unless you too realize there’s something here for you?” That’s the level of commitment we’re being asked.
If you’d like to explore bringing any points in Standing for Cultural Democracy to life in your community, please feel free to contact us at hello@usdac.us. While Policy Prototype micro-grants were a one-time thing, we can still offer technical assistance and help share information with the wider world if you have a project that promotes one of more of the Platform points, so call on us.
Empowering Women through Writing, Weaving and Sharing
Be heard, connect with your inner resources and cultivate courage to create change.
Our Mission
To create a woven tapestry based on the stories of 1,000 women globally by 2020 that will be exhibited internationally to shine a light on the creative accomplishments of women while calling attention to the challenges women currently face world-wide.
To foster a culture of self-knowledge and sharing that builds courage and fosters a sense of power in women everywhere to contribute to their communities in positive ways.
To allow women to tell the story of their lives, as a catalyst for change, particularly by opening up discussions about issues of domestic violence and sexual abuse in a safe and supportive way.
To promote resilience, compassion, open communication, healing and peace in individuals and communities.
Intro to the Project
Participating in Woven Voices is a journey that starts with self-reflection and writing, and transforms into a woven tapestry, a visual storyboard of women’s lives from around the globe. The 3 elements of the Woven Voices project work together as tools to access, claim, and celebrate our power as individuals and together as a global community of women.
The Artist
Brecia Kralovic-Logan is a passionate champion of creativity who has spent the last 40 years helping people of all ages to embrace and express their unique individuality.
Brecia Kralovic-Logan
4164 Mount Hukee Ave
San Diego, Ca 92117
Mobile: 805-896-3287
breciakl@gmail.com
breciacreative.com
thespiralofcreativity.com
For over 25 years, we’ve inspired, educated and activated thousands of communities and organizations through our solutions-focused programs and ready-to-use social and digital tools. Together, they provide the launchpad for emerging generations and sustainability leaders to experience “ah-ha” moments that lead to extraordinary environmental and social change.
Drawdown EcoChallenge is:
- a 21-day engagement program focused on carbon reduction;
- a challenge taking place April 3-24 and;
- following actions highlighted in Drawdown, a book based on meticulous research that maps, measures, models, and describes solutions to global warming that already exists and;
- where participants track and share their progress online in a robust platform and earn points for taking action and;
- the combination of collective action, camaraderie, and friendly competition makes change a little easier — and a lot more fun and;
- providing tools and inspiration to turn intention into action, and
- giving participants a fun and social way to think about and act on proven solutions to reverse global warming!
Over eighty actions within seven challenge categories
provide participants with diverse options to reduce carbon usage.
The EcoChallenge Platform is a signature offering of EcoChallenge.org (formerly Northwest Earth Institute), a sustainability organization that provides innovative social and digital tools designed to be a launchpad for emerging generations and sustainability leaders to experience “ah-ha” moments that lead to extraordinary environmental and social change. EcoChallenge.org also hosts a global October EcoChallenge which is free and open to everyone, everywhere. Over 73,500 people from 101 countries have used the EcoChallenge Platform and the organization has engaged over 250,000 people throughout its 25-year history. The EcoChallenge Platform can also be used to create custom Challenges that meet the engagement and action goals of your workplace, college, or community.
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This year we explore all the various ways we can be and co create love in action. Along with a challenge~ How are you showing up in the world? at the grocery store, with your family, at work, school, out being social How are we showing up in the world? Does it feel in alignment? Since we know we are love, and love is who we are… what does love look like for us personally? Each person here is a divine, miraculous unfolding. We each have our own Unique Energetic Signature… what you bring to the planet, to the streets, only you can bring. Be strong in your heart, be strong in your dreams. Let’s show the world what we can do in the name of love! International Children’s Month 2019 Platform is TAKING IT TO THE STREETS! Love In Action! International Children’s Month web site is based in Oral Traditions. If you are inspired, please cite your source. We stand on the shoulders of those who have come before us. IN the name of love we thank Gandhi, our indigenous relatives/relations, and for this year especially the first wave of love in action creators of the 60’s…We have come full circle. GAME ON and BE THE MEDICINE! #ICMTakingItToTheStreets #ICMGameOn #ICMGlobalWaveofLove #ICMBeTheMedicine
FIRST WE TUNE INTO SELF, THEN TO OUR FAMILY, COMMUNITY AND THE WORLD. AS WE DO THIS WE SPREAD LOVE. DR. EMOTO TAUGHT US THAT WE TRANSFORM THINGS BY THINKING AND FEELING ABOUT THEM… JOIN ICM IN THIS PARTNERSHIP WITH THE 7 DAYS OF REST AND REFLECTION BEGINNING TODAY, AND FOR THE NEXT 7 DAYS. YOU CAN ALSO SHARE THIS WITH YOUR FRIENDS AND FAMILY, AND TOGETHER WE WILL LOVE ALL THAT IS SACRED AND IMPORTANT TO US. SIGN UP ON THE WEB SITE WWW.7DAYS-OF-REST.ORG AS AN INDIVIDUAL, TEAM OR COMMUNITY. #GAMEON
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Introducing the Encore Public Voices Fellowship
The Encore Public Voices Fellowship is a prestigious year-long initiative to accelerate the ideas and impact of 20 new and necessary thought leaders working at the intersection of aging/longevity, inter-generational connection and social justice.
Many parts of the world are rapidly aging. In the United States, we have added more than 30 years to life expectancy in the past century, but not across the board. Whites live longer than people of color. Women live longer than men. And the richest Americans live 10-15 years longer than the poorest. In 2019, for the first time ever, there are more people over the age of 60 than under the age of 18. The ripple effects of these shifts will affect every aspect of society.
We need better and faster ideas from a more diverse set of people of all ages, including those who are most impacted by the uneven implications of these realities, and thus most likely to see new solutions and envision a more just future. The Encore Public Voices Fellowship is a collaboration among The OpEd Project, Encore.org, and Ann MacDougall and is part of The OpEd Project’s national Public Voices initiative to change who writes history.
Participants will receive extraordinary support, skills and mentoring to ensure their ideas shape the greater public conversation. All participants will publish at least two written pieces (hopefully many more) during their fellowship. Read this summary oped to learn how the first 20 fellows are changing the national conversation.
After a highly successful pilot year, we are looking for community and business leaders, activists, entrepreneurs, writers, educators, researchers and other thinkers. We are committed to building a cohort that is inclusive across all identities and backgrounds. We will take into account a variety of factors, including but not limited to race/ethnicity, geography, age, gender and area of expertise. During our pilot year, over half of the cohort consisted of people of color.
Encore.org is an innovation hub and catalyst, working to realize the potential of longer lives and intergenerational connection to solve our most pressing social problems.
The OpEd Project is a think tank and leadership organization that expands history by accelerating the ideas and public impact of new and necessary voices, including women of all backgrounds.
Ann MacDougall, former president of Encore.org, serves as a senior advisor to the Encore Public Voices Fellowship.
Our Advisory Council is comprised of a small group of outstanding social innovators and media professionals. Members include Ellen Goodman (Chair), Sylvia Brown, Mary C. Curtis, Ken Dychtwald, Raymond Jetson, Katie Orenstein, Trabian Shorters and Lester Strong. They will advise on strategy, recruitment of candidates and fellow selection, and may participate as guest speakers.
MORE ABOUT THE FELLOWSHIP The Public Voices Fellowship is part of an ambitious national initiative to change who writes history. Launched by The OpEd Project in collaboration with a core group of institutional partners, including Yale, Northwestern, the Ford Foundation and a dozen others, we have had extraordinary success accelerating the ideas and impact of new and necessary voices at the highest levels in their fields, including women of all backgrounds. Watch this short video to hear how last year’s fellows describe their experiences.
Selection
Fellows will be chosen through a competitive selection process. The 2019-20 fellowship targets leaders across all fields and generations who are working somewhere in the intersection of aging, longevity, intergenerational connection and social justice. We strongly encourage people in adjacent fields to apply provided they have a clear and demonstrated desire and ability to contribute to the public dialogue on these issues. Areas of focus could include intergenerational activism, ageism, encore careers, financial security/insecurity, climate change activism as a “legacy” to our descendants, outdated retirement policies, etc.
Selection criteria includes work history, professional track record, and desire to help change the cultural narrative.
Details
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Year-long program
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Up to 20 fellows
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Four interactive day-long seminars in NYC designed to expand thinking and deepen expertise (dates are: September 26-27, 2019; December 3, 2019; March 6, 2020; and May 8, 2020)
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Dedicated editors (top journalists) to provide regular, hands-on, one-on-one support/editing/coaching
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Access to ongoing mentoring for the fellowship year
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A limited number of travel stipends for those who need them
THE ENCORE FRAMEWORK Guided by the belief that the aging of America is every bit as much an opportunity to be seized as a problem to be solved, Encore.org tells a new story about the possibilities of an older America, creates new ways to enable people of all ages to contribute more fully to their communities, and seeds a movement built around these ideas. We hope to change both the conversation and reality around the years after 50, not just for the enormous cohort of baby boomers, but also for generations to come.
There are barriers to this exciting vision. Ageism remains pervasive. Neither government nor big business have been especially innovative or supportive of policies or programs to pr.epare experienced people for new roles. And there are scant pathways and opportunities for individuals to get from their midlife work to a new chapter, often called an encore career. Many people in this life stage find themselves in difficult financial circumstances, without the resources to weather later life. And sadly, some low-income communities are missing out on these “bonus years” altogether.
Encore.org has been a leader in this space for the past two decades, working to normalize the idea of people in this life stage as a force for social good. Scores of leaders (the vanguard of an emerging encore movement) are now engaged in thought leadership in this area, but this issue has not yet become part of a mainstream, public conversation. Rather, it is driven by a small chorus of people who are not reflective of the diversity of our population
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Our next Community Conversation will be on
Thursday, July 18
9:00 – 10:30 am PST / 12:00 – 1:30 pm EST
The terrible issue of immigrant children detained at the U.S. border
The United States of America has, since its inception, been a country formed by immigrants. Yet now, at our southern border particularly, thousands of people leaving their home countries are requesting asylum or entrance and are being held in detention centers and processed very slowly. Meanwhile, the immigrating families are being separated and the children held in cells – cages in many cases – without adequate sanitation or bedding, without adequate nutrition and without access to their parents or adult relatives. In spite of legal and popular objection this problem has continued and continued to worsen for over a year under the Trump administration.
Is the description above adequate to define this problem? What are some of the underlying causes of the problem and what can or should be done instead? What actions can we take to effect those changes?
Looking at this issue through your social justice and elder lenses, please read the materials suggested below, focus your attention on this issue in other news you read and conversations you hear, then bring your thoughts on the subject to our conversation July 18th.
In our Community Conversations we draw on the experience and wisdom of our group to better understand the critical issues we are facing and discern what actions we would want to take as elders in our society today. We offer moral support for each other as we grapple with the issues and challenges of our times and discern how to best support the activism that we are each engaged in.
Resources:
Letter from Santa Fe Dreamers:
Dear Friends and Supporters,
We know that you have all been reading and watching the absolutely horrific news unfold about the conditions of detention on the border. We know that many of you feel scared, frustrated, angry, and powerless by the way that our government is treating vulnerable people, especially children. We are writing today with information and direction towards action but also to urge you not to feel powerless. We are always capable of making change through our collective power. Of course this requires courage, stamina, and an intelligent, disciplined, and organized theory of change. It will not be easy. We encourage you to turn away from despair and towards this place of collective power knowing that it will test you. We will be with you the whole way. Below you will find some ideas for inspiration.
Love,
Your friends at Santa Fe Dreamers Project
- Educate yourself: Here at SFDP this is always our number one piece of advice. The more you know, the fiercer you will be as an advocate and a voter. There are plenty of explosive news articles to read but here are a few that we have learned from recently: We suggested this piece in our last newsletter but if you haven’t had a chance to read it we highly suggest Dara Lind’s “The Border is in Crisis. Here’s How it Got This Bad”. The New Yorker ran an incredibly thought provoking piece written by a historian about “The Unimaginable Reality of American Concentration Camp”. Again from the New Yorker, a report from the lawyers who were recently allowed in to inspect a children’s facility in Clint, TX, “Inside a Building in Texas where Government is Holding Immigrant Children”. Another really important thing to learn about (and something that is not highlighted enough in the news) is the Migrant Protection Protocol or MPP program that has currently turned thousands of thousands of migrants around at the US border to wait in Mexico. This is an excruciatingly dangerous policy that is threatening the lives of migrant families day after day.
- Understand that this cruelty is not new and these tactics did not just begin. In fact, the Obama administration reignited the practice of family detention in 2014. One of the reasons this summer feels so out of control is because the sheer numbers of people asking for asylum are so high. The Obama and now Trump administrations’ policies attempted to deter migrants through punishment, suffering, and torture but their success was dependent on the flow of migrants actually stopping. Now that the numbers are so high, these cruel and failed policies have now turned deadly.
- Engage with politicians: Here is the thing: The Trump administration cannot be swayed with moral arguments or blame. They are doing this on purpose. One way of thinking about engaging with politicians is to remember that Congress has the power of the purse and is funding this enforcement regime. One theory is that we can defund ICE and CBP and redirect that money to agencies or NGO’s that are capable of handling a humanitarian crisis of this scope and are not killing people for political motive. This means we have to pressure progressives and democrats and republicans with a conscience to do more than just signal compassion for immigrants. We need these leaders to articulate how they are going to disempower the Trump Administration and make sure it is part of the work they are doing to secure our votes. We can and must demand courageous leadership from our Senators and Representatives and that their actions reflect our deep desire to end the state sponsored violence on the border.
- How to respond to the threat of ICE raids: Trump’s twitter threat for a massive enforcement action last week was credible and achieved its purpose of scaring the shit out of immigrant and refugee communities all over the US. While it has been “delayed”, now is a wise time for communities to get organized. The American Friends Service Committee published this resource about how allies can support their immigrant and refugee neighbors during this time. Here is the ACLU’s guide to knowing your rights during ICE encounters and we suggest exploring it. Santa Fe Dreamers will be holding walk in hours for people to help families with power of attorney and family prep plans every Friday in Santa Fe from 1-5 at our 1213 Mercantile Rd office. If you work with concerned families let them know about this resource.
- Actions happening in NM: There is a lot of talk about national protests to close concentration camps on July 12. One of the organizations that is involved with planning this is called Lights of Liberty. Their Facebook page is a source of info– although we don’t have much info yet about that organization. We are talking with folks in NM about planning more locally focused actions and as soon as we have more details we will announce it. Choose your social media of choice or keep reading our emails to stay in touch.
- Where to donate: Of course here at Santa Fe Dreamers Project we use your donations to protect vulnerable immigrants and refugees in a million different ways every day. Specifically, we need more help on the border. We just rented a much larger office space in El Paso for our expanding team there and are raising funds for a legal assistant so we can have greater impact in the borderlands. You can donate to that effort here. Write border in the note! We are grateful for any help you can give putting this donation link out there into the universe. For those of you wondering where else it might be useful to donate here is our list of several grassroots legal organizations that we know are having impact (we also know we have left many out!)
- And finally an offer of poetry from our director, Allegra, who likes to contemplate what this particular poem is trying to teach us when thinking about the horrors we witness:
Now you know the worst
By Wendell Berry
To my granddaughters who visited the Holocaust Museum on the day of the burial of Yitzhak Rabin
Now you know the worst
we humans have to know
about ourselves, and I am sorry,
for I know that you will be afraid.
To those of our bodies given
without pity to be burned, I know
there is no answer
but loving one another,
even our enemies, and this is hard.
But remember:
when a man of war becomes a man of peace,
he gives a light, divine
though it is also human.
When a man of peace is killed
by a man of war, he gives a light.
You do not have to walk in darkness.
If you will have the courage for love,
you may walk in light. It will be
the light of those who have suffered
for peace. It will be
your light.
Regarding Investor Activism:
Here are some groups focused on Social, Environmental and Governance-conscious investing:
- Proxy Impact
- Sustainable Investment Institute
- As You Sow
- Green America (and also: www.greenamerica.org/finance)
And finally, for your research about political donations, money flow and lobbying influence:
How to join the conversation:
We will be using Zoom video conferencing, which is very easy to access by computer or regular telephone. If you choose to use your tablet or smartphone, be sure to download the Zoom app ahead of time. We will be starting each meeting on time so please connect 15 minutes before the call so that the host can help with any technical difficulties or questions you may have. Once the call starts the host will be not be able to help with connection issues. Once you are connected via Zoom you are welcome mute your microphone and turn off your video until just before the meeting starts, or you may enjoy chatting with others in the meeting while you wait.
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Camp Kindness Day — July 23, 2019
On July 23, the camp community will participate in Camp Kindness Day – an event highlighting the practice of intentional kindness that happens every day at American camps. This is an opportunity to raise awareness of the the great work that camps are doing to teach kindness in engaging, simple, repeatable, and high impact ways that live on in the daily lives of campers and staff members when they return home.
Focusing on our youth and young adults, Camp Kindness Day will help showcase the commitment of the camp community to fostering the core values of kindness, compassion, generosity and care, and integrating those values more fully into every aspect of our society. These values are already part of the fabric of the camp experience. We share the mission for our youth to be nurtured, taught, supported, and inspired to grow into our new generation of kind, compassionate, socially-minded, community-oriented citizens.
Camp Kindness Day will allow camps to incorporate into their July 23 programming fun theme-based activities and cooperative games, cool projects, and memorable moments which will celebrate the value and impact of kindness.
How your camp can participate:
- Schedule Camp Kindness Day into your programming on July 23.
- Help spread the word in a unified social media campaign by tagging #CampKindnessDay into your social media and other communications.
- Share your plans so that ACA can support you through localized public relations efforts.
To support your camp’s involvement in Camp Kindness Day, ACA has produced an electronic #CampKindnessDay Backpack, complete with programming ideas and activities, FAQs, social media tips, and other information on how your camp can celebrate Camp Kindness Day.
Be part of the nation-wide evolution! Plan now to add #CampKindnessDay to your camp’s programming on July 23.
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The Center for Sacred Studies
A FREE Community Prayer Portal CALL ~ Listening to the Wisdom of the Earth with Jyoti ~ July 31st @ 5pm PST
Dear Community and Relatives,
We would like to invite you to our Center for Sacred Studies Prayer Portal call on July 31, 2019, 5 pm PST.
Margin will be hosting the Prayer Portal call this month with our Center for Sacred Studies Grandmother Elder Jyoti. This will be the eighth of twelve calls that have been scheduled once a month on the last Wednesday of the month. These calls include different facilitators each time so that we can offer a diverse dialogue.
We are hoping to hold a focus of the Now!
What is happening and what can be our response?
How is this walk a prayer in motion for unity and peace?
What is the shadow that has been brought out in our collective for healing?
How can we stay fully present as we follow the guidance of prophecy that comes to guide us through these times?
Witness the many Divine channels that are intervening now to help us.
Our call this month is “Listening to the Wisdom of the Earth” – Please join us as Jyoti our Grandma Elder, Founding member of Kayumari with her husband Russell Park; one of the Founding members of the Center for Sacred Studies; Founder of the Fountain Project and Spiritual Grandma for our Global Community Village, shares with us on July 31st about her pilgrimage trip across the UK starting at the north shore and extended across the UK to the south shore, aligning and restoring the Michael and Mary lines. Along these lines, she attended the KIVA gathering and the Glastonbury Festival. She then went onto Peru, participating in meetings and ceremonies with elders of the Quechua Peoples. Her final stopping point was in Colombia in meetings and ceremony with the Mamos. She brings back messages and shares the collaborative actions that are following the direction of the Eagle/Condor Prophecy.
Jyoti writes:
‘Dear Relatives and Community,
I am traveling in a spiritual pilgrimage for almost 6 weeks which will take me across England and into Peru and Colombia. Shortly after I return, we will have our call. So much is challenging us in this turning time. Mother Earth has a clear focus on where she is taking us. Listen carefully to her messages. They may come in your dreams. In your experiences with Nature. Through your intuition and visions. Gather this as I travel, so that we can all share what we have received. And through that collaborative sharing, we will glimpse at what she is revealing.
Off on my pony!!!
Talk to you soon.’
Jyoti
We look forward to being on the call together!
Please read on to see how to join us!!
See you there!!!
With blessings of love and peace,
Jyoti, Darlene and the Staff of the Center for Sacred Studies
We invite you to come together on the FREE Teleconference Call
Wednesday, July 31st at 5:00 pm PST
Listening to the Wisdom of the Earth
OR REGISTER BELOW
These offerings are medicine for these times.
It is now time to unify our diversity as One People for One Earth.
If you have any questions, please email us at
One simple goal – to make a child feel special.
Beverly’s Birthdays provides birthday cheer for children experiencing homelessness and families in need. We spread birthday cheer 365 days a year. Today, nearly one in four children in the U.S. live at or below the poverty line. In Southwestern PA alone, there are nearly 3,000 school-aged children identified as homeless. Children living in poverty often go without the everyday items that we take for granted. Special milestones, like birthdays, are often overlooked because of their families’ personal/financial circumstances. Beverly’s Birthdays enriches the lives of the children we serve by making sure they are remembered on their special day.
Honoring the Past • Healing the Present • Celebrating the Future
A CELEBRATION OF NATIVE AMERICAN ART, MUSIC AND CULTURES
Thank you Joanne and Monte for this inspiring, hope-infused interview.
Tickets: www.sheatheater.org
Note that the concert is at the Shea Theater at 17 Avenue A in Turners Falls at 7:30 pm on Saturday and tickets are available before the event at a reduced rate and also available at the door.
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Festival details and schedule: www.nolumbekaproject.org
P.O. Box 285, 91 Main St., Greenfield, MA 01302
The mission of the Nolumbeka Project is to promote a deeper, broader and more accurate depiction of the history of the Native Americans/American Indians of New England before and during European contact and colonization;
To protect and preserve sites sacred to, and of historic value to, the Native Americans/American Indians of New England; to create and promote related educational opportunities, preservation projects and cultural events; and to work in partnership, as much as possible, with the tribes.
We will strive to exemplify the Native American/American Indian peoples’ respect for Mother Earth and all living beings; to be mindful of our role as caretakers for future generations; and to honor our connection to the Earth and Sky and to the Creator.
The Nolumbeka Project, Inc. is a 501(c) (3) non-profit organization dedicated to the preservation of the history of Native Americans/American Indians of New England through educational programs, art, history, music, heritage seed preservation and cultural events. We are actively building, maintaining and expanding an historical archive research library for use by the Tribes and Educators of the Northeast and beyond.
Our Board of Directors is comprised of volunteers who have been active for more than 40 years in a number of other preservation, historical research, environmental and social justice organizations.
Meditation and Prayer Gathering for World Peace on Hiroshima Day
August 5 @ 3:00 pm – 4:30 pm
This is a simple call for a gathering of spiritually-minded persons dedicated to world peace. Please join us, to make peaceful compassionate steps to help heal our wounded world. Walk together one step at a time mindfully. Let us cultivate peaceful minds and hearts within, and work harmoniously with our fellow beings on earth.
The event includes A-bomb panels, experiencing a walking mindful meditation, Origami, Tanabata tree of wishes, music, prayer and readings.
May Peace Prevail On Earth International
Nagasaki Peace Pals Art Awards by artist
Join us in a one minute SYNCHRONIZED GLOBAL MEDITATION
WATCH THE LIVE Broadcast HERE
http://www.ustream.tv/channel/wppc
Our friends at the URI – United Religious Initiatives
invite you to recite The Nuclear Prayer on Hiroshima Day
as a call for the abolition of all nuclear weapons.
Join 791 URI Community Circle in 98 countries
in a call for the abolition of all nuclear weapons.
Learn more about The Nuclear Prayer and the
Voices for a World Free of Nuclear Weapons URI Cooperation Circle.
www.TheNuclearPrayer.org
May Peace Prevail On Earth
AUG 7
Disarm Hate: Gun Violence Prevention Vigil & Dialogue
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DISARM HATE: A CALL TO ACTION
CANDLELIGHT VIGIL & COMMUNITY DIALOGUE ON GUN VIOLENCE PREVENTION
WED, AUGUST 7, 2019, 7pm – Doylestown, PA
In the wake of the mass shootings this past weekend that left 30 dead and many injured, we ache for the victims, their families and the entire community. As we mourn, we also rise up to take a stand against hate and all forms of gun violence. The clear connection between hate and the access to firearms must be addressed by our elected officials
Please join us this Wednesday, August 7, at 7 pm on the steps of the former Courthouse (55 E Court St, Doylestown) for a candlelight vigil followed by a slow procession to Salem United Church for a Community Dialogue. (186 E Court St, Doylestown)
Please bring your own candle.
Co-sponsors include: Orange Wave, Temple Judea, The Peace Center, Rise Up Doylestown, Bucks Students Demand Action, Heeding God’s Call, The Rainbow Room, Salem United Church & CeaseFire PA.
For more information, contact thepeacecenter.org or call 215-750-7220.
The Convergence
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In a world inevitably going global and multicultural, what becomes of religions and spirituality? What becomes of activism towards real global change? In THE CONVERGENCE, global Interspiritual pioneer and scientist Dr. Kurt Johnson joins interfaith leaders Ben Bowler of Australia and Doug King of America in engaging women and men who are inspiring leaders and change agents around our world. Spiritual and cultural leaders, sacred and secular activists, scientists, artists, writers, economists, politicians and even shamans join in this discussion of a world trying to wake up and grow up. What is at stake and what are the technologies and cosmologies creating a world that can work for everyone? If you are concerned for our world’s future and sincere about your commitments to bold and world-serving ideas, you’ll want to tune in to The Convergence on the VoiceAmerica Empowerment Channel.
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Episode Description
VoiceAmerica presents this Evergreen Special detailing major 2019 and 2020 global events upcoming from UNITY EARTH partners Standing for Peace Campaign, Road to 2020 Events, and Caravan of Unity across America. The five sections of the Special spotlight, now and for months to come: United Nations mandated global holiday events like the International Day of Yoga and the International Day of Peace, the vision and work of Light on Light Magazine and VoiceAmerica in covering all these events, UNITY EARTH and its partners month to month activities and initiatives 2019-2020, and the roles of partner groups like Transformation365, We, the World, URI, UNIFY, EcoPeace and The Evolutionary Leaders. Featured are global leaders from the UN, UNITY EARTH, Light on Light Magazine, Transformation365, We, and The Evolutionary Leaders. Lets share this Special, ongoing, as a resource and PR instrument pointing toward all of these global events and gathering a global constituency for their success!
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Ambassador K. Nagaraj Naidu
His Excellency Ambassador K. Nagaraj Naidu is a career diplomat in the Indian Foreign Service representing the Permanent Mission of India to the United Nations in New York. He holds a Master’s Degree in law and diplomacy from the Fletcher School. His extensive background includes being a fluent Chinese speaker and having previously served in China on four separate postings. More recently, he was the National Coordinator for establishing the International Solar Alliance in India. Significantly, Ambassador Naidu is a long-standing yoga practioner. Reaching back to a tender age, he was exposed to his grandfather rising early to teach yoga classes. As part of the 5th Anniversary of World Yoga Day in June, he moderated a high level panel in New York in the UN Secretariat on the theme of climate change and climate action.
Gayatri Naraine
Since 1980 Gayatri Naraine has served as the representative of the Brahma Kumaris at the United Nations in New York. She is a spiritual educator, writer, and speaker. She is currently the vice chair of the International Day of Yoga Committee. Gayatri’s focus is on the Sustainable Development Goals. She helped in the development of a concept paper entitled Enhancing Human Flourishing Within the 2030 Development Agenda: The Spirituality of Global Transformation. This was the result of a 3-year dialogue held with UNFPA. As a design team member for the Call-of-the-Time Dialogues, a global leadership dialogue, she has spent the last 20 years exploring “experiments in silence,” the transformational depth of contemplative silence and its impact on the world. She serves on the Board of the Kosmos Journal. Gayatri was born in Guyana and currently lives in New York City, USA. Contact Gayatri.naraine@us.brahmakumaris.org
Ben Bowler & Deborah Moldow
Ben Bowler, Executive Director of UNITY EARTH and Deborah Moldow, UE Creative Consultant discuss the vision of UNITY EARTH and its Road to 2020 and Caravan of Unity across America. Ben and Deborah are leaders of a team projecting inspiring global events from 2019 – 2020 and beyond. The Road to 2020 to date has touched all five continents with major intercultural and musical events. (https://unity.earth/roadto2020/). In 2019 events in India and The Holy Land will join the list. The New York Convergence and UNITY Earth Liftoff Celebration and concert are first steps toward “the Caravan of Unity across America” which, in 2020, will features events across America culminating in major celebrations in New York City for the International Day of Peace (Sept. 21). Ben and Deborah will help anchor a “Coalition for the Road to 2020” organized regionally to create participations in these inspiring events. The Leadership Conference, February. 1 will begin that process (contact adam@unity.earth).
Rick Ulfik
Rick Ulfik is Founder of We, the World, We.net and The 11 Days of Global Unity which for many years has been directing major events around the major international holidays of the United Nations. Rick is a founder/leader of We.net, FIONS and other New York City transformational organizations. He works with leaders of United Nations Committees and fellow members of the Evolutionary Leaders network co-sponsoring New York and UN international event programs. We, the World and their “Eleven Ways to Change the World” are central to the plans for 2019 and 2020 for The Road to 2020 and the Caravan of Unity across America. Rick is also a leader in Marshall Rosenberg Nonviolent Communication initiatives as well as an award-winning composer and musician. Rick co-produces Visual Voices on the Dish Network available in 15 million homes. Producing short films as well, Rick organizes and promotes scores of events and other better world activities, large and small, every year. See www.We.net.
Denise Scotto and Adam Collett
Denise Scotto, Esq., and Adam Collett join us, respectively, as Chairperson of the International Day of Yoga Committee at the United Nations, and as Creative Director for UNITY EARTH. Denise is Guest Editor of Light on Light Magazine’s annual issues on the International Day of Yoga and hosts the IDY discussion on this broadcast. Adam, a strategist, designer, media and event producer dedicated to making a positive impact in the world by combining innovative solutions with a deep knowledge of cultural diversity, joins Ben Bowler and Rick Ulfik in the discussions of these global activities on this broadcast. Denise is an attorney at law and policy advisor who has held leadership roles in professional bar organizations and has organized numerous events at UN fora. Adam, with 20 years of experience in design and technology, event production, not-for-profit management, cultural projects, youth programs and more, implements cutting-edge solutions for NGOs and social enterprises.
Karuna and Kurt Johnson
Karuna is founder of www.lightonkundalini.com and a leader in the international Yoga and spiritual practice communities. She is also Host Editor of Light on Light Magazine and a host of The Convergence Series on VoiceAmerica. Dr. Kurt Johnson is the Series Host for The Convergence on VoiceAmerica and Contributions Editor for Light on Light Magazine. Light on Light has produced two annual special issues on The International Day of Yoga with the IDY Committee at the United Nations also featured in this broadcast and will publish a special issue in August 2019 reflecting this VoiceAmerica Special,see https://www.facebook.com/ lightonlightmagazine Karuna and Kurt are co-developing Light on Light with Managing Editor Shannon Winters (below) and also preparing a lifestyle book, manual and lifestyle Teacher Training program with Karuna for 2019. Light on Light magazine and Kurt’s Interspiritual Network are both partners of UNITY EARTH. See www.unity.earth.
Rev. Diane Berke and Jeff Genung
Part of Tranformation365, Rev. Diane Berke is the founder of The One Spirit Learning Alliance and One Spirit Interfaith Seminary in New York City. Jeff Genung is co-founder and President of Contemplative Life.org and, with Rev. Berke, a leader in the interspiritual movement. One Spirit and Contemplative Life have both co-sponsored various events with UNITY EARTH and Contemplative Life is a UNITY EARTH Partner. An author and international speaker, Diane is a recipient of the Houston Smith Interfaith Educator Award and numerous other recognitions. Contemplative Life and Transformation365 create a digital hub that connects people and communities with transformative practices. Contemplative Life.org’s prodigious website hosts hundreds of spiritual teachers and practice traditions, as do the famed interfaith education programs at One Spirit Interfaith.org. Recently Jeff has also partnered with Prosocial.world along with Dr. Kurt Johnson of the Interspiritual Network and UNITY EARTH.
Kate Sheehan Roach and Sr. Mary Friedland
Sr. Mary Friedland and Kate Sheehan Roach join us from Transformation365. Mary Friedland is Coordinator of the Brahma Kumaris activities in Chicago and the Midwest. A Raja Yogi of more than 30 years, she teaches courses in meditation and everyday spirituality. She enjoys applying spiritual principles to life’s knotty problems and sharing what she has learned with others. Kate Sheehan Roach served as founding editor of Contemplative Journal, and as managing editor of the Spirituality Channel at Patheos.com. She is now Director of Content for ContemplativeLife.org and as a founding member of the Transformation365.org core team. Kate works alongside some of today’s great spiritual and religious teachers as editor/agent, podcast host, moderator, and program director. She is a certified Centering Prayer facilitator and serves on the North America Leadership Council for the United Religions Initiative. She lives on the edge of Philadelphia. Contact: katesheehanroach@gmail.com.
Shannon Winters and Yanni Maniates
Shannon Winters in the Managing Editor of Light on Light Magazine and Yanni Maniates is Global Projects Director for UNITY EARTH. Light on Light is dedicated to spiritual practice and inspired lifestyle and Yanni has been working with Contemplative Life.org and other leaders in the UNITY EARTH Network creating spiritual practice programs to accompany UNITY EARTH’s events. The program developed by Yanni, Jeff Genung of Contemplative Life and Rev. Diane Berke of America’s largest interfaith seminary, One Spirit in New York City is called “Transformation 365” and its programs can be found at http://www.tranfomation365.org. Shannon has also been Managing Editor of UNITY EARTH’s Convergence Magazine which, along with Light on Light, publishes special issues on the amazing activities across the networks featured in this broadcast. Shannon has also just completed a spiritual autobiography, The Gospel of Wisdom, documenting her journey from religious fundamentalism to interspirituality.
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STAND UP FOR HUMANITY! 2019
1225 R Street NW | Washington, DC, 20009 | 202-543-1414
Stand Up For Humanity! is a movement promoting and supporting a world that works for all. It is about embracing those qualities that serve the Highest and Best of our Humanity. We are here to help each other connect and act from our universal and common good; and to raise the consciousness and vibrations on the planet, and within our nation, to one of inclusion, peace, and harmony. And to demonstrate that even one small act taken by an individual can make a difference and contribute to the positive uplifting of humanity.
THE EVENT
On Saturday, August 10, 2019 at 6pm, let’s gather, millions strong at the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, to “Stand Up For Humanity”. Featuring dynamic speakers and fantastic music! We are calling all people willing to raise the consciousness within our nation and the world!
Hosted by Unity of Washington, DC – Rev. Sylvia E. Sumter, Senior Minister
1225 R Street NW – Washington, DC 20009 – 202-543-1414
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The Nature of Unity
Unity is a religious movement that began over a century ago. In the 1880’s Charles and Myrtle Fillmore, co-founders of Unity, began to work with some new ideas that they had found about life. Charles had a withered leg; Myrtle had tuberculosis. But in a short time, Myrtle was healed and Charles’ health was so much improved that other people, seeing the changes in them, were drawn to them to find out how they, too, could change.
The Fillmores had no thought of starting a new religion; they just wanted to help themselves and others who turned to them for help. In 1889 they began to publish a little magazine called Modern Thought, which a few years later they renamed Unity. In this magazine, they presented the ideas that had helped them heal themselves and find peace and strength. These ideas are simple. They are centered around two basic propositions:
One ~ God is Good.
Two ~ God is available, in fact, God is in you.
If God is good, God’s will is good. It is impossible to believe that a good God — a God who is love and intelligence — could have made you in any other way except to be healthy, happy, prosperous, loved and loving, courageous and strong. If you are not healthy and happy, it can only be because you have separated yourself from God in mind — the only place you can separate yourself from God and God’s good. You have only to reunite in mind with God, and your life is certain to be full and fulfilling. You do this best by getting still and realizing your oneness with God. Every thought, negative or positive, comes one at time to the door of your conscious mind; there you let it in or turn it away. To have a good life, you have to learn to say no to the negative thoughts which deny your oneness with god’s good and say yes to the positive thoughts which affirm your oneness with God’s good.
Perhaps this is an oversimplification of Unity teachings, but these are the essential elements.
Unity is not a proselytizing religion. We are happy to have you call yourself a Unity student and join a Unity group. But we are also happy when we can help you be a better Methodist, a better Catholic, a better whatever you are.
Unity began as an open-ended religion, and we pray it always will be. May we always be seekers after Truth rather than people who feel that they have found all the Truth and must form an exclusive little circle to preserve it.
Unity is the religion of the written word, and Unity School of Christianity is the organization that has carried that written word around the world. Unity has grown almost entirely because individuals who have been helped by its ideas have told others who need help about it. Unity has always been a warm and loving way of life, sensitive to people’s needs, God-centered but human-hearted. This is Unity.
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Calling All Volunteers – “Stand Up for Humanity”
Saturday, August 10, 2019
Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool
In November of 2017, Unity of Washington, DC kicked-off our Stand Up for Humanity Movement on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial. We are excited to share that we have planned another gathering at the Memorial on Saturday, August 10, 2019. Additional information will be forthcoming, however in the interim we are seeking volunteers to assist with the execution of the event. There will be a variety of opportunities to serve on sub-committees prior to the event, as well as onsite. If you are interested in volunteering sign-up TODAY!
The Peace Center
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Langhorne, PA 19047-2820
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Don’t miss the 3rd and final workshop of the Summer Training Institute at The Peace Center: Restorative Justice in Education, a 3-day (cumulative) workshop led by Barbara Simmons and Gayle Evans. This training is ideal for teachers, administrators, teacher’s aides, and anyone who works with youth in an environment in which there may be conflict.
STAND UP. SPEAK OUT.
BE AN UPSTANDER.
“upstander | noun: A person who stands up, speaks out, and/or takes action in defense of those who are targeted for harm or injustice. Antonym: bystander
UPSTANDER PROJECT
The Upstander Project produced DAWNLAND. The filmmaking and educational collaborative was created in Boston, Massachusetts in 2009 is to challenge indifference to injustice and raise awareness of the need for upstanders, especially among teachers and their students. We help bystanders learn the skills of upstanders and contribute to action-oriented campaigns in response to vital social issues.
The Upstander Project’s flagship program presented with the Thomas J. Dodd Research Center at the University of Connecticut is the Upstander Academy. The Upstander Academy is an inquiry-based professional development opportunity for secondary educators with a focus on genocide and human rights education to foster upstanding and address complex historical and current issues. The Academy is six days (Sunday through Friday) and is based at the University of Connecticut-Storrs. Additionally, Academy participants will spend time on sacred Tribal lands, including the Mashantucket Pequot Museum and Research Center, home of our principal partner.
Since 2009 we have used documentary film, teacher professional development, and interactive educator resources to teach about colonialism and genocide and address how we deal with difference in our society. Our first project is anchored by COEXIST (broadcast in April 2014 on PBS World Channel) and its extensive Teacher’s Guide. The film examines Rwanda’s unprecedented social experiment in government-mandated reconciliation through the stories of survivors and perpetrators of the 1994 genocide.
Learn more about Upstander Project teacher workshops and learning resources on the Upstander Project website.
Dawnland
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Join the makers of the Emmy Award-nominated film DAWNLAND for a special screening of the 86-minute feature edition.
For decades, child welfare authorities have been removing Native American children from their homes to save them from being Indian. In Maine, the first official “truth and reconciliation commission” in the United States begins a historic investigation. DAWNLAND goes behind-the-scenes as this historic body grapples with difficult truths, redefines reconciliation, and charts a new course for state and tribal relations.
After the movie please stay with us
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Learn more about the film and watch the trailer at dawnland.org
120 minutes
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Adam Mazo is the director of the Upstander Project and co-director and producer of First Light, and the feature-length film, Dawnland. Adam also directed and produced Coexist (WORLD Channel, Africa Movie Academy Award Nominee). He co-founded the Upstander Project in 2009. He is originally from Minnesota, graduated from the University of Florida, and now lives in Boston with his wife and son.
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Mishy Lesser, Ed.D., is the learning director for the Upstander Project and Education Fellow at the Thomas J. Dodd Research Center at the University of Connecticut. She is director of the Upstander Academy, a weeklong professional learning experience for teachers and museum educators that focuses on genocide and human rights education and the skills of upstanders. Currently Dr. Lesser spends much of her time researching and writing the five-inquiry Teacher’s Guide for Dawnland. Mishy authored the Coexist Teacher’s Guide to promote learning about the complexity of reconciliation in post-genocide Rwanda. She is a Circle Keeper and has been featured on WBUR (Boston) and PRI/BBC’s The World. Mishy was a Fulbright Scholar in Ecuador and spent 12 years learning and working in the Andes.
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Tracy Rector (Choctaw/Seminole) is the impact producer for Dawnland and the Upstander Project. She is a mixed race filmmaker, curator, community organizer, co-founder of Longhouse Media. She has made over 400 short films, and is currently in production of her fifth feature documentary. Her work has been featured on Independent Lens, Cannes Film Festival, ImagineNative, National Geographic, Toronto International Film Festival, and in the Smithsonian’s Museum of the American Indian. She is a current Firelight Media Lab Fellow, WGBH Producer Fellow, and Sundance Institute Lab Fellow. Raised in Seattle and Albuquerque, Tracy lives in Seattle and sits as a City of Seattle Arts Commissioner.
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Elder Activists for Social Justice
Community Conversations
Our next Community Conversation will be on
Thursday, August 15
9:00 – 10:30 am PT / 12:00 – 1:30 pm ET
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Bystanders to Activists:
Ways of Being Engaged in Ensuring Social Justice
3rd Thursday of each month
9:00 – 10:30 am PT / 12:00 – 1:30 pm ET
We participate together over Zoom video conferencing in a lightly-facilitated, educational and interactive conversation. We have time to deep dive into our topics using an Elder and social justice lens…always provocative, meaningful and community-oriented.
We began, three years ago, by looking at issues related to racism, white privilege, wealth inequality and Islamophobia, and have recently studied Native peoples’ history, reconciliation and the moral voice of an Elder. Each month’s topic grows from the previous month’s and the interests of those attending.
Approximately two weeks before each meeting we may post resources about our subject which include relevant readings, videos, articles, and introspective questions. Our meeting format is participatory, and everyone has a chance to interact and share. All meetings are via Zoom video conferencing. Click for instructions and access to Zoom conferencing. ALL ARE WELCOME.
Our next Community Conversation will be on
Thursday, August 15
9:00 – 10:30 am PT / 12:00 – 1:30 pm ET
Bystanders to Activists:
Ways of Being Engaged in Ensuring Social Justice
In this month’s Community Conversation we turn toward taking specific actions on developing an EASJ project to end the separation of immigrant children from their parents at the border. Your task, should you decide to accept it, is to look up and read everything you can find on recent actions taken by the US government, state and local border governments, prison facilities housing immigrants and ICE officials to change separation practices.
Also, think about how you would actually define the problem and its underlying causes. Be thorough in asking yourself “Why?” or “What does that mean?” because we’re setting this up as a serious project. We’re not just talking about or protesting the problem. We’re developing responsible action for finding and enacting positive solutions for this terrible, heartless situation. Join us!
To receive email reminders for Elder Activists for Social Justice (EASJ) meetings, monthly community conversations and workshops, please sign up here.
July Conversation:
The terrible issue of immigrant children detained at the U.S. border
At our July 18 meeting we asked What can I or We do about [the] problem [of immigrant children being separated from their parents at the border]?…. As Elders who care deeply but who are not necessarily able to get up and go to protests – although some do – determining what can one person do presents the usual question of just that – what can one person do? The power of positive action of any type was deemed to be essentially of a personal choice, but whatever it is, it’s important – whether it be writing letters to editors, senators or representatives; joining local or bigger groups and jumping on the bandwagon; donating money for aid or bail for immigrants, or writing to our mutual fund investment managers about divesting from prison complex companies like Geo Group (GEO) and CoreCivic (CXW), it’s all good.
But, perhaps the best way to help is to follow Shannon’s information she found in the New York Times on June 24, 2019: Children Shouldn’t Be Dying at the Border. Here’s How You Can Help
Donation of money (100%) to the National Bail Fund Network aids in disrupting the injustice of bail requirements in the immigration detention and mass incarceration systems. For more information contact Pilar Maria Weiss, Director of Community Justice Exchange at 202-279-1656 or go online to: www.communityjusticeexchange.org/national-bail-fund-network
So…show up…speak out…and ‘be the light’ because it all matters!
Resources:
Letter from Santa Fe Dreamers:
Dear Friends and Supporters,
We know that you have all been reading and watching the absolutely horrific news unfold about the conditions of detention on the border. We know that many of you feel scared, frustrated, angry, and powerless by the way that our government is treating vulnerable people, especially children. We are writing today with information and direction towards action but also to urge you not to feel powerless. We are always capable of making change through our collective power. Of course this requires courage, stamina, and an intelligent, disciplined, and organized theory of change. It will not be easy. We encourage you to turn away from despair and towards this place of collective power knowing that it will test you. We will be with you the whole way. Below you will find some ideas for inspiration.
Love,
Your friends at Santa Fe Dreamers Project
- Educate yourself: Here at SFDP this is always our number one piece of advice. The more you know, the fiercer you will be as an advocate and a voter. There are plenty of explosive news articles to read but here are a few that we have learned from recently: We suggested this piece in our last newsletter but if you haven’t had a chance to read it we highly suggest Dara Lind’s “The Border is in Crisis. Here’s How it Got This Bad”. The New Yorker ran an incredibly thought provoking piece written by a historian about “The Unimaginable Reality of American Concentration Camp”. Again from the New Yorker, a report from the lawyers who were recently allowed in to inspect a children’s facility in Clint, TX, “Inside a Building in Texas where Government is Holding Immigrant Children”. Another really important thing to learn about (and something that is not highlighted enough in the news) is the Migrant Protection Protocol or MPP program that has currently turned thousands of thousands of migrants around at the US border to wait in Mexico. This is an excruciatingly dangerous policy that is threatening the lives of migrant families day after day.
- Understand that this cruelty is not new and these tactics did not just begin. In fact, the Obama administration reignited the practice of family detention in 2014. One of the reasons this summer feels so out of control is because the sheer numbers of people asking for asylum are so high. The Obama and now Trump administrations’ policies attempted to deter migrants through punishment, suffering, and torture but their success was dependent on the flow of migrants actually stopping. Now that the numbers are so high, these cruel and failed policies have now turned deadly.
- Engage with politicians: Here is the thing: The Trump administration cannot be swayed with moral arguments or blame. They are doing this on purpose. One way of thinking about engaging with politicians is to remember that Congress has the power of the purse and is funding this enforcement regime. One theory is that we can defund ICE and CBP and redirect that money to agencies or NGO’s that are capable of handling a humanitarian crisis of this scope and are not killing people for political motive. This means we have to pressure progressives and democrats and republicans with a conscience to do more than just signal compassion for immigrants. We need these leaders to articulate how they are going to disempower the Trump Administration and make sure it is part of the work they are doing to secure our votes. We can and must demand courageous leadership from our Senators and Representatives and that their actions reflect our deep desire to end the state sponsored violence on the border.
- How to respond to the threat of ICE raids: Trump’s twitter threat for a massive enforcement action last week was credible and achieved its purpose of scaring the shit out of immigrant and refugee communities all over the US. While it has been “delayed”, now is a wise time for communities to get organized. The American Friends Service Committee published this resource about how allies can support their immigrant and refugee neighbors during this time. Here is the ACLU’s guide to knowing your rights during ICE encounters and we suggest exploring it. Santa Fe Dreamers will be holding walk in hours for people to help families with power of attorney and family prep plans every Friday in Santa Fe from 1-5 at our 1213 Mercantile Rd office. If you work with concerned families let them know about this resource.
- Actions happening in NM: There is a lot of talk about national protests to close concentration camps on July 12. One of the organizations that is involved with planning this is called Lights of Liberty. Their Facebook page is a source of info– although we don’t have much info yet about that organization. We are talking with folks in NM about planning more locally focused actions and as soon as we have more details we will announce it. Choose your social media of choice or keep reading our emails to stay in touch.
- Where to donate: Of course here at Santa Fe Dreamers Project we use your donations to protect vulnerable immigrants and refugees in a million different ways every day. Specifically, we need more help on the border. We just rented a much larger office space in El Paso for our expanding team there and are raising funds for a legal assistant so we can have greater impact in the borderlands. You can donate to that effort here. Write border in the note! We are grateful for any help you can give putting this donation link out there into the universe. For those of you wondering where else it might be useful to donate here is our list of several grassroots legal organizations that we know are having impact (we also know we have left many out!)
- And finally an offer of poetry from our director, Allegra, who likes to contemplate what this particular poem is trying to teach us when thinking about the horrors we witness:
Now you know the worst
By Wendell Berry
To my granddaughters who visited the Holocaust Museum on the day of the burial of Yitzhak Rabin
Now you know the worst
we humans have to know
about ourselves, and I am sorry,
for I know that you will be afraid.
To those of our bodies given
without pity to be burned, I know
there is no answer
but loving one another,
even our enemies, and this is hard.
But remember:
when a man of war becomes a man of peace,
he gives a light, divine
though it is also human.
When a man of peace is killed
by a man of war, he gives a light.
You do not have to walk in darkness.
If you will have the courage for love,
you may walk in light. It will be
the light of those who have suffered
for peace. It will be
your light.
Regarding Investor Activism:
Here are some groups focused on Social, Environmental and Governance-conscious investing:
- Proxy Impact
- Sustainable Investment Institute
- As You Sow
- Green America (and also: www.greenamerica.org/finance)
And finally, for your research about political donations, money flow and lobbying influence:
How to join the conversation:
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The mission of the Zero Hour movement is to center the voices of diverse youth in the conversation around climate and environmental justice. Zero Hour is a youth-led movement creating entry points, training, and resources for new young activists and organizers (and adults who support our vision) wanting to take concrete action around climate change. Together, we are a movement of unstoppable youth organizing to protect our rights and access to the natural resources and a clean, safe, and healthy environment that will ensure a livable future where we not just survive, but flourish.
This is Zero Hour.
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Creation Justice Webinar Series
Sign-up to receive monthly notices about upcoming webinars that feature speakers who will assist churches in learning about best practices for ministries related to caring for God’s creation. Each webinar will have a focus pertaining to one of the four areas of discernment for Creation Justice Churches: theology and worship, institutional life and practice, circles of awareness and advocacy, and connections to a broader movement. Participation in the Creation Justice Churches program is not required to join a webinar.
Our Next Webinar: The Youth Climate Movement—A Moral Force
Special Guest: Jamie Margolin
Date and Time: August 15th at 1 pm ET (Register even if you can’t make it, and we will send you the video.)
Contact Info
Brooks Berndt
Minister for Environmental Justice
700 Prospect Ave
Cleveland, OH 44115
216-736-3722
berndtb@ucc.org
Sociocracy for non-profits and associations
Tue, Aug 20, 2019 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM EDT
Description
Many non-profits run themselves with traditional hierarchies. This is not only often ineffective but power-over structures also run counter the mission of equality and empowerment for everyone.
Sociocracy is an option for those non-profits that want to give both staff, board and core volunteers more voice, strengthen the connection, increase transparency and lessen micro-management. Over the past years, sociocracy has found its way into several non-profits in the United States and world-wide, and it has long turned into tried-and-tested governance system.
This short introduction introduces the basic ideas and highlights the advantages in particular for non-profits as well as the challenges. There will be opportunities for questions – see how sociocracy would apply to your unique organization.
Presenter Jerry Koch-Gonzalez has founded and been a board member of several non-profits (Institute for Community Economics, Class Action, United for a Fair Economy, National Coalition Building Institute, Institute For Peaceable Communities). Jerry has supported many organizations as a consultant for diversity, governance and communication, and he is co-author of the 2018 sociocracy handbook – Many Voices One Song – our Sociocracy manual.
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This event will be offered on zoom.
You will receive the access link after registration.
Sociocracy for non-profits and associations
Tue, Aug 20, 2019 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM EDT
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We envision a world where women’s history inspires all people to have equal respect for everyone’s experiences and accomplishments and to see there are no obstacles to achieving their dreams.
Electronic Field Trips
When a field trip is out of the question, bring the museum to you! The National Women’s History Museum is offering 45 minute electronic field trips for 4th through 11th grade classes, non-profit organizations, corporations, extracurricular groups (and more!) on a variety of topics this fall. Interact with a Museum Educator through field trips that are streamed directly into your classroom using the Zoom video platform, and offer your students a glimpse into how museums bring history to life. All sessions last one class period and include pre-and post-program curriculum materials.
Register at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/electronic-field-trips-tickets-68218392047
Prices:
- $125 – private schools, youth organizations, homeschool associations, clubs, corporations, & non-profits
- $100 – public schools
- No Charge – Title I schools (contact us to verify status as a Title I school and to schedule the field trip)
Current Electronic Field Trips:
Standing Up for Change: African American Women and the Civil Rights Movement
In the 20th century, African American women formed the backbone of the modern Civil Rights Movement. They were the critical mass, the grassroots leaders challenging America to embrace justice and equality for all. This program discusses women’s critical roles in the Montgomery Bus Boycott, Little Rock’s Central High School integration, and the little-known women behind the scenes of the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. Join us to explore the Civil Rights Movement through the perspectives of its women leaders.
Taking a Stand Part 1: The Beginnings of Woman Suffrage (1776-1872)
Though the woman suffrage movement started in 1848, the movement had roots going back to the beginning of the country. This program will explore the early factors in the suffrage movement including key women such as Abigail Adams, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Sojourner Truth, and Susan B. Anthony. Learn about the beginnings of the women’s rights movement in the United States and the legislation that was put in place to halt the movement.
Taking a Stand Part 2: Woman Suffrage and Protest at the White House (1872-1920)
By the early 20th century women had yet to achieve the vote nationally. A group of women, adopting radical tactics from their British counterparts, brought their protests to Washington, DC and the White House fence. Learn how Alice Paul, Lucy Burns, and the National American Woman Suffrage Association (NAWSA) drew public attention to their cause and became a model for peaceful public protest marches in the United States.
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Previous Electronic Field Trips (videos are currently free for use):
Women Pioneers of Computer Programming
In 1943 the US Army hired six women mathematicians to set up and operate the Army’s newest top secret weapon in World War II. The Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer (ENIAC) was the first electronic, digital computer. These unsung heroes figured out how to wire the electrical connections that enabled ENIAC to complete 300 multiplications per second. This field trip incorporates math and science content including electronic circuits and geometry. To see a recording of this program, click here.
Katherine Johnson and the Mathematics of the Space Race
Getting astronauts to space and back involves more than rockets and hardware. During America’s space race in the 1950s and 60s, mathematicians performed calculations that determined the geometry for space orbit. Women “computers”, including National Women’s History Museum’s Women Making History honoree Katherine Johnson, were integral members of NASA’s teams. Join us to learn the mathematical concepts behind space orbit and the women who sent America’s astronauts into space. To see a recording of this program, click here.
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It takes an African American woman until almost the end of August (2019) to make the same amount that a white man made through Dec 31, 2018.
That’s why we are launching our Equal Pay for Equal Work Petition to
#DemandMore here at NWHM.
Add your name now to sign on and help us reach our goal of 10,000 members strong!
“…Each one of us can make a difference, and together, we make change.”
SEN. BARBARA MIKULSKI
Connecting Across Divides.
Living Room Conversations are a conversational bridge across issues that divide and separate us. They provide an easy structure for engaging in friendly yet meaningful conversation with those with whom we may not agree. These conversations increase understanding, reveal common ground, and sometimes even allow us to discuss possible solutions. No fancy event or skilled facilitator is needed.
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Homelessness: 90-Minute Conversation w/ Optional 30-Minute Q & A with Hosts!
Homelessness
August 22, 2019 @ 7:00 – 9:00 pm ET
4:00 – 6:00 pm PT (adjust for your time zone)
Homelessness in America is a problem that reminds us daily of our failure to be our best. How do we explain to children the presence of hungry, cold, neglected and often mentally ill men women and children on our streets in the midst of plenty? If we gather neighbors, business owners, health care workers, police, government officials, homeless people and their families in conversation might we build trust and begin to explore opportunities to do better? Conversations are admittedly only a starting point, but isn’t it time to start?
Registration
Origins
Living Room Conversations is a non-profit organization founded in 2010 as a result of a transpartisan partnership focused on revitalizing civil discourse through conversation.
Major disagreement on important issues is a fact of life, but it doesn’t have to create insurmountable divides. We hope for a world in which people who have fundamental differences of opinion and backgrounds learn to work together with respect – and even joy – to realize the vibrant future we all desire for ourselves and our families. Through applying and adapting our conversational model, we hope participants will build relationships that generate understanding and enable collaborative problem-solving.
Divides Aren’t Inevitable.
Living rooms used to be the place where people would gather to socialize and relate with each other. Inviting someone into your home was to treat them as valued and worthy of respect. But before they were called living rooms these rooms were referred to as “parlors” – a term that comes from the French and means place for speaking.
Our modern world no longer limits our place for speaking to a physical location. We live our lives in our communities and online. Our living room is wherever we find ourselves connecting with others.
Living Room Conversations can take place anywhere, which these days includes the virtual world. Video chat allows us to bring each other into our homes, with all that represents, at a scale never before imagined.
The rationale behind Living Room Conversations is to increase understanding, reveal common ground and allow us to discuss possible solutions. No fancy event or skilled facilitator is typically needed. When people of all walks of life begin to care about one another, they can begin working together to solve the problems of our time.
Living Room Conversations is an effort of a small team supported by amazing volunteers.
We’re always on the look out for more team members who share our passion for bridging divides. There’s lots of work to be done.
The Pilot
In late 2010, Joan Blades partnered with dialogue experts, Walt Roberts, Debilyn Molineaux, Amanda Kathryn Roman and Heather Tischbein, to create a structured, intimate conversation format that would empower everyday citizens to discuss important issues with friends of differing political affiliations and backgrounds. The theory was that if two friends with different points of view, each invited two friends to join a conversation, with full disclosure about the intent and structure of the conversation, they could create a safe space for a respectful and meaningful exchange of ideas, develop new relationships and perhaps find common ground. This was the Living Room Conversations pilot project.
By early 2011, the pilot revealed that the Living Room Conversations structure worked. Both the observed and independent conversations were successful. Participants found they were anxious at the outset but soon felt comfortable using the format. In fact, these early conversations fostered relationships that continue to this day.
The Project
Inspired by the success of the pilot, Amanda Kathryn Roman and Joan Blades formed a transpartisan political partnership, recruited an advisory board and launched the website to make the Living Room Conversations open-source format available to individuals and organizations around the country. Their hope was to empower participants to begin to reweave the fabric of our civil society by demonstrating that respectful conversation can enrich our lives and enable us to create better solutions to the challenges we face together.
Early participants had conversations about the role of government, money in politics, immigration, gay marriage and more. In 2013, our first high profile conversation, cohosted by Joan Blades and Mark Meckler (Tea Party Patriots), discussed crony capitalism and identified the need for criminal justice reform as an area of 100% agreement. common ground This led to further discussion and impactful collaborative action.
Living Room Conversations is constantly evolving. We have a growing list of champions who speak publicly about Living Room Conversations or use the format in their work, as well as a growing number of partners who are using our open-source format in large and small ways. We look forward to developing and sharing materials for more issue areas, and creating a cycle of online-to-offline community building as we learn from and support each other in becoming a more respectful, civil society.
Topics A-Z
Browse all our Conversation Guides below from A-Z. Click the links to explore each Conversation Guide. You can also download a PDF of the conversation for your own use.
Socially Conscious Leadership from the Inside Out
Our guest this week has come to believe that “No matter how wonderful a program is, if it is done as a bestowing – a certain group of people making decisions for another group – that is never going to bridge the divide in our city.” Does your work fit within this paradigm of “bestowing,” and how do you plant seeds for a deeper mindset or consciousness shift to address underlying structural issues? Share Your Reflection »
Dallas-based therapist, activist, writer, community leader and speaker Michelle Kinder examines and teaches conscious leadership “from the inside out.” She offers practical, achievable steps for parents, teachers and others to support children’s social-emotional health, and for business and other leaders to drive transformation in their lives and organizations. While exploring the lack of mental health resources in southern Dallas, Kinder got to know the work of the Momentous Institute, a 99-year-old Dallas-based nonprofit organization that has been building and repairing social-emotional health through education and mental health programs. Momentous Institute serves vulnerable children through therapy services, curriculum and teacher training focused on See full.
Five Questions for Michelle
What Makes You Come Alive?
Thank you for asking. Learning makes me come alive. Learning combined with contribution has long been a winning formula for me feeling most alive. Over the years I developed the habit of checking in with myself every six months or so with the questions “Am I learning? Am I contributing?” There have been interesting seasons on how the two balance each other. There are times that striving to contribute crowded out the kind of white space by brain needs for deep learning and I have had to course correct. And there have been other times that I was learning a lot, but didn’t feel like I was being a good steward in terms of making a difference for other people or for causes I care about. I should also say that because I am currently in a season of more white space and more time for discernment, increasingly, simple pleasures are what make me come alive. Listening to birds, watching our dogs, yoga, running, sunshine, good coffee and the sound of my girls laughing together. Things like that.
Pivotal turning point in your life?
When I was in High School I left my family in Guatemala and came to the states to attend boarding school. It was a transformational experience. The wonderful faculty there saw qualities in me that they nurtured into leadership and I really learned who I was and what I was capable of during those four years. Interestingly, in my previous school, there were teachers who experienced the exact same qualities as problematic, annoying or something to control. Having that experience has made me very interested in how adults show up in the lives of children in a way that respects the enormous privilege and responsibility. I always say there are no neutral interactions when it comes to our relationships with children – all interactions are either positive, negative or missed opportunities.
An Act of Kindness You’ll Never Forget?
When I was in college, my 24-year-old sister died suddenly and it was an enormous challenge to go back to school while navigating the grief process. Several weeks into it, when people had stopped checking in, I found a card tucked into one of my books. It was from a classmate I knew somewhat, but not super well. It said something like, “I know time has passed but your hurt hasn’t.” I still tear up thinking about that act of kindness. It meant so much and it has shaped my desire to show up for others in similar ways.
One Thing On Your Bucket List?
Have the kind of flexibility to visit different places for a month at a time and work remotely while folding into the local scene.
One-line Message for the World?
Regardless of the situation, if you ever aren’t sure how to be most helpful, regulate your own nervous system.
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Awakin Circles: A hub for local meditation circles that started in the Silicon Valley and have now spread to 80+ cities around the globe. The circle start with an hour of silence, followed by a circle of sharing and dinner in silence. A newsletter with a passage selected from various wisdom traditions and an audio reading is sent out to 87,000 subscribers each week. See also Awakin Calls that hosts weekly conversations with wide-ranging thought leaders.
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ServiceSpace is an organization run entirely by volunteers. We leverage technology to encourage everyday people around the world to do small acts of service. Our aim is to ignite the fundamental generosity in ourselves and others, creating both inner and outer transformation.
ServiceSpace was conceived by volunteers, was built by volunteers, and is run by volunteers — all for the benefit of volunteers. Our projects range from a daily positive news service, to an acts-of-kindness portal, to a gift-economy restaurant. Regardless of the endeavor, we act in concert to create service opportunities for each other and to support each other’s service journeys.
In September of 2011, we formally changed our name from CharityFocus to ServiceSpace. Founded in 1999, ServiceSpace was originally started to help non-profits with technical services. Over the past dozen years, the organization has become an umbrella for many generosity-driven projects. Thus we have expanded our services from focusing just on helping charities, to encouraging everyday people to contribute in meaningful ways to the world around them. As the name suggests, our new expanded ServiceSpace platform allows people to stay connected with others interested in service, participate in service opportunities through any of our dozen projects, organize their own local service event using our tools, and stay connected to inspirational content. Above all, we believe in the inherent generosity of others and aim to ignite that spirit of service. Through our small, collective acts, we hope to transform ourselves and the world.
We hold these three principles steadfast within our organization:
Stay fully volunteer-run.
ServiceSpace was founded by volunteers and is run by volunteers. There is no paid staff, no office, and no central facilities. All ServiceSpace programs are conceived, designed, implemented, and administered by people who selflessly give their time so that others can benefit from those services.
Based on twelve years of our experience with a volunteer-run infrastructure, we’ve developed a streamlined process that structures projects in a distributed and decentralized manner. This allows more volunteers to give small chunks of time and still deliver high quality services to the end-receiver.
Being volunteer-run also allows us to organically self-organize. Instead of hierarchies and prefabricated business plans, our volunteer infrastructure is dynamic, low-cost and open to radical change. Everything is based on relationships and presence, and that creates a powerful context to BE the change.
We continue to be amazed at what inspired and dedicated individuals can do. Margaret Mead eloquently said, “Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it’s the only thing that ever does.” We could not agree more.
Serve with whatever we have.
We have chosen a slightly different path than most organizations, and choose not to focus on fundraising, grants, or other sources of revenue – for example, none of our websites contain any advertisement. All services are distributed are gifted without any fees. Thus, we serve with whatever support and resources that come in organically when people are truly moved to give.
ServiceSpace projects are built within a gift-economy system, an economic system in which goods and services are given freely, rather than traded. In a traditional market economy, one’s wealth is increased by saving. In a gift economy, giving leads to increase: an increase in connections and relationship strength.
Our services are given freely, without asking for anything in return. Instead of scarcity and fear for an uncertain future, our second principle roots us in abundance and trust. We have realized that over time, if you serve with pure intentions, people’s cups of gratitude overflow. They don’t give to fulfill a need, they give as an expression of their own solidarity and joy. These genuine gifts, no matter how small or large, are what sustains us.
Focus on the small.
Our attempt is to do “small acts with great love”. As our tagline says, “Change Yourself, Change the World.” If we started out by having a goal to change the world, we might have been a little disappointed in our abilities; when we start with ourselves, we notice that the ripples around us continue to get bigger and bigger and as more people try to do small acts, we have every potential to change the world.
Just as every tiny bit of a hologram contains information of the whole, we feel that paying attention to the process, to the present moment, gives us plenty of information to become instruments of a larger, systemic change.
This is how ServiceSpace makes things happen. But essentially the engine that drives the organization is inspiration, pure and simple. We learn from each other, spur each other, help each other, and frequently amaze each other. Sure, we are stirred by the words and lives of great men and women like Gandhi and Martin Luther King and Mother Theresa; but the examples set by our ServiceSpace colleagues–everyday heroes–are the real sustaining forces behind our projects.
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PLACE Your Activities on the Peace Map!
We are in Peace Month (September) and the final countdown to the 37th annual International Day of Peace!
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It is especially important to share your Peacebuilding activities on the universal Peace Map! You can add your activities for the world to see, and for people interested in joining you, by clicking here: https://
Peace Month is particularly significant this year as we honor the 20th Anniversary of The UN Declaration and Programme of Action on a Culture of Peace, which is September 13th: A/RES/53/243 B Adopted by the United Nations in 1999, The Declaration and Programme of Action serves as a reminder of the importance of making Peace Day every day. The theme for the 20th Anniversary Observance is: “Empowering and Transforming Humanity.” And, we know that you are committed to doing that every day!
SEPTEMBER IS NATIONAL PREPAREDNESS MONTH
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The 2019 Theme is “Prepared, Not Scared.”
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Every two minutes a woman dies from complications in pregnancy or childbirth, and millions around the world are denied the choice of if and when they want to have children.
UNFPA Supplies supports over 20 million women and girls worldwide with family planning services, contraception, and vital maternal medicines, and since 2007 they have saved over 1.1 millions lives.
Without additional support, their vital work — and the safety of over 20 million women and girls — will be at risk. Call on world leaders to step up for women and girls by pledging new funds this year.
Thank you so much,
Annabelle Roberts
17 September 2019 – Opening of the General Assembly regular session | 24 September 2019 – Opening of the general debate.
Sign the petition telling world leaders — including the UK, Canada, Australia and Germany — to pledge new funds to UNFPA Supplies and protect women’s lives everywhere. We’ll be handing your signatures over to decision makers this September at the United Nations General Assembly, so add your name now!
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We have a number of ways to get involved this month and be part of The Peace Alliance’s peacebuilding movement.
THINK KINDNESS, WE CHARITY, COUNT ME IN CHAMPION KINDNESS WORLD WIDE
There’s a growing crisis among young people today. One-in-five students report being bullied, cyberbullying is on the rise, and teen suicide is at a record high. As these problems continue to worsen, many adults may be left scratching their heads. How do we stop this crisis and help our youth?
There are a lot of possible answers, but there’s one that I’d like to pose today that I think is too often overlooked: kindness.
Yes, the simple act of kindness – not just witnessing it, but participating in it – has the ability to change people’s lives for the better. To make our world safer and happier for our children, we need to be teaching them how to be kind at home, at school, and in their communities.
This may seem overly simple, but science backs it up. According to research from places like Harvard and UC Berkeley, among others, acts of kindness release chemicals in the brain, such as serotonin and oxytocin, which reduce depression and anger and boost overall happiness.
Being kind isn’t something we should just mention to our kids in passing – it should be an integral part of their daily activities.
As the founder of Think Kindness, I am blessed to have an incredible job. I go into schools all across the country and help kids tap into their inner kindness potential. In my ten years here, I’ve seen some amazing results. For instance, after my very first speech, a student who struggled with suicidal thoughts wrote me to tell me how getting involved in helping others radically changed his life for the better.
Luckily, Think Kindness isn’t the only organization that makes kindness its mission.
There’s a group called Count Me In, founded and led by youth, which helps to connect young people with volunteer opportunities in their communities and around the world. To date, the organization has inspired over 100 million volunteer hours. In addition, Count Me In has an annual leadership summit which serves as a bootcamp training kids how to be volunteers and do good in the world. I am also blessed to sit on the advisory board for such a powerful and meaningful organization.
Similarly, there’s an organization in Canada called the WE Charity which does incredible work to connect kids to acts of kindness. For instance, WE offers volunteer trips to impoverished communities around the world, giving young people a powerful chance to make a real difference for people in need.
They also host what they call We Days, which draw hundreds of thousands of children into stadiums across the world to hear nspirational messages about doing good around the world.
Organizations like these and others are essential to turning the tide of anger, depression, and sadness among our youth today.
But they need backup, because according to one study, youth volunteering has gone down over the last fifteen years. All of us – parents, teachers, community leaders – need to promote kindness to young people.
We can do it in two ways: first and foremost, by showing kindness ourselves; second, by connecting our kids to groups which can give them the tools they need to be conduits of kindness everywhere they go.
Let’s get to it – it just might change the world.
With Kindness,
Brian Williams
President & Founder, Think Kindness
#BeKindTogether
When: Friday, September 6, 2019 from 5:30PM – 8:30PM
Where: Novick Urban Farms, 3660 S. Lawrence Street (just past intersection of Pattison Ave and S. Lawrence)
What: Join in for a night of food, drinks, games and more! There will be Southeast Asian food, games & prizes, a farm tour and performances. Hosted by SEAMAAC and its partners (Philabundance, Vetri Community Partnership, and Novick Urban Farm), you can purchase tickets by visiting this site.
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We are grateful to those in our communities who help us drive hunger from our
communities today and end hunger forever, including the individuals, partners,
small businesses and others who are hosting
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PCK is a 14-week culinary vocational training program which has been transforming the lives women and men with low-to-no income since 2000. Students in the 500-hour program will; earn their ServSafe certificate; intern in the culinary industry; prepare meals for those in need; and receive retention services by PCK staff for two years after graduation to ensure that students maximize their training and maintain positive work ethics post-graduation.
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Moving Food Forward: Product Innovation
Our goal is to create nutritious food from surplus farm products in a way that extends shelf life & adds value for our communities in need (upcycling). We partner with manufacturers to create retail items which fund the same high quality items for donation. The Abundantly Good brand allows us to provide better food for clients AND engage socially conscious consumers in our mission in an exciting new way.
Lobbying and Advocacy 101
September 10, 2019 – 2 PM ET
Now more than ever, your community is relying on you to stand up for them. If you think your 501(c)(3) public charity status prevents you from advocating for new laws and policies, think again! Whether protecting the rights of undocumented immigrants, pushing for quality education, or demanding safe communities for everyone, you can legally advocate for public policy and community change at every level of government. After this webinar, you’ll have a clear understanding of:
- Your 501(c)(3) organization’s right to lobby;
- What does and doesn’t count as lobbying;
- Your annual lobbying limit; and
- How to make the most of your organization’s lobbying power
This webinar is at 2 PM ET / 1 PM CT / 11 AM PT.
Once you register, you will receive an email from GoToWebinar with the link to register for the webinar.
Alliance for Justice is a national association of 130 organizations, representing a broad array of groups committed to progressive values and the creation of an equitable, just, and free society. Since 1979, AFJ has been the leader in advocacy for a federal judiciary that advances core constitutional values, preserves human rights and access to the courts, and adheres to the even-handed administration of justice for all Americans. AFJ’s work is divided into two main programs: our Justice Program, and our Bolder Advocacy program. Bolder Advocacy is the leading authority on the legal framework governing nonprofit advocacy.
Access to Justice
AFJ works to ensure equal access to our justice system. We track Supreme Court and lower court decisions affecting the legal rights of everyday Americans, educates the public on efforts to narrow those rights, and works with our allies to advocate for progressive legislation and courts that will respect the access to justice that is so fundamental to American values. Click here to read more about our Access to Justice work.
Want to make a difference? Make your voice heard. Join one of our current campaigns, follow us on social media, and sign up for workshops and email updates!
FOR SAMA
TUESDAY, September 10, 2019
4:00pm – 6:30pm
Konover Auditorium
Dodd Center
University of Connecticut
FREE ADMISSION
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Sponsored by
Department of Digital Media and Design
Human Rights Institute
Huskies for Human Rights
Middle East Studies
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Thomas J. Dodd Research Center
SUPPORTING FOOD SECURITY AND SEED DIVERSITY SINCE 2009
Sow True Seed has a collection of over 500 varieties of vegetable, herb and flower seeds. We are proud to carry heirloom, organic and small-farmer grown varieties. It is central to our social mission to support and encourage a seed saving community for resilience in agriculture and our food systems.
OUR SEED DONATION PROGRAM OFFERS UP OUR LEFTOVER SEED AT THE END OF EACH SELLING YEAR UP TO PUBLIC & PRIVATE SCHOOLS AND COMMUNITY GARDENS AND ORGANIZATIONS WHO USE THE SEED DIRECTLY TO FEED AND EDUCATE THEIR COMMUNITY.
Who we are: Sow True Seed provides open-pollinated, heirloom, and organic vegetable, herb, and flower seeds to home gardeners and small market farmers.
We ask that all of our growers fill out the Grower Questionnaire.
You can do so here
.For more information, contact: Angie Lavezzo, Agriculture Manager
E-mail: Ag@sowtrue.com Phone: (828) 254-0708
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Location: Sow True Seed, 243 Haywood St, Asheville NC 28801
Date: Tue Sept 10 2019 from 6 -7:30 PM
Cost: $10 class (includes a milkweed plant and your choice of flower seed packet!). $5 of each ticket will be donated to the “Bring the Hive Alive” initiative to raise awareness of pollinators by painting a bee mural in downtown Hendersonville – http://handsonwnc.org/hive.
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Need additional income on your farm? Sow True Seed is always looking for more farmers to grow seed for us!
About this Event
Please join The Square One Project and The Vera Institute of Justice for Reimagining Justice: The Next 25 Years, taking place on September 11th at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture in Harlem, NY. As we approach the 25th anniversary of the federal 1994 Crime Bill, this multi-format event will consider the visionary work, big ideas, and fundamental values that will guide the next 25 years of justice policy.
Program: 3:30pm – 6:00pm ET (details to be announced soon)
Reception: 6:00pm – 7:00pm ET
Details for the livestreaming option for this event will be available shortly.
Update: The full list of researchers, activists, and professionals that will be participating in Reimagining Justice: The Next 25 Years is available here!
Speakers and presenters include [list in formation]:
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WORLD DAY OF PRAYER
Light a Virtual Candle
Unity World Day of Prayer is a global event.
We invite you to light a virtual candle
to represent your light shining in prayer.
How Can You Participate in World Day of Prayer?We invite all to submit a prayer request and light a virtual candle. You can join for the events at Unity Village or other Unity centers. Follow our hashtag #WDOP2019 and join us at the Unity Facebook page to connect with our reflection questions and watch live events. Sign up for Unity4Today to receive email updates and announcements. What Is World Day of Prayer?Held annually on the second Thursday in September, World Day of Prayer unites Unity and draws in New Thought partner communities for a 24-hour period of prayer practice. In prayer, we dissolve our personal borders as we realize God within us, around us—an active source of life, love, and wisdom
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World Day of Prayer 2019—Invitation
Guiding Prayer
Breathing in to prayer, I am in awe of the unbound spirit, the infinite presence within and around me. God is vitality in my breath, beauty in the natural world, strength in my determination, and compassion in my acts of service. I recognize God in the spaciousness of the universe as well as in my limitless dreams.
Let me set my sight beyond where I have seen before, into the vast reality of divine power and presence. Let me draw upon divine power and presence in order to fulfill my great potential.
In the harmony of prayer, my heart beats to the rhythm of God. The pulse of infinite life moves me, nourishes me, and empowers me to give life to my dreams.
Unity Worldwide Ministries
400 Unity Circle North
Suite A
Lee’s Summit, MO 64086
816-524-7414
Unity World Headquarters
1901 NW Blue Parkway
Unity Village, MO 64065
816-524-3550
9/13/19 – UN High Level Forum on the Culture of Peace (Anniversary Observance)
10:00 am – 6:00 pm Eastern Time via Livestream @ webtv.un.org
9/14/19 – First Annual Culture of Peace Youth Movement Launch
All day youth-led intergenerational program in NYC
9:00 am – 9:00 pm ET at the Church of the Covenant, 310 E. 42nd Street, near the UN
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APPLAUD
Join us each month on the full moon for the profound Earth Treasure Vase Full Moon Global Healing Meditation series, with Cynthia Jurs and David T. Nicol.
Fri Sept 13 // Sun Oct 13 // Tues Nov 12 // Wed Dec 11
Our mailing address is:
Alliance for the Earth
PO Box 8031
Inspired by an ancient Tibetan Buddhist tradition, the Earth Treasure Vase Global Healing Project brings healing and protection to the Earth by filling consecrated clay vessels with prayers and offerings, and ceremonially burying them in the Earth in collaboration with indigenous elders, young activists and grassroots leaders in places where healing and protection are most needed around the planet.
The project began in 1990, when Cynthia met a 106 year-old lama living in a cave in the Himalayas and asked him, What can we do to bring healing and protection to the Earth? He gave her this practice and since then, 49 Earth Treasure Vases have been planted (5 of these are in process now) in sacred places, war torn communities, mountains, forests and sources of rivers on every inhabited continent. The vases form a living global mandala of prayers and intentions for the healing of the Earth. With 21 vases still to go, the practice continues with pilgrimages to many new locations. On every full moon we gather for a guided meditation to direct our prayers and intentions into the vases and energize the global mandala, embracing Gaia with our heartfelt presence and sacred offerings.
Meet Your Facilitators
Cynthia Jurs
Cynthia Jurs, is a Lama in the Tibetan Buddhist tradition and a Dharmacharya in the Order of Interbeing of Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh. She is the guiding teacher at Open Way Sangha in Santa Fe, New Mexico, where she teaches a dharma path of sacred activism in response to the call of the Earth. In 1990 she made a life-changing pilgrimage to meet the hermit and meditation master, Kushok Mangden Charok Rinpoche, a 106-year-old lama living in a cave in Nepal, from whom she received the practice of the Earth Treasure Vases. Cynthia’s nonprofit, Alliance for the Earth is dedicated to facilitating a global community committed to planetary healing and collective awakening through the Earth Treasure Vase Global Healing Project and is also engaged in numerous peace-building and women’s empowerment efforts in Liberia, Africa. Cynthia directed the film, Turning Prayer Into Action: Indigenous Grandmothers Meet the Bioneers and is currently at work on a book and film entitled, Summoned By The Earth.
David Nicol, Ph.D.
David T. Nicol, Ph.D., is the executive director and co-founder of the Gaiafield Project, and co-founder of BeThePeace and WiseUSA, two initiatives that have united tens of thousands of people worldwide for large-scale meditations dedicated to social change. He is the author of Subtle Activism: The Inner Dimension of Social and Planetary Transformation (SUNY Press), the first comprehensive study of the idea that focused collective meditation and intention can contribute powerfully and measurably to social change. David has taught on Subtle Activism at the California Institute of Integral Studies, The Shift Network, and the Institute for Subtle Activism.
for the ETV Global Healing Meditation are:
Fri Sept 13 // Sun Oct 13 // Tues Nov 12 // Wed Dec 11.
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2019 Festival Tickets & Passes
Tickets & passes are now on sale of the 2019 Global Peace Film Festival
Sept. 16-22, 2019
About the Festival
The Global Peace Film Festival, established in 2003, uses the power of the moving image to further the cause of peace on earth. From the outset, the GPFF envisioned “peace” not as the absence of conflict but as a framework for channeling, processing and resolving conflict through respectful and non-violent means.
People of good faith have real differences that deserve to be discussed, debated and contested.
GPFF works to connect expression – artistic, political, social and personal – to positive, respectful vehicles for action and change. The festival program is carefully curated to create a place for open dialogue, using the films as catalysts for change.
Don’t miss out on our Online Global Peace Film Festival, which goes live Monday, Sept. 16. Visit peacefilmest.org to watch the films in our online festival wherever you are, on whatever device you want!
CONTACT US
Global Peace Film Festival
P.O. Box 3310
Winter Park, FL 32790-3310
Schedule is up; Tickets & Passes now available
Tickets & Passes for the 2019 Global Peace Film Festival, Sept. 17 to 22, are available now. Browse the film catalogue, check the schedule, or dive right in and start buying passes or tickets.
Festival Venues
Bush Auditorium/SunTrust Auditorium/Tiedtke Concert Hall/Bush 176, @ Rollins College
Fairbanks Ave. & Interlachen Ave., Winter Park, FL 32789
Parking: SunTrust Parking garage on E. Lyman Ave. or there is 3 hour street parking. Parking on the Rollins campus is extremely limited.
The Orlando LGBT+ Center
946 N. Mills Avenue, Orlando, FL 32803
Parking: On site or street parking
CityArts
39 S. Magnolia Avenue, Orlando, FL 32801
Parking: The Rogers-Kiene Building validates a portion of the fee in the Chase Plaza building parking lot. Patrons must enter CityArts to receive validation.
Enzian Theater & Eden Bar
1300 South Orlando Avenue, Maitland, FL 32751
Parking: On site
Holocaust Memorial Resource & Education Center
851 N. Maitland Avenue, Maitland, FL 32751
Parking: On site
Mount Dora Plaza Live
2728 Old Highway 441, Orlando, FL 32757
Parking: On site
Orlando City Hall rotunda
400 South Orange Avenue, Orlando, FL 32801
Parking: City Commons Parking Garage (across the street from City Hall)
Ten Thousand Villages
329 N. Park Avenue, Suite #102, Winter Park, FL 32789
Parking: Street parking or North Park Avenue garage offers free parking
Winter Park Public Library
460 E. New England Ave., Winter Park, FL 32789
Parking: on site
FILM LISTINGS
Alternative Facts: The Lies of Executive Order 9066
65 minutes | USA | 2018
Documentary
At Arm’s Length
15 minutes | USA | 2018
Documentary Short
Blue Goes Green: Net Zero Police Station
26 minutes | USA | 2019
Documentary Short
Catching Giants
50 minutes | USA/South Africa | 2018
Documentary
Changing the Game
95 minutes | USA | 2019
Documentary
College Crucible
41 minutes | USA | 2019
Documentary
Community First, a Home for the Homeles
65 minutes | USA | 2018
Documentary
The Condor & the Eagle
80 minutes | USA/Canada/Ecuador/France/Peru | 2019
Documentary
Decade of Fire
75 minutes | USA | 2018
Documentary
Eating Up Easter
76 minutes | USA/Chile | 2018
Documentary
For They Know Not What They Do
91 minutes | USA | 2019
Documentary
FusionFest Shorts
90 minutes | 2019
Documentary Short
The Gathering
24 minutes | USA | 2016
Documentary Short
heartbeat Iowa
USA | 2019
Documentary Short
Incompatible Allies
43 minutes | USA | 2019
Documentary
JFK: The Last Speech
58 minutes | USA | 2018
Documentary
Keepers of the Future: La Coordinadora of El Salvador
24 minutes | USA/El Salvador | 2017
Documentary Short
King Bibi
87 minutes | Israel/USA | 2018
Documentary
LIKE
49 minutes | USA/Hong Kong | 2019
Documentary
A Living Earth
52 minutes | Belgium | 2018
Documentary
Marching Forward
60 minutes | USA | 2018
Documentary
Nailed It
60 minutes | USA | 2018
Documentary
The New Gatherers
2 minutes | USA | 2019
Documentary Short
New Homeland
93 minutes | USA | 2018
Documentary
Plant the Seed
11 minutes | USA | 2018
Documentary Short
Planting Seeds, Growing Justice
13 minutes | USA | 2018
Documentary Short
The Plummery
8 minutes | Australia | 2019
Documentary Short
The Power to Heal: Medicare and the Civil Rights Revolution
56 minutes | USA | 2018
Documentary
The Public
119 minutes | USA | 2018
Narrative Feature
The Remix: Hip Hop X Fashion
67 minutes | USA | 2019
Documentary
Rigged: The Voter Suppression Playbook
79 minutes | USA | 2019
Documentary
Right to Harm
75 minutes | USA | 2019
Documentary
The Robo Con
16 minutes | USA | 2019
Documentary Short
The Sequel
61 minutes | UK/Greece | 2018
Documentary
Travel Ban: Make America Laugh Again
84 minutes | USA
Documentary
Undeterred
75 minutes | USA | 2019
Documentary
The Uterati, Fighting Back in the War Against Women
51 minutes | USA | 2012
Documentary
Walk in My Shoes
60 minutes | USA | 2018
Documentary
Documentary Feature
What Will Become of Us
72 minutes | USA/Australia | 2019
Documentary
The Worst Thing
84 minutes | Germany/USA | 2019
Documentary
Press Conference – Livestream – Facebook – JULIANA vs UNITED STATES – SEPTEMBER 18 – SIGN UP AND TUNE IN – WASHINGTON D.C.
This month will be the dawn of a new era in the climate movement. With glaciers melting at unprecedented rates and fires burning across the Amazon, young people are going all out to fight for our future and our elders are rising in solidarity with us.
Sign up for a reminder to tune in to the September 18 press conference featuring the Juliana plaintiffs and Greta Thunberg.
https://www.youthvgov.org/livestream
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AND THEN – DON’T FORGET;
On Friday, September 20, young people, workers, activists, politicians and many more will strike to demand immediate climate action in what will likely be the largest climate mobilization ever. We will strike to demand transformative action to address the climate crisis. Building on the recent surge of the youth climate movement, adults will join us to send a clear, intergenerational message to governments that they must act decisively in the face of climate chaos.
Join my co-plaintiffs and me at strikes across the country, from New York City to Alaska, to show solidarity with the broader youth climate movement and demand our day in court.
Grateful for all you do to support the brave young people in this movement.
Thank you for rising with us,
Xiuhtezcatl Martinez
Juliana v. United States plaintiff and Earth Guardians Youth Director
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#strikewithus
On September 20, three days before the UN Climate Summit in NYC, young people and adults will strike all across the US and world to demand transformative action be taken to address the climate crisis. Millions of us will take the streets to demand a right to a future, and we’re inviting you to #strikewithus
Find a strike near you to attend on September 20 on the map below. If you don’t see an event in your area, organize one! We’ll provide everything you need to get started in planning something in your community so no experience is necessary.
Whether you’re 7 or 777, you’re invited to join the movement.
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PO BOX 5181 EUGENE, OR 97405 | INFO@OURCHILDRENSTRUST.ORG
https://strikewithus.org
https://www.youthvgov.org/congress4julian
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KELSEY JULIANA, 23
EUGENE, OREGON
XIUHTEZCATL MARTINEZ, 19
BOULDER, COLORADO
MIKO VERGUN, 18
BEAVERTON, OREGON
LEVI D., 12
INDIALANTIC, FLORIDA
ISAAC V., 17
BEAVERTON, OREGON
JAIME BUTLER, 18
FLAGSTAFF, ARIZONA
NATHAN BARING, 19
FAIRBANKS, ALASKA
HAZEL V., 15
EUGENE, OREGON
NICK VENNER, 18
LAKEWOOD, COLORADO
TIA HATTON, 22
BEND, OREGON
JOURNEY ZEPHIER, 19
KAPAA, KAUA’I, HAWAI’I
ZEALAND B, 15
EUGENE, OREGON
AJI PIPER, 19
SEATTLE, WASHINGTON
AVERY M., 14
EUGENE, OREGON
JACOB LEBEL, 22
ROSEBURG, OREGON
VIC BARRETT, 20
WHITE PLAINS, NEW YORK
KIRAN OOMMEN, 22
EUGENE, OREGON
JAYDEN F., 15
RAYNE, LOUISIANA
SAHARA V., 15
EUGENE, OREGON
SOPHIE KIVLEHAN, 21
ALLENTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA
ALEX LOZNAK, 22
OAKLAND, OREGON
MUSIC BY JULIANA V. US PLAINTIFF XIUHTEZCATL
VIDEO PRODUCED BY ROBIN LOZNAK
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IF YOU’RE A LEGISLATOR AND READY TO SHOW YOUR SUPPORT, GO HERE.
While we wait for the decision from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, we must call on Members of Congress to publicly support Juliana v. United States and the constitutional rights of young people to life, liberty, and property free from government endangerment. We have been calling on the judicial branch to help hold the executive branch of our federal government accountable for its role in causing the climate crisis, and we need the legislative branch to step up as well.
Let’s make this happen.
~ Vic Barrett, Juliana v. United States plaintiff
Remember to do all three – tweet and email and call
World Peace Card Meditations
Wednesday, September 18, 7:30pm
(based on local time in your time zone)
International Center for Reiki Training <reiki@reiki.org
You are invited to take part in the next World Peace Card Meditation. Please mark your calendar and forward this email to all your friends.
Thanks for Your Help!
Because so many of you forwarded this email to your friends, there have been almost 396,800 downloads of the World Peace Cards. This is a tremendous increase in the number of people using the cards. So far the total number of World Peace Card sets downloaded, received from our free offer and from our magazine has been nearly 440,000! I hope you have been using your peace cards as their use brings blessings to the world as well as to you.
The next World Peace Card group meditation have been scheduled for Wednesday, September 18 at 7:30pm. This is local time in your time zone. This method has been chosen because of the special effect it produces. As people meditate in each successive time zone the energy builds like a wave which gets stronger and stronger as it circles the planet. Because of the higher dimensional nature of consciousness, the energy of peace will be transmitted for a full 24 hours and continue long after this.
Reports from those who took part in the previous meditations indicate many had powerful spiritual experiences. As they united with those taking part in the meditation a feeling of peace developed within that stayed with each for a long time. Some saw beautiful golden light surrounding the planet and others felt that a web of fear was dissipating and being replaced with trust in others and for our future. All those who have received the cards are being asked to meditate on world peace at this time. By taking part in this group meditation, you’ll be joining thousands of people who will be using the cards to bring peace to the world. By joining together, the affect we have will be greatly multiplied. This powerful experience and will help shift the vibration of our wonderful planet into a higher state of consciousness. As you use the cards to meditate on world peace, you will be a beacon through which peace will spread around the planet which will have a positive uplifting effect on all people. Please set aside this time to meditate with the cards. The suggested meditation period is 15 minutes, but of course you can meditate longer if you’d like to. The technique I’d like you to use is based on allowing yourself to be a beacon of peace. The World Peace Cards hold the vibration of the World Peace Grids which have been placed at spiritually significant locations and are relay stations for higher consciousness. By simply opening to their energy, you’ll become a channel for their love and peace which will flow through you to all the people on Earth. To do this, hold the cards in your hands or place them in front of you. Then simply meditate on peace. We are entering a new era. Our entire planet including all the people and living things are moving into a place where it will be much easier to solve our problems and to create peace, prosperity and happiness for everyone. The World Peace Card meditation will quicken this process, making it easier for people to experience this new quality of higher consciousness and will provide great benefit for all people. Since this benefit will be flowing through you out to everyone on the planet, you’ll be blessed by this experience as well. Many have received the cards in the mail or in the Reiki News Magazine while others have downloaded them from our web site. If you would like additional copies of the cards, please download them using this link and print as many copies as you can use. Please feel free to give them to your friends. Also, forward this email to anyone you feel would like to take part in the meditation.
World Peace Card Download
Additional World Peace Cards – https://www.reiki.org/WPCM.
Note: This is a larger file and it may take several
minutes for it to open, so please be patient.
When printing the cards from this file, print page 2 first, then place this page in your printer and print the image of the peace grids on the back.
New Reiki Grid – Send Reiki to Others
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We also have a new image of the World Peace Crystal Grid that can be used for a Reiki Grid. By using it for your Reiki Grid you’ll be tapping into the energy of all the peace grids and this will add to the energy that is sent to all those whose names or photos you place in the grid making the Reiki more effective and adding wonderful feelings of peace and harmony. And each time you charge your grid, you’ll be charging the peace grids for world peace! With this system you’ll use 12 crystals around the outside – placing 1 crystal over each of the crystals in the photo plus 1 crystal in the center and 1 as your master crystal for a total of 14 crystals. The additional crystals will also hold and transmit more energy. Also, remember you can place your goals into the grid as well. I suggest printing it on glossy photo paper if you have it or you could get some at your office supply store. You’ll need to trim the one side of the grid after it’s printed. https://www.reiki.org/ Read the story of the World Peace Grids This is a pdf file of an article that appeared in the Winter 2004 issue of the Reiki News Magazine. It describes the World Peace Crystal Grid program, and the adventures William experienced placing them at the North and South Pole and in Jerusalem. The article contains lots of pictures Thank you for taking part in this group meditation. Sincerely, |
The Grandmothers are getting ready to travel to New York next month to celebrate the Grandmothers Wisdom book launch and then we will travel to upstate New York for a historical event at Menla, LIFT THE EARTH, where we will be joined by other spiritual leaders.
Are you being called to action to support Mother Earth and world peace? Many have requested guidance on how to respond to the chaotic state of the world. Join us in traditional dialogue, ceremonies and circles, and participate in indigenous wisdom on these topics.
In love and peace,
Grandmother Mona Polacca
Book Launch
September 18, 2019
Tibet House US, New York, NY
Our much-anticipated book promises to be a ground-breaking portrayal of traditional spiritual women in history and will be an inspiration for all. These stories are ageless wisdom of earth-based cultures that can benefit all people in today’s climate of disconnection.
Please join the Grandmothers and special guests in New York City for the book launch of Grandmothers Wisdom: Reverence for All Creation.
Tickets are selling fast!
September 18, 2019
4:00 – 7:30 pm
Tibet House
22 West 15th Street
New York, NY 10011
Join the International Council of Thirteen Indigenous Grandmothers, Dr. Henrietta Mann, Nena Thurman and other special guests for the book launch of“Grandmothers Wisdom: Reverence for All Creation”.
The Earth is our loving grandmother. For all time, Cheyenne storytellers, generation after generation, have repeated this belief with both their minds and their hearts. As they say, The Great One, Everywhere Spirit, created the universe and all life with power so vast it defies human imagination. Entirely with the force of thought, the four powerful spirit beings came into existence to witness creation and to eventually safeguard and shelter all life, especially human beings. Next came the water of life, the fire and light of the sun, the infinite sky air, and compassionate Earth. The Great One, Everywhere Spirit, contemplated creation and thought the Earth to be the most beautiful of all, then declared that the Earth be known as our grandmother.
Grandmother Earth is also, more commonly, referred to as Mother Earth. Indeed, she is first woman, first mother, first teacher, oldest mother, and oldest grandmother. The Thirteen Indigenous Grandmothers whose magnificent lives are encapsulated in the work of this book represent Earth’s titanic spirit, power, beauty, and love. Individually and collectively, they are rooted in the Earth and carry her wisdom as a perpetual trust. They are committed to sustaining their Earth home and to educating and defending the hearts of all the world’s children.
Please join us in celebrating the manifestation of “Grandmothers Wisdom: Reverence for All Creation”, life and the continuation of this movement of peace, spiritual activism, honoring Mother Earth and future generations.
Seating is first-come, first-served.
Reception and book signing to follow. To join the signing line, we ask that you please purchase a copy of the book available at the event.
World Peace Card Meditations
September 18, October 16, November 13, December 18 at 7:30pm
You are invited to take part in the next World Peace Card Meditation. Please mark your calendar and forward this email to all your friends.
Thanks for Your Help!
International Center for Reiki Training · 21421 Hilltop #28 ·
Southfield, MI 48033 · USA
William Lee Rand
The International Center for Reiki Training
Because so many of you forwarded this email to your friends, there have been more than 396,500 downloads of the World Peace Cards. This is a tremendous increase in the number of people using the cards. So far the total number of World Peace Card sets downloaded, received from our free offer and from our magazine has been over 439,700! I hope you have been using your peace cards as their use brings blessings to the world as well as to you.
The next World Peace Card group meditation has been scheduled for SEPTEMBER 18 at 7:30pm. This is local time in your time zone. This method has been chosen because of the special effect it produces. As people meditate in each successive time zone the energy builds like a wave which gets stronger and stronger as it circles the planet. Because of the higher dimensional nature of consciousness, the energy of peace will be transmitted for a full 24 hours and continue long after this.
Reports from those who took part in the previous meditations indicate many had powerful spiritual experiences. As they united with those taking part in the meditation a feeling of peace developed within that stayed with each for a long time. Some saw beautiful golden light surrounding the planet and others felt that a web of fear was dissipating and being replaced with trust in others and for our future. All those who have received the cards are being asked to meditate on world peace at this time. By taking part in this group meditation, you’ll be joining thousands of people who will be using the cards to bring peace to the world. By joining together, the affect we have will be greatly multiplied. This powerful experience and will help shift the vibration of our wonderful planet into a higher state of consciousness. As you use the cards to meditate on world peace, you will be a beacon through which peace will spread around the planet which will have a positive uplifting effect on all people. Please set aside this time to meditate with the cards. The suggested meditation period is 15 minutes, but of course you can meditate longer if you’d like to. The technique I’d like you to use is based on allowing yourself to be a beacon of peace. The World Peace Cards hold the vibration of the World Peace Grids which have been placed at spiritually significant locations and are relay stations for higher consciousness. By simply opening to their energy, you’ll become a channel for their love and peace which will flow through you to all the people on Earth. To do this, hold the cards in your hands or place them in front of you. Then simply meditate on peace. We are entering a new era. Our entire planet including all the people and living things are moving into a place where it will be much easier to solve our problems and to create peace, prosperity and happiness for everyone. The World Peace Card meditation will quicken this process, making it easier for people to experience this new quality of higher consciousness and will provide great benefit for all people. Since this benefit will be flowing through you out to everyone on the planet, you’ll be blessed by this experience as well. Many have received the cards in the mail or in the Reiki News Magazine while others have downloaded them from our web site. If you would like additional copies of the cards, please download them using this link and print as many copies as you can use. Please feel free to give them to your friends. Also, forward this email to anyone you feel would like to take part in the meditation.
World Peace Card Download
Additional World Peace Cards – https://www.reiki.org/WPCM.
Note: This is a larger file and it may take several
minutes for it to open, so please be patient.
When printing the cards from this file, print page 2 first, then place this page in your printer and print the image of the peace grids on the back.
New Reiki Grid – Send Reiki to Others
We also have a new image of the World Peace Crystal Grid that can be used for a Reiki Grid. By using it for your Reiki Grid you’ll be tapping into the energy of all the peace grids and this will add to the energy that is sent to all those whose names or photos you place in the grid making the Reiki more effective and adding wonderful feelings of peace and harmony. And each time you charge your grid, you’ll be charging the peace grids for world peace! With this system you’ll use 12 crystals around the outside – placing 1 crystal over each of the crystals in the photo plus 1 crystal in the center and 1 as your master crystal for a total of 14 crystals. The additional crystals will also hold and transmit more energy. Also, remember you can place your goals into the grid as well. I suggest printing it on glossy photo paper if you have it or you could get some at your office supply store. You’ll need to trim the one side of the grid after it’s printed. https://www.reiki.org/
Read the story of the World Peace Grids
Reiki and World Peace
by William Lee Rand
This is a pdf file of an article that appeared in the Winter 2004 issue of the Reiki News Magazine. It describes the World Peace Crystal Grid program, and the adventures William experienced placing them at the North and South Pole and in Jerusalem. The article contains lots of pictures Thank you for taking part in this group meditation.
Sincerely,
William Lee Rand
The International Center for Reiki Training
Bringing Peace to Our Ancestors
September 19-22, 2019
Menla, Phoenicia, NY
Join us on World Peace Day and the Fall Equinox for LIFT THE EARTH: Bringing Peace to Our Ancestors; a four-day gathering which includes the participation of the Grandmothers Council, Alice Walker, Dr. Henrietta Mann, Chief Phil Lane Jr, Dr. Robert Thurman, Jussara Korngold and other spiritual leaders and activists from around the world.This gathering will include interactive dialogue, prayer circles, and teachings on ancestral healing, water and land issues, and the future of the generations to come.
Register now before we sell out – join us for this special event and participate in this world-wide collective prayer for outer and inner peace.
GRANDMOTHER AGNES BAKER PILGRIM
GRANDMOTHER BERNADETTE REBIENOT
GRANDMOTHER CLARA SHINOBU IURA
GRANDMOTHER MONA POLACCA
GRANDMOTHER RITA BLUMENSTEIN
GRANDMOTHER RITA LONG VISITOR HOLY DANCE
ALICE WALKER
DR. HENRIETTA MANN
CHIEF PHIL LANE
ROBERT A.F. THURMAN
JUSSARA KORNGOLD
DAY SCHILDKRET OF MORNING ALTARS
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Registration is open for our 6th Appalachian Trail Retreat.
Space is limited and is on a first come/first serve basis. We will maintain a waiting list once registrations fill.
On the weekend of Sept 20-22, 2019 Friends of Peace Pilgrim will be holding our annual Appalachian Trail Retreat at the Mohican Outdoor Center in Blairstown, NJ.
Peace Pilgrim was the first woman to hike the entire Appalachian Trail in one hiking season in 1952, the year before she began the pilgrimage. In 2017 she was inducted into the Appalachian Trail Hall of Fame.
We have exclusive use of Blueberry Hill Lodge. The lodge includes a large living/relaxing space with fireplace, a kitchen, shared bunkrooms, and multiple shared baths. We will share our connections with Peace Pilgrim, our inspiration and involvement with creating more peace in our lives and the world, cook our own vegetarian meals, and have opportunities to be inspired by the beauties of Nature.
You can download additional information and a registration form by following this link – https://bit.ly/2SYc5XA – email your questions to atretreat@peacepilgrim.org
Registration deposit of $60.00 due by August 20 holds your spot and is on a first come/first serve basis!
In peace and friendship,
Friends of Peace Pilgrim
PO Box 2207
Shelton, CT 06484
ECOLISE
The European Network for Community-led Initiatives on Climate Change and Sustainability, is the initiator and main organiser of the European Day of Sustainable Communities. We have 46 member networks and organisations across Europe
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A celebration of local communities taking action for a zero-carbon, regenerative and inclusive Europe.
This is an ECOLISE flagship event. #EDSC19 #SustainableCommunity
Become a co-creator of the day! For details see https://www.sustainable-communities.net/
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There’s only three weeks until Farm Aid 2019! We’re getting excited and
we hope you are too.
Even if you won’t be joining us in person in Wisconsin,
here are a couple of ways to join the Farm Aid fun
from wherever you are:
Stand with family farmers today! The people who grow our food deserve to make a fair living. But that’s out of reach for the livestock and poultry farmers who work in an industry where the power of giant corporations leaves them trapped in a rigged marketplace, vulnerable to abusive business practices.
Showing your support is easy with our online petition that will be delivered to the USDA.
Global week of action on Peace, the Climate, SDGs and Nuclear Abolition
September 21 – September 27
The week of Sep 21-27 includes the following key events:
- Sep 21: UN International Day for Peace;
- Sep 23: UN Climate Summit;
- Sep 24-25: Summit on SDGs;
- Sep 26: International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons.
Together these dates comprise a Global week of action on peace, climate, SDGs and nuclear abolition.
Flyers on the Global Week: Taking action together
Abolition 2000 has established a working group to build cooperation between climate, SDG, peace and disarmament organisations to take action during the week. For more information see the Abolition 2000 flyer on the Global Week for Peace, the Climate, SDGs and Nuclear Abolition Sep 21-27.
Abolition 2000 is cooperating with Action for Sustainable Development (A4SD), Forus, Asia Development Alliance (ADA), the Korea International Cooperation Agencyand other sustainable develpoment organisations on Stand Together Now for a Just and Peaceful World: Seven Days to Save our Planet. See Stand Together for peace and sustainability Global Week of Action Sep 20-27 poster.
Connections between peace, climate protection, SDGs and disarmament
UN Charter (Article 26) recognises the connection between disarmament and sustainable development. Article 26 requires the UN to facilitate disarmament ‘in order to promote the establishment and maintenance of international peace and security with the least diversion for armaments of the world’s human and economic resources.’
More recently the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development recognizes that there can be no sustainable development without peace, and no peace without sustainable development. In addition, Securing our Common Future: An Agenda for Disarmament, the disarmament agenda released in 2018 by UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, outlines the links between disarmament and many of the SDGs.
Key events and actions:
Sep 21: International Day for Peace
- UN event: International Day of Peace Student Observance, United Nations, 20 September 2019. Watch it on webtv.un.org
- Peace One Day event in London: with civil society leaders and celebrities that will be live-streamed globally.
- List your event at Peace One Day, a global platform to share, find out about or join actions for Peace Day.
For further information see the UN website on International Day for Peace. Share your ideas and activities through #PeaceDay and #ClimateAction.
Sep 23: UN Climate Summit
- UN Climate Summit, New York on 23 September
Action: Call on your government to commit in New York to deeper reductions in carbon emissions, a faster transition from fossil fuels to renewable energies, and reductions in military budgets in order to fund climate protection.
Sep 24-25: Summit on Sustainable Development
- Summit on the SDGs, September 24-25
Action: Call on your government to highlight at the SDG Summit the importance of peace and demilitarisation in achieving the SDGs, and support the proposal of Kazakhstan that all countries redirect 1% of their military budget to the SDGs.
Sep 26: International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons
- UN High Level Meeting on Nuclear Disarmament, September 26. See International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons. To register click here (registration deadline is August 23).
- List your action or event at UNFOLD ZERO: list of events for Nuclear Abolition Day .
Actions:
a) Encourage your Prime Minister/President to attend the Sep 26 UN High-Level Meeting on Nuclear Disarmament and call on all States to never launch a nuclear war, and to negotiate for the abolition and elimination of nuclear weapons;
b) Organise a screening of ‘The Man who saved the World’ or other action for Nuclear Abolition Day.
Climate Action Summit 2019
The Secretary-General will convene a Climate Action Summit in September 2019 to bring climate action to the top of the international agenda. Mr. Luis Alfonso de Alba, a former Mexican diplomat, will be his Special Envoy to lead its preparations.
The Summit will focus on the heart of the problem – the sectors that create the most emissions and the areas where building resilience could make the biggest difference – as well as provide leaders and partners the opportunity to demonstrate real climate action and showcase their ambition.
To read about the commitments that regions, cities, businesses, investors and civil society pledged during the Global Climate Action Summit in California, September 2018, click here.
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“Sunflowers instead of missiles in the soil would ensure peace for future generations”
U.S. Secretary of Defence William Perry, as he joined Russian and Ukrainian defence ministers to plant sunflowers on a former missile base
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Contact
Basel Peace Office
c/o Seminar für Soziologie
Universität Basel
Petersgraben 27
CH-4051 Basel
Switzerland
The Global Consciousness Project is an international, multidisciplinary collaboration of scientists and engineers, who collect data continuously from a global network of physical random number generators located in up to 70 host sites around the world at any given time.
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The International Day of Peace (“Peace Day”) is observed around the world each year on 21 September. Established in 1981 by unanimous United Nations resolution 36/37, the General Assembly has declared this as a day devoted to “commemorating and strengthening the ideals of peace both within and among all nations and peoples.”
Join us to create a wave of peace
as you hold your Moments of Mass Mindfulness
at midday across the world in your local time zones
for International Peace Day.
Register for World Peace Day.
.MOMM is thrilled to be part of the Peace Coalition network of Peace One Day and a global partner of Pace e Bene’s Campaign
Moments of Mass Mindfulness (MOMM) is a meditation movement for everyone. We are raising awareness of, and co-creating in community, a model that fully embraces the true definition of health as both an Art and a Science. At the heart of it all, we’re focused on building community, connection, collaboration and to enhance personal wellbeing.
Imagine if mindfulness and meditation was a regular part of daily life in society. If every person was able to slow down, and connect with their calmer, essential self and find balance, it’s likely feelings of negative self-talk and aggression would disappear. Mindfulness is a strategy for directing yourself away from these self-incriminating thoughts and limiting beliefs. It’s a meditative practice of paying attention to your body, mind, and surroundings in a non-judgmental manner.
Mindfulness can be thought of as a form of self-care. Science has proven (1) that it’s a valuable antidote to the fast pace of our now technology-driven culture, and mind body techniques, when used effectively, can influence our brain activity and lead to a reduction in stress, mood and anxiety.
Mindfulness and meditation is recommended as a treatment for people with mental ill-health – (1) It is recommended by NICE as a preventative practice for people with experience of recurrent depression (2)), as well as those who want to improve their mental health and wellbeing (3). There are numerous studies showing compelling support for Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR), which helps people to cope with stress, and for Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT), which is designed to help people with recurring depression. There has become little doubt that its use is an effective intervention and prevention technique.
The importance of mental health both to human wellbeing and the prosperity of the country has been well established in a number of recent reports (including the report of the Wellbeing Economics APPG published last year), and it has prompted the government’s initiative to set up the What Works Centre for Wellbeing in 2015, hosted by Public Health England (4).
Conversations and collaborations are springing up through a new paradigm of self care and lifestyle medicine, which combine objective knowledge and subjective experiential practices. These practices, towards balance and coherence, energise and rejuvenate both mind and body. Meditation, mindfulness, indeed all contemplative practices serve to calm the nervous system, activating the body’s own natural healing system, our ‘inner pharmacy’ aided by health-improving behaviours of better nutrition, exercise, stress reduction and a good night’s sleep. This combination of the health sciences from both modern day and traditional care, will help fulfil the potential future of vibrant health and well-being.
Let’s come together with open minds, open hearts and pure intention.
Ashland Global Peace Conference
Sat, Sep 21, 2019 8:00 AM – 6:00 PM PDT
David Wick at info@ashlandcpc.org, 541-552-1061
The World Peace Flame in Ashland is firing the imaginations of Peace Leaders from Middle School students, Ashland City Leaders to Oregon Legislators. Ashland is catching the attention of the global community. Ambassador Anwarul K. Chowdhury, Former Under-Secretary-General and High Representative of the United Nations, and Founder of the Global Movement of the Culture of Peace, is coming to Ashland to learn first-hand how Ashland Culture of Peace Commission partners with the city, local non-profits and others to transform the city with the vision of a Culture of Peace. The Ashland Global Peace Conference will give local residents the opportunity to learn more about why Ashland is deserving of the global community’s attention by highlighting how our state and local leaders are inspired to work hard to create a culture of peace for their constituents. The views of creating a culture of Peace from the global, national, state, city, community, interpersonal and personal levels will be explored.
Come to the conference and be inspired by city and state leaders’ personal commitment to cultivating a culture of peace in Oregon and be empowered with your own commitment to peace.
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Early Bird Pricing ends 8/31
while we are together, and beyond.
Peace is not an idea, it is a practice.
Thank you.
A WORLD THAT WORKS FOR ALL
A community-wide movement dedicated to transforming our attitudes, behaviors and institutions into ones that foster harmonious relationships with each other and the natural world.
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Brings heart and compassion to conversations, decision-making, and systems.
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Recognizes the inherent value of each person, the diversity within community.
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Invites everyone’s participation, relying on the natural gifts of each community member.
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Encourages mutual respect so that all residents and visitors feel safe, heard, and empowered.
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Establishes trust through holding all persons responsible for their actions.
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Employs compassionate listening to air feelings, viewpoints, and concerns.
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Discovers solutions through collaborative exploration.
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Emphasizes the universal values of kindness, generosity, love and beauty, caring and curiosity.
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Seeks larger truths and broader perspectives to better comprehend local and world affairs.
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Values and nurtures all of life, honoring the environment and promoting humanity’s balanced place in the web of existence.
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Builds upon the foundation of existing groups contributing to the wellness of the world.
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Creates an emerging, evolving, living model for thriving together as fellow humans.
KEYNOTE SPEAKER:
Ambassador Anwarul K. Chowdhury, until recently the Senior Special Advisor to the UN General Assembly President, has devoted many years as an inspirational champion for sustainable peace and development and ardently advancing the cause of the global movement for the culture of peace that has energized civil society all over the world.
As a career diplomat, Permanent Representative to United Nations, President of the UN Security Council, President of UNICEF Board, UN Under-Secretary-General, and recipient of the U Thant Peace Award, UNESCO Gandhi Gold Medal for Culture of Peace, Spirit of the UN Award and University of Massachusetts Boston Chancellor’s Medal for Global Leadership for Peace, Ambassador Chowdhury has a wealth of experience in the critical issues of our time – peace, sustainable development, and human rights.
Ambassador Chowdhury’s legacy and leadership in advancing the best interest of the global community are boldly imprinted in his pioneering initiatives at the United Nations General Assembly in 1999 for adoption of the landmark Declaration and Programme of Action on a Culture of Peace and in 1998 for the proclamation of the “International Decade for Culture of Peace and Nonviolence for the Children of the World (2001-2010)”.
He served as Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Bangladesh to the United Nations in New York from 1996 to 2001 and as the Under-Secretary-General and High Representative of the United Nations, responsible for the most vulnerable countries of the world from 2002 to 2007.
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“I was impressed by their work in developing Ashland as a City of Peace, thereby evolving and inspiring at the same time a practical and workable model that other cities and civil society entities can learn from. I along with GMCoP encourage and support this brilliant endeavor by ACPC. My co-activists at the United Nations who interacted with ACPC leaders have particularly welcomed it.”
Ambassador Anwarul K. Chowdhury,
Former Under-Secretary-General and High Representative of the United Nations,
Founder of the Global Movement for The Culture of Peace (GMCoP)
Ashland Global Peace Conference
“You Are The Flame”
Practical Applications of the Culture of Peace
September 21st, 2019 • Ashland Hills Hotel,
Ashland, Oregon
Whereas: On March 17, 2015, the Ashland Mayor and City Council proclaimed support for a Culture of Peace Community.
Whereas: On May 16, 2017, Ashland joined the International Cities of Peace and “…the City Council and Mayor, on behalf of the citizens of Ashland, do proclaim that the City of Ashland, Oregon, is a City of Peace in perpetuity and encourage city and community leaders to work with concerned citizens to develop policies and procedures that promote a culture of peace in our region.”
Whereas: The 20th anniversary of the adoption of the landmark UN “Culture of Peace” Resolution is being observed by the UN on 13 September 2019, at this year’s Eighth annual High-Level Forum on The Culture of Peace at the UN headquarters. On 13 September 1999, the United Nations General Assembly adopted, by consensus and without reservation, its resolution A/RES/53/243 on the Declaration and Programme of Action on a Culture of Peace.
Whereas: This historic norm-setting document is considered as one of the most significant legacies of the United Nations that would endure generations and manifests very significantly that the culture of peace is a process of individual, collective and institutional transformation. ‘Transformation’ is of the most essential relevance in its implementation.
Whereas: Bearing in mind the broader dimension and potential impact of the Culture of Peace, OPGA (President of the United Nations General Assembly) chose this year’s theme to be “The Culture of Peace: Empowering and Transforming Humanity.” Their concept notes states that: “In the light of the importance of the Culture of Peace and its potential for responding to the global challenges facing mankind, the 20th Observance should be central to the pivotal discussions and commitments expected at the General Assembly in September.”
Whereas: To manifest their own commitment to the culture of peace, various activities have been initiated by civil society organizations in different parts of the world. A unique mind-body spirit Culture of Peace event is planned separately as a contribution by Pathways to Peace to the 20th anniversary observance on Saturday, 14 September – titled On, By and For Youth in New York. The Ashland Culture of Peace Commission is co-planning this incredible day-long event that honors, positions, and empowers youth as peacebuilders. Students from Ashland OR will participate.
Whereas: The Ashland Culture of Peace Commission installed the World Peace Flame in Ashland, Oregon and on September 21, 2018 established the World Peace Flame Monument through an international acclaimed lighting ceremony. Students from the Ashland Middle School have embraced the opportunity to be the World Peace Flame, Flame Keepers.
Whereas: Ashland and Southern Oregon are becoming more known nationally and internationally as a hub embracing a Culture of Peace and developing a model which can benefit other communities. This activity will further raise this profile, brand our region, and attract visitors to experience, learn, and enjoy.
NOW, THEREFORE, the Ashland Culture of Peace Commission initiates:
Ashland Global Peace Conference
“You Are The Flame”
Practical Applications of the Culture of Peace
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Ashland is catching the attention of the global community.
Ambassador Anwarul K. Chowdhury, Former Under-Secretary-General and High Representative of the United Nations, and Founder of the Global Movement for the Culture of Peace, is coming to Ashland to learn first-hand how ACPC partners with the city, local nonprofits and others to help transform the city after the March 11, 2019 presentation at the United Nations. The Ashland Global Peace Conference will also allow residents to learn more about why Ashland is deserving of the global community’s attention by highlighting how our state and local leaders are working hard to create a culture of peace for their constituents.
How did this happen?
On March 11, 2019 Irene Kai and David Wick were invited to the United Nations to make a presentation about the progress we have made developing a Culture of Peace in Ashland. We also presented the stunning story about bringing the World Peace Flame from Wales to Ashland which now stands as an iconic monument of peace locally and internationally. We then were invited to a private meeting with Ambassador Anwarul K. Chowdhury, the Founder of the Global Movement for The Culture of Peace and Former Under-Secretary-General and High Representative of the United Nations. Ambassador Chowdhury was so deeply inspired by what he heard of these activities that he requested to come to Ashland to experience these leading peacebuilding activities himself. We therefore have planned the Ashland Global Peace Conference around his coming to Ashland where he will be our keynote speaker.
Taking active steps to co-create a Culture of Peace is vital within the United States as well as internationally. You are invited to attend and participate in the Ashland Global Peace Conference, September 21, 2019 in Ashland, Oregon. Ashland is the Home of the World Peace Flame and the conference theme is “You Are The Flame”, Practical Applications of the Culture of Peace. This is an exceptional experience of a city co-creating a Culture of Peace.
The program planned for this special conference highlights the global, national, state, city/community, personal/interpersonal levels of personal commitment and peacebuilding action each person represents.
This conference is one of a kind and will be promoted in southern Oregon, Oregon, nationally, and internationally. The conference will be live streamed internationally.
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“I would like to encourage you to seriously consider the invitation from the city of Ashland’s Culture of Peace Commission to attend their unique Global Peace Conference in Ashland, Oregon, on September 21. 2019.
The Peace Commission has brought the World Peace Flame from Wales to Ashland where it serves as inspiration to stand for peace in the world and do all we can at the local level to promote world peace. I visited the flame this April and was honored to meet members of the Peace Commission and learn about their valuable efforts.”
US Senator Jeff Merkley of Oregon
“I extend my whole-hearted encouragement to ACPC in its efforts in creating this local-to-global and global-to-local pathway for advancing the culture of peace.”
Ambassador Anwarul K. Chowdhury
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The full day program includes lunch.
Program
Welcome – John Stromberg, Mayor, City of Ashland
Introduction of the World Peace Flame in Ashland – Irene Kai, Ashland Culture of Peace Commission
Keynote Speaker – Ambassador Anwarul Chowdhury, Former Under-Secretary-General and High Representative of the United Nations. Founder of the Global Movement of the Culture of Peace
Dr. David Yang – Vice President, Center for applied Conflict Transformation. United States Institute of Peace
Flame Keeper of the World Peace Flame in Ashland – Finley Taylor, Flame Keeper from the Ashland Middle School
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Oregon State Panel –
Jeff Golden – Oregon State Senator
Pam Marsh – Oregon State Representative
Ashland City Panel –
Rich Rosenthal – Ashland City Councilor
Tighe O’Meara – Ashland Chief of Police
Sandra Slattery – Executive Director, Ashland Chamber of Commerce
Kelly Raymond – Superintendent, Ashland School District
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Creating infrastructures for Peace in all nations – Dr. Saul Arbess, Director, Canadian Peace Initiative and Co-Founder and Director, Global Alliance For Ministries and Infrastructure For Peace
Rogue Valley Community Panel –
Sheila Clough – CEO, Asante Ashland Community Hospital
Steven Saslow – CEO and Publisher, Rosebud Media
Linda Schott – President, Southern Oregon University
Dee Anne Everson – Executive Director, United Way of Jackson County
David Zaslow – Rabbi, Interfaith Community
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Be The Flame – Thriving Leadership Academy – Will Wilkinson and Chris Harding – A summary of the key points of the conference, followed by an invitation to participants to apply what they’ve learned, and specific action steps to integrate it all.
Light the World Peace Flame Candle and
Read the invocation inspired by the World Peace Flame
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Accommodations:
Ashland Hills Hotels and Suites at 2525 Ashland Street, Ashland, OR 97520
(Event name: Ashland Global Peace Conference)
Standard King rooms $149
Queen-Queen rooms $159
Premium King rooms $159
Standard King Suites $169
Double-Double Suites $169
To enjoy discounted guest room rates please contact our conference host hotel – Ashland Hills Hotel & Suites at 541-482-8310 and ask for the Ashland Global Peace Conference group rates.
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Find your adventure…
Surrounded by not only the culturally rich Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Ashland also features a variety of natural wonders, including Crater Lake National Park.
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Oregon Shakespeare Festival (OSF)
15 South Pioneer St, Ashland, OR 97520
(800) 219-8161
Monday – Friday, 9:30 am – 5:00 pm.
Performance times vary.
Group Sales (866) 545-6337 Monday – Friday, 9:30 am – 5:00 pm.
Oregon Cabaret Theatre
241 Hargadine St, Ashland, OR, 97520
(541) 488-2902
Monday – Wednesday, 11:00 am – 5:00 pm
Thursday – Saturday, 11:00 am – 6:00 pm, Closed Sunday
Between productions 11:00 am – 5:00 pm
Britt Music and Art Festival
PO Box 1124, Medford, OR 97501
(800) 882-7488
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ScienceWorks Hands-on Museum
1500 E Main St, Ashland, OR 97520
(541) 482-6767
Tuesday – Sunday, 10:00 am – 5:00 pm
Emigrant Lake Water Slide
5505 Highway 66, Ashland , OR 97520
(541) 774-8183
Monday – Friday, 8:00 am – 5:00 pm, closed 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
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Rafting
Mountain Biking
Cycling
Hiking
Fly Fishing
Golf
Crater Lake
Want to help make this Global Peace Conference possible? Want to provide people the opportunity to be inspired by this personal/local/global event? Want to illuminate the local community as well as communities and people around the world?
Sponsor today!
If you are interested in sponsoring any aspect of the Ashland Global Peace Conference, please contact David Wick at info@ashlandcpc.org, 541-552-1061
TransOhio and Clintonville Counseling and Wellness present the 2nd Annual Trans Career and Wellness Day at Columbus Public Health! Local employers and community and wellness partners will be onsite to offer employment, health, and other opportunities to the transgender and gender non-confirming community.
10AM – 3PM: Job Fair with dozens of local affirming and inclusive employers and resources from Community organizations
11AM – 4PM: Wellness Workshops
10AM – 4PM: Medical testing by Columbus Public Health
Please check back to hear about the employers and community partners attending this year, details about the wellness workshops, and info about raffle prizes! Please share!
TransOhio, Inc.
P.O. Box 14481
Columbus, Ohio 43214
Email: TransOhio@transohio.org
Facebook: TransOhio Fan page
Our Mission
TransOhio serves the Ohio transgender and ally communities by providing services, education, support, and advocacy, which promotes and improves the health, safety and life experience of the Ohio transgender individual and community.
Our Vision
- to serve as a bridge to other LGBTQ+ and ally communities
- to provide a focus for matters of concern to the Ohio transgender community and their allies by providing open, affirming, visible and tangible support
- to promote opportunities and networking that increase awareness of the Transgender and gender-nonconforming community’s needs and concerns such, as discrimination and violence
- to increase lesbian, gay, bisexual, heterosexual, and ally understanding and cultural awareness of the Ohio Transgender community
- to help ensure that Ohio educational programs and services are inclusive and supportive of Ohio Transgender issues, perspectives, and concerns
- to provide social activities that are inclusive of all LGBTQ+ and ally communities, access to safe-spaces, people, forums for confidential discussion, support, and local and national resource information
- to foster Ohio Transgender community pride
The Peace Fair of Bucks Quarterly Meeting of Friends
Dedicated to promoting harmony in the home,
the community,
the environment,
and the world
Saturday, September 21, 2019
at Buckingham Friends Meeting & Buckingham Friends School
The Peace Fair provides a comfortable family-friendly atmosphere in which adults and children can learn about how others promote peaceful relations in their organizations and their own lives. The Fair is nonsectarian and nonpartisan, and seeks to attract people of all beliefs from all walks of life.
- Dozens of information tables from organizations with peace-related messages and missions
- Non-competitive Fun for Children: human-powered Peace Train, Fish Pond, Beanbag Toss, face painting and more
- Family-friendly live musical entertainment, including EcoMan, Tookany Creek, and River Drivers
- Food including hamburgers, hot dogs, and veggie burgers
- Crafts by local artisans
- Gently used book sale
Contact Us:
For more information, please e-mail peacefair.org@gmail.com or call Peter Ray, Peace Fair coordinator, at 215-794-2708.
Peace Lanterns Festival 2019
September 21, 2019
2:00-8:30pm
Gantry Plaza State Park
Long Island City 11011
Our next peace event that Heiwa Peace & Reconciliation Foundation is co-sponsoring will be annual Peace Lanterns Festival on Saturday, September 21 (UN International Day of Peace!!!) from 2pm – 8:30pm. It will be held at Gantry Plaza State Park in LIC, NY (along with East River, across the River from the United Nations) – Center Blvd & 49th Ave., LIC.
Schedule of Peace Lanterns Festival:
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2:00 – 6:00pm Lantern Decorating, Origami, Face Painting, Henna Tattoos, Seedball Making, and African Dance.
2:30 – 5:30pm “Meditate NYC” – Public Meditation Day
Practice mindfulness and calming under the guidance of revered teachers from Buddhist and other traditions from across the globe.
3:00 – 6:00pm Public Paddling, organized by HarborLAB
6:15pm – 7:30pm Speakers and Interfaith Prayers for Peace
Music by Heiwa Peace Band
7:30 – 8:30pm Floating Peace Lanterns
108 lanterns with your words and images of peace and set them afloat with the setting sun.
Peace Lanterns Festival is co-sponsored by the HaborLAB, the Heiwa Peace Reconciliation Foundation of New York and the Buddhist Council of New York, in partnership with the Global Movement for the Culture of Peace, the Interfaith Center of New York, the Interfaith Center of USA, the Newtown Creek Group, the NY de Volunteers, the Origami Therapy Association, the Sikh Cultural Society, the TF Cornerstone, and the World Yoga Community.
A Celebration of Diversity and A Feast for Peace
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Sponsored by STOP: Scottsdale Together Overcoming Prejudice
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This is a community potluck to meet your neighbors.
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Saturday, September 21, 2019, from 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm, the International Day of Peace
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Held at: Mountainview Community Center Multipurpose Room, 8625 E. Mountainview Road, Scottsdale, AZ. Space is limited to 150 people so please sign up on Sign Up Genius at: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/20f0a4da4ab2fab9-acelebration
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Everyone is welcome. Bring a dish to share to celebrate your personal diversity. Beverages will be provided. Vegan, nut free and vegetarian options will be provided.
This event is in response to a recent hate crime in McDowell Mountain Ranch in North Scottsdale. Lisa Sprout, an oncologist who lives in McDowell Mountain Ranch, said “The community we live in talks about how tolerant we are…but in this gated community, we have hate crimes.” A photo was posted to a front door which appears to depict a scene from the civil rights movement, with white protesters holding a sign that says in all caps: “GO BACK TO AFRICA NEGROES.” In response, a grass roots community effort sprung up called STOP.
STOP is a group of concerned neighbors who believe positive change comes about through respect, understanding, education, awareness, engagement and strength in numbers. We seek to solidify Scottsdale as a safe and welcoming city for all.
Contact Lisa Sproat at sproatsaysno@gmail.com with questions.
Join your hosts Adam Avin founder of Wuf Shanti and the Kids Association for Mindfulness in Education and Helen Maffini, researcher, co-author of Developing Children’s Emotional Intelligence and creator of Thriving Kids and MindBe Education and host of the Preschool Mindfulness Summit and the Mindfulness in Education Summit
Join your hosts Adam Avin founder of Wuf Shanti and the Kids Association for Mindfulness in Education and Helen Maffini, researcher, co-author of Developing Children’s Emotional Intelligence and creator of Thriving Kids and MindBe Education and host of the 
Helen Maffini is the host of the 2018 Mindfulness in Education Summit, she is a doctoral researcher, author and educator. Helen is the creator of the MindBE preschool curriculum used in schools across Asia. She is co-author of the book Developing Children´s Emotional Intelligence and creator of the course Thriving Kids -A Path to Compassion, Caring and Confident Children!
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Welcome to the first international Mindful Kids Peace Summit. The idea for this summit came because Adam was concerned about the violence in the world, and he wanted to help kids learn to live in health and wellness, and peace and positivity, so that they can grow up to live healthier and happier lives.
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Mindfulness is such an important topic in today´s busy world. Giving teens the best opportunities to use their natural skills in mindfulness, to develop happiness, calm, focus and confidence is a gift we all hope to give.
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In order to actualize real, lasting reforms to our juvenile justice system
on a national level,
we need your help making a difference on the local and state level.
Governors, state legislators, county commissioners, district attorneys, and mayors all make decisions that shape communities, including what investments our tax dollars fund. Down-ballot candidates for these policy-making positions have the ability to shift resources away from youth incarceration and into community alternatives for our young people.
It’s critical that we build relationshipswith candidates throughout their campaignsto ensure that any person running for officeknows that youth justiceis a priority in your community.They need to hear from you and other voicesin the community who care about youth justicefrom now through Election Day and beyond.We’ve updated our Electoral Toolkit for 2019 to provide you with updated resources, including social media graphics, to mobilize your community to engage local candidates in an effort to end youth incarceration and direct resources to community alternatives. Those seeking political power in local and state elected positions must understand the issues facing youth involved in the juvenile justice system, talk about their positions publicly, and stand ready towork with young people and families if elected.Your participation helps educate candidates about youth incarceration and what is at stake, so that we can create local systems that promote safer communities and a more just system for our children. Candidates also need to know that we are an engaged community that will hold them accountable through our vote and our activism, even once they’re in office, through activities such as voter registration drives, community events, and forums.Please join our movement by downloading our toolkit to learn what you can do in your community and share this with all your friends and colleagues in your own network. You can also share this toolkit on your social media pages using the graphics here.We look forward to joining together with you in this fight.Thank you,The Youth First Team___________________________________________________________________ YOUR TOOLKITTAKE ACTION : LOOK AT THIS PDFYou can take action now to educate your lawmakers on why incarcerating youth doesn’t work! Follow these steps:
NKIP-Shifting-Resources-Backgrounder-Document-2P ___________________________________________________________________ Looking to make a difference? Take action now by joining a campaign in your community! Don’t see a campaign in your state? Consider starting your own campaign. CONNECTICUTIn 2015, Governor Malloy announced plans to close to close the Connecticut Juvenile Training School (CJTS). The Connecticut Juvenile Justice Alliance (CTJJA) is spearheading advocacy efforts to ensure that the state replaces CJTS with a comprehensive continuum of mostly community-based programs for youth and their families.  KANSASProgeny protects youths’ voice and advocates for Kansas youth touched by the juvenile justice system. Progeny strives to progress, develop and build the future expectations of the youth in our community. Progeny successfully advocated for the restoration of funding for alternatives to incarceration for youth.  MAINEMaine Youth Justice is a nonpartisan campaign to end youth incarceration in Maine and invest in a range of community-based alternatives that respond to young people’s needs, support families, and build community in support of community alternatives to youth incarceration.  NEW JERSEY150 Years is Enough seeks to transform New Jersey’s youth incarceration system into a community-based system of care by closing two of New Jersey’s three youth prisons, the New Jersey Training School for Boys (“Jamesburg”) and the Female Secure Care and Intake Facility (“Hayes.”)  VIRGINIARISE (Re-invest in Supportive Environments) for Youth is a nonpartisan campaign of youth, families, and community organizations that successfully advocated for re-investment of funding from the closure of youth prisons in Virginia into community-based programs and placements for youth. The campaign is urging the state to continue to expand effective community treatment rather than build new prisons.  |
Women’s Leadership in the Fight for Justice, Democracy & Labor
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Tuesday, September 24, 2019 at 3 PM – 5 PM
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25 W 43rd St Fl 19, New York, New York 10036
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Open Society Foundations, the Ford Foundation, the Freedom Fund, Fundación Avina, C&A Foundation, Humanity United and AFL-CIO, Solidarity Center, and Global Labor Justice invite you to join us for a discussion on Tuesday, September 24, 2019 from 3:00 pm – 5:00 pm entitled:
Building Power: Women’s Leadership in the Fight for Justice, Democracy, and Fair Work
Major trends and disruptions are altering the world around us. Threats to human rights and labor rights defenders, closing civic space, automation’s impact on the future of work, and the underlying conditions leading to the #MeToo movement are real challenges to ensuring a fair global economy that works for everyone. However, against these threats there are significant efforts underway to build power, set standards, and ultimately to ensure economic and social justice in communities across the world.
At the frontlines of this fight are incredible women who are paving the way for reforms in law, policy, and practice. These leaders understand that to truly course correct we need to build power and work in collaboration. This event will both celebrate their achievements and reflect on what’s worked—and what needs more support—in the fight for justice, democracy, and fair work for all.
Speakers:
- Sharan Burrow is the General Secretary of the International Trade Union Confederation and a former president of the Australian Council of Trade Unions. She is the first woman to become General Secretary of the ITUC since its foundation in 2006, and was the second woman to become president of the ACTU.
- Liz Shuler is an American labor activist and, since 2009, Secretary-Treasurer of the AFL-CIO. She is the first woman and the youngest person to hold the position of Secretary-Treasurer and is the highest-ranking woman in the labor federation’s history.
- Anannya Bhattacharjee is the International Coordinator of Asia Floor Wage Alliance, a global supply chain campaign for living wages and a violence-free workplace for garment workers in Asia who are mostly women and who produce most of the world’s clothing. She is one of the few women trade unionists in India and has helped build grassroots labor-related collaboration between North America, Europe and Asia for well over a decade.
- Maricarmen Molina is the General Secretary of the Confederación Sindical de Trabajadores y Trabajadoras de El Salvador – CSTS, one of the largest trade union confederations in El Salvador.
- Liduvina Magarin, an attorney and longtime public servant, is Executive Director of the Center for Worker and Migrant Integration / Centro de Integración para Migrantes, Trabajadores y Trabajadoras (CIMITRA) based in San Salvador, El Salvador. She is the former Vice Minister for Salvadorans Living Abroad for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of El Salvador, and has held posts in the Legislative Assembly and Legal Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs covering investment, immigration, health, and the environment.
- More speakers to be announced
The Open Society Foundations work to build vibrant and tolerant democracies whose governments are accountable to their citizens.
Community Guidelines: https://osf.to/commguidelines
The Open Society Foundations work to build vibrant and tolerant democracies whose governments are accountable to their citizens. To achieve this mission, the foundations seek to shape public policies that assure greater fairness in political, legal, and economic systems and safeguard fundamental rights. On a local level, the Open Society Foundations implement a range of initiatives to advance justice, education, public health, and independent media. At the same time, we build alliances across borders and continents on issues such as corruption and freedom of information. The foundations place a high priority on protecting and improving the lives of people in marginalized communities.
Investor and philanthropist George Soros established the Open Society Foundations, starting in 1984, to help countries make the transition from communism. Our activities have grown to encompass the United States and more than 100 countries in Europe, Asia, Africa, and Latin America. Each foundation relies on the expertise of boards composed of eminent citizens who determine individual agendas based on local priorities
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On September 25th we’re hosting a live event in Chicago! At AWE Partners we LOVE the idea of blending profit and purpose to change the world. So we have created an event for business women who want to learn how they can support women’s empowerment. The event is called How to Invest, Shop, Give to Empower Women and will feature a panel of extraordinary women whose lives are a testament to doing good. At the event you will learn about…
The struggles our sisters are facing
Who is implementing solutions to change lives
How you can support these solutions in the way you invest, shop, and give
There will be plenty of time for Q&A, networking with other amazing women, and yummy food & drink. The event will be held at Susan Crown Exchange (4 East Ohio) and the price is only $30 – but space is limited so register early. Here’s the EventBrite link…
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/
SEPTEMBER 25, 2019
How to Invest, Shop, Give to Empower Women
$15 – $30
Event Information
Are you passionate about creating impact with your actions? Do you want to learn how to empower other women through investing, shopping, and giving?
Join a diverse community of heart-centered, mission-driven, and socially conscious women for a night of networking and learning. Our panelists and fellow impact-oriented women will help us discover how we can best incorporate the principles of Conscious Capitalism into our life and business for more passion, purpose, and profit!
We are embracing a paradigm shift to a more feminine approach to solving our social challenges that says “yes” to a new way forward and “no” to what’s not working.
Our guest panelists are:
Invest – Peg Quinn is a financial advisor and Certified Financial Planner for Paradigm Wealth Management. She works with individuals and families to simplify and organize their financial matters by providing comprehensive financial planning and investment management services. Her studies include a BS and MBA concentrating in finance. In addition, her 35 years of experience within the investment industry provide her a unique perspective into impact investing’s evolution. She is a friend of Gilda’s Club Associates Board and a member of the National Association of Women Business Owners (NAWBO).
Shop – Daniela Ancira is a human rights lawyer, an Ashoka Fellow, and founder of La Cana, a social enterprise working with incarcerated women in Mexico and creating social reintegration programs in prison. Daniela has promoted public policies on issues regarding prison labor, and is currently working closely with legislators to create a framework that guarantees basic working and social standards to inmates to incentivize companies to formally employ convicts, in order to help reduce recidivism and delinquency rates in Mexico. She has worked as a Human Rights lawyer defending victims of torture and enforced disappearance at a national and international level, and has collaborated with several organizations in litigating human rights violation cases before the UN and the Inter-American Human Rights Commission. She is a member of the Technical Working Group of the United Nations Office for Drugs and Crime to create the United Nations Advanced Standards for the Mexican Penitentiary System; and in private practice has worked in prestigious firms in Civil and Commercial litigation, Corporate Law and Intellectual Property matters. Daniela is an Ashoka Fellow and was named Citizen of the Year in 2018.
Give – Izabel Olson is the Founder and CEO of Salt and Light Coalition here in Chicago, a non-profit organization which works with victims of human trafficking. She is dedicated to the empowerment of women, especially survivors of human trafficking, as they reframe their trauma experience and find success in the workplace. The unique combination of an academic background in cognitive science and a passion for holistic self-care gives her a unique ability to have a positive impact on women’s lives. Olson holds a Ph.D. in Learning Sciences from Northwestern University and is the founder and CEO of Salt & Light Coalition, a grassroots organization focused on job training and mind/body restoration for survivors of human trafficking in Chicago and beyond. In 2017, Olson was awarded the Illinois Secretary of State’s Latina Humanitarian Achievement Award.
Light appetizers and drinks will be served. The event starts at 5:30 and our panel will begin at 6. Hope to see you all there
WHY WOMEN
Women are the future
of Social Impact.
If you’re here, we’re willing to bet you believe this, too. Here’s some AWEsome news: no matter if you’re a solopreneur just starting out or a seasoned exec, you absolutely can make a social impact (and inspire others to do the same)!
AWE Partners is a social enterprise created for women who are eager to give, invest, and shop for maximum impact on the causes they care about most.
In business…in life…in every area of our world, women aren’t just rewriting the “rules”. They’re redefining them, shattering the status quo, and leading the way on social issues that demand our attention.
Are you determined to create social impact…
Are you a female entrepreneur or executive determined to create meaningful social impact… but not quite sure where to start?
If you…
- feel confused and overwhelmed by the giving process
- don’t know where to begin
- aren’t sure where to find the information you need
- want to save time and money
Welcome home! Prepare for a whole lot more passion, purpose, AND profit in your life and business!
7 in 10 Americans think companies have the obligation to take actions to improve issues that may not be directly relevant or related to their everyday business. They are expected to help solve social problems.
That’s according to a 2017 study by Cone Communications
Working with AWE Partners
- Discover Your Purpose
- Ignite Your Passion
- Grow Your Impact
- Make a Positive Difference in the World
- Create a Meaningful Legacy
We understand this desire.
We can help.
- Identify the social issues that matter most to you
- Define your unique goals
- Maximize your social impact
- Connect you with a supportive community of like-minded women
There has never been a better time to unleash your AWE-thentic Impact!
Learn more about our on-line course Impact from the Inside Out
Subscribe to our e-mail list and receive this FREE Guide, Give & Grow: Business with Purpose delivered directly to your inbox!
Transition Thrive Online Training
Thursday, September 26, 2019 – 11:00am – Thursday, November 21, 2019 – 12:30pm
All times Pacific. We are currently offering two registration options through this page: a $120 Standard Ticket to cover the basic costs of producing this course and a $180 Sponsor Ticket to help subsidize scholarships. If you would like to request a need-based scholarship or group discount, please contact don@transitionus.org
Transition Thrive can be thought of as the sequel to Transition Launch Training. While Launch focuses on the first few steps of the Transition process – understanding the global context, forming an initiating group, raising awareness, and cultivating partnerships with like-minded organizations – Thrive builds upon this foundation to provide answers to how to broaden, deepen, and scale up the impacts of local community resilience-building initiatives over time.
Over the course of eight weekly sessions, you will form mutually-supportive relationships with other participants, develop new abilities and knowledge, receive guidance for overcoming the specific challenges you are facing, and create a robust action plan to take your work to the next level.
Prior participation in a Transition Launch Training is recommended, but not required. This course is open to social change activists from all over the world, but is currently only available in English.
Sessions at a Glance
1. Maps for the Transition Journey (October 3): Identify your initiative’s current strengths and weaknesses using the Transition Healthcheck and explore how The Five Stages of Transition can provide an achievable path to thriving.
2. Cultivating the Collective Genius (October 10): In this session, we will look closely at our individual wholeness and unique collaboration styles while exploring ways of cultivating these so that the collective genius in our groups is more likely to emerge.
3. Running Successful, Practical Projects (October 17): This session will share design ideas for projects that bring tangible benefits to your community, engage and energize volunteers, and support working groups to be effective and rewarding.
4. Reaching Beyond the Choir (October 24): Learn how to create a tipping point of support for your initiative and cultivate strategic partnerships by telling your best stories, harvesting metrics, and designing value propositions.
5. Building Momentum and Capacity (October 31): In this session, we will cover running larger campaigns, forming diverse coalitions, taking a multi-faceted approach to fundraising, and establishing a healthy formal organization.
6. System-Changing Strategies (November 7): This session will explore the mindsets, practices, and structures that support community-wide and whole systems strategies, such as creating localized food systems or transforming local economies.
7. In It for Life (November 14): Here, we will discuss some of the unique challenges we encounter as long-term change-makers, and will suggest tools, mindsets, inner postures, and practices that help us stay inspired and prevent burnout.
8. Bringing It All Back Home (November 21): In this final session, we will circle back to the Transition Healthcheck to harvest key insights from this course, address major challenges, and create an action plan for your group to thrive!
How Does It Work?
Thrive Online consists of a series of eight pre-recorded presentations that will be made available for you to watch before engaging in weekly 90-minute live videoconferences exploring each of these topics in greater depth. We will also provide you with access to a private discussion forum that you can use to share resources and continue conversations in between sessions.
Please don’t worry if you don’t consider yourself to be tech-savvy. The platforms we use are designed to be easy to navigate, and we will provide personalized technical assistance throughout the course to ensure that your experience is as enjoyable as humanly possible.
While this online format enables you to participate in an international learning cohort from the comfort of your own home – at a lower cost and with a smaller carbon footprint than traditional face-to-face offerings – if you’d prefer to host a Thrive Training in your local community, please click here to learn more about how to do that.
Facilitation Team
Don Hall has had the good fortune to participate in the Transition Movement in a variety of capacities for more than a decade. Initially serving for two years as the Education and Outreach Coordinator for Transition Colorado, he went on to found and direct Transition Sarasota (Florida) from 2010 to 2016. Don was named Co-Director of Transition US in 2017. He holds a Master’s degree in Environmental Leadership from Naropa University.
Michelle Colussi has worked in community and economic development for over 20 years with a focus on community resilience and organizational capacity-building and planning. She was a co-founder of Transition Victoria (BC) and their flagship programs: Building Resilient Neighbourhoods and Resilient Streets. She has delivered Launch Training since 2009 and chaired the University of Toronto’s Transition Emerging Research Advisory Group.
Rebecca Blanco completed a Master’s and a Doctorate and has been a psychotherapist for 40 years. Her interest in eco-psychology sparked her conviction that personal transformation within an ecological-social context is crucial for a regenerative world. She’s participated in a mentorship with Dr. Andy Fisher and The Work That Reconnects Training. Rebecca is a workshop facilitator at Forest Center.
Sally Ludwig is a co-founding member of Transition Guelph, with particular interests in inner dimensions of personal and community resilience, ecological and climate justice, effective collaboration, and social applications of Permaculture. She is a trainer for Transition and facilitator of the Work that Reconnects, educator, mentor and consultant. Secretly, she throws seed bombs and does guerilla planting of fruit trees and raspberry bushes.
The time is now more than ever to be the change and stand up for peace and nonviolence. Our communities deserve to live their daily lives peacefully and together we can strive to make that happen. As partners of #Gandi150 and believers in the power of peace, we invite you to be part of the movement on October 2. More information here.
How to get involved on October 2:
1. Nonviolence Champion – Nominate a faculty member from your educational institution, as the champion for the event.
2. Nonviolence in Action – On October 2, host a screening of the documentary film, “From India with Love”, followed by an interactive discussion to promote peace.
3. Nonviolence in Classrooms – Lead an experiential learning module on nonviolence in the classroom and promote peace.
Join us on October 2 and share your activity with us at The Peace Alliance. Find our Facebook page here and/or tag us on Twitter at @PeaceAlliance. Use #Gandhi150 and #RethinkPeace to join the worldwide social media conversation on peace!
Thank you!
In peace and partnership!
Jelena Popovic, Teaching Peace in Schools Council Lead
and The Peace Alliance Board of Directors and Leadership Council
About The Peace Alliance
Mission:
The Peace Alliance empowers civic action toward a culture of peace.
Who We Are:
We are an alliance of organizers and advocates taking the work of peacebuilding from the margins of society into the center of national discourse and policy priorities.
We champion a comprehensive, collaborative approach to peace and peacebuilding.
WECAN Birth to Three Conference – 2019
Registration for this conference is being processed by WECAN (Waldorf Early Childhood Association of North America)
COST TO REGISTER:
WECAN Individual Member: $180
WECAN Institute Member: $190
Non-Member: $200
Housing Information:
If you have questions around housing or would like suggestions, please contact Katherine Scharff at katherine@sophiashearth.org.
Register By:
Our Presenters:
PUT YOUR OXYGEN MASK ON FIRST
Healing After Divorce Begins With The Parents
Your children will be better when you are better.
10 “Parenting Pick Me Up” tips to inspire you on those tough days.
Co-Parenting Course For: Moms
Mondays 6:30pm to 8pm October 7, 14, 21, 28, 2019
Co-Parenting Course For: Dads
Tuesdays 6:30pm to 8pm October 8, 15, 22, 29, 2019
You Matter! Self-love is not selfish. It’s necessary.
Give yourself permission to focus on your mental, emotional, spiritual and physical health with kindness and compassion. You deserve to feel good!
I’m inviting you to take a bold step and join me in this safe, supportive and nonjudgmental place I’ve created for you. We meet live online in small groups for your convenience so each parent receives personal attention.
Do this for you, because your NEW LIFE is calling!
Welcome!
I’m ShaRon Rea and I’m thrilled you’re here!
After years of helping hundreds of parents regain their confidence after a breakup or divorce, my clients tell me how glad they were to work with me. They just couldn’t read another co-parenting self-help book!
Let me be your personal guide. Discover how you too can experience more success managing the day to day challenges of co-parenting. Learn how to anticipate problems before they escalate and stop making decisions from desperation. The Co-Parenting Course increases your parenting skills and inspires you to try new things to build a high-quality future for you and your children.
Who Is The Co-Parenting Course For?
This course is for divorced, separated and single parents. You can take control for yourself and the kids, even if the other parent is not willing. This course is also for grandparents, foster parents and any adult caring for children of divorce.
In the United States and abroad, courts mandate divorcing parents take a class. The court ordered classes give parents a foundation, but in the months and years after the court classes have ended, parents still struggle to find peace. Conflicting opinions about what’s best for the kids, and so many other arguments, stop effective co-parenting from becoming a reality for many families.
In The Co-Parenting Course, I deliver the next level of support to parents so they can deal more successfully with conflict, have patience with the ups and downs of their children’s behavior and turn their focus to solutions instead of staying stuck in the problems.
LOOK INTO THE FUTURE and IMAGINE
In just four weeks, after completing The Co-Parenting Course, your life will be filled with
HEALTH
HARMONY
HAPPINESS
COURSE DETAILS
This 4-week course repeats each month
on the first Monday for moms and the first Tuesday for dads.
October 2019 classes are open and enrolling now.
Each group meets LIVE online
through www.zoom.com
once a week,
for 90 minutes per class,
for a total of four classes.
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Coach ShaRon Rea
will teach each group with:
information-rich slides,
open discussions
and manages each class,
leaving lots of time for Q&A.
WEEK 1
What Do You Know?
Discover important statistics parents need to know about children and divorce, explore The ACE Study (Adverse Childhood Experiences), and learn to take care of yourself so you can better help the kids.
WEEK 2
Show Off Your Parenting Style and Kid “Know-How.”
Discussions about why your “parenting style” is important, the ages and stages of your child’s development and critical secrets kids are afraid to tell their parents.
WEEK 3
He Said. She Said.
Men and women use different words to talk about what’s important to them.
Learn to hear the other parent in ways that make conversations more effective.
WEEK 4
Getting to the Win-Win
Learn strategies to move from being stuck to discovering solutions and develop problem-solving methods with more chances of success!
WHEN YOU INVEST IN PEACE OF MIND AND GREATER CO-PARENTING CONFIDENCE
YOU GET SOME BONUSES!
Because you’re worth it and it’s fun to give!☺
Pay $299 in full
Get 2 Bonus private sessions with Coach ShaRon Rea
Make two payments of $149
Get 1 Bonus private session with Coach ShaRon Rea
Meet Coach ShaRon Rea
Trained Professional Educator
- Certified Family Communication and Relationships Coach
- Arizona State Attorney General trained Mediator
- Certified Fatherhood Practitioner and Healthy Relationship Educator
- Certified Social Emotional Learning Educator
- Certified ACE (Adverse Childhood Experiences) Trainer
Real-Life Experience
Married for 21 years, I raised two children and divorced in 2008. I lived through the anger, fear, and grief until finding the way to a successful co-parenting relationship with my children’s father. What I teach is what has helped me, and my clients. My passion is to see all families live in the greatest amount of love and compassion. I’m really excited to meet you and help you find your personal co-parenting success!
Testimonials
“ShaRon is compassionate and really cares about all members of the family. What I like the most is that when it fits, she shares her own experiences with us. She truly wants us to understand what’s working and what we can change. My daughter adores going to see ShaRon!”
“Thank you for working with me ShaRon. I appreciate how you are able to shed perspective on my life and help me see my worth. I appreciate you very much and don’t know what I would do without you guiding me through this very difficult time in my life.”
“I have worked with ShaRon for over a year. She has been an invaluable support and resource. She listens in non-judgmental ways and has never-ending knowledge on how to work through co-parenting conflicts. She has helped me find peace, clarity, and a loving approach to challenges in times when the children and I needed it most.”
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ShaRon Rea
Champion for Outstanding Family Relationships
www.thewholefamilycoaching.com
Founder of the Global Movement No Judgment. Just Love.®
www.nojudgmentjustlove.com
Founding Corporate Member of World Kindness USA
www.worldkindnessusa.org
Peace in your family and in the world.
Both are possible! Let's talk...480.420.9551
Youth Champions for Peace:
Securing our Common Future with the United Nations onboard the Peace Boat
INDIGENOUS PEOPLE’S DAY |
Governor’s Mansion, One Mansion Drive, Santa Fe, NM |
Located in the ancestral Tewa homelands of Northern New Mexico, Tewa Women United is a multicultural and multiracial organization founded and led by Native women. The name “Tewa Women United” comes from the Tewa words wi don gi mu which can be translated as “we are one” in mind, heart, and in the spirit of love for all.
Learn more about our vision, mission, and history here.
Please Visit the Contact Us page for a list of program/staff emails addresses.
Come Celebrate Our 30th Anniversary With Us!
Please join us for this special evening
to celebrate Tewa Women United’s Past, Present, and Future
This event, on Indigenous People’s Day, celebrates 30 years of being in beloved community and showcases how Tewa Women United has created spaces for Indigenous women to uncover their power, strength, and skills.
Wo’watsi will feature…
- Pueblo Dances
- Blessings from the TWU Sayain/Grandmothers’ Circle
- Words from executive director Dr. Corrine Sanchez
- Indigenous-inspired appetizers from Chef Ray Naranjo
- Offerings of Poetry & Art
- And more….
All ticket proceeds will benefit the work of Tewa Women United.
This will be an evening to remember…we look forward to sharing it with you!
• NOTE: Tickets are limited and available until October 7 or until sold out
• To receive email updates about this event, sign up here
Contact Us
Tewa Women United
Phone: (505) 747-3259 | Fax: (505) 747-4067
Mailing Address:
Tewa Women United
PO B0x 397
Santa Cruz, NM 87567
Office: 912 Fairview Lane, Española, NM 87532
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About Us
About Tewa Women United
Located in the ancestral Tewa homelands of Northern New Mexico, Tewa Women United is a multicultural and multiracial organization founded and led by Native women.
The name “Tewa Women United” comes from the Tewa words wi don gi mu which can be translated as “we are one” in mind, heart and in the spirit of love for all.
Our Beginnings
Tewa Women United (TWU) started in 1989 as a support group for women from the Pueblos of the northern Rio Grande concerned with the traumatic effects of colonization, religious inquisition, and militarization leading to issues such as alcoholism, suicide, domestic/sexual violence and environmental violence. In the safe space we created, we transformed and empowered one another through critical analysis and by embracing and reaffirming our cultural identity.
In 2001 we transitioned from an informal, all volunteer group to a 501(c)3 non-profit organization.
Tewa Women United was incorporated for educational, social and benevolent purposes, specifically for the ending of all forms of violence against Native Women and girls, Mother Earth and to promote peace in New Mexico.
Our Vision
TWU believes in strengthening and re-strengthening beloved families and communities to end violence against women, girls, and Mother Earth.
Our Mission
The mission of TWU is to provide courageous spaces for Indigenous women to uncover the power, strength, and skills they possess to become positive forces for transformative change in their families and communities.
Our Values
A’Gin – respect for self and others
Wina ta yay – Together we live these values
Seegi ma vay i – Loving, caring for each other
Kwee-wa seng-wa vi tuu – female/ male energy – ancestral knowingness
Nung Ochuu Quiyo – Our Mother, Mother Earth, multi-versity
Bin mah pah di – Letting go
Wowatsi – Our breath, our prayer, commitment to live life with purpose and good intentions
Join us to march against violence in America!
We will meet in front of Cobo Hall (1 Washington Blvd. Detroit, MI 48226) at 11 AM on Saturday, October 19, 2019, and we will walk together towards the Spirit of Detroit Plaza to rally alongside politicians and leaders who want to make a change.
This march will be a symbol to reflect on the nonviolence movement conducted by Mahatma Gandhi and Martin Luther King Jr. to protest for peace and freedom. Violence has been the curse of America, and the MLK-Gandhi March for Nonviolence intends to bring the lessons taught to us by Gandhi and Martin Luther King Jr. into the 21st century.
For more information, please contact Dr. Anil Kumar at (248)266-2734 or email us at chips4mi@gmail.com |
Upcoming Events
November 13, 6:30-9:00 pm/Impact Hub Oakland
Meet this year’s honorees Taina Vargas-Edmond and David Cowan:
Taina Vargas-Edmond is the Founder & Executive Director of Initiate Justice, a grassroots organization created to build the political power of people directly impacted by mass incarceration. Under her leadership, Initiate Justice has recruited almost 17,000 members in prison, and fought for important policy wins such as passing and implementing Prop 57, eliminating the Felony Murder Rule (SB 1437), and advocating to restore voting rights to all people in prison and on parole in California.
Taina has a Master of Arts Degree in Diplomacy and International Relations from Seton Hall University, and a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Political Science from California State University, Northridge.
David Cowan is the Director of a new organization, Bonafide, which connects with prison programs and organizes volunteers to meet newly released people at the gate with a “welcome back pack” of basic necessities. They then organize structured outings including critical learning goals and bonding activities to build learning and community among its newly released members. David is also the operations manager for the Prison University Project.
David has an Associate of Arts degree from Patten University and a Bachelor of Arts degree from San Francisco State University in Criminal Justice.
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At this year’s event, we will enjoy food from CALA restaurant which hires formerly incarcerated employees for front and back of house positions (and was named the best Mexican restaurant in the U.S. by SF Chronicle food critic Michael Bauer).
About this Event
????Festival of the Child is a completely FREE event and takes place ONLINE, from Nov 14th-20th, featuring experts and change-makers working tirelessly for the good of children everywhere.
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Get your FREE eventbrite ticket then head on over to our website www.festivalofthechild.com to REGISTER.
It’s the only way to access the videos – as all links will be sent out by email.
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Join us: RootSkills Workshop
November 15th // WaterFire Arts Center // Providence, RI
For full event details, visit the event website – linked here. Including: agenda, workshop offerings, speakers, cost of registration, scholarships & stipends, carpooling & travel.
View event website View workshops & agenda Register to attend Apply for a scholarship
The Grassroots Fund’s RootSkills workshops are day-long gatherings where grassroots organizers, colleagues and supporters convene to network, share stories and dig into both issue- and process-based skills-building sessions. We work with a planning committee ahead of each event to ensure a broad range of lived experiences and perspectives weigh in as we set agendas, select workshop topics and invite speakers.
The Grassroots Fund is committed to participatory, democratic decision making processes across our grantmaking and skillsbuilding programs. We work to bring together a broad range of lived experiences as we plan and design the RootSkills Training Series. We invite community organizers, students, non profit colleagues, funder partners and sustainable business people to apply to be on the planning committee for each of our RootSkills in-person trainings.
Contact program manager Tess Beem with questions about this event: tess@grassrootsfund.org or 603-905-9915×2.
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In an effort to make the RootSkills Conference as accessible as possible, registration is on a self-identified, sliding scale from $35 – $150.
Peace, People and Ecology with Rina Kedem
Teleseminar is 12 PST/3EST on Sunday, December 15th.
Join O.N.E. and Rina Kedem, environmental peace-builder, as we dialogue about peace, ecology, and communities. Rina believes in peace between people and the land, and is part of an international network of projects and communities that are involved in this work.
Rina Kedem has developed and directed cooperative projects with Palestinians, Israelis, and Jordanians for the past 16 years. Her work is guided by a holistic perspective that includes social-economic and environmental well-being of communities, as well as hands-on, long term peace-building opportunities that impact policy. She helped found a multi-cultural center for peace and ecology at the Almog- Jericho junction, an area accessible to Israelis and Palestinians, and was part of a volunteer team that has built a network of ecological villages in Israel (GEN- Israel).
Rina is currently working on her Ph.D. in Community Development and Environmental Conservation Across Borders in the Department of Geography at Hebrew University and resides with her family in the Israeli desert. She is part of the University of San Diego’s 2019 Women PeaceMakers program. and lives with her family in the desert of Israel.
How to Call into the Teleseminar
The call in number for all seminars is 1-805-309-2350 and access code: 5771624#. You can also access the the teleseminar through your computer here using the same access code (5771624). Click here to find the correct teleseminar time for your local time zone.
Start: Monday, January 13, 2020• 5:30 PM
End: Monday, January 13, 2020• 8:30 PM
Location:Cherokee United Methodist Church•2105 Cosgrove Ave, North Charleston, SC 29405
Host Contact Info: southcarolina@poorpeoplescampaign.org
Join the Poor People’s Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival in South Carolina for the eighth stop of the We Must Do M.O.R.E. national tour as we Mobilize, Organize, Register and Educate.
Click here if you’d like to volunteer and help make this tour a success!
The tour in South Carolina will culminate with a Moral Monday March and Mass Meeting on Monday, January 13th in Charleston, SC. This will follow a weekend of activities a community canvas to register people for a movement that votes and a community site visit.
Monday, January 13th | Charleston, SC
South Carolina Moral Monday March & Mass Meeting
5:30 PM – Gather for the march
6:30 PM – Mass Meeting begins
Cherokee United Methodist Church, 2105 Cosgrove Ave, North Charleston, SC 29405
**No large bags or umbrellas will be allowed in the mass meetings and small bags are subject to being searched.
At the Moral Monday, we will hear from South Carolinians directly impacted by systemic racism, poverty, ecological devastation, militarism and the war economy, and the corrupt moral narrative. We will also hear from Rev. Barber and Rev. Theoharis, Co-Chairs of the Poor People’s Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival.
The Poor People’s Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival is organizing a 25-state We Must Do MORE national tour from September 2019 to May 2020. This tour will lead into the Mass Poor People’s Assembly & Moral March on Washington, where thousands of poor people and moral agents will gather at the nation’s capitol on June 20, 2020 to demonstrate their power.
We will demand the implementation of our Moral Agenda and call all people of conscience to engage in deeply moral civic engagement and voting that cares about poor and low-wealth people, the sick, immigrants, workers, the environment, people with disabilities, first nations, the LGBTQ community, and peace over war.
THOUSANDS OF LGBTQ ACTIVISTS TO CONVENE IN DALLAS, TX JANUARY 2020 FOR 32ND ANNUAL CREATING CHANGE CONFERENCE, WITH THEME OF LOVE, LEARNING & LIBERATION!
REVEREND ANGEL KYODO WILLIAMS TO KEYNOTE
– Thousands of LGBTQ advocates, activists, leaders, and allies will gather in Dallas, TX for the 32nd Creating Change Conference from Wednesday, January 15 through Sunday, January 19, 2020 at the Sheraton Dallas.
The Creating Change Conference, run by the National LGBTQ Task Force, is the foremost political, leadership, and skills-building conference for the LGBTQ social justice movement. Since 1988, Creating Change has created opportunities for tens of thousands of committed people to develop and hone their activist skills, build community, and inspire. This year, in addition to the political focus of the work, the Conference will be focusing on the 2020 Census and building capacity to ensure everyone is counted.
The primary goal of the Creating Change Conference is to build the LGBTQ movement’s political power from the ground up to secure our overarching goal of full freedom, justice, and equality for LGBTQ people and their families in the United States.
This will be the second Creating Change Conference managed by Andy Garcia, who is bringing some new changes to the longtime activist gathering as attendance grows and diversifies. Garcia said, “It is clear that 2020 will be a critical year for all of us, including LGBTQ communities. We face a historic election year, some of the most significant Supreme Court cases in our lifetime, on-going attacks from the current administration, and an epidemic of violence, among other challenges. Creating Change is where LGBTQ advocates, activists, leaders, and allies come together to learn and connect with each other, with a focus on creating a welcoming space for queer and trans people of color. We need that now more than ever.”
The keynote speaker for Creating Change 2020 will be Reverend angel Kyodo williams, who will kick off this year’s conference at the opening plenary on Thursday, January 16, 2020 at 7 PM. With the alarming murders of trans women of color across the country, the Creating Change Conference community will also be rallying to spotlight and build capacity to address this epidemic as well as featuring the resilience, determination, and leadership of the trans community.
PLENARIES
Opening Plenary Session: Love, Learning, and Liberation
From the Census to the election, 2020 is going to be historic. We have a lot of work ahead of us against a backdrop of an epidemic of trans women of color being murdered and a rollback of hard-fought gains by the current administration. This plenary aims to set a new tone for the conference and for our movement: one of love, learning, and liberation. As we create change together, how can we be mindful to center our hearts and our minds?
Opening Keynote Speaker: Rev. angel Kyodo williams: Love and Justice are One
Called “the most intriguing African-American Buddhist” by Library Journal, angel Kyodo williams is an author, activist, master trainer, and founder of Transformative Change. Her newest work, Radical Dharma: Talking Race, Love & Liberation, is igniting communities to have the long overdue conversations necessary to become more awake and aware of what hinders liberation of self and society. angel notes, “Love and Justice are not two. Without inner change, there can be no outer change. Without collective change, no change matters.” She was made for these times.
Plenary Session: The Annual State of the Movement Address
Following our Creating Change 2020 theme, “Love, Learning, and Liberation,” Task Force executive director, Rea Carey, and deputy executive director, Kierra Johnson will host the annual State of the Movement plenary. Even as LGBTQ people and their families are under attack by the current administration, we know our community is strong, resilient, creative, and determined. This year, with special guests, we will focus on the issues facing trans women of color, the work being done to address anti-trans violence and systemic discrimination, and moving us forward in our work for freedom, justice, and liberation. Come be inspired to fight on, and defeat those who intend to make our lives invisible!
Closing Plenary Session: Queering Immigration: Owning Our Power, Building the Defense Line
Immigration will once again be a top issue this election year. This panel will focus on how we can collectively build power by centering the needs and experiences of those most impacted: queer and trans people of color. Our expert panelists will talk about deportation defense, rapid response at the neighborhood, city, and state level, the criminalization of Black and Brown bodies, legislative victories, and so much more. Our call to action will be the work that still needs to get done: closing the camps, stopping the arrests and deportations, and imagining a world without borders.
The immigration-focused panel will be made up of Sharita Gruberg (She/Her/Hers), policy director for the LGBT Research and Communications Project at the Center for American Progress; Oluchi Omeoga (They/Them/Theirs), a co-creator and Core Team member of Black Visions Collective, a black-led local organization working in Minnesota; Monserrat Padilla (She/Her/Hers) the Coordinator for the Washington Immigrant Solidarity Network; Nancy Haque (She/Her/Hers), executive director of Basic Rights Oregon, an LGBTQ political advocacy organization with a focus on transgender justice and racial justice; and Dani Marrero Hi of the Texas Civil Rights Project.
New for this year, the traditional closing plenary brunch will be replaced by a dynamic indoor street fair on Sunday, January 19th with an 11:30 am – 1:00 pm “Send Off Celebration!” including accessible HIV testing and mammogram screening.
DAY-LONG INSTITUTES
This year’s Racial Justice Institute encompasses queerness and racial diversity within an expression and experience that centers on resisting with all our brilliance, our joy, and our truth. Keynote speaker and Queer Black Feminist Love Evangelist Alexis Pauline Gumbs will offer a loving reflection and an accessible practice designed to impact how to work together through and across difference and depth. In addition, our second keynote Timothy DuWhite is a Black, queer, poz-writer/artist based out of Brooklyn, NY. A majority of his work circles around the intersections of state & body, state & love, and state & mind. Following our keynotes is a series of afternoon breakout sessions on topics that range in topics from Talking to Kids about Race, Respectfully United – Allyship Without Tokenization, Beyond D&I: Organizing for Racial Equity, The Metamorphosis of White Men: Ending our Legacy and Creating a New Story.
Also this year, the Conference team is excited to add six new Day Long Institutes, bringing the total number of these intensive eight hour sessions to 23. New topics like Disability Justice and Leading in Complex Situations will be held alongside returning favorites like the Trans Institute, Latinx Institute, and LGBTQ+ Campus Resource Professionals Institute.
For more information about the day long institutes see here: https://www.creatingchange.org/day-long-institutes-2/
WORKSHOPS AND CAUCUSES
The conference features over 250 workshop and caucus sessions. Workshops range from 90 minutes to three hours, addressing the vast scope of issues relevant to LGBTQ activism and organizing. There are nearly a dozen sessions on campus organizing, several intergenerational dialogues, many workshops focused on healing and well-being, art and theater activism, racial and economic justice, trans issues, and a robust track for political advocacy. Caucuses cover a broad range of identities and interests, including caucuses for deaf queer people, lesbians, Queer Middle Eastern and North African (MENA) people, LGBTQ people in STEM, LGBTQ Jews, and parents.
AWARDS
SAGE Award for Excellence in Leadership on Aging Issues: Carmen Vasquez
Carmen Vasquez was born in Puerto Rico and grew up in Harlem, New York. Among her many accomplishments, Vasquez was the Founding Director of the Women’s Building in San Francisco, helped found the Lavender Youth Recreation and Information Center in San Francisco, and the LGBT Health & Human Services Network. She was a founder and principal author of Causes in Common (a national coalition of Reproductive Justice and LGBT Liberation activists). Her essays have been published in several anthologies and she has made scores of keynote presentations at conferences and college campuses across the United States. Vasquez is the Co-Chair of the Woodhull Freedom Foundation Board of Directors and the former Director of LGBT Health and Human Services.
Haas, Jr. Award for Outstanding LGBTQ Leadership for Immigrant Rights: Stephanie Cho
Stephanie Cho is the Executive Director for Asian Americans Advancing Justice – Atlanta. She brings 20 years of experience in labor and community organizing, strategy planning, and fundraising at the local and national level. Under her leadership over the last three years, AAAJ-Atlanta has worked to protect DACA and end local law enforcement cooperation with ICE. Originally born in South Korea, Cho grew up in Oregon. In 2015, she co-authored “Beyond the Binary: A Tool Kit for Gender Identity Activism in Schools.” Last year, she was a Grand Marshal for Atlanta Pride.
The Leather Leadership Award: Judy Tallwing McCarthy
Judy Tallwing McCarthy has been involved in the leather/BDSM world since 1969; and, in 1987, became first International Ms. Leather. That same year, she was the leather community’s keynote speaker at the 1987 March on Washington. She has also served as Co-Chair of the National Leather Association from 1988-1992. She is widely credited for helping change the focus of leather to community activism. Judy Tallwing McCarthy continues to judge, teach, and speak at various leather events and has been honored with numerous awards from the leather community. Of Apache, Tewa, and African descent, Judy Tallwing McCarthy has raised raising six biological children (with 25 grandchildren and 13 great-grandchildren) and nurtured and protected numerous “leatherkids.” Judy Tallwing McCarthy will be the first woman of color to receive the Leather Leadership Award.
The Susan J. Hyde Award for Longevity in the Movement, sponsored by Wild Geese Foundation: Monica Roberts
Monica Roberts is the founding editor of the award winning TransGriot blog, and a longtime award-winning human rights advocate. She has been advocating for the human rights of transgender people for over 20 years, with a focus on the issues affecting Black trans people. Her writing has appeared at Ebony.com, the Advocate, Black Girl Dangerous, and in the ‘Unapologetically Trans’ monthly column in Houston’s OutSmart magazine. Some of the honors that Roberts has received are the 2018 GLAAD Media Award, the Robert Coles Call of Service Award from Harvard University’s Phillips Brooks House Assn, the Virginia Prince Transgender Pioneer Award, the Barbara Jordan Breaking Barriers Award from the Harris County Democratic Party, the IFGE Trinity Award, and being named to the 2019 OUT100.
ACCESSIBILITY
The Creating Change Conference is committed to radical accessibility. Everyone benefits when everyone participates fully and equitably in every aspect of the conference. When you register online for Creating Change, you can request:
- ASL interpretation
- Spanish translation
- Programs in large print
- Electric scooters and wheelchairs
- Assisted Listening Devices
- Magnifiers, readers, and step stools
There will be a staffed Accessibility Table set up near registration, where attendees can ask questions, meet up with an interpreter, and pick up the items listed above.
There will also be an ASL “Hub” where our team of ASL interpreters meet and plan their day. Last year we had over 40 ASL interpreters.
There will also be a People with Disabilities Hospitality Suite where those who need and want to have an opportunity to regroup and relax.
PRESS CREDENTIALS
Press are invited to the conference, and press credentials are given out as space provides. To request credentials email Sarah Massey and Cathy Renna below. Confirmation of credentials will be considered on a rolling basis and as space allows.
MISSION STATEMENT
The National LGBTQ Task Force advances full freedom, justice and equality for LGBTQ people. We are building a future where everyone can be free to be their entire selves in every aspect of their lives. Today, despite all the progress we’ve made to end discrimination, millions of LGBTQ people face barriers in every aspect of their lives: in housing, employment, healthcare, retirement, and basic human rights. These barriers must go. That’s why the Task Force is training and mobilizing millions of activists across our nation to deliver a world where you can be you. For more general information go to https://www.thetaskforce.org
Contact: Sarah Massey, Communications Director, National LGBTQ Task Force, 202-639-6308, smassey@thetaskforce.org
Cathy Renna, TargetCue, 917-767-5123, cathy@targetcue.com
Des Moines Iowa Mass Meeting | We Must Do MORE National Tour
Start: Wednesday, January 15, 2020• 7:00 PM • Central Time (US & Canada) (GMT-06:00)
End: Wednesday, January 15, 2020• 9:00 PM • Central Time (US & Canada) (GMT-06:00)
Host Contact Info: iowa@poorpeoplescampaign.org
If you are interested in helping make the Iowa We Must Do MORE tour a success, visit: CLICK HERE to Volunteer
Need a ride or have extra seats to offer in yours? Please sign up here on our MORE Tour Mass Meeting Carpool system.
**No large bags or umbrellas will be allowed in the mass meetings and small bags are subject to being searched.
The Poor People’s Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival is organizing a 25-state We Must Do MORE national tour from September 2019 to May 2020. This tour will lead into the Mass Poor People’s Assembly & Moral March on Washington, where thousands of poor people and moral agents will gather at the nation’s capitol on June 20, 2020 to demonstrate their power.
We will demand the implementation of our Moral Agenda and call all people of conscience to engage in deeply moral civic engagement and voting that cares about poor and low-wealth people, the sick, immigrants, workers, the environment, people with disabilities, first nations, the LGBTQIA+ community, and peace over war.
Iowa is the eighth stop on this tour.
Continuing Dr Martin Luther King Jr’s spirit and many legacies…
“Opening Space for Peace and High Performance”
https://osius.org/peace-high-performance-2020
January 17-19, 2020
International House
500 Riverside Dr
New York, NY 10027
Dynamic global leaders have gathered at International House since 1924 to learn and address urgent issues of the day. This annual gathering of Open Space networkers, overlooking the glorious Hudson River, reminds us of our past – geologically and historically.
Decades of resonance from diverse groups and intentions infuse these environs, a living example of how people can live, learn, and connect with each other, regardless of politics, media spin, and other learned ideologies.
Who are we today? The teachings of Dr. King and the work of Open Space around the world align around similar values, principles and mission. https://osius.org/
The gathering’s inspiration and purpose are influenced by Harrison Owen’s book “The Practice of Peace”. Some of his words:
- Peace is not the absence of chaos, confusion, and conflict.
- …conflict in all its forms is an essential, albeit painful, element of life, and life without conflict is only a lobotomized shadow of its former self.
- Peace then is a process, not a thing; a journey and not a destination.
- True power lies with the incredible capacity of self-organizing systems to create Peace for themselves and with their environments.
- Order appears in chaos. Nobody did it. Not a committee or executive in sight, but things definitely get organized at a new and higher level of complexity.
Practice of Peace
opens space for peace to emerge in each of us and for all our collectives
To exponentially ignite and inspire yourself and others to all that we imagine possible,
please join us.
https://osius.org/peace-high-performance-2020
It’s not the waking, it’s the rising!
We must do M.O.R.E!
Manifesting the DREAM of MLK Jr.!
Sneak Peek Showing of “We Cried Power: A documentary of the PPC”
Dayton: January 19th at 12:00PM
College Hill Community Church
1547 Philadelphia Drive
Dayton, Ohio 45406
Looking forward to hearing your voices and making a change with you to mobilize,organize, register and educate Ohioans around poverty, racism,ecological devastation and the war economy!
Check out the newly designed website! Poor People’s Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival
Here is a link to a video that describes the tour during the 2nd stop in North Carolina.
PPC in NC, We Must Do M.O.R.E!
For those of you wanting to join us in DC for the Mass Poor People’s Assembly and Moral March on Washington, June 20, 2020, please visit the site below and book your ride! The PPC Rally will also make stops along the way to fill the bus, so if you don’t see your city listed let us know and we can find a way to connect you. We will also need to do a tremendous amount of fundraising to send those that are impacted.
Here is the link to book your ride to DC, Click HERE
Register for the March on Washington Click HERE
Here is the donation link for those who would like to support those going to DC.
https://actionnetwork.org/
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EXCITING NEWS FOR APRIL: The National Mobilizing, Organizing, Registering and Educating (M.O.R.E.) Tour, will be coming to Dayton, Ohio, with Campaign co-chairs Rev. Theoharis, and Rev. Barber on April 23, 2020—details will be coming in a few weeks!
It’s not the waking, it’s the rising!
We must do M.O.R.E!
Manifesting the DREAM of MLK Jr.!
Cincinnati: January 20th
A special collaboration with Public Allies from 12:00 to 3:00 p.m.
Sneak Peek of “We Cried Power”, followed by an economic and panel discussion.
Cincinnati Public Library in the Tower Room
800 Vine St, Cincinnati, OH 45202
Looking forward to hearing your voices and making a change with you to mobilize,organize, register and educate Ohioans around poverty, racism,ecological devastation and the war economy!
Check out the newly designed website! Poor People’s Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival
Here is a link to a video that describes the tour during the 2nd stop in North Carolina.
PPC in NC, We Must Do M.O.R.E!
For those of you wanting to join us in DC for the Mass Poor People’s Assembly and Moral March on Washington, June 20, 2020, please visit the site below and book your ride! The PPC Rally will also make stops along the way to fill the bus, so if you don’t see your city listed let us know and we can find a way to connect you. We will also need to do a tremendous amount of fundraising to send those that are impacted.
Here is the link to book your ride to DC, Click HERE
Register for the March on Washington Click HERE
Here is the donation link for those who would like to support those going to DC.
https://actionnetwork.org/
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EXCITING NEWS FOR APRIL: The National Mobilizing, Organizing, Registering and Educating (M.O.R.E.) Tour, will be coming to Dayton, Ohio, with Campaign co-chairs Rev. Theoharis, and Rev. Barber on April 23, 2020—details will be coming in a few weeks!
It’s not the waking, it’s the rising!
We must do M.O.R.E!
Manifesting the DREAM of MLK Jr.!
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THE POOR PEOPLE’S CAMPAIGN AND WE THE WORLD ARE COLLABORATING
Visit OUR Facebook page to watch a virtual screening of “We Cried Power”.
There will be a panel discussion afterwards.
Visit the facebook page here – We, the World
to watch the live screening
of the PPC documentary on January 26th, at 6:00 pm.
Looking forward to hearing your voices and making a change with you to mobilize,organize, register and educate Ohioans around poverty, racism,ecological devastation and the war economy!
Check out the newly designed website! Poor People’s Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival
Here is a link to a video that describes the tour during the 2nd stop in North Carolina.
PPC in NC, We Must Do M.O.R.E!
For those of you wanting to join us in DC for the Mass Poor People’s Assembly and Moral March on Washington, June 20, 2020, please visit the site below and book your ride! The PPC Rally will also make stops along the way to fill the bus, so if you don’t see your city listed let us know and we can find a way to connect you. We will also need to do a tremendous amount of fundraising to send those that are impacted.
Here is the link to book your ride to DC, Click HERE
Register for the March on Washington Click HERE
Here is the donation link for those who would like to support those going to DC.
https://actionnetwork.org/
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EXCITING NEWS FOR APRIL: The National Mobilizing, Organizing, Registering and Educating (M.O.R.E.) Tour, will be coming to Dayton, Ohio, with Campaign co-chairs Rev. Theoharis, and Rev. Barber on April 23, 2020—details will be coming in a few weeks!
pictured above: Brooke Medicine Eagle
www.Spiritual-Wildfire-Summit.
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I’m thrilled to invite you to a FREE global online Summit that starts Feb. 2-7 called:
Igniting the Worldwide Spiritual Wildfire We Need Now: A Call to Action
LINK TO: https://www.spiritual-wildfire-summit.com
I’ll be participating with 23 other featured speakers including Sandra Ingerman, Andrew Harvey, Nina Simons, Cynthia Jurs, Steve Farrell and Lyla June Johnston and I’d love for you to join us! Each of us will be offering inspiration, healing, and empowering practical tools to anyone who is ready to courageously use their own light to help ignite a worldwide spiritual wildfire.
The Spiritual Wildfire Summit is organized to address the fact that we live in epic times. In fact, we are experiencing nothing less than the reinvention of civilization. Yet as we dive into uncharted waters and move closer to a critical tipping, we see a worldwide awakening beginning to catch fire. The Spiritual Wildfire Summit offers inspiration, healing, and empowering practical tools to anyone who is ready to courageously use their own light to help ignite a worldwide spiritual wildfire.
To register for this free event click here. Link to: https://www.spiritual-wildfire-summit.com
Together we can create a new world based on compassion, wisdom, justice, and joy!
During this FREE 6-day global online summit, together we will experience & integrate profound ways to restore the Story of Our Awakened Hearts.
This transformational event is FREE to all registered attendees! You do need to RSVP in order to receive all of the info you need to participate in this unique and never before seen gathering of visionaries!
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ShaRon@TheWholeFamilyCoaching.
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Manifesting the Dream
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This Broadcast is Inspired by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s
Philosophy and Practice of Nonviolence
Nonviolent Communication A LIVE Interactive Broadcast & Workshop Tuesday February 11th at 6PM Eastern Time Featuring Thom BondFounder of the New York Center for Nonviolent Communication To send questions to Thom in advance Or to speak to Thom LIVE during the workshop RSVP By February 10th at MLK-NVC@WeTheWorld.org Watch the Broadcast LIVE Online or Watch the Recording on We, The World's Facebook Page Please LIKE the Page to be notified when our Broadcasts are starting
Featured Speakers Include:
Karen Palmer (Host) is a Global Kindness Leader and a Livestream / Social Media Expert who co-produces several popular online talk shows. She is a best-selling author and is Coordinator of We, The World’s Campaign for Women. Find her at http://www.globalkindnesstv.
Rick Ulfik (Co-Host) is the Founder of We, The World and the WE Campaign at WE.net. Rick is the Co-Creator of 11 Days of Global Unity – 11 Ways to Change the World with participants including Desmond Tutu, Jane Goodall, Deepak Chopra, Eve Ensler, Bill McKibben and many others. Rick has served as a Nonviolent Communication Workshop Facilitator and leader working with Thom Bond and the New York Center for Nonviolent Communication.
Thom Bond is a thought leader, author, activist and founder of The New York Center for Nonviolent Communication (NYCNVC.org). He is best known as the creator and leader of The Compassion Course. Thom is the author of The Compassion Book: Lessons From The Compassion Course (Second Edition) — available in paperback and the e-book, Shifting Toward Compassion (TheExercise.org), “64 Days for Peace” an online, self-led curriculum. Over the past fifteen years as a disciple of the creator of Nonviolent Communication, Marshall Rosenberg, Thom has touched hundreds of thousands of clients, participants, readers, and listeners throughout the world.
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You and Your Organization Are Invited To Participate Now Through Feb. 29th Sign Up Here For Updates & To Participate WE.net/MLK Takes under a minute! ************************************************
2020 Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service & 40 Days of Peace
With Calls To Action that Inspire, Inform and Involve!
MANIFESTING THE DREAM – A SERIES OF INTERACTIVE BROADCASTS DURING 40 DAYS OF PEACE ON THE WORK AND LEGACY OF MARTIN LUTHER KING JR.
Join Interactive Broadcasts and Calls To Action on topics that MLK devoted his life to, such as Nonviolence, Racism, Materialism, Militarism and Poverty on our Facebook page.
Full MLK Broadcast Links and other activity details here: WE.net/MLK-program
My Queer Valentine Reception
Hosted by Torpedo Factory Art Center and Target Gallery
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Friday, February 14, 2020 at 7 PM – 10 PM
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Art in Person and in Progress. Located in Old Town Alexandria, the Torpedo Factory Art Center is home to 165 working artists, seven galleries, The Art League, and the Alexandria Archaeology Museum. Free admission.
My Queer Valentine Shows the Richness of LGBTQ Life
The warmth of recognition is strong inside the exhibition.
“Acrylic” by Aurele Gould, 2017
I took my girlfriend to see My Queer Valentine on a Monday morning; it was a date, I told her. We took the Metro down to King Street and walked to the Alexandria waterfront. Once we got there, we strolled into The Torpedo Factory Art Center’s Target Gallery, hands interlocked.
For My Queer Valentine, the contemporary gallery’s spring show, the small space is filled with large-scale photographic prints, paintings on both large and small canvases, and sculpture. Visually, the pieces cover a broad range of styles, including a digitally influenced take on Abstract Expressionism, geometric interpretations of fire, Basquiat-esque mark-making and writing over photographs, sculpture with few references to recognizable forms, canvases made three-dimensional by the attachment of glittery found objects, and small silkscreen prints. Thematically, they may at first seem to not cohere, but that’s only because My Queer Valentine’s juried works cover a diverse and rich swath of queer life.
As for taking my girlfriend, I had another motive that I didn’t say aloud, though she may have picked up on it. I wanted to enter that exhibition as a visibly gay person, and I wanted to see how that affected my experience of the art. It was the right choice. My Queer Valentine does more than curate work that examines what it means to be LGBTQ in the 21st century: It creates a queer space warm with the joy of recognition.
Some works speak directly to that joy, like artist Cat Gunn’s abstract canvases. Their dramatic patterns represent the harmony of being in a relationship where their partner sees them as their authentic, nonbinary self, they write in the wall text. There are glittering squares and wobbling lines moving back and forth across the plane, but things seem to be coming together the longer you look—parts that once made no sense have an internal logic that reveals itself with sustained attention and open mindedness. Recognition can be dangerous, and the closet offers safety, but it also means hiding behind a mask. The relief of dropping the charade and being seen is transcendent.
My Queer Valentine isn’t camp, not as a whole, but it’s full of artworks made by people who understand the humor and the wondrous pompousness of queer glamor. (That glamor and its high drama are knowingly self-important because there are still so many people who wish we didn’t have it.) The first pieces the viewer encounters play with the feminine trappings of artificial jewelry, glitter, plastic, and resin, all in bright, loud colors; one piece dripping with sequins invites viewers to “lick me until ice cream.” That kind of playful sexuality thrives in many of the works, even the more subdued ones. A beige canvas on the opposing wall asks the onlooker to “come (cum on my) back.” The half-joking, half-serious attitude toward sex is one of My Queer Valentine’s greatest strengths, highlighting the laughter and joy inherent in queer life and queer sex.
Linda Hesh’s “Kissing Booth” is another joyful artwork. It’s not a stunning feat of technique and construction; it’s just a wood and steel booth, like one you might see at a county fair in the ’50s. It advertises itself as, unsurprisingly, “KISSING BOOTH.” It’s not anchored to a wall. Instead, it stands out from a corner and beckons viewers to come in, where they might notice that its gingham pattern is made up of pictures of kissing same-sex couples. I’ll admit my biases here: I’ve always had a love for participatory art. But the booth’s standing invitation to come inside, to take a picture kissing underneath it, and to share that picture with the world is a brave act, even in 2020 in Alexandria—brave for the artist and the piece inviting those kisses, brave for the people who choose to do so. Even though queer desire is hypervisible in contemporary life, it’s not always recognized as a loving, human affect. By asking people to kiss, Hesh affirms the romance of the gesture and the genuine safety of the space around it.
The most striking pieces were by D.C.-based photographer Matt Storm, a transgender man. His work is challenging, cheeky, and hard to look away from. The two images on display come from his Act of Looking series, where he returns to the same studio in Provincetown, Massachusetts, the famous gay vacation spot, to photograph his body “to create an expanded lexicon of ways to see a body, inclusive of ways to see my body,” he writes in his artist’s statement. In the first image, we see him standing naked, in a pose that looks relaxed but requires him to hold himself in place with his own strength. His muscles are tense but not flexed. His face isn’t overly expressive, but there’s a spark of playfulness in his eyes and a hint of a smile on his mouth. And his arm drapes behind his back, coming to rest between his legs, where he holds his fingers playfully—an obvious commentary on how, as he says, “my body is incongruous with how we are taught to see bodies.” In another, he clasps his hands in front of his crotch, fingers crossed. We can’t see his face, but we can feel the humor. The piece is titled “Crossing my Fingers, Getting Away with Something.”
But a different series of works stopped me in my tracks. Aurele Gould’s photographs pulled my gaze from the moment I entered the gallery. When I saw her triptych of an athlete putting pre-wrap around another girl’s thigh, I felt a lump in my throat. “A moment of transference is constructed, a care and an intimacy among women,” she writes in the wall text. Immediately I thought of Barbara Kruger’s 1981 piece “Untitled (You Construct Intricate Rituals),” which famously says “You construct intricate rituals that allow you to touch the skin of other men” over an image of men roughhousing. But I thought of it less because of its artistic impact and more because, for years, queer kids on Tumblr have been using it as a memetic reference point for jokes about the forbidden, magnetic pull of another person’s skin. In the three images of the piece, we see hands grab the inner thigh, let go to wrap the tape around, and return to place both hands on the partner’s leg.
Likewise, I’d been primed to see Gould’s piece “Acrylic” before I walked in—it represents My Queer Valentine online—but I stopped myself from making a beeline to it. When I did make my way over and allowed myself to look, I noticed for the first time the two models’ sharp, long, matching acrylic nails gently cradling each other’s faces. That striking image is made more striking by those glittery nails. Gould knows this: “I like how thought processes can fold unto each other, like thinking about when stereotypes can be used and who they can be used by,” she wrote in the wall text. I felt a pang of recognition. I smiled. The two lovers in the photograph stared at me, nails shining, and I took my girlfriend’s manicured hand and stared back.
105 N. Union St., Alexandria. (703) 746-4587. torpedofactory.org.
Toledo/NW OHPPC Mobilizing Workshop
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Saturday at 10 AM – 1:30 PM
3 days from now28–46°F Sunny
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Vision Ministries South Toledo Campus1630 Broadway St, Toledo, Ohio 43609 |
We can’t wait to meet all the folks in NW Ohio who want to join the PPC and help Mobilize and Organize Toledo! If you are interested in attending please email us at ohio@poorpeoplescampaign.org.
For more information about the PPC go to Poorpeoplescampaign.org
Let’s get ready for National M.O.R.E. Tour stop in Dayton, on April 23rd and Poor People’s Assembly and March on Washington, D.C. on June. 20th!
We will introduce the campaign to those who are new, update those who have been involved, provide resources and information for mobilizing for April 23rd in Dayton, and June 20, 2020!
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The Reverend Dr. Liz Theoharis is Co-Chair with the Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II of the Poor People’s Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival which has organized the largest and most expansive wave of nonviolent civil disobedience in US history. She is the Director of the Kairos Center for Religions, Rights, and Social Justice at Union Theological Seminary and is a Founder and Coordinator of the Poverty Initiative.
Rev. Janelle Bruce, Esq. is a National Organizer with Repairers of the Breach and the Poor People’s Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival. She is also the Founder and Pastor of the Church Without Walls, Global Reach. Her life, ministry and work is guided by Micah 6:8, “He has told you O’ mortal what is good and what does the Lord require of you, but to do justice, love mercy and walk humbly with the Lord”.
Njimie Dzurinko is the founder and co-coordinator at Put People First and the Pennsylvania Poor People’s Campaign. Njimie studied Urban Studies at Temple University and English Literature/Poetry at University of Pennsylvania.
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Wednesday, February 26, 2020 at 6:30 PM – 8:30 PM
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Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County (Main Library) 800 Vine Street, Cincinnati 45202
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Meeting will be at the Main Library – Huenefeld Tower Room
In 2013, the Supreme Court gutted the core of one of the crowning achievements of the civil rights movement: the Voting Rights Act. The 1965 bill, propelled by the historic march of protesters from Montgomery to Selma, Alabama, officially put an end to the literacy tests, poll taxes, and voting restrictions that had disenfranchised millions of minority voters for decades. And it went further than that: it also required areas of the country with a history of using these discriminatory tactics to get federal approval before making any changes to voting.- Vice News Oct. 16, 2020
Soon after the ruling in 2013, polling locations were closed and many of the closed polls were in neighborhoods with large minority populations.
We will review the history and ramifications of the gutting of the Voting Rights Act. Then we will discuss what are the possible solutions to solving attacks on our nation’s voting rights in our community, our state and our nation.
If you are able, please bring a dish to share. Please let us know if you have any needs to allow you to participate fully.
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RELEASE AND REVIEW OF THE NEW CONTEMPORARY ANTISEMITISM UNIT
A Webinar on February 27th, 2020 4PM – 5PM EST
With a changing education landscape and the recent spike in antisemitic incidents, it is essential that educators have access to strategies and tools to address the reality of antisemitism and hate with their students. To meet this need, Echoes & Reflections is launching a revised Contemporary Antisemitism Unit with an inquiry-based and student-centered learning approach to raise the important topics of hate, antisemitism in the US and globally, and what it means to be an ally. Participate in this webinar, led by the lead developer of this Unit, to discover new curated content and approaches for incorporating these important lessons into your classroom.
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Info: manosunidasorg@gmail.com, kmcardot@gmail.com, mariamorengo2019@gmail.com
(413)-841-0298, (413)-464-6485, (413)-310-8944, se habla espanol
“I Have A Dream” / “Yo Tengo Un Sueño”
Four Kings Community Event
The Whitney Museum of Art,
42 Wendell Ave,
Pittsfield MA
February 28, 2020
5-8:00 pm
In the Latino culture , Three Kings Day is a very important event to celebrate the coming of the Three Kings to the Christ child, falling on January 6th, which includes re enactment and gifts for children. Additionally, the “ I Have a Dream” Four Kings event will promote the values of love and equity of the “King of Social Justice”, Martin Luther King.
“To inject a new dimension of love into the veins of our civilization”- MLK JR.
“Para inyectar una nueva dimension de amor dentro de la venas de nuestra civilizacion”- <MLKJR.
Manos Unidas announces a collaborative community event with Roots and Dreams Coop and other dedicated collaborators, to shake off the winter blues! Come learn how to dance a dance from Central America, help create a giant mural on themes of peace and justice, add your dream to the Community Dream Tree, eat delicious Puerto Rican food, witness a colorful Mexican dance troupe, hear songs of peace, *ta gift sharing for our community children.
There will be concurrent tabling and a silent auction, as well as a material donation area for our *Unidos con Puerto Rico” project, which is seeking support again for our Puerto Rican brothers and sisters affected by the recent earthquakes.
At 7:00 pm, we will do a staged reading of our community bilingual play “I Had a Dream,” written by David Detmold, and performed by a dedicated group of Manos Unidas members. Connect with a diverse array of community members in this second annual “I Have a Dream” Four Kings Day tradition in the spirit of community generosity and love.
The event is free to all peoples, but there is a suggested donation of $10 per plate of food, and a suggested donation of $20 for the food and event per family, to raise money for the Hopeseed Empowerment Cooperative of Manos Unidas, which is helping build a multi-class, multicultural movement that assists in building cooperative business visions, as well as raising the capacity of our community to the next level of greatness.
Four Kings/ Cuatro Reyes Performance lineup
The Whit, 42 Wendell Ave, Friday Feb 28th, 2020
Concurrent 5-630: Puerto Rican Food by Gustitos Boricuas
Concurrent 5-7pm: Multicultural Muralmaking with Kristina Cardot of Funky Phoenix and Manos Unidas
Concurrent: Silent Auction and Info Tabling
5-5:30- background music and intros, readings by Manos team and TBA
5:30-6:
Tyramisu- soul music
Indigo and Anaelisa- songs for justice
Chris Stix- drumming
Imaran and Anu- spoken word
6pm: Sandra Bonilla- Salvadorean dance
6:20- Living through the Arts Multicultural Youth Initiative of Manos Unidas children sing
6:30- Hoping Machine
7:00pm staged reading of “I Had a Dream”, a bilingual play about border crossings and the struggles of our times. written by David Detmold and performed by Manos Unidas members and supporters with a special vocal and musical performances by Living through the Arts project children/ Manos team and the Gauadalupenas, a Mexican dance troupe
7:30- 7:50- words and generosity/giftsharing/ concurrent music
7:50 closing and musica
Info: manosunidasorg@gmail.com, kmcardot@gmail.com, mariamorengo2019@gmail.com
(413)-841-0298, (413)-464-6485, (413)-310-8944, se habla espanol
P.O Box 112, South Lee, MA 01260
and popup locations in Pittsfield, MA 0120
http://manos-unidas.wix.com/
For more information about a list of desired items for Puerto Rico or for gift signups for your children or those you know, please text or email one of us above!
Para mas informacion sobre las donaciones para Puerto Rico, para agregarse a la lista de los regalos de los ninos, o cualquier pregunta, porfavor comunicarse con nosostros en los correos electronicos o telefonos arriba!
WORLD INTERFAITH HARMONY MEET
City: Mount Abu
+919079295525
Organizer: Brahma Kumaris
Location:: Gyan Saroval – Academy for a Better World, Mt.Abu, Rajasthan, India
Email: ecoshanti@brahmakumaris.com
World Interfaith Harmony Meet is being organized by Brahma Kumaris at its international Head Quarter Complex Gyan Sarovar, an academy for a better world.
This event is being celebrated during the Silver Jubilee celebrations of Gyan Sarovar. Many spiritual, religious and faith leaders will be participating in the meet. The aim and objectives of this event are to share common interests and to also come to common understanding regarding actions that could be taken to mitigate climate-related issues, inter-regional harmony, and value-based education systems. The list of the invited guests include:
HH Dalai Lama Ji,
Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev Ji,
Sri Ravi Shankar Ji,
Dadi Janki Ji, and many others.
Gyan Sarovar
The Academy for the Better World, known in Hindi as Gyan Sarovar, offers residential programs and courses on development and practical implementation of human, moral and spiritual values and principles.
The Brahma Kumaris started building the campus for the Academy for a Better World, an institution of higher learning established by the Brahma Kumaris along with its sister institution, the World Renewal Spiritual Trust, and Rajyoga Education and Research Foundation, in 1991. The aim was to provide a training facility for the institution’s outreach to all sections of society. Within a few years, 28 acres of land near the institution’s headquarters in Mount Abu was transformed into a modern village complex in a quiet, rural setting.
The campus includes Universal Harmony Hall, an auditorium that can seat 1,600 people and has facilities for simultaneous translation in 16 languages; the International Spiritual Art Gallery housing sculptures, murals, audio-visual and laser displays and other works of art from around the world; the International Center for Higher Learning comprising 13 seminar and training rooms; accommodation for up to 1,500 people; kitchen and dining facilities that can cater to 1,200 people at a time; three man-made lakes that irrigate the 15,000 trees planted to provide fruits and vegetables and a rural retreat atmosphere; and a solar water heater for cooking. The telephone exchange, computers and emergency lighting systems are powered by solar and wind energy, and a unique waste treatment plant is capable of treating 200,000 liters of washing, kitchen and bathroom waste water daily, of which nearly 80 percent is available for re-use.
In 1996, the Academy was presented to Habitat II, the second UN Conference on Human Settlements held in Istanbul, Turkey. It was recognised as part of the Best Practice Initiative for Human Settlements.
“When you increase the number of gardens, you increase the number of heavens too!”
Greater Cincinnati PPC Organizing Meeting
· Hosted by Ohio Poor People’s Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival
Our Saviour Covington
246 E 10th St,
Covington, KY 41011
Sunday, March 1, 2020
at 4 PM – 6 PM
2020
New York City at Sony Hall
Get ready to celebrate!
Join us in New York on March 9, 2020 as No Bully celebrates our partners and friends at our annual Broadway Against Bullying event. This annual one-night-only cabaret show, featuring stars from some of Broadway’s biggest musicals, benefiting No Bully’s mission to eradicate bullying and cyber-bullying worldwide.
Calling all New York area Friends who LOVE Broadway. March 9th: Broadway Against Bullying, a one-night-only cabaret featuring stars from some of Broadway’s biggest musicals. Lexi Lawson (Hamilton), Telly Leung (Aladdin) and Kevin Duda (Book of Mormon). A wonderful organization, committed to a kinder world, No Bully has teamed up with Broadway Stars,(Year 2) for an evening supporting bullying prevention school programs and positive action initiatives. Entertainment and Doing Good! Get your tickets for March 9: www.nobully.org/broadway2020 and join the movement to end bullying! #broadwayagainstbullying #nobully #bullying #kindevolution, #nobullyingperiod
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Each one of us has our own personal story around bullying and we hold this work near and dear to our hearts. We are constantly trying to live out our mission on a day to day basis, both igniting compassion around the office and also the world!
No Bully takes a holistic approach to partnering with schools and districts by involving the administration, staff, parents, and students in the process.
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There are so many ways to become a part of No Bully’s mission to dramatically reduce bullying. Consider yourself invited to tell us how you’d like to connect.
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Tuesday, March 10, 2020
Hallock Auditorium, Lewis Environmental Studies Building, Oberlin College
122 Elm Street, Oberlin, OH, 44074
4:30pm – 6:00pm EST; doors open at 4pm
Topic: Tainted: Anti-Suffragism and Race Politics in the Crusade for Women’s Votes
“Determined to Rise”: Women’s Historic Activism for Equal Rights
Panelists:
- Angela P. Dodson, Author, Remember the Ladies: Celebrating Those Who Fought for Freedom at the Ballot Box (Center Street Press, 2017): Angela P. Dodson is author of “Remember the Ladies: Celebrating Those Who Fought for Freedom at the Ballot Box” about the woman suffrage movement in the United States and women’s political gains up to the present. Dodson is also an independent editor, writer and consultant. She founded an editorial services company, Editorsoncall LLC, in 2012, to link freelancers to clients in need of writing, editing, graphic and photographic services. She earned a bachelor’s degree in journalism at Marshall University and a master’s degree in journalism and public affairs from the American University. Angela is a former senior editor and former Style editor for the New York Times. She has most recently been an online editor and book reviewer for DIVERSE: Issues In Higher Education, diverseeducation.com, and diversebooks.net. She is the former executive editor of Black Issues Book Review.
- Dr. Carol Lasser, Emerita Professor of History, Oberlin College: Carol Lasser is Emerita Professor of History at Oberlin College and former president of the Society for the History of the Early American Republic (SHEAR). At Oberlin she taught about women, gender and race in American history, and chaired the History Department and the Gender, Sexuality and Feminist Studies Program. Her books include Antebellum American Women (with Stacey Robertson, 2010); Friends and Sisters: Letters Between Lucy Stone and Antoinette Brown Blackwell, 1846-1893, (with Marlene Merrill, 1987), Educating Men and Women Together: Coeducation in a Changing World (1987), and, most recently, with Gary Kornblith, Elusive Utopia: The Struggle for Racial Equality in Oberlin, Ohio (Louisiana State University Press 2018). Her articles address topics ranging from Civil War courtship to utopianism to the scholarship of teaching and learning. With students, she created Digitizing American Feminisms: Projects from the Oberlin College Archives (http://americanfeminisms.org/), featuring materials that bring feminist history alive. Her current projects include ongoing research on the life Lethia Cousins Fleming (1876-1963), a Cleveland woman of color who pursued a pioneering political career in the first half of the twentieth century. Professor Lasser is also rethinking the racial implications of the Nineteenth Amendment in her work-in-progress, “Bending to the Color Line: The Fight for Woman Suffrage in Ohio,” and she continues her work exploring Oberlin history, focusing on racial inequality in employment, public schools, housing and recreation from the 1930s to the 1980s. She earned her B.A. at the University of Pennsylvania and her Ph.D. at Harvard University.
- Dr. Ben Railton, Professor of English Studies and Coordinator of American Studies, Fitchburg State University: Ben Railton is Professor of English Studies and Coordinator of American Studies at Fitchburg State University in Massachusetts. He is the author of five books, most recently We the People: The 500-Year Battle over Who is American (Rowman and Littlefield’s American Ways series). He also writes the daily American Studies blog, contributes the bimonthly Considering History column to the Saturday Evening Post, and is the Boston Chapter Leader for the Scholars Strategy Network.
- Moderator: Tamika Nunley, Assistant Professor of History, Oberlin College: Tamika Nunley is an assistant professor of American history. Her research and teaching interests include slavery, gender, 19th-century legal history, digital history, and the American Civil War. At Oberlin, she created the History Design Lab that allows students to develop scholarly projects that involve methodological approaches that range from digital humanities, exhibit design, oral history, podcasts, historical fiction, and public history. Her book manuscript, ‘‘At the Threshold of Liberty: Women, Slavery, and the Boundaries of Freedom in Washington, D.C.,’’ examines how black women strategically used the laws, geography, and community networks of the nation’s capital to make claims to liberty during the Civil War era. Her work has been supported by the Andrew W. Mellon and Woodrow Wilson foundations as well as the American Association of University Women.
To register, go to https://www.eventbrite.com/e/determined-to-rise-womens-historic-activism-for-equal-rights-tickets-93388356087
Fourth Annual “Everyday DC” Photography Exhibition: Opening Reception
Please join us for an opening reception of the 4th annual
“Everyday DC” exhibition
at the Pepco Edison Place Gallery
in Washington, D.C.
on the evening of Wednesday, March 11, 2020
from 5:30-7:30pm.
Remarks will begin at 6:00pm, and will be followed by live music and snacks.
“Everyday DC,” a photography exhibition on view at the Pepco Edison Place Gallery from March 10, 2020, through March 20, 2020, presents a visual narrative of everyday life in Washington, D.C. through the eyes of more than 150 public middle school students from all four quadrants of the city. The exhibition is the culmination of a unit designed by the Pulitzer Center in collaboration with D.C. Public Schools (DCPS) and facilitated by over a dozen DCPS visual arts teachers. Images from 14 middle schools are represented in the exhibition.
The Everyday DC project was inspired by the Everyday Africa project, founded by Pulitzer Center grantees Peter DiCampo and Austin Merrill to visually represent a more accurate understanding of what the majority of Africans experience on a day-to-day basis: normal life. Like Everyday Africa, Everyday DC challenges students to consider how Washington D.C. is portrayed in the media, and how they can compose images that more accurately visualize their everyday experiences.
The Everyday DC project is funded in part by the D.C. Commission on the Arts & Humanities, an agency supported in part by the National Endowment for the Arts. The project is also supported by the Pepco Edison Gallery, which generously donated the space for the exhibition. For more information about the unit plan and exhibition, contact education@pulitzercenter.org.
Gallery opens to the public every Tuesday to Friday, March 10 through March 20, from Noon to 4 p.m. The space will also be open on Saturday, March 14, 2020. Free admission.
The 31st Annual GLAAD Media Awards recognize and honor media for their fair, accurate and inclusive representations of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) community and the issues that affect their lives.
Check out highlights from the 30th Annual GLAAD Media Awards here. Ticket information for the 31st Annual GLAAD Media Awards will be made available later this year.
Ways to support the event:
Sponsorship Opportunities: Mark Hartnett at mhartnett@glaad.org
Auction Donations: Mark Olson at molson@glaad.org
Volunteering: Sophia Zarsky at szarsky@glaad.org
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Award Recipients from the 30th Annual GLAAD Media Awards can be found here
Thursday, March 19, 2020
The Forum, Michigan History Center
702 W. Kalamazoo St, Lansing, MI 48915
6:30pm – 8:00pm
In collaboration with Michigan Women Forward
Topic: Woman’s Suffrage: The West Came First
“Determined to Rise”: Women’s Historic Activism for Equal Rights
Panelists:
- Dr. Molly Rozum, Associate Professor and Director of Graduate Studies, The University of South Dakota (Vermillion, SD): Molly P. Rozum, Ph.D., is the co-editor (with Lori Ann Lahlum) of Equality at the Ballot Box: Votes for Women on the Northern Great Plains, published by South Dakota Historical Society Press (2019). The volume includes her article, “Citizenship, Civilization, and Property: The 1890 South Dakota Vote on Woman Suffrage and Indian Suffrages.” Rozum is Associate Professor and Ronald R. Nelson Chair of Great Plains and South Dakota History at The University of South Dakota, Vermillion and teaches the histories of South Dakota, and the Great Plains, and the American West, and Modern Women’s History. Rozum grew up in Mitchell, South Dakota.
- Dr. Lori Ann Lahlum, Professor, Department of History, Minnesota State University, Mankato (Mankato, MN): Lori Ann Lahlum is professor of history at Minnesota State University, Mankato, where she teaches courses on the American West, Minnesota history, and western women’s and gender history. She and Molly Rozum edited Equality at the Ballot Box: Votes for Women on the Northern Great Plains, which came out with South Dakota Historical Press in 2019. Lahlum also publishes on Norwegian America.
- Dr. Virginia Caruso, Historian and Member, Board of Trustees, Historical Society of Michigan (Plainwell, MI): Virginia Paganelli Caruso retired in 2001 after 34 years of teaching history at 4-year liberal arts colleges, and community colleges. She holds graduate degrees from the University of Michigan where she received her MA, has a Specialist in the Arts degree from Western Michigan University, and her PhD from Michigan State University. Her interest in both Michigan and Women’s History dates back to early 1981 when she discovered that the standard texts on Michigan History were inconsistent about when women in Michigan achieved equal suffrage. Focusing on this topic for her dissertation, she has been researching and talking about Woman Suffrage, voting rights, voting in Michigan, and the political activism of women ever since. She currently serves on the board of the Historical Society of Michigan, moderates panels at HSM conferences, serves as a Michigan History Day judge, and is active with the local Friends of Michigan Library Group. She also conducts local history research with the informal local history group that uses the library’s resources.
- Moderator: Valerie Marvin, Historian & Curator of the Michigan State Capitol (Lansing, MI): Valerie Marvin serves as the Historian & Curator of the Michigan State Capitol, a National Historic Landmark. In this capacity, she oversees the Capitol’s historical collections, and conducts extensive research on Capitol and legislative history, sharing her findings through publications, lectures, and social media. She is a proud graduate of the University of Michigan (Bachelor of Arts in Russian Studies, 2005) and Eastern Michigan University (Masters of Science in Historic Preservation, 2009). She is an active member of the Historical Society of Greater Lansing, the Downtown Lansing Inc. Design Committee, and the Lansing Woman’s Club. Valerie lives with her husband David in a 1906 home in downtown Lansing.
To register, go to https://www.eventbrite.com/e/determined-to-rise-womens-historic-activism-for-equal-rights-tickets-93316306585
Take Action on National Refugee Shabbat
National Refugee Shabbat 5780, which will take place on March 20-21, 2020, is a moment for congregations, organizations, and individuals around the country to dedicate a Shabbat experience to refugees and asylum seekers.
Register: Learn more about how your community or group can participate at hias.org/nrs – it’s not too late!
There are also many ways individuals can take action for refugees and asylum seekers in the week leading up to National Refugee Shabbat, as well as on the actual Shabbat itself (in accordance with individual Shabbat practice). Feel free to share the list below widely with family and friends.
12 WAYS TO TAKE ACTION THIS NATIONAL REFUGEE SHABBAT
1. Advocate – Call your Member of Congress to ask them to stand for the rights, safety and dignity of refugees and asylum seekers.
2. Get Involved in the Election – Research the candidates running in local elections in your area, and let them know that the rights of refugees and asylum seekers are among your top priority issues this year.
3. Update Your Facebook Photo Frame – Show your support for refugees by updating your Facebook profile picture with the HIAS #JewsforRefugees frame. Click here for directions.
4. Join the “Jews for Refugees” Facebook Group – Joining this group is a great way to connect with thousands of other committed individuals across the country, access up-to-the-minute information about the Jewish response to the refugee crisis, and share the actions that you are taking. Click here to join.
5. Donate Your Miles to Asylum Seekers – HIAS has partnered with Miles4Migrants (M4M), a nonprofit charity dedicated to using donated frequent flyer miles and money for the relocation of refugees and those seeking asylum – including families recently separated at the U.S.-Mexico border. HIAS and Miles4Migrants (M4M) will work to identify refugees and asylum seekers who need assistance purchasing airfare to reunite with their families. Donate your frequent flyer miles here the week of National Refugee Shabbat.
6. Buy Refugee-Produced Goods – Support refugees and asylum seekers around the world and in your local community by buying refugee-produced goods and/or researching refugee-owned restaurants in your community and having a meal there. Check out this website to purchase goods made by a collective of African asylum-seeking women living in Tel Aviv, Israel.
7. Give Life to Refugees and Asylum Seekers – In the week leading up to National Refugee Shabbat, set up a Facebook fundraiser to benefit HIAS’ work.
8. Scholarships for Displaced Students – Research whether your local universities and colleges offer scholarships to refugees and asylum seekers. If not, reach out and ask them to consider starting such a program. Check out Columbia University’s program for an example.
9. Have A Difficult Conversation – Using the HIAS Conversational Guide for How to Talk About Refugees with Family and Friends, commit to having at least one conversation with someone in your life who has expressed concern about welcoming refugees to the United States or even someone who has made disparaging remarks about refugees or asylum seekers.
10. Light Shabbat Candles with Intention – As you welcome Shabbat on March 20, use this reading before lighting Shabbat candles to set an intention to stand with refugees and asylum seekers around the globe.
11. Host A Gathering In Your Home – Invite a small group of friends over to your home for Shabbat dinner or lunch or a havdallah (the ceremony for closing Shabbat) wine and cheese gathering. At the gathering, consider using the HIAS National Refugee Shabbat 5780-2020 Programming Content Resource. Use the text study on page 6 of this guide as a jumping off point for conversation, take a look at and discuss the refugee art on page 13 of this guide, or screen the movie suggested on page 14 and 15 of this guide.
12. Start A Book Club – Start a book club – for adults or young people – to read books by and about refugees and asylum seekers. Use this list as a jumping off point for suggestions or search google for even more ideas.
Thinking about your next steps in school or college? COME TO CITY OF SCIENCE!
To all students exploring your options for a future in STEM, join us at CITY OF SCIENCE produced by the World Science Festival and presented by Fairleigh Dickinson University. This community STEM event will introduce you to complex scientific concepts with interactive exhibits, one-on-one talks with top science professionals, and Q&A sessions with FDU students and recent graduates. From a warped space gravity simulator to a 20-foot pendulum wave, this FREE STEM event will inspire young minds.
+ TOUR FDU science and engineering labs and experience college-level activities—including forensic analysis, nursing simulations, and programming robots.
+ LEARN about STEM careers through talks and presentations.
+ EXPLORE complex scientific principles and their real-life applications— like a spinning ride to learn about Earth’s rotation or experimenting on an inclined plane to explore state-of-the-art problems in mechanics.
+ MEET and NETWORK with local STEM professionals and organizations.
+ ASK and LEARN from FDU students and recent graduates in Q&A sessions
City of Science is FREE and recommended for students in Grades 7-12 thinking about their next steps. Families and kids of all ages are invited to join as well. RSVP HERE!
Questions? Email education@worldsciencefestival.com or call 212.348.1400.
This event is sponsored by 3M, Best Buy and Picatinny.
The climate crisis is the greatest challenge we face – already excacerbating injustices and environmental health disparities.
The good news? Leading medical journals and experts confirm that climate change poses the “greatest health opportunity of the 21st century.” Taking action to reduce fossil fuel pollution and address the crisis can save lives, improve our air quality, and address inequality.
Health professionals are essential messengers to inspire action.
Will you join us in Vancouver, WA on March 22nd for this
free education and advocacy training event
focusing on the latest on climate change and health,
and how to effectively promote solutions?
The climate crisis is big, but we know we can achieve meaningful solutions through dedicated advocacy. To do so, we need to build upon our movement and engage more health professionals to drive action. Join us in Vancouver to learn more and get plugged in!
Featured speakers include Dianne Glover, MD, a WPSR Climate & Health Task Force pediatrician, Don and Alona Steinke, RN, of Southwest Washington Climate Action, and Lluvia Merello, Energy Justice Organizer for Oregon PSR.
Vancouver Public Library, 901 C Street, Vancouver WA
RSVP: Vancouver Climate Change & Health Event
This is a FREE event, and lunch will be provided.
See you there!
Sarah Cornett
WPSR Climate Program & Advocacy Manager
sarah@wpsr.org
206-547-2630
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Community Resilience & COVID-19: A Community Discussion
Join us!
, Thursday, April 2, 2020
4:00pm – 5:30pm PST
5:00pm – 6:30pm MST
6:00pm – 7:30pm CST
7:00pm – 8:30pm EST
Learn about inspiring and impactful ways that
Transition Initiatives are responding to the pandemic
in their local communities,
Share your own ideas and experience with community responses
to COVID-19, and
explore how to deepen the resilience of your own community
during these challenging times.
In this virtual gathering, we’ll learn about:
Please register for free here through Zoom to receive a link to join. Limited to the first 100 people who sign up. If you sign up and then realize you cannot attend, please cancel your registration promptly using the link in your confirmation email it o make space available for someone else who is able to participate. Following these brief presentations, we will break into small group discussions to learn the nuts and bolts of these models, as well as how to implement them in our own communities. Organizer:
Marissa Mommaerts |
Pittsburgh Earth Day 2020
APR22
24-Hour Youth Climate Strike on Instagram
Public:
Hosted by Pittsburgh Earth Day 2020
MissionPittsburgh is marking the 50th Anniversary of Earth Day by reigniting our dedication to our planet, to each other and to our collective future here on Earth. We call on everyone to unite, stand and act for a healthier, safer, more just and sustainable world. |
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Awakening Humanity’s Consciousness as One,
“Celebrating Our Planet,
Healing our Heart“
The13th AnnualWORLD PEACE EARTH DAY CELEBRATION 2020
Planet Heart Logo © Elana Stanger,
a.k.a. St. Angel www.diversityarts.com Come join us on EARTH DAYWednesday, April 22, 2020, at
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Portions of the Proceeds supportWe, The World andPlanet Heartto produce these events.“We hear Mother Earth’s call to simultaneously become more heart centered and action oriented. Feeling Mother Earth’s sacredness in our hearts can be profound motivation to act on Her behalf. Many actions are needed now, from calling legislators to attending rallies … art making, creative planning, spreading the word, writing letters to the editor … advocating for clean water, renewable energy … as well as social, racial, and economic justice issues that are inseparable from co-creating a sustainable, thriving world that works for all. We believe these actions are most effective, and most beautiful, when they are inspired by and carried out with love and respect for this beautiful planet, all who reside here, and whatever divine energies are loving us and encouraging us through this Great Turning. This feeling of connection, love, and inspiration is what we seek to create through Planet Heart’s Annual World Peace Earth Day. Please join us, be inspired, keep your heart open, and channel that love into action. ”
Ellen Osuna, Environmental and Peace Activist
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Earth Day Live will feature a three-day livestream where millions of people can join activists, celebrities, musicians, and more in an epic moment of community and hope for the future.
STRIKE, DIVEST, AND VOTE
FOR OUR FUTURE!
From April 22 – the 50th anniversary of Earth Day – to April 24…
The fights against the coronavirus and the climate crisis go hand-in-hand, and as we work to flatten the curve of this pandemic, we must strive toward the longer term goal of building a society rooted in sustainability and justice.
FIND A LOCAL LIVESTREAM
https://www.earthdaylive2020.org/
The Earth Day Live stream will be viewable on this website and will be the full user experience. In addition, it will be simulcast across major streaming platforms such as Facebook Live, YouTube, Instagram, Twitter and Twitch to engage with broader audiences. Partner organizations and an extensive network of major websites will be embedding the live stream as well.
PARTICIPANTS
Featuring Al Gore • Amanda Palmer • Amber Valletta • Angela Rye • Angelique Kidjo • Bill McKibben • Chef Alexandra Shrader • Chef Dominique Crenn • Daniel Fernandez • David Wallace Wells • DJ Spooky • Dr Michael Greger • Dr. Sweta Chakraborty • Ed Begley Jr. • Emily Wells • Ilyasah Shabazz • Jack Johnson • Jameela Jamil • Jason Mraz • Joaquin Phoenix • John Kerry • Kathryn Budig • Lil Dicky • Lisa Edelstein • Local Natives • Louie Schwartzberg • Luke Baines • Madame Gandhi • Margaret Klein Salamon • Mark Ruffalo • Mary Heglar • Matt McGorry • Megan Boone • Michael Franti • Moby • Monica Dogra • Mustafa Santiago Ali • Nahko the Bear • Ndaba Mandela • Patricia Arquette • Patrisse Cullors • Questlove • Rep. Lauren Underwood • Rep. Ted Lieu • Reverend Dr. William Barber II • Robby Romero • Rosanna Arquette • Secretary John Kerry • Sharon Carpenter • Shepard Fairey • Soul Clap • Stacey Abrams • Talib Kweli • The Both -w- Aimee Mann and Ted Leo • Tim Heidecker • Tony Revolori
And many more to be announced soon!
STRIKE – Earth Day and Youth Climate Strikes – April 22
On the 50th anniversary of Earth Day, we will demonstrate our collective power and unity through community building and storytelling. This first day will focus on amplifying the voice of indigenous leaders and youth climate activists who are leading the movement to halt the climate crisis
DIVEST – Divestment and Climate Financing – April 23
Led by Stop the Money Pipeline Coalition, during this day of action we are calling for a global reset. We want to reprogram the economy so that it works for people and the planet, not polluters and politicians.
VOTE – Voter Registration and Political Engagement – April 24
We need leaders who will address this existential threat. It’s critical for all of us to show up at the polls this year and vote for our future. So the final day will focus on the importance of voting through a nationwide youth voter registration day.
The US Climate Strike Coalition and Stop The Money Pipeline Coalition, who together are made up of over 500 organizations, have come together to organize Earth Day Live.
The US Climate Strike Coalition is a coalition of over 400 organizations that formed ahead of the September 20, 2019 climate strikes. Led by the leading youth-led climate organizations in the US, the coalition works intergenerationally and collaboratively to coordinate the Climate Strikes in the US.
Stop the Money Pipeline is a coalition of over 100 climate, environmental and Indigneous rights groups that is demanding that the financial sector stops funding the fossil fuel industry and deforestation, and starts respecting Indigenous sovereignty and human rights.
Webinar Registration
Apr 26, 2020 at 1:00 PM in Eastern Time (US and Canada)
Link to register for this: https://zoom.us/webinar/
The Connection Field is an ever-expanding field of love and resonance for the good of the whole. This is a loving, inclusive space, to be authentic and expand in heart resonance, embodied wholeness, and meaningful connection. JOIN US. Create online community and coherence for the good of the whole.
The Connection Field is a global service project initiated by our community of Mentoring Stewards to provide online community, support and connection during these unprecedented times of the COVID-19 pandemic. We may be asked to self-quarantine, social distance, and stay home, but that doesn’t mean we are alone! Join us in the Connection Field. We will be LIVE daily on Zoom from Noon to 5:00 pm Eastern/9 am to 2 pm Pacific.
JOIN THE CONNECTION FIELD: Click on the link below to receive the log-in information in our Weekly Digest. When you register you will also receive the link in an email sent directly to your inbox.
CLICK HERE FOR YOUR WEEKLY DIGEST WITH ZOOM INSTRUCTIONS
DO YOU WANT TO HOST AN HOUR OR OFFER A SPECIAL PROGRAM? EMAIL US AND INQUIRE AT SUPPORT@GOODOFTHEWHOLE.COM.
DIGEST OF EVENTS
GOOD OF THE WHOLE COMMUNITY CALLS:
- Monday, 11:00 am Eastern: Public Global Heart Resonance Call
- Wednesday, 11:00 am Eastern: Mentoring Stewards Public Coherence Call (May 6th: OPEN TO THE PUBLIC)
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DAILY OFFERINGS:
- Daily, 9:00 am Eastern/1:00 pm UTC: Mayan Calendar and Fire Ceremony
- Daily, 10:00 am Eastern: Morning Heart Coherence Meditation
- Monday – Friday, Noon – 5 pm Eastern: Resonance Lounge
- Daily, 10:00 pm Eastern: Evening Japa Mala Meditation
- NEW Monday, Wednesday, Friday 8:00 pm Eastern: Heart Coherence Awareness Meditation
- NEW Monday, Tuesday and Thursday, 10:00 pm Eastern: The Power of Song and Prayer
“Out Beyond ideas of wrongdoing and right doing, there’s a field.
I’ll meet you there.” ~ Rumi
WEEKLY OFFERINGS:
- Sunday, 1:00 – 3:00 pm Eastern: Gathering of Indigenous Grandmothers of Europe
- NEW Sunday, 11:00 am Eastern: Healing in an Urban Context with Multi-ethnical Tensions
- Sunday, 6:00 pm Eastern/10:00 UTC: Teachings of Sacred Tree
- NEW Sunday, 9:00 pm Eastern: Staying Healthy
- NEW Monday, 8:00 am Eastern: Divine Heart Meditation
- Monday, 5:00 pm Eastern: Global Heart Team
- NEW Monday, 7:00 pm Eastern: The Trust Frequency Embodied
- Monday, 8:00 pm Eastern: Men in Connection
- NEW Tuesday, 11:00 am Eastern: The Hoop of Many Hoops
- NEW Tuesday, 5:00 pm Eastern: Inspiration from Revelation
- Tuesday, 8:00 pm Eastern: Radical Earth Resonance
- NEW Wednesday, 8:00 am Eastern: Soul Voice Embodied Intuition
- NEW Wednesday, 5:00-7:00 pm Eastern: Four Worlds International Women’s Circle
- Wednesday, 7:00 pm Eastern: We Are a Rising Tide
- Wednesday, 8:00 pm Eastern: The Healing Field
- Thursday, 11:00 am Eastern: Giving Voice to the Heart
- Thursday, 8:00 pm Eastern: Rumi’s Field
- Friday, 8:00 pm Eastern: Sound Connection
- NEW Saturday, 11:00 am Eastern: Modern Toltec Purification Ceremony
- Saturday, 8:00 pm Eastern: 24/7 Couples
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The Connection Field is an ever-expanding field of love and resonance for the good of the whole. This is a loving, inclusive space, to be authentic and expand in heart resonance, embodied wholeness, and meaningful connection. JOIN US. Create online community and coherence for the good of the whole.
The Connection Field is a global service project initiated by our community of Mentoring Stewards to provide online community, support and connection during these unprecedented times of the COVID-19 pandemic. We may be asked to self-quarantine, social distance, and stay home, but that doesn’t mean we are alone! Join us in the Connection Field. We will be LIVE daily on Zoom from Noon to 5:00 pm Eastern/9 am to 2 pm Pacific.
JOIN THE CONNECTION FIELD: Click on the link below to receive the log-in information in our Weekly Digest. When you register you will also receive the link in an email sent directly to your inbox.
CLICK HERE FOR YOUR WEEKLY DIGEST WITH ZOOM INSTRUCTIONS
DO YOU WANT TO HOST AN HOUR OR OFFER A SPECIAL PROGRAM? EMAIL US AND INQUIRE AT SUPPORT@GOODOFTHEWHOLE.COM.
DIGEST OF EVENTS
GOOD OF THE WHOLE COMMUNITY CALLS:
- Monday, 11:00 am Eastern: Public Global Heart Resonance Call
- Wednesday, 11:00 am Eastern: Mentoring Stewards Public Coherence Call (May 6th: OPEN TO THE PUBLIC)
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DAILY OFFERINGS:
- Daily, 9:00 am Eastern/1:00 pm UTC: Mayan Calendar and Fire Ceremony
- Daily, 10:00 am Eastern: Morning Heart Coherence Meditation
- Monday – Friday, Noon – 5 pm Eastern: Resonance Lounge
- Daily, 10:00 pm Eastern: Evening Japa Mala Meditation
- NEW Monday, Wednesday, Friday 8:00 pm Eastern: Heart Coherence Awareness Meditation
- NEW Monday, Tuesday and Thursday, 10:00 pm Eastern: The Power of Song and Prayer
“Out Beyond ideas of wrongdoing and right doing, there’s a field.
I’ll meet you there.” ~ Rumi
WEEKLY OFFERINGS:
- Sunday, 1:00 – 3:00 pm Eastern: Gathering of Indigenous Grandmothers of Europe
- NEW Sunday, 11:00 am Eastern: Healing in an Urban Context with Multi-ethnical Tensions
- Sunday, 6:00 pm Eastern/10:00 UTC: Teachings of Sacred Tree
- NEW Sunday, 9:00 pm Eastern: Staying Healthy
- NEW Monday, 8:00 am Eastern: Divine Heart Meditation
- Monday, 5:00 pm Eastern: Global Heart Team
- NEW Monday, 7:00 pm Eastern: The Trust Frequency Embodied
- Monday, 8:00 pm Eastern: Men in Connection
- NEW Tuesday, 11:00 am Eastern: The Hoop of Many Hoops
- NEW Tuesday, 5:00 pm Eastern: Inspiration from Revelation
- Tuesday, 8:00 pm Eastern: Radical Earth Resonance
- NEW Wednesday, 8:00 am Eastern: Soul Voice Embodied Intuition
- NEW Wednesday, 5:00-7:00 pm Eastern: Four Worlds International Women’s Circle
- Wednesday, 7:00 pm Eastern: We Are a Rising Tide
- Wednesday, 8:00 pm Eastern: The Healing Field
- Thursday, 11:00 am Eastern: Giving Voice to the Heart
- Thursday, 8:00 pm Eastern: Rumi’s Field
- Friday, 8:00 pm Eastern: Sound Connection
- NEW Saturday, 11:00 am Eastern: Modern Toltec Purification Ceremony
- Saturday, 8:00 pm Eastern: 24/7 Couples
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The Connection Field is an ever-expanding field of love and resonance for the good of the whole. This is a loving, inclusive space, to be authentic and expand in heart resonance, embodied wholeness, and meaningful connection. JOIN US. Create online community and coherence for the good of the whole.
The Connection Field is a global service project initiated by our community of Mentoring Stewards to provide online community, support and connection during these unprecedented times of the COVID-19 pandemic. We may be asked to self-quarantine, social distance, and stay home, but that doesn’t mean we are alone! Join us in the Connection Field. We will be LIVE daily on Zoom from Noon to 5:00 pm Eastern/9 am to 2 pm Pacific.
JOIN THE CONNECTION FIELD: Click on the link below to receive the log-in information in our Weekly Digest. When you register you will also receive the link in an email sent directly to your inbox.
CLICK HERE FOR YOUR WEEKLY DIGEST WITH ZOOM INSTRUCTIONS
DO YOU WANT TO HOST AN HOUR OR OFFER A SPECIAL PROGRAM? EMAIL US AND INQUIRE AT SUPPORT@GOODOFTHEWHOLE.COM.
DIGEST OF EVENTS
GOOD OF THE WHOLE COMMUNITY CALLS:
- Monday, 11:00 am Eastern: Public Global Heart Resonance Call
- Wednesday, 11:00 am Eastern: Mentoring Stewards Public Coherence Call (May 6th: OPEN TO THE PUBLIC)
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DAILY OFFERINGS:
- Daily, 9:00 am Eastern/1:00 pm UTC: Mayan Calendar and Fire Ceremony
- Daily, 10:00 am Eastern: Morning Heart Coherence Meditation
- Monday – Friday, Noon – 5 pm Eastern: Resonance Lounge
- Daily, 10:00 pm Eastern: Evening Japa Mala Meditation
- NEW Monday, Wednesday, Friday 8:00 pm Eastern: Heart Coherence Awareness Meditation
- NEW Monday, Tuesday and Thursday, 10:00 pm Eastern: The Power of Song and Prayer
“Out Beyond ideas of wrongdoing and right doing, there’s a field.
I’ll meet you there.” ~ Rumi
WEEKLY OFFERINGS:
- Sunday, 1:00 – 3:00 pm Eastern: Gathering of Indigenous Grandmothers of Europe
- NEW Sunday, 11:00 am Eastern: Healing in an Urban Context with Multi-ethnical Tensions
- Sunday, 6:00 pm Eastern/10:00 UTC: Teachings of Sacred Tree
- NEW Sunday, 9:00 pm Eastern: Staying Healthy
- NEW Monday, 8:00 am Eastern: Divine Heart Meditation
- Monday, 5:00 pm Eastern: Global Heart Team
- NEW Monday, 7:00 pm Eastern: The Trust Frequency Embodied
- Monday, 8:00 pm Eastern: Men in Connection
- NEW Tuesday, 11:00 am Eastern: The Hoop of Many Hoops
- NEW Tuesday, 5:00 pm Eastern: Inspiration from Revelation
- Tuesday, 8:00 pm Eastern: Radical Earth Resonance
- NEW Wednesday, 8:00 am Eastern: Soul Voice Embodied Intuition
- NEW Wednesday, 5:00-7:00 pm Eastern: Four Worlds International Women’s Circle
- Wednesday, 7:00 pm Eastern: We Are a Rising Tide
- Wednesday, 8:00 pm Eastern: The Healing Field
- Thursday, 11:00 am Eastern: Giving Voice to the Heart
- Thursday, 8:00 pm Eastern: Rumi’s Field
- Friday, 8:00 pm Eastern: Sound Connection
- NEW Saturday, 11:00 am Eastern: Modern Toltec Purification Ceremony
- Saturday, 8:00 pm Eastern: 24/7 Couples
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The Connection Field is an ever-expanding field of love and resonance for the good of the whole. This is a loving, inclusive space, to be authentic and expand in heart resonance, embodied wholeness, and meaningful connection. JOIN US. Create online community and coherence for the good of the whole.
The Connection Field is a global service project initiated by our community of Mentoring Stewards to provide online community, support and connection during these unprecedented times of the COVID-19 pandemic. We may be asked to self-quarantine, social distance, and stay home, but that doesn’t mean we are alone! Join us in the Connection Field. We will be LIVE daily on Zoom from Noon to 5:00 pm Eastern/9 am to 2 pm Pacific.
JOIN THE CONNECTION FIELD: Click on the link below to receive the log-in information in our Weekly Digest. When you register you will also receive the link in an email sent directly to your inbox.
CLICK HERE FOR YOUR WEEKLY DIGEST WITH ZOOM INSTRUCTIONS
DO YOU WANT TO HOST AN HOUR OR OFFER A SPECIAL PROGRAM? EMAIL US AND INQUIRE AT SUPPORT@GOODOFTHEWHOLE.COM.
DIGEST OF EVENTS
GOOD OF THE WHOLE COMMUNITY CALLS:
- Monday, 11:00 am Eastern: Public Global Heart Resonance Call
- Wednesday, 11:00 am Eastern: Mentoring Stewards Public Coherence Call (May 6th: OPEN TO THE PUBLIC)
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DAILY OFFERINGS:
- Daily, 9:00 am Eastern/1:00 pm UTC: Mayan Calendar and Fire Ceremony
- Daily, 10:00 am Eastern: Morning Heart Coherence Meditation
- Monday – Friday, Noon – 5 pm Eastern: Resonance Lounge
- Daily, 10:00 pm Eastern: Evening Japa Mala Meditation
- NEW Monday, Wednesday, Friday 8:00 pm Eastern: Heart Coherence Awareness Meditation
- NEW Monday, Tuesday and Thursday, 10:00 pm Eastern: The Power of Song and Prayer
“Out Beyond ideas of wrongdoing and right doing, there’s a field.
I’ll meet you there.” ~ Rumi
WEEKLY OFFERINGS:
- Sunday, 1:00 – 3:00 pm Eastern: Gathering of Indigenous Grandmothers of Europe
- NEW Sunday, 11:00 am Eastern: Healing in an Urban Context with Multi-ethnical Tensions
- Sunday, 6:00 pm Eastern/10:00 UTC: Teachings of Sacred Tree
- NEW Sunday, 9:00 pm Eastern: Staying Healthy
- NEW Monday, 8:00 am Eastern: Divine Heart Meditation
- Monday, 5:00 pm Eastern: Global Heart Team
- NEW Monday, 7:00 pm Eastern: The Trust Frequency Embodied
- Monday, 8:00 pm Eastern: Men in Connection
- NEW Tuesday, 11:00 am Eastern: The Hoop of Many Hoops
- NEW Tuesday, 5:00 pm Eastern: Inspiration from Revelation
- Tuesday, 8:00 pm Eastern: Radical Earth Resonance
- NEW Wednesday, 8:00 am Eastern: Soul Voice Embodied Intuition
- NEW Wednesday, 5:00-7:00 pm Eastern: Four Worlds International Women’s Circle
- Wednesday, 7:00 pm Eastern: We Are a Rising Tide
- Wednesday, 8:00 pm Eastern: The Healing Field
- Thursday, 11:00 am Eastern: Giving Voice to the Heart
- Thursday, 8:00 pm Eastern: Rumi’s Field
- Friday, 8:00 pm Eastern: Sound Connection
- NEW Saturday, 11:00 am Eastern: Modern Toltec Purification Ceremony
- Saturday, 8:00 pm Eastern: 24/7 Couples
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The Connection Field is an ever-expanding field of love and resonance for the good of the whole. This is a loving, inclusive space, to be authentic and expand in heart resonance, embodied wholeness, and meaningful connection. JOIN US. Create online community and coherence for the good of the whole.
The Connection Field is a global service project initiated by our community of Mentoring Stewards to provide online community, support and connection during these unprecedented times of the COVID-19 pandemic. We may be asked to self-quarantine, social distance, and stay home, but that doesn’t mean we are alone! Join us in the Connection Field. We will be LIVE daily on Zoom from Noon to 5:00 pm Eastern/9 am to 2 pm Pacific.
JOIN THE CONNECTION FIELD: Click on the link below to receive the log-in information in our Weekly Digest. When you register you will also receive the link in an email sent directly to your inbox.
CLICK HERE FOR YOUR WEEKLY DIGEST WITH ZOOM INSTRUCTIONS
DO YOU WANT TO HOST AN HOUR OR OFFER A SPECIAL PROGRAM? EMAIL US AND INQUIRE AT SUPPORT@GOODOFTHEWHOLE.COM.
DIGEST OF EVENTS
GOOD OF THE WHOLE COMMUNITY CALLS:
- Monday, 11:00 am Eastern: Public Global Heart Resonance Call
- Wednesday, 11:00 am Eastern: Mentoring Stewards Public Coherence Call (May 6th: OPEN TO THE PUBLIC)
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DAILY OFFERINGS:
- Daily, 9:00 am Eastern/1:00 pm UTC: Mayan Calendar and Fire Ceremony
- Daily, 10:00 am Eastern: Morning Heart Coherence Meditation
- Monday – Friday, Noon – 5 pm Eastern: Resonance Lounge
- Daily, 10:00 pm Eastern: Evening Japa Mala Meditation
- NEW Monday, Wednesday, Friday 8:00 pm Eastern: Heart Coherence Awareness Meditation
- NEW Monday, Tuesday and Thursday, 10:00 pm Eastern: The Power of Song and Prayer
“Out Beyond ideas of wrongdoing and right doing, there’s a field.
I’ll meet you there.” ~ Rumi
WEEKLY OFFERINGS:
- Sunday, 1:00 – 3:00 pm Eastern: Gathering of Indigenous Grandmothers of Europe
- NEW Sunday, 11:00 am Eastern: Healing in an Urban Context with Multi-ethnical Tensions
- Sunday, 6:00 pm Eastern/10:00 UTC: Teachings of Sacred Tree
- NEW Sunday, 9:00 pm Eastern: Staying Healthy
- NEW Monday, 8:00 am Eastern: Divine Heart Meditation
- Monday, 5:00 pm Eastern: Global Heart Team
- NEW Monday, 7:00 pm Eastern: The Trust Frequency Embodied
- Monday, 8:00 pm Eastern: Men in Connection
- NEW Tuesday, 11:00 am Eastern: The Hoop of Many Hoops
- NEW Tuesday, 5:00 pm Eastern: Inspiration from Revelation
- Tuesday, 8:00 pm Eastern: Radical Earth Resonance
- NEW Wednesday, 8:00 am Eastern: Soul Voice Embodied Intuition
- NEW Wednesday, 5:00-7:00 pm Eastern: Four Worlds International Women’s Circle
- Wednesday, 7:00 pm Eastern: We Are a Rising Tide
- Wednesday, 8:00 pm Eastern: The Healing Field
- Thursday, 11:00 am Eastern: Giving Voice to the Heart
- Thursday, 8:00 pm Eastern: Rumi’s Field
- Friday, 8:00 pm Eastern: Sound Connection
- NEW Saturday, 11:00 am Eastern: Modern Toltec Purification Ceremony
- Saturday, 8:00 pm Eastern: 24/7 Couples
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GOOD OF THE WHOLE
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The Connection Field is an ever-expanding field of love and resonance for the good of the whole. This is a loving, inclusive space, to be authentic and expand in heart resonance, embodied wholeness, and meaningful connection. JOIN US. Create online community and coherence for the good of the whole.
The Connection Field is a global service project initiated by our community of Mentoring Stewards to provide online community, support and connection during these unprecedented times of the COVID-19 pandemic. We may be asked to self-quarantine, social distance, and stay home, but that doesn’t mean we are alone! Join us in the Connection Field. We will be LIVE daily on Zoom from Noon to 5:00 pm Eastern/9 am to 2 pm Pacific.
JOIN THE CONNECTION FIELD: Click on the link below to receive the log-in information in our Weekly Digest. When you register you will also receive the link in an email sent directly to your inbox.
CLICK HERE FOR YOUR WEEKLY DIGEST WITH ZOOM INSTRUCTIONS
DO YOU WANT TO HOST AN HOUR OR OFFER A SPECIAL PROGRAM? EMAIL US AND INQUIRE AT SUPPORT@GOODOFTHEWHOLE.COM.
DIGEST OF EVENTS
GOOD OF THE WHOLE COMMUNITY CALLS:
- Monday, 11:00 am Eastern: Public Global Heart Resonance Call
- Wednesday, 11:00 am Eastern: Mentoring Stewards Public Coherence Call (May 6th: OPEN TO THE PUBLIC)
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DAILY OFFERINGS:
- Daily, 9:00 am Eastern/1:00 pm UTC: Mayan Calendar and Fire Ceremony
- Daily, 10:00 am Eastern: Morning Heart Coherence Meditation
- Monday – Friday, Noon – 5 pm Eastern: Resonance Lounge
- Daily, 10:00 pm Eastern: Evening Japa Mala Meditation
- NEW Monday, Wednesday, Friday 8:00 pm Eastern: Heart Coherence Awareness Meditation
- NEW Monday, Tuesday and Thursday, 10:00 pm Eastern: The Power of Song and Prayer
“Out Beyond ideas of wrongdoing and right doing, there’s a field.
I’ll meet you there.” ~ Rumi
WEEKLY OFFERINGS:
- Sunday, 1:00 – 3:00 pm Eastern: Gathering of Indigenous Grandmothers of Europe
- NEW Sunday, 11:00 am Eastern: Healing in an Urban Context with Multi-ethnical Tensions
- Sunday, 6:00 pm Eastern/10:00 UTC: Teachings of Sacred Tree
- NEW Sunday, 9:00 pm Eastern: Staying Healthy
- NEW Monday, 8:00 am Eastern: Divine Heart Meditation
- Monday, 5:00 pm Eastern: Global Heart Team
- NEW Monday, 7:00 pm Eastern: The Trust Frequency Embodied
- Monday, 8:00 pm Eastern: Men in Connection
- NEW Tuesday, 11:00 am Eastern: The Hoop of Many Hoops
- NEW Tuesday, 5:00 pm Eastern: Inspiration from Revelation
- Tuesday, 8:00 pm Eastern: Radical Earth Resonance
- NEW Wednesday, 8:00 am Eastern: Soul Voice Embodied Intuition
- NEW Wednesday, 5:00-7:00 pm Eastern: Four Worlds International Women’s Circle
- Wednesday, 7:00 pm Eastern: We Are a Rising Tide
- Wednesday, 8:00 pm Eastern: The Healing Field
- Thursday, 11:00 am Eastern: Giving Voice to the Heart
- Thursday, 8:00 pm Eastern: Rumi’s Field
- Friday, 8:00 pm Eastern: Sound Connection
- NEW Saturday, 11:00 am Eastern: Modern Toltec Purification Ceremony
- Saturday, 8:00 pm Eastern: 24/7 Couples
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GOOD OF THE WHOLE
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The Connection Field is an ever-expanding field of love and resonance for the good of the whole. This is a loving, inclusive space, to be authentic and expand in heart resonance, embodied wholeness, and meaningful connection. JOIN US. Create online community and coherence for the good of the whole.
The Connection Field is a global service project initiated by our community of Mentoring Stewards to provide online community, support and connection during these unprecedented times of the COVID-19 pandemic. We may be asked to self-quarantine, social distance, and stay home, but that doesn’t mean we are alone! Join us in the Connection Field. We will be LIVE daily on Zoom from Noon to 5:00 pm Eastern/9 am to 2 pm Pacific.
JOIN THE CONNECTION FIELD: Click on the link below to receive the log-in information in our Weekly Digest. When you register you will also receive the link in an email sent directly to your inbox.
CLICK HERE FOR YOUR WEEKLY DIGEST WITH ZOOM INSTRUCTIONS
DO YOU WANT TO HOST AN HOUR OR OFFER A SPECIAL PROGRAM? EMAIL US AND INQUIRE AT SUPPORT@GOODOFTHEWHOLE.COM.
DIGEST OF EVENTS
GOOD OF THE WHOLE COMMUNITY CALLS:
- Monday, 11:00 am Eastern: Public Global Heart Resonance Call
- Wednesday, 11:00 am Eastern: Mentoring Stewards Public Coherence Call (May 6th: OPEN TO THE PUBLIC)
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DAILY OFFERINGS:
- Daily, 9:00 am Eastern/1:00 pm UTC: Mayan Calendar and Fire Ceremony
- Daily, 10:00 am Eastern: Morning Heart Coherence Meditation
- Monday – Friday, Noon – 5 pm Eastern: Resonance Lounge
- Daily, 10:00 pm Eastern: Evening Japa Mala Meditation
- NEW Monday, Wednesday, Friday 8:00 pm Eastern: Heart Coherence Awareness Meditation
- NEW Monday, Tuesday and Thursday, 10:00 pm Eastern: The Power of Song and Prayer
“Out Beyond ideas of wrongdoing and right doing, there’s a field.
I’ll meet you there.” ~ Rumi
WEEKLY OFFERINGS:
- Sunday, 1:00 – 3:00 pm Eastern: Gathering of Indigenous Grandmothers of Europe
- NEW Sunday, 11:00 am Eastern: Healing in an Urban Context with Multi-ethnical Tensions
- Sunday, 6:00 pm Eastern/10:00 UTC: Teachings of Sacred Tree
- NEW Sunday, 9:00 pm Eastern: Staying Healthy
- NEW Monday, 8:00 am Eastern: Divine Heart Meditation
- Monday, 5:00 pm Eastern: Global Heart Team
- NEW Monday, 7:00 pm Eastern: The Trust Frequency Embodied
- Monday, 8:00 pm Eastern: Men in Connection
- NEW Tuesday, 11:00 am Eastern: The Hoop of Many Hoops
- NEW Tuesday, 5:00 pm Eastern: Inspiration from Revelation
- Tuesday, 8:00 pm Eastern: Radical Earth Resonance
- NEW Wednesday, 8:00 am Eastern: Soul Voice Embodied Intuition
- NEW Wednesday, 5:00-7:00 pm Eastern: Four Worlds International Women’s Circle
- Wednesday, 7:00 pm Eastern: We Are a Rising Tide
- Wednesday, 8:00 pm Eastern: The Healing Field
- Thursday, 11:00 am Eastern: Giving Voice to the Heart
- Thursday, 8:00 pm Eastern: Rumi’s Field
- Friday, 8:00 pm Eastern: Sound Connection
- NEW Saturday, 11:00 am Eastern: Modern Toltec Purification Ceremony
- Saturday, 8:00 pm Eastern: 24/7 Couples
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GOOD OF THE WHOLE
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The Connection Field is an ever-expanding field of love and resonance for the good of the whole. This is a loving, inclusive space, to be authentic and expand in heart resonance, embodied wholeness, and meaningful connection. JOIN US. Create online community and coherence for the good of the whole.
The Connection Field is a global service project initiated by our community of Mentoring Stewards to provide online community, support and connection during these unprecedented times of the COVID-19 pandemic. We may be asked to self-quarantine, social distance, and stay home, but that doesn’t mean we are alone! Join us in the Connection Field. We will be LIVE daily on Zoom from Noon to 5:00 pm Eastern/9 am to 2 pm Pacific.
JOIN THE CONNECTION FIELD: Click on the link below to receive the log-in information in our Weekly Digest. When you register you will also receive the link in an email sent directly to your inbox.
CLICK HERE FOR YOUR WEEKLY DIGEST WITH ZOOM INSTRUCTIONS
DO YOU WANT TO HOST AN HOUR OR OFFER A SPECIAL PROGRAM? EMAIL US AND INQUIRE AT SUPPORT@GOODOFTHEWHOLE.COM.
DIGEST OF EVENTS
GOOD OF THE WHOLE COMMUNITY CALLS:
- Monday, 11:00 am Eastern: Public Global Heart Resonance Call
- Wednesday, 11:00 am Eastern: Mentoring Stewards Public Coherence Call (May 6th: OPEN TO THE PUBLIC)
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DAILY OFFERINGS:
- Daily, 9:00 am Eastern/1:00 pm UTC: Mayan Calendar and Fire Ceremony
- Daily, 10:00 am Eastern: Morning Heart Coherence Meditation
- Monday – Friday, Noon – 5 pm Eastern: Resonance Lounge
- Daily, 10:00 pm Eastern: Evening Japa Mala Meditation
- NEW Monday, Wednesday, Friday 8:00 pm Eastern: Heart Coherence Awareness Meditation
- NEW Monday, Tuesday and Thursday, 10:00 pm Eastern: The Power of Song and Prayer
“Out Beyond ideas of wrongdoing and right doing, there’s a field.
I’ll meet you there.” ~ Rumi
WEEKLY OFFERINGS:
- Sunday, 1:00 – 3:00 pm Eastern: Gathering of Indigenous Grandmothers of Europe
- NEW Sunday, 11:00 am Eastern: Healing in an Urban Context with Multi-ethnical Tensions
- Sunday, 6:00 pm Eastern/10:00 UTC: Teachings of Sacred Tree
- NEW Sunday, 9:00 pm Eastern: Staying Healthy
- NEW Monday, 8:00 am Eastern: Divine Heart Meditation
- Monday, 5:00 pm Eastern: Global Heart Team
- NEW Monday, 7:00 pm Eastern: The Trust Frequency Embodied
- Monday, 8:00 pm Eastern: Men in Connection
- NEW Tuesday, 11:00 am Eastern: The Hoop of Many Hoops
- NEW Tuesday, 5:00 pm Eastern: Inspiration from Revelation
- Tuesday, 8:00 pm Eastern: Radical Earth Resonance
- NEW Wednesday, 8:00 am Eastern: Soul Voice Embodied Intuition
- NEW Wednesday, 5:00-7:00 pm Eastern: Four Worlds International Women’s Circle
- Wednesday, 7:00 pm Eastern: We Are a Rising Tide
- Wednesday, 8:00 pm Eastern: The Healing Field
- Thursday, 11:00 am Eastern: Giving Voice to the Heart
- Thursday, 8:00 pm Eastern: Rumi’s Field
- Friday, 8:00 pm Eastern: Sound Connection
- NEW Saturday, 11:00 am Eastern: Modern Toltec Purification Ceremony
- Saturday, 8:00 pm Eastern: 24/7 Couples
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GOOD OF THE WHOLE
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The Connection Field is an ever-expanding field of love and resonance for the good of the whole. This is a loving, inclusive space, to be authentic and expand in heart resonance, embodied wholeness, and meaningful connection. JOIN US. Create online community and coherence for the good of the whole.
The Connection Field is a global service project initiated by our community of Mentoring Stewards to provide online community, support and connection during these unprecedented times of the COVID-19 pandemic. We may be asked to self-quarantine, social distance, and stay home, but that doesn’t mean we are alone! Join us in the Connection Field. We will be LIVE daily on Zoom from Noon to 5:00 pm Eastern/9 am to 2 pm Pacific.
JOIN THE CONNECTION FIELD: Click on the link below to receive the log-in information in our Weekly Digest. When you register you will also receive the link in an email sent directly to your inbox.
CLICK HERE FOR YOUR WEEKLY DIGEST WITH ZOOM INSTRUCTIONS
DO YOU WANT TO HOST AN HOUR OR OFFER A SPECIAL PROGRAM? EMAIL US AND INQUIRE AT SUPPORT@GOODOFTHEWHOLE.COM.
DIGEST OF EVENTS
GOOD OF THE WHOLE COMMUNITY CALLS:
- Monday, 11:00 am Eastern: Public Global Heart Resonance Call
- Wednesday, 11:00 am Eastern: Mentoring Stewards Public Coherence Call (May 6th: OPEN TO THE PUBLIC)
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DAILY OFFERINGS:
- Daily, 9:00 am Eastern/1:00 pm UTC: Mayan Calendar and Fire Ceremony
- Daily, 10:00 am Eastern: Morning Heart Coherence Meditation
- Monday – Friday, Noon – 5 pm Eastern: Resonance Lounge
- Daily, 10:00 pm Eastern: Evening Japa Mala Meditation
- NEW Monday, Wednesday, Friday 8:00 pm Eastern: Heart Coherence Awareness Meditation
- NEW Monday, Tuesday and Thursday, 10:00 pm Eastern: The Power of Song and Prayer
“Out Beyond ideas of wrongdoing and right doing, there’s a field.
I’ll meet you there.” ~ Rumi
WEEKLY OFFERINGS:
- Sunday, 1:00 – 3:00 pm Eastern: Gathering of Indigenous Grandmothers of Europe
- NEW Sunday, 11:00 am Eastern: Healing in an Urban Context with Multi-ethnical Tensions
- Sunday, 6:00 pm Eastern/10:00 UTC: Teachings of Sacred Tree
- NEW Sunday, 9:00 pm Eastern: Staying Healthy
- NEW Monday, 8:00 am Eastern: Divine Heart Meditation
- Monday, 5:00 pm Eastern: Global Heart Team
- NEW Monday, 7:00 pm Eastern: The Trust Frequency Embodied
- Monday, 8:00 pm Eastern: Men in Connection
- NEW Tuesday, 11:00 am Eastern: The Hoop of Many Hoops
- NEW Tuesday, 5:00 pm Eastern: Inspiration from Revelation
- Tuesday, 8:00 pm Eastern: Radical Earth Resonance
- NEW Wednesday, 8:00 am Eastern: Soul Voice Embodied Intuition
- NEW Wednesday, 5:00-7:00 pm Eastern: Four Worlds International Women’s Circle
- Wednesday, 7:00 pm Eastern: We Are a Rising Tide
- Wednesday, 8:00 pm Eastern: The Healing Field
- Thursday, 11:00 am Eastern: Giving Voice to the Heart
- Thursday, 8:00 pm Eastern: Rumi’s Field
- Friday, 8:00 pm Eastern: Sound Connection
- NEW Saturday, 11:00 am Eastern: Modern Toltec Purification Ceremony
- Saturday, 8:00 pm Eastern: 24/7 Couples
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GOOD OF THE WHOLE
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The Connection Field is an ever-expanding field of love and resonance for the good of the whole. This is a loving, inclusive space, to be authentic and expand in heart resonance, embodied wholeness, and meaningful connection. JOIN US. Create online community and coherence for the good of the whole.
The Connection Field is a global service project initiated by our community of Mentoring Stewards to provide online community, support and connection during these unprecedented times of the COVID-19 pandemic. We may be asked to self-quarantine, social distance, and stay home, but that doesn’t mean we are alone! Join us in the Connection Field. We will be LIVE daily on Zoom from Noon to 5:00 pm Eastern/9 am to 2 pm Pacific.
JOIN THE CONNECTION FIELD: Click on the link below to receive the log-in information in our Weekly Digest. When you register you will also receive the link in an email sent directly to your inbox.
CLICK HERE FOR YOUR WEEKLY DIGEST WITH ZOOM INSTRUCTIONS
DO YOU WANT TO HOST AN HOUR OR OFFER A SPECIAL PROGRAM? EMAIL US AND INQUIRE AT SUPPORT@GOODOFTHEWHOLE.COM.
DIGEST OF EVENTS
GOOD OF THE WHOLE COMMUNITY CALLS:
- Monday, 11:00 am Eastern: Public Global Heart Resonance Call
- Wednesday, 11:00 am Eastern: Mentoring Stewards Public Coherence Call (May 6th: OPEN TO THE PUBLIC)
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DAILY OFFERINGS:
- Daily, 9:00 am Eastern/1:00 pm UTC: Mayan Calendar and Fire Ceremony
- Daily, 10:00 am Eastern: Morning Heart Coherence Meditation
- Monday – Friday, Noon – 5 pm Eastern: Resonance Lounge
- Daily, 10:00 pm Eastern: Evening Japa Mala Meditation
- NEW Monday, Wednesday, Friday 8:00 pm Eastern: Heart Coherence Awareness Meditation
- NEW Monday, Tuesday and Thursday, 10:00 pm Eastern: The Power of Song and Prayer
“Out Beyond ideas of wrongdoing and right doing, there’s a field.
I’ll meet you there.” ~ Rumi
WEEKLY OFFERINGS:
- Sunday, 1:00 – 3:00 pm Eastern: Gathering of Indigenous Grandmothers of Europe
- NEW Sunday, 11:00 am Eastern: Healing in an Urban Context with Multi-ethnical Tensions
- Sunday, 6:00 pm Eastern/10:00 UTC: Teachings of Sacred Tree
- NEW Sunday, 9:00 pm Eastern: Staying Healthy
- NEW Monday, 8:00 am Eastern: Divine Heart Meditation
- Monday, 5:00 pm Eastern: Global Heart Team
- NEW Monday, 7:00 pm Eastern: The Trust Frequency Embodied
- Monday, 8:00 pm Eastern: Men in Connection
- NEW Tuesday, 11:00 am Eastern: The Hoop of Many Hoops
- NEW Tuesday, 5:00 pm Eastern: Inspiration from Revelation
- Tuesday, 8:00 pm Eastern: Radical Earth Resonance
- NEW Wednesday, 8:00 am Eastern: Soul Voice Embodied Intuition
- NEW Wednesday, 5:00-7:00 pm Eastern: Four Worlds International Women’s Circle
- Wednesday, 7:00 pm Eastern: We Are a Rising Tide
- Wednesday, 8:00 pm Eastern: The Healing Field
- Thursday, 11:00 am Eastern: Giving Voice to the Heart
- Thursday, 8:00 pm Eastern: Rumi’s Field
- Friday, 8:00 pm Eastern: Sound Connection
- NEW Saturday, 11:00 am Eastern: Modern Toltec Purification Ceremony
- Saturday, 8:00 pm Eastern: 24/7 Couples
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GOOD OF THE WHOLE
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The Connection Field is an ever-expanding field of love and resonance for the good of the whole. This is a loving, inclusive space, to be authentic and expand in heart resonance, embodied wholeness, and meaningful connection. JOIN US. Create online community and coherence for the good of the whole.
The Connection Field is a global service project initiated by our community of Mentoring Stewards to provide online community, support and connection during these unprecedented times of the COVID-19 pandemic. We may be asked to self-quarantine, social distance, and stay home, but that doesn’t mean we are alone! Join us in the Connection Field. We will be LIVE daily on Zoom from Noon to 5:00 pm Eastern/9 am to 2 pm Pacific.
JOIN THE CONNECTION FIELD: Click on the link below to receive the log-in information in our Weekly Digest. When you register you will also receive the link in an email sent directly to your inbox.
CLICK HERE FOR YOUR WEEKLY DIGEST WITH ZOOM INSTRUCTIONS
DO YOU WANT TO HOST AN HOUR OR OFFER A SPECIAL PROGRAM? EMAIL US AND INQUIRE AT SUPPORT@GOODOFTHEWHOLE.COM.
DIGEST OF EVENTS
GOOD OF THE WHOLE COMMUNITY CALLS:
- Monday, 11:00 am Eastern: Public Global Heart Resonance Call
- Wednesday, 11:00 am Eastern: Mentoring Stewards Public Coherence Call (May 6th: OPEN TO THE PUBLIC)
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DAILY OFFERINGS:
- Daily, 9:00 am Eastern/1:00 pm UTC: Mayan Calendar and Fire Ceremony
- Daily, 10:00 am Eastern: Morning Heart Coherence Meditation
- Monday – Friday, Noon – 5 pm Eastern: Resonance Lounge
- Daily, 10:00 pm Eastern: Evening Japa Mala Meditation
- NEW Monday, Wednesday, Friday 8:00 pm Eastern: Heart Coherence Awareness Meditation
- NEW Monday, Tuesday and Thursday, 10:00 pm Eastern: The Power of Song and Prayer
“Out Beyond ideas of wrongdoing and right doing, there’s a field.
I’ll meet you there.” ~ Rumi
WEEKLY OFFERINGS:
- Sunday, 1:00 – 3:00 pm Eastern: Gathering of Indigenous Grandmothers of Europe
- NEW Sunday, 11:00 am Eastern: Healing in an Urban Context with Multi-ethnical Tensions
- Sunday, 6:00 pm Eastern/10:00 UTC: Teachings of Sacred Tree
- NEW Sunday, 9:00 pm Eastern: Staying Healthy
- NEW Monday, 8:00 am Eastern: Divine Heart Meditation
- Monday, 5:00 pm Eastern: Global Heart Team
- NEW Monday, 7:00 pm Eastern: The Trust Frequency Embodied
- Monday, 8:00 pm Eastern: Men in Connection
- NEW Tuesday, 11:00 am Eastern: The Hoop of Many Hoops
- NEW Tuesday, 5:00 pm Eastern: Inspiration from Revelation
- Tuesday, 8:00 pm Eastern: Radical Earth Resonance
- NEW Wednesday, 8:00 am Eastern: Soul Voice Embodied Intuition
- NEW Wednesday, 5:00-7:00 pm Eastern: Four Worlds International Women’s Circle
- Wednesday, 7:00 pm Eastern: We Are a Rising Tide
- Wednesday, 8:00 pm Eastern: The Healing Field
- Thursday, 11:00 am Eastern: Giving Voice to the Heart
- Thursday, 8:00 pm Eastern: Rumi’s Field
- Friday, 8:00 pm Eastern: Sound Connection
- NEW Saturday, 11:00 am Eastern: Modern Toltec Purification Ceremony
- Saturday, 8:00 pm Eastern: 24/7 Couples
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GOOD OF THE WHOLE
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The Connection Field is an ever-expanding field of love and resonance for the good of the whole. This is a loving, inclusive space, to be authentic and expand in heart resonance, embodied wholeness, and meaningful connection. JOIN US. Create online community and coherence for the good of the whole.
The Connection Field is a global service project initiated by our community of Mentoring Stewards to provide online community, support and connection during these unprecedented times of the COVID-19 pandemic. We may be asked to self-quarantine, social distance, and stay home, but that doesn’t mean we are alone! Join us in the Connection Field. We will be LIVE daily on Zoom from Noon to 5:00 pm Eastern/9 am to 2 pm Pacific.
JOIN THE CONNECTION FIELD: Click on the link below to receive the log-in information in our Weekly Digest. When you register you will also receive the link in an email sent directly to your inbox.
CLICK HERE FOR YOUR WEEKLY DIGEST WITH ZOOM INSTRUCTIONS
DO YOU WANT TO HOST AN HOUR OR OFFER A SPECIAL PROGRAM? EMAIL US AND INQUIRE AT SUPPORT@GOODOFTHEWHOLE.COM.
DIGEST OF EVENTS
GOOD OF THE WHOLE COMMUNITY CALLS:
- Monday, 11:00 am Eastern: Public Global Heart Resonance Call
- Wednesday, 11:00 am Eastern: Mentoring Stewards Public Coherence Call (May 6th: OPEN TO THE PUBLIC)
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DAILY OFFERINGS:
- Daily, 9:00 am Eastern/1:00 pm UTC: Mayan Calendar and Fire Ceremony
- Daily, 10:00 am Eastern: Morning Heart Coherence Meditation
- Monday – Friday, Noon – 5 pm Eastern: Resonance Lounge
- Daily, 10:00 pm Eastern: Evening Japa Mala Meditation
- NEW Monday, Wednesday, Friday 8:00 pm Eastern: Heart Coherence Awareness Meditation
- NEW Monday, Tuesday and Thursday, 10:00 pm Eastern: The Power of Song and Prayer
“Out Beyond ideas of wrongdoing and right doing, there’s a field.
I’ll meet you there.” ~ Rumi
WEEKLY OFFERINGS:
- Sunday, 1:00 – 3:00 pm Eastern: Gathering of Indigenous Grandmothers of Europe
- NEW Sunday, 11:00 am Eastern: Healing in an Urban Context with Multi-ethnical Tensions
- Sunday, 6:00 pm Eastern/10:00 UTC: Teachings of Sacred Tree
- NEW Sunday, 9:00 pm Eastern: Staying Healthy
- NEW Monday, 8:00 am Eastern: Divine Heart Meditation
- Monday, 5:00 pm Eastern: Global Heart Team
- NEW Monday, 7:00 pm Eastern: The Trust Frequency Embodied
- Monday, 8:00 pm Eastern: Men in Connection
- NEW Tuesday, 11:00 am Eastern: The Hoop of Many Hoops
- NEW Tuesday, 5:00 pm Eastern: Inspiration from Revelation
- Tuesday, 8:00 pm Eastern: Radical Earth Resonance
- NEW Wednesday, 8:00 am Eastern: Soul Voice Embodied Intuition
- NEW Wednesday, 5:00-7:00 pm Eastern: Four Worlds International Women’s Circle
- Wednesday, 7:00 pm Eastern: We Are a Rising Tide
- Wednesday, 8:00 pm Eastern: The Healing Field
- Thursday, 11:00 am Eastern: Giving Voice to the Heart
- Thursday, 8:00 pm Eastern: Rumi’s Field
- Friday, 8:00 pm Eastern: Sound Connection
- NEW Saturday, 11:00 am Eastern: Modern Toltec Purification Ceremony
- Saturday, 8:00 pm Eastern: 24/7 Couples
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GOOD OF THE WHOLE
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The Connection Field is an ever-expanding field of love and resonance for the good of the whole. This is a loving, inclusive space, to be authentic and expand in heart resonance, embodied wholeness, and meaningful connection. JOIN US. Create online community and coherence for the good of the whole.
The Connection Field is a global service project initiated by our community of Mentoring Stewards to provide online community, support and connection during these unprecedented times of the COVID-19 pandemic. We may be asked to self-quarantine, social distance, and stay home, but that doesn’t mean we are alone! Join us in the Connection Field. We will be LIVE daily on Zoom from Noon to 5:00 pm Eastern/9 am to 2 pm Pacific.
JOIN THE CONNECTION FIELD: Click on the link below to receive the log-in information in our Weekly Digest. When you register you will also receive the link in an email sent directly to your inbox.
CLICK HERE FOR YOUR WEEKLY DIGEST WITH ZOOM INSTRUCTIONS
DO YOU WANT TO HOST AN HOUR OR OFFER A SPECIAL PROGRAM? EMAIL US AND INQUIRE AT SUPPORT@GOODOFTHEWHOLE.COM.
DIGEST OF EVENTS
GOOD OF THE WHOLE COMMUNITY CALLS:
- Monday, 11:00 am Eastern: Public Global Heart Resonance Call
- Wednesday, 11:00 am Eastern: Mentoring Stewards Public Coherence Call (May 6th: OPEN TO THE PUBLIC)
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DAILY OFFERINGS:
- Daily, 9:00 am Eastern/1:00 pm UTC: Mayan Calendar and Fire Ceremony
- Daily, 10:00 am Eastern: Morning Heart Coherence Meditation
- Monday – Friday, Noon – 5 pm Eastern: Resonance Lounge
- Daily, 10:00 pm Eastern: Evening Japa Mala Meditation
- NEW Monday, Wednesday, Friday 8:00 pm Eastern: Heart Coherence Awareness Meditation
- NEW Monday, Tuesday and Thursday, 10:00 pm Eastern: The Power of Song and Prayer
“Out Beyond ideas of wrongdoing and right doing, there’s a field.
I’ll meet you there.” ~ Rumi
WEEKLY OFFERINGS:
- Sunday, 1:00 – 3:00 pm Eastern: Gathering of Indigenous Grandmothers of Europe
- NEW Sunday, 11:00 am Eastern: Healing in an Urban Context with Multi-ethnical Tensions
- Sunday, 6:00 pm Eastern/10:00 UTC: Teachings of Sacred Tree
- NEW Sunday, 9:00 pm Eastern: Staying Healthy
- NEW Monday, 8:00 am Eastern: Divine Heart Meditation
- Monday, 5:00 pm Eastern: Global Heart Team
- NEW Monday, 7:00 pm Eastern: The Trust Frequency Embodied
- Monday, 8:00 pm Eastern: Men in Connection
- NEW Tuesday, 11:00 am Eastern: The Hoop of Many Hoops
- NEW Tuesday, 5:00 pm Eastern: Inspiration from Revelation
- Tuesday, 8:00 pm Eastern: Radical Earth Resonance
- NEW Wednesday, 8:00 am Eastern: Soul Voice Embodied Intuition
- NEW Wednesday, 5:00-7:00 pm Eastern: Four Worlds International Women’s Circle
- Wednesday, 7:00 pm Eastern: We Are a Rising Tide
- Wednesday, 8:00 pm Eastern: The Healing Field
- Thursday, 11:00 am Eastern: Giving Voice to the Heart
- Thursday, 8:00 pm Eastern: Rumi’s Field
- Friday, 8:00 pm Eastern: Sound Connection
- NEW Saturday, 11:00 am Eastern: Modern Toltec Purification Ceremony
- Saturday, 8:00 pm Eastern: 24/7 Couples
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GOOD OF THE WHOLE
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The Connection Field is an ever-expanding field of love and resonance for the good of the whole. This is a loving, inclusive space, to be authentic and expand in heart resonance, embodied wholeness, and meaningful connection. JOIN US. Create online community and coherence for the good of the whole.
The Connection Field is a global service project initiated by our community of Mentoring Stewards to provide online community, support and connection during these unprecedented times of the COVID-19 pandemic. We may be asked to self-quarantine, social distance, and stay home, but that doesn’t mean we are alone! Join us in the Connection Field. We will be LIVE daily on Zoom from Noon to 5:00 pm Eastern/9 am to 2 pm Pacific.
JOIN THE CONNECTION FIELD: Click on the link below to receive the log-in information in our Weekly Digest. When you register you will also receive the link in an email sent directly to your inbox.
CLICK HERE FOR YOUR WEEKLY DIGEST WITH ZOOM INSTRUCTIONS
DO YOU WANT TO HOST AN HOUR OR OFFER A SPECIAL PROGRAM? EMAIL US AND INQUIRE AT SUPPORT@GOODOFTHEWHOLE.COM.
DIGEST OF EVENTS
GOOD OF THE WHOLE COMMUNITY CALLS:
- Monday, 11:00 am Eastern: Public Global Heart Resonance Call
- Wednesday, 11:00 am Eastern: Mentoring Stewards Public Coherence Call (May 6th: OPEN TO THE PUBLIC)
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DAILY OFFERINGS:
- Daily, 9:00 am Eastern/1:00 pm UTC: Mayan Calendar and Fire Ceremony
- Daily, 10:00 am Eastern: Morning Heart Coherence Meditation
- Monday – Friday, Noon – 5 pm Eastern: Resonance Lounge
- Daily, 10:00 pm Eastern: Evening Japa Mala Meditation
- NEW Monday, Wednesday, Friday 8:00 pm Eastern: Heart Coherence Awareness Meditation
- NEW Monday, Tuesday and Thursday, 10:00 pm Eastern: The Power of Song and Prayer
“Out Beyond ideas of wrongdoing and right doing, there’s a field.
I’ll meet you there.” ~ Rumi
WEEKLY OFFERINGS:
- Sunday, 1:00 – 3:00 pm Eastern: Gathering of Indigenous Grandmothers of Europe
- NEW Sunday, 11:00 am Eastern: Healing in an Urban Context with Multi-ethnical Tensions
- Sunday, 6:00 pm Eastern/10:00 UTC: Teachings of Sacred Tree
- NEW Sunday, 9:00 pm Eastern: Staying Healthy
- NEW Monday, 8:00 am Eastern: Divine Heart Meditation
- Monday, 5:00 pm Eastern: Global Heart Team
- NEW Monday, 7:00 pm Eastern: The Trust Frequency Embodied
- Monday, 8:00 pm Eastern: Men in Connection
- NEW Tuesday, 11:00 am Eastern: The Hoop of Many Hoops
- NEW Tuesday, 5:00 pm Eastern: Inspiration from Revelation
- Tuesday, 8:00 pm Eastern: Radical Earth Resonance
- NEW Wednesday, 8:00 am Eastern: Soul Voice Embodied Intuition
- NEW Wednesday, 5:00-7:00 pm Eastern: Four Worlds International Women’s Circle
- Wednesday, 7:00 pm Eastern: We Are a Rising Tide
- Wednesday, 8:00 pm Eastern: The Healing Field
- Thursday, 11:00 am Eastern: Giving Voice to the Heart
- Thursday, 8:00 pm Eastern: Rumi’s Field
- Friday, 8:00 pm Eastern: Sound Connection
- NEW Saturday, 11:00 am Eastern: Modern Toltec Purification Ceremony
- Saturday, 8:00 pm Eastern: 24/7 Couples
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The Connection Field is an ever-expanding field of love and resonance for the good of the whole. This is a loving, inclusive space, to be authentic and expand in heart resonance, embodied wholeness, and meaningful connection. JOIN US. Create online community and coherence for the good of the whole.
The Connection Field is a global service project initiated by our community of Mentoring Stewards to provide online community, support and connection during these unprecedented times of the COVID-19 pandemic. We may be asked to self-quarantine, social distance, and stay home, but that doesn’t mean we are alone! Join us in the Connection Field. We will be LIVE daily on Zoom from Noon to 5:00 pm Eastern/9 am to 2 pm Pacific.
JOIN THE CONNECTION FIELD: Click on the link below to receive the log-in information in our Weekly Digest. When you register you will also receive the link in an email sent directly to your inbox.
CLICK HERE FOR YOUR WEEKLY DIGEST WITH ZOOM INSTRUCTIONS
DO YOU WANT TO HOST AN HOUR OR OFFER A SPECIAL PROGRAM? EMAIL US AND INQUIRE AT SUPPORT@GOODOFTHEWHOLE.COM.
DIGEST OF EVENTS
GOOD OF THE WHOLE COMMUNITY CALLS:
- Monday, 11:00 am Eastern: Public Global Heart Resonance Call
- Wednesday, 11:00 am Eastern: Mentoring Stewards Public Coherence Call (May 6th: OPEN TO THE PUBLIC)
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DAILY OFFERINGS:
- Daily, 9:00 am Eastern/1:00 pm UTC: Mayan Calendar and Fire Ceremony
- Daily, 10:00 am Eastern: Morning Heart Coherence Meditation
- Monday – Friday, Noon – 5 pm Eastern: Resonance Lounge
- Daily, 10:00 pm Eastern: Evening Japa Mala Meditation
- NEW Monday, Wednesday, Friday 8:00 pm Eastern: Heart Coherence Awareness Meditation
- NEW Monday, Tuesday and Thursday, 10:00 pm Eastern: The Power of Song and Prayer
“Out Beyond ideas of wrongdoing and right doing, there’s a field.
I’ll meet you there.” ~ Rumi
WEEKLY OFFERINGS:
- Sunday, 1:00 – 3:00 pm Eastern: Gathering of Indigenous Grandmothers of Europe
- NEW Sunday, 11:00 am Eastern: Healing in an Urban Context with Multi-ethnical Tensions
- Sunday, 6:00 pm Eastern/10:00 UTC: Teachings of Sacred Tree
- NEW Sunday, 9:00 pm Eastern: Staying Healthy
- NEW Monday, 8:00 am Eastern: Divine Heart Meditation
- Monday, 5:00 pm Eastern: Global Heart Team
- NEW Monday, 7:00 pm Eastern: The Trust Frequency Embodied
- Monday, 8:00 pm Eastern: Men in Connection
- NEW Tuesday, 11:00 am Eastern: The Hoop of Many Hoops
- NEW Tuesday, 5:00 pm Eastern: Inspiration from Revelation
- Tuesday, 8:00 pm Eastern: Radical Earth Resonance
- NEW Wednesday, 8:00 am Eastern: Soul Voice Embodied Intuition
- NEW Wednesday, 5:00-7:00 pm Eastern: Four Worlds International Women’s Circle
- Wednesday, 7:00 pm Eastern: We Are a Rising Tide
- Wednesday, 8:00 pm Eastern: The Healing Field
- Thursday, 11:00 am Eastern: Giving Voice to the Heart
- Thursday, 8:00 pm Eastern: Rumi’s Field
- Friday, 8:00 pm Eastern: Sound Connection
- NEW Saturday, 11:00 am Eastern: Modern Toltec Purification Ceremony
- Saturday, 8:00 pm Eastern: 24/7 Couples
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The Connection Field is an ever-expanding field of love and resonance for the good of the whole. This is a loving, inclusive space, to be authentic and expand in heart resonance, embodied wholeness, and meaningful connection. JOIN US. Create online community and coherence for the good of the whole.
The Connection Field is a global service project initiated by our community of Mentoring Stewards to provide online community, support and connection during these unprecedented times of the COVID-19 pandemic. We may be asked to self-quarantine, social distance, and stay home, but that doesn’t mean we are alone! Join us in the Connection Field. We will be LIVE daily on Zoom from Noon to 5:00 pm Eastern/9 am to 2 pm Pacific.
JOIN THE CONNECTION FIELD: Click on the link below to receive the log-in information in our Weekly Digest. When you register you will also receive the link in an email sent directly to your inbox.
CLICK HERE FOR YOUR WEEKLY DIGEST WITH ZOOM INSTRUCTIONS
DO YOU WANT TO HOST AN HOUR OR OFFER A SPECIAL PROGRAM? EMAIL US AND INQUIRE AT SUPPORT@GOODOFTHEWHOLE.COM.
DIGEST OF EVENTS
GOOD OF THE WHOLE COMMUNITY CALLS:
- Monday, 11:00 am Eastern: Public Global Heart Resonance Call
- Wednesday, 11:00 am Eastern: Mentoring Stewards Public Coherence Call (May 6th: OPEN TO THE PUBLIC)
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DAILY OFFERINGS:
- Daily, 9:00 am Eastern/1:00 pm UTC: Mayan Calendar and Fire Ceremony
- Daily, 10:00 am Eastern: Morning Heart Coherence Meditation
- Monday – Friday, Noon – 5 pm Eastern: Resonance Lounge
- Daily, 10:00 pm Eastern: Evening Japa Mala Meditation
- NEW Monday, Wednesday, Friday 8:00 pm Eastern: Heart Coherence Awareness Meditation
- NEW Monday, Tuesday and Thursday, 10:00 pm Eastern: The Power of Song and Prayer
“Out Beyond ideas of wrongdoing and right doing, there’s a field.
I’ll meet you there.” ~ Rumi
WEEKLY OFFERINGS:
- Sunday, 1:00 – 3:00 pm Eastern: Gathering of Indigenous Grandmothers of Europe
- NEW Sunday, 11:00 am Eastern: Healing in an Urban Context with Multi-ethnical Tensions
- Sunday, 6:00 pm Eastern/10:00 UTC: Teachings of Sacred Tree
- NEW Sunday, 9:00 pm Eastern: Staying Healthy
- NEW Monday, 8:00 am Eastern: Divine Heart Meditation
- Monday, 5:00 pm Eastern: Global Heart Team
- NEW Monday, 7:00 pm Eastern: The Trust Frequency Embodied
- Monday, 8:00 pm Eastern: Men in Connection
- NEW Tuesday, 11:00 am Eastern: The Hoop of Many Hoops
- NEW Tuesday, 5:00 pm Eastern: Inspiration from Revelation
- Tuesday, 8:00 pm Eastern: Radical Earth Resonance
- NEW Wednesday, 8:00 am Eastern: Soul Voice Embodied Intuition
- NEW Wednesday, 5:00-7:00 pm Eastern: Four Worlds International Women’s Circle
- Wednesday, 7:00 pm Eastern: We Are a Rising Tide
- Wednesday, 8:00 pm Eastern: The Healing Field
- Thursday, 11:00 am Eastern: Giving Voice to the Heart
- Thursday, 8:00 pm Eastern: Rumi’s Field
- Friday, 8:00 pm Eastern: Sound Connection
- NEW Saturday, 11:00 am Eastern: Modern Toltec Purification Ceremony
- Saturday, 8:00 pm Eastern: 24/7 Couples
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The Connection Field is an ever-expanding field of love and resonance for the good of the whole. This is a loving, inclusive space, to be authentic and expand in heart resonance, embodied wholeness, and meaningful connection. JOIN US. Create online community and coherence for the good of the whole.
The Connection Field is a global service project initiated by our community of Mentoring Stewards to provide online community, support and connection during these unprecedented times of the COVID-19 pandemic. We may be asked to self-quarantine, social distance, and stay home, but that doesn’t mean we are alone! Join us in the Connection Field. We will be LIVE daily on Zoom from Noon to 5:00 pm Eastern/9 am to 2 pm Pacific.
JOIN THE CONNECTION FIELD: Click on the link below to receive the log-in information in our Weekly Digest. When you register you will also receive the link in an email sent directly to your inbox.
CLICK HERE FOR YOUR WEEKLY DIGEST WITH ZOOM INSTRUCTIONS
DO YOU WANT TO HOST AN HOUR OR OFFER A SPECIAL PROGRAM? EMAIL US AND INQUIRE AT SUPPORT@GOODOFTHEWHOLE.COM.
DIGEST OF EVENTS
GOOD OF THE WHOLE COMMUNITY CALLS:
- Monday, 11:00 am Eastern: Public Global Heart Resonance Call
- Wednesday, 11:00 am Eastern: Mentoring Stewards Public Coherence Call (May 6th: OPEN TO THE PUBLIC)
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DAILY OFFERINGS:
- Daily, 9:00 am Eastern/1:00 pm UTC: Mayan Calendar and Fire Ceremony
- Daily, 10:00 am Eastern: Morning Heart Coherence Meditation
- Monday – Friday, Noon – 5 pm Eastern: Resonance Lounge
- Daily, 10:00 pm Eastern: Evening Japa Mala Meditation
- NEW Monday, Wednesday, Friday 8:00 pm Eastern: Heart Coherence Awareness Meditation
- NEW Monday, Tuesday and Thursday, 10:00 pm Eastern: The Power of Song and Prayer
“Out Beyond ideas of wrongdoing and right doing, there’s a field.
I’ll meet you there.” ~ Rumi
WEEKLY OFFERINGS:
- Sunday, 1:00 – 3:00 pm Eastern: Gathering of Indigenous Grandmothers of Europe
- NEW Sunday, 11:00 am Eastern: Healing in an Urban Context with Multi-ethnical Tensions
- Sunday, 6:00 pm Eastern/10:00 UTC: Teachings of Sacred Tree
- NEW Sunday, 9:00 pm Eastern: Staying Healthy
- NEW Monday, 8:00 am Eastern: Divine Heart Meditation
- Monday, 5:00 pm Eastern: Global Heart Team
- NEW Monday, 7:00 pm Eastern: The Trust Frequency Embodied
- Monday, 8:00 pm Eastern: Men in Connection
- NEW Tuesday, 11:00 am Eastern: The Hoop of Many Hoops
- NEW Tuesday, 5:00 pm Eastern: Inspiration from Revelation
- Tuesday, 8:00 pm Eastern: Radical Earth Resonance
- NEW Wednesday, 8:00 am Eastern: Soul Voice Embodied Intuition
- NEW Wednesday, 5:00-7:00 pm Eastern: Four Worlds International Women’s Circle
- Wednesday, 7:00 pm Eastern: We Are a Rising Tide
- Wednesday, 8:00 pm Eastern: The Healing Field
- Thursday, 11:00 am Eastern: Giving Voice to the Heart
- Thursday, 8:00 pm Eastern: Rumi’s Field
- Friday, 8:00 pm Eastern: Sound Connection
- NEW Saturday, 11:00 am Eastern: Modern Toltec Purification Ceremony
- Saturday, 8:00 pm Eastern: 24/7 Couples
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The Connection Field is an ever-expanding field of love and resonance for the good of the whole. This is a loving, inclusive space, to be authentic and expand in heart resonance, embodied wholeness, and meaningful connection. JOIN US. Create online community and coherence for the good of the whole.
The Connection Field is a global service project initiated by our community of Mentoring Stewards to provide online community, support and connection during these unprecedented times of the COVID-19 pandemic. We may be asked to self-quarantine, social distance, and stay home, but that doesn’t mean we are alone! Join us in the Connection Field. We will be LIVE daily on Zoom from Noon to 5:00 pm Eastern/9 am to 2 pm Pacific.
JOIN THE CONNECTION FIELD: Click on the link below to receive the log-in information in our Weekly Digest. When you register you will also receive the link in an email sent directly to your inbox.
CLICK HERE FOR YOUR WEEKLY DIGEST WITH ZOOM INSTRUCTIONS
DO YOU WANT TO HOST AN HOUR OR OFFER A SPECIAL PROGRAM? EMAIL US AND INQUIRE AT SUPPORT@GOODOFTHEWHOLE.COM.
DIGEST OF EVENTS
GOOD OF THE WHOLE COMMUNITY CALLS:
- Monday, 11:00 am Eastern: Public Global Heart Resonance Call
- Wednesday, 11:00 am Eastern: Mentoring Stewards Public Coherence Call (May 6th: OPEN TO THE PUBLIC)
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DAILY OFFERINGS:
- Daily, 9:00 am Eastern/1:00 pm UTC: Mayan Calendar and Fire Ceremony
- Daily, 10:00 am Eastern: Morning Heart Coherence Meditation
- Monday – Friday, Noon – 5 pm Eastern: Resonance Lounge
- Daily, 10:00 pm Eastern: Evening Japa Mala Meditation
- NEW Monday, Wednesday, Friday 8:00 pm Eastern: Heart Coherence Awareness Meditation
- NEW Monday, Tuesday and Thursday, 10:00 pm Eastern: The Power of Song and Prayer
“Out Beyond ideas of wrongdoing and right doing, there’s a field.
I’ll meet you there.” ~ Rumi
WEEKLY OFFERINGS:
- Sunday, 1:00 – 3:00 pm Eastern: Gathering of Indigenous Grandmothers of Europe
- NEW Sunday, 11:00 am Eastern: Healing in an Urban Context with Multi-ethnical Tensions
- Sunday, 6:00 pm Eastern/10:00 UTC: Teachings of Sacred Tree
- NEW Sunday, 9:00 pm Eastern: Staying Healthy
- NEW Monday, 8:00 am Eastern: Divine Heart Meditation
- Monday, 5:00 pm Eastern: Global Heart Team
- NEW Monday, 7:00 pm Eastern: The Trust Frequency Embodied
- Monday, 8:00 pm Eastern: Men in Connection
- NEW Tuesday, 11:00 am Eastern: The Hoop of Many Hoops
- NEW Tuesday, 5:00 pm Eastern: Inspiration from Revelation
- Tuesday, 8:00 pm Eastern: Radical Earth Resonance
- NEW Wednesday, 8:00 am Eastern: Soul Voice Embodied Intuition
- NEW Wednesday, 5:00-7:00 pm Eastern: Four Worlds International Women’s Circle
- Wednesday, 7:00 pm Eastern: We Are a Rising Tide
- Wednesday, 8:00 pm Eastern: The Healing Field
- Thursday, 11:00 am Eastern: Giving Voice to the Heart
- Thursday, 8:00 pm Eastern: Rumi’s Field
- Friday, 8:00 pm Eastern: Sound Connection
- NEW Saturday, 11:00 am Eastern: Modern Toltec Purification Ceremony
- Saturday, 8:00 pm Eastern: 24/7 Couples
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The Connection Field is an ever-expanding field of love and resonance for the good of the whole. This is a loving, inclusive space, to be authentic and expand in heart resonance, embodied wholeness, and meaningful connection. JOIN US. Create online community and coherence for the good of the whole.
The Connection Field is a global service project initiated by our community of Mentoring Stewards to provide online community, support and connection during these unprecedented times of the COVID-19 pandemic. We may be asked to self-quarantine, social distance, and stay home, but that doesn’t mean we are alone! Join us in the Connection Field. We will be LIVE daily on Zoom from Noon to 5:00 pm Eastern/9 am to 2 pm Pacific.
JOIN THE CONNECTION FIELD: Click on the link below to receive the log-in information in our Weekly Digest. When you register you will also receive the link in an email sent directly to your inbox.
CLICK HERE FOR YOUR WEEKLY DIGEST WITH ZOOM INSTRUCTIONS
DO YOU WANT TO HOST AN HOUR OR OFFER A SPECIAL PROGRAM? EMAIL US AND INQUIRE AT SUPPORT@GOODOFTHEWHOLE.COM.
DIGEST OF EVENTS
GOOD OF THE WHOLE COMMUNITY CALLS:
- Monday, 11:00 am Eastern: Public Global Heart Resonance Call
- Wednesday, 11:00 am Eastern: Mentoring Stewards Public Coherence Call (May 6th: OPEN TO THE PUBLIC)
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DAILY OFFERINGS:
- Daily, 9:00 am Eastern/1:00 pm UTC: Mayan Calendar and Fire Ceremony
- Daily, 10:00 am Eastern: Morning Heart Coherence Meditation
- Monday – Friday, Noon – 5 pm Eastern: Resonance Lounge
- Daily, 10:00 pm Eastern: Evening Japa Mala Meditation
- NEW Monday, Wednesday, Friday 8:00 pm Eastern: Heart Coherence Awareness Meditation
- NEW Monday, Tuesday and Thursday, 10:00 pm Eastern: The Power of Song and Prayer
“Out Beyond ideas of wrongdoing and right doing, there’s a field.
I’ll meet you there.” ~ Rumi
WEEKLY OFFERINGS:
- Sunday, 1:00 – 3:00 pm Eastern: Gathering of Indigenous Grandmothers of Europe
- NEW Sunday, 11:00 am Eastern: Healing in an Urban Context with Multi-ethnical Tensions
- Sunday, 6:00 pm Eastern/10:00 UTC: Teachings of Sacred Tree
- NEW Sunday, 9:00 pm Eastern: Staying Healthy
- NEW Monday, 8:00 am Eastern: Divine Heart Meditation
- Monday, 5:00 pm Eastern: Global Heart Team
- NEW Monday, 7:00 pm Eastern: The Trust Frequency Embodied
- Monday, 8:00 pm Eastern: Men in Connection
- NEW Tuesday, 11:00 am Eastern: The Hoop of Many Hoops
- NEW Tuesday, 5:00 pm Eastern: Inspiration from Revelation
- Tuesday, 8:00 pm Eastern: Radical Earth Resonance
- NEW Wednesday, 8:00 am Eastern: Soul Voice Embodied Intuition
- NEW Wednesday, 5:00-7:00 pm Eastern: Four Worlds International Women’s Circle
- Wednesday, 7:00 pm Eastern: We Are a Rising Tide
- Wednesday, 8:00 pm Eastern: The Healing Field
- Thursday, 11:00 am Eastern: Giving Voice to the Heart
- Thursday, 8:00 pm Eastern: Rumi’s Field
- Friday, 8:00 pm Eastern: Sound Connection
- NEW Saturday, 11:00 am Eastern: Modern Toltec Purification Ceremony
- Saturday, 8:00 pm Eastern: 24/7 Couples
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MAY 19, 2020 3:00 pm EST
The Intersection of the Climate Crisis and Social Justice
Join the Poor People’s Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival and The Climate Reality Project for our upcoming webinar highlighting the intersection of climate and environmental justice, the history of the #PoorPeoplesCampaign, and the upcoming digital mass march and assembly.
The webinar will feature Campaign Co-Chairs Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II and Dr. Liz Theoharis, as well as Dr. Robert Bullard, Climate Reality board member, Texas Southern University distinguished professor of environmental policy, and to many, the “father of environmental justice.”
The only way to solve the climate crisis is by working together. And to build a winning coalition, we need to understand how this crisis intersects with social inequities like racial discrimination, poverty, and environmental injustice.
Register here: bit.ly/ClimateRealityPPC-
The Connection Field is an ever-expanding field of love and resonance for the good of the whole. This is a loving, inclusive space, to be authentic and expand in heart resonance, embodied wholeness, and meaningful connection. JOIN US. Create online community and coherence for the good of the whole.
The Connection Field is a global service project initiated by our community of Mentoring Stewards to provide online community, support and connection during these unprecedented times of the COVID-19 pandemic. We may be asked to self-quarantine, social distance, and stay home, but that doesn’t mean we are alone! Join us in the Connection Field. We will be LIVE daily on Zoom from Noon to 5:00 pm Eastern/9 am to 2 pm Pacific.
JOIN THE CONNECTION FIELD: Click on the link below to receive the log-in information in our Weekly Digest. When you register you will also receive the link in an email sent directly to your inbox.
CLICK HERE FOR YOUR WEEKLY DIGEST WITH ZOOM INSTRUCTIONS
DO YOU WANT TO HOST AN HOUR OR OFFER A SPECIAL PROGRAM? EMAIL US AND INQUIRE AT SUPPORT@GOODOFTHEWHOLE.COM.
DIGEST OF EVENTS
GOOD OF THE WHOLE COMMUNITY CALLS:
- Monday, 11:00 am Eastern: Public Global Heart Resonance Call
- Wednesday, 11:00 am Eastern: Mentoring Stewards Public Coherence Call (May 6th: OPEN TO THE PUBLIC)
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DAILY OFFERINGS:
- Daily, 9:00 am Eastern/1:00 pm UTC: Mayan Calendar and Fire Ceremony
- Daily, 10:00 am Eastern: Morning Heart Coherence Meditation
- Monday – Friday, Noon – 5 pm Eastern: Resonance Lounge
- Daily, 10:00 pm Eastern: Evening Japa Mala Meditation
- NEW Monday, Wednesday, Friday 8:00 pm Eastern: Heart Coherence Awareness Meditation
- NEW Monday, Tuesday and Thursday, 10:00 pm Eastern: The Power of Song and Prayer
“Out Beyond ideas of wrongdoing and right doing, there’s a field.
I’ll meet you there.” ~ Rumi
WEEKLY OFFERINGS:
- Sunday, 1:00 – 3:00 pm Eastern: Gathering of Indigenous Grandmothers of Europe
- NEW Sunday, 11:00 am Eastern: Healing in an Urban Context with Multi-ethnical Tensions
- Sunday, 6:00 pm Eastern/10:00 UTC: Teachings of Sacred Tree
- NEW Sunday, 9:00 pm Eastern: Staying Healthy
- NEW Monday, 8:00 am Eastern: Divine Heart Meditation
- Monday, 5:00 pm Eastern: Global Heart Team
- NEW Monday, 7:00 pm Eastern: The Trust Frequency Embodied
- Monday, 8:00 pm Eastern: Men in Connection
- NEW Tuesday, 11:00 am Eastern: The Hoop of Many Hoops
- NEW Tuesday, 5:00 pm Eastern: Inspiration from Revelation
- Tuesday, 8:00 pm Eastern: Radical Earth Resonance
- NEW Wednesday, 8:00 am Eastern: Soul Voice Embodied Intuition
- NEW Wednesday, 5:00-7:00 pm Eastern: Four Worlds International Women’s Circle
- Wednesday, 7:00 pm Eastern: We Are a Rising Tide
- Wednesday, 8:00 pm Eastern: The Healing Field
- Thursday, 11:00 am Eastern: Giving Voice to the Heart
- Thursday, 8:00 pm Eastern: Rumi’s Field
- Friday, 8:00 pm Eastern: Sound Connection
- NEW Saturday, 11:00 am Eastern: Modern Toltec Purification Ceremony
- Saturday, 8:00 pm Eastern: 24/7 Couples
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Oscar winner Wes Studi launched a new PSA raising awareness about the seriousness of COVID-19 in Indian Country. (courtesy photo)
ADDISON, Texas — From small-town Oklahoma native to internationally acclaimed actor and musician, Wes Studi forever changed a stereotype with his unforgettable performances in Dances with Wolves, The Last of the Mohicans, Heat and Avatar.
Now, he’s working on another mission.
Yesterday, the Cherokee citizen and legendary film star released a public service announcement (PSA) to raise awareness of the serious effects of COVID-19 in Indian Country and request widespread support for Partnership With Native Americans (PWNA) to ensure Native Americans are not left behind during the pandemic.
What sparked the PSA is a series of vital health issues happening in the wake of COVID-19, even with many stay-at-home orders in place. The risk of contracting the virus is higher among Native Americans due to overcrowded housing and high rates of diabetes, kidney disease and asthma. And despite more than 7,100 confirmed cases of COVID-19 within the Navajo Nation and other tribal communities, federal aid has been slow to arrive.
In his new PSA, the Oscar winner reminds the public of the need for immediate attention and charitable donations to PWNA, which has secured tribal clearances and follows CDC and tribal guidelines to continue delivering critical items, such as food, water, sanitizer and personal protective equipment (PPE).
For more information on the PSA, and to learn how to donate, visit NativePartnership.org/
“Every day, remote reservation communities face shortages of food, water and healthcare, and COVID-19 has magnified that reality,” said Joshua Arce, PWNA president and CEO. “Donations are critical now as we bring relief to under-resourced communities.”
Studi notes PWNA is a nonprofit he trusts. In 2019, they collaborated in a five-part Realities Video Series with Wes Studi that aimed to give an accurate portrayal of reservation life and dispels long-held myths that continue to impact Native communities.
The post Legendary Actor Wes Studi Urges the Public to Assist Indian Country Amid Pandemic appeared first on Native News Online.
The Connection Field is an ever-expanding field of love and resonance for the good of the whole. This is a loving, inclusive space, to be authentic and expand in heart resonance, embodied wholeness, and meaningful connection. JOIN US. Create online community and coherence for the good of the whole.
The Connection Field is a global service project initiated by our community of Mentoring Stewards to provide online community, support and connection during these unprecedented times of the COVID-19 pandemic. We may be asked to self-quarantine, social distance, and stay home, but that doesn’t mean we are alone! Join us in the Connection Field. We will be LIVE daily on Zoom from Noon to 5:00 pm Eastern/9 am to 2 pm Pacific.
JOIN THE CONNECTION FIELD: Click on the link below to receive the log-in information in our Weekly Digest. When you register you will also receive the link in an email sent directly to your inbox.
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DIGEST OF EVENTS
GOOD OF THE WHOLE COMMUNITY CALLS:
- Monday, 11:00 am Eastern: Public Global Heart Resonance Call
- Wednesday, 11:00 am Eastern: Mentoring Stewards Public Coherence Call (May 6th: OPEN TO THE PUBLIC)
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DAILY OFFERINGS:
- Daily, 9:00 am Eastern/1:00 pm UTC: Mayan Calendar and Fire Ceremony
- Daily, 10:00 am Eastern: Morning Heart Coherence Meditation
- Monday – Friday, Noon – 5 pm Eastern: Resonance Lounge
- Daily, 10:00 pm Eastern: Evening Japa Mala Meditation
- NEW Monday, Wednesday, Friday 8:00 pm Eastern: Heart Coherence Awareness Meditation
- NEW Monday, Tuesday and Thursday, 10:00 pm Eastern: The Power of Song and Prayer
“Out Beyond ideas of wrongdoing and right doing, there’s a field.
I’ll meet you there.” ~ Rumi
WEEKLY OFFERINGS:
- Sunday, 1:00 – 3:00 pm Eastern: Gathering of Indigenous Grandmothers of Europe
- NEW Sunday, 11:00 am Eastern: Healing in an Urban Context with Multi-ethnical Tensions
- Sunday, 6:00 pm Eastern/10:00 UTC: Teachings of Sacred Tree
- NEW Sunday, 9:00 pm Eastern: Staying Healthy
- NEW Monday, 8:00 am Eastern: Divine Heart Meditation
- Monday, 5:00 pm Eastern: Global Heart Team
- NEW Monday, 7:00 pm Eastern: The Trust Frequency Embodied
- Monday, 8:00 pm Eastern: Men in Connection
- NEW Tuesday, 11:00 am Eastern: The Hoop of Many Hoops
- NEW Tuesday, 5:00 pm Eastern: Inspiration from Revelation
- Tuesday, 8:00 pm Eastern: Radical Earth Resonance
- NEW Wednesday, 8:00 am Eastern: Soul Voice Embodied Intuition
- NEW Wednesday, 5:00-7:00 pm Eastern: Four Worlds International Women’s Circle
- Wednesday, 7:00 pm Eastern: We Are a Rising Tide
- Wednesday, 8:00 pm Eastern: The Healing Field
- Thursday, 11:00 am Eastern: Giving Voice to the Heart
- Thursday, 8:00 pm Eastern: Rumi’s Field
- Friday, 8:00 pm Eastern: Sound Connection
- NEW Saturday, 11:00 am Eastern: Modern Toltec Purification Ceremony
- Saturday, 8:00 pm Eastern: 24/7 Couples
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TODAY.
Where have we been?
Where are we going?
What might be possible together?
https://peopleshub.org/
https://www.facebook.com/PeoplesHub-1695905997109684/
The Circle may be over but the workshops are coming up!
It’s time to sign up!!
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How can we be vessels of hope in a time such as this? We have the opportunity to embrace actions that can be taken to make a difference for ourselves and those around us. When we take these steps together there is a collective mounting of GOOD that impacts humanity and our world.
Please consider joining us for the offerings laid out below. Together we are creating a powerful vision for a healthy and flourishing future. We hope you can join us in these worthy endeavors!
May 23-31
WOMEN’S CIRCLES
We are opening Humanity Rising with ten days of listening to voices of women from around the world to emphasize the imperative that women be empowered to lead in shaping the post pandemic world.
June 1-7
NEXTGEN YOUTH LEADERSHIP CIRCLES
After the women speak, we want to listen to the voices of the young for seven days to emphasize the importance of youth leadership in the new world.
June 8-19
STRATEGIES FOR CHANGE
How do we become more effective in implementing solutions? What strategies can we implement that can make a real difference?
The world has been stopped. Most of us have been in some form of lockdown, and over the next several months countries and individuals will find their own paths through the crisis. It is clear that this virus is not going to suddenly go away. So what can we do? How can we be part of the solution?
Allow us to introduce you to Humanity Rising, a growing movement of people and organizations coming together to take counsel on how we can leverage the crisis of the coronavirus pandemic into an opportunity for human renewal and increased resilience to future challenges. It is designed to generate radical collaboration between individuals and organizations dedicated to building a better world.
You’re invited to be a part of this international coalition of over 200 leaders from diverse backgrounds and 100 partner organizations representing over 10 million individuals from around the world for the launch of the Humanity Rising Global Solutions Summit on May 22, 2020.
June 20-27
UNITY WEEK, UNITED NATIONS 75TH ANNIVERSARY
Week of celebration of the UN and international efforts to implement the UN Sustainable Development Goals
June 28 – July 8
NEW MINDSETS FOR A NEW WORLD
What new ideas and new modes of thinking are required for a sustainable and more resilient post pandemic world? How do we develop a new story for humanity?
If you can’t join the live conversations, all sessions will be recorded and you can access the complete video library.
The Summit will continue for as long as the pandemic lasts. This is important because world events are changing every day and it is imperative that we interact with events as they unfold. The world will shapeshift many times over the next months. We must be in a position to continue to adapt and evolve as the global situation does.
The essential imperative is that we all come together in dialogue and action to ensure that the world community seizes the opportunity to rebuild beyond the pandemic in more abundant, resilient and sustainable ways, as framed by the UN Sustainable Development Goals.
Humanity Rising is powered by Ubiquity.
July 9 – July 20
SOLUTIONS MAKING A DIFFERENCE
What are people and organizations doing on the ground that are actually making a difference in people’s lives and in building sustainability?
July 21-31
STRATEGIES FOR CHANGE II
What have we learned? How can we be more effective? How do we build more powerful coalitions?
Each day, the Summit, an initiative of Ubiquity University, will convene for two hours from 8:00 – 10:00AM (PDT) | 5:00-7:00PM (CET) to engage in presentations, group dialogues and working groups, and will continue for as long as the pandemic lasts. It will feature daily TED Talks-style presentations from influential figures such as Jane Goodall, Charles Eisenstein and Vandana Shive as well interactive sessions with leaders from international organizations such as Synergos, Impact HUBS, World Economic Forum, Gaia Education, Humanity’s Team, Ideanco, Masterpeace, Age Nation, Pachamama Alliance, Global Ecovillage Network, Crowdsourcing Week, Heart Ambassadors, Davos Blockbase, and many more.
Our goal is to have hundreds of organizations participating and collaborating. Ubiquity President and Founder Dr. Jim Garrison explains, “The Humanity Rising Summit is an extraordinary opportunity to come together with like-minded people from around the world to consider how we can use this crisis to create a world that is more sustainable and resilient. We believe that nothing less than proactive radical collaboration is sufficient to create a truly new world beyond the pandemic.”
August 1-10
NEW MINDSETS FOR A NEW WORLD II
More ideas for change, more reframing of what we need to envision for a positive future.
August 11-20
SOLUTIONS MAKING A DIFFERENCE II
More examples of what people and organizations are doing on the ground that are actually making a difference in people’s lives and in building sustainability.
September onwards
We will evaluate and shape-shift as the circumstances warrant.
The Connection Field is an ever-expanding field of love and resonance for the good of the whole. This is a loving, inclusive space, to be authentic and expand in heart resonance, embodied wholeness, and meaningful connection. JOIN US. Create online community and coherence for the good of the whole.
The Connection Field is a global service project initiated by our community of Mentoring Stewards to provide online community, support and connection during these unprecedented times of the COVID-19 pandemic. We may be asked to self-quarantine, social distance, and stay home, but that doesn’t mean we are alone! Join us in the Connection Field. We will be LIVE daily on Zoom from Noon to 5:00 pm Eastern/9 am to 2 pm Pacific.
JOIN THE CONNECTION FIELD: Click on the link below to receive the log-in information in our Weekly Digest. When you register you will also receive the link in an email sent directly to your inbox.
CLICK HERE FOR YOUR WEEKLY DIGEST WITH ZOOM INSTRUCTIONS
DO YOU WANT TO HOST AN HOUR OR OFFER A SPECIAL PROGRAM? EMAIL US AND INQUIRE AT SUPPORT@GOODOFTHEWHOLE.COM.
DIGEST OF EVENTS
GOOD OF THE WHOLE COMMUNITY CALLS:
- Monday, 11:00 am Eastern: Public Global Heart Resonance Call
- Wednesday, 11:00 am Eastern: Mentoring Stewards Public Coherence Call (May 6th: OPEN TO THE PUBLIC)
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DAILY OFFERINGS:
- Daily, 9:00 am Eastern/1:00 pm UTC: Mayan Calendar and Fire Ceremony
- Daily, 10:00 am Eastern: Morning Heart Coherence Meditation
- Monday – Friday, Noon – 5 pm Eastern: Resonance Lounge
- Daily, 10:00 pm Eastern: Evening Japa Mala Meditation
- NEW Monday, Wednesday, Friday 8:00 pm Eastern: Heart Coherence Awareness Meditation
- NEW Monday, Tuesday and Thursday, 10:00 pm Eastern: The Power of Song and Prayer
“Out Beyond ideas of wrongdoing and right doing, there’s a field.
I’ll meet you there.” ~ Rumi
WEEKLY OFFERINGS:
- Sunday, 1:00 – 3:00 pm Eastern: Gathering of Indigenous Grandmothers of Europe
- NEW Sunday, 11:00 am Eastern: Healing in an Urban Context with Multi-ethnical Tensions
- Sunday, 6:00 pm Eastern/10:00 UTC: Teachings of Sacred Tree
- NEW Sunday, 9:00 pm Eastern: Staying Healthy
- NEW Monday, 8:00 am Eastern: Divine Heart Meditation
- Monday, 5:00 pm Eastern: Global Heart Team
- NEW Monday, 7:00 pm Eastern: The Trust Frequency Embodied
- Monday, 8:00 pm Eastern: Men in Connection
- NEW Tuesday, 11:00 am Eastern: The Hoop of Many Hoops
- NEW Tuesday, 5:00 pm Eastern: Inspiration from Revelation
- Tuesday, 8:00 pm Eastern: Radical Earth Resonance
- NEW Wednesday, 8:00 am Eastern: Soul Voice Embodied Intuition
- NEW Wednesday, 5:00-7:00 pm Eastern: Four Worlds International Women’s Circle
- Wednesday, 7:00 pm Eastern: We Are a Rising Tide
- Wednesday, 8:00 pm Eastern: The Healing Field
- Thursday, 11:00 am Eastern: Giving Voice to the Heart
- Thursday, 8:00 pm Eastern: Rumi’s Field
- Friday, 8:00 pm Eastern: Sound Connection
- NEW Saturday, 11:00 am Eastern: Modern Toltec Purification Ceremony
- Saturday, 8:00 pm Eastern: 24/7 Couples
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The Connection Field is an ever-expanding field of love and resonance for the good of the whole. This is a loving, inclusive space, to be authentic and expand in heart resonance, embodied wholeness, and meaningful connection. JOIN US. Create online community and coherence for the good of the whole.
The Connection Field is a global service project initiated by our community of Mentoring Stewards to provide online community, support and connection during these unprecedented times of the COVID-19 pandemic. We may be asked to self-quarantine, social distance, and stay home, but that doesn’t mean we are alone! Join us in the Connection Field. We will be LIVE daily on Zoom from Noon to 5:00 pm Eastern/9 am to 2 pm Pacific.
JOIN THE CONNECTION FIELD: Click on the link below to receive the log-in information in our Weekly Digest. When you register you will also receive the link in an email sent directly to your inbox.
CLICK HERE FOR YOUR WEEKLY DIGEST WITH ZOOM INSTRUCTIONS
DO YOU WANT TO HOST AN HOUR OR OFFER A SPECIAL PROGRAM? EMAIL US AND INQUIRE AT SUPPORT@GOODOFTHEWHOLE.COM.
DIGEST OF EVENTS
GOOD OF THE WHOLE COMMUNITY CALLS:
- Monday, 11:00 am Eastern: Public Global Heart Resonance Call
- Wednesday, 11:00 am Eastern: Mentoring Stewards Public Coherence Call (May 6th: OPEN TO THE PUBLIC)
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DAILY OFFERINGS:
- Daily, 9:00 am Eastern/1:00 pm UTC: Mayan Calendar and Fire Ceremony
- Daily, 10:00 am Eastern: Morning Heart Coherence Meditation
- Monday – Friday, Noon – 5 pm Eastern: Resonance Lounge
- Daily, 10:00 pm Eastern: Evening Japa Mala Meditation
- NEW Monday, Wednesday, Friday 8:00 pm Eastern: Heart Coherence Awareness Meditation
- NEW Monday, Tuesday and Thursday, 10:00 pm Eastern: The Power of Song and Prayer
“Out Beyond ideas of wrongdoing and right doing, there’s a field.
I’ll meet you there.” ~ Rumi
WEEKLY OFFERINGS:
- Sunday, 1:00 – 3:00 pm Eastern: Gathering of Indigenous Grandmothers of Europe
- NEW Sunday, 11:00 am Eastern: Healing in an Urban Context with Multi-ethnical Tensions
- Sunday, 6:00 pm Eastern/10:00 UTC: Teachings of Sacred Tree
- NEW Sunday, 9:00 pm Eastern: Staying Healthy
- NEW Monday, 8:00 am Eastern: Divine Heart Meditation
- Monday, 5:00 pm Eastern: Global Heart Team
- NEW Monday, 7:00 pm Eastern: The Trust Frequency Embodied
- Monday, 8:00 pm Eastern: Men in Connection
- NEW Tuesday, 11:00 am Eastern: The Hoop of Many Hoops
- NEW Tuesday, 5:00 pm Eastern: Inspiration from Revelation
- Tuesday, 8:00 pm Eastern: Radical Earth Resonance
- NEW Wednesday, 8:00 am Eastern: Soul Voice Embodied Intuition
- NEW Wednesday, 5:00-7:00 pm Eastern: Four Worlds International Women’s Circle
- Wednesday, 7:00 pm Eastern: We Are a Rising Tide
- Wednesday, 8:00 pm Eastern: The Healing Field
- Thursday, 11:00 am Eastern: Giving Voice to the Heart
- Thursday, 8:00 pm Eastern: Rumi’s Field
- Friday, 8:00 pm Eastern: Sound Connection
- NEW Saturday, 11:00 am Eastern: Modern Toltec Purification Ceremony
- Saturday, 8:00 pm Eastern: 24/7 Couples
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The Connection Field is an ever-expanding field of love and resonance for the good of the whole. This is a loving, inclusive space, to be authentic and expand in heart resonance, embodied wholeness, and meaningful connection. JOIN US. Create online community and coherence for the good of the whole.
The Connection Field is a global service project initiated by our community of Mentoring Stewards to provide online community, support and connection during these unprecedented times of the COVID-19 pandemic. We may be asked to self-quarantine, social distance, and stay home, but that doesn’t mean we are alone! Join us in the Connection Field. We will be LIVE daily on Zoom from Noon to 5:00 pm Eastern/9 am to 2 pm Pacific.
JOIN THE CONNECTION FIELD: Click on the link below to receive the log-in information in our Weekly Digest. When you register you will also receive the link in an email sent directly to your inbox.
CLICK HERE FOR YOUR WEEKLY DIGEST WITH ZOOM INSTRUCTIONS
DO YOU WANT TO HOST AN HOUR OR OFFER A SPECIAL PROGRAM? EMAIL US AND INQUIRE AT SUPPORT@GOODOFTHEWHOLE.COM.
DIGEST OF EVENTS
GOOD OF THE WHOLE COMMUNITY CALLS:
- Monday, 11:00 am Eastern: Public Global Heart Resonance Call
- Wednesday, 11:00 am Eastern: Mentoring Stewards Public Coherence Call (May 6th: OPEN TO THE PUBLIC)
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DAILY OFFERINGS:
- Daily, 9:00 am Eastern/1:00 pm UTC: Mayan Calendar and Fire Ceremony
- Daily, 10:00 am Eastern: Morning Heart Coherence Meditation
- Monday – Friday, Noon – 5 pm Eastern: Resonance Lounge
- Daily, 10:00 pm Eastern: Evening Japa Mala Meditation
- NEW Monday, Wednesday, Friday 8:00 pm Eastern: Heart Coherence Awareness Meditation
- NEW Monday, Tuesday and Thursday, 10:00 pm Eastern: The Power of Song and Prayer
“Out Beyond ideas of wrongdoing and right doing, there’s a field.
I’ll meet you there.” ~ Rumi
WEEKLY OFFERINGS:
- Sunday, 1:00 – 3:00 pm Eastern: Gathering of Indigenous Grandmothers of Europe
- NEW Sunday, 11:00 am Eastern: Healing in an Urban Context with Multi-ethnical Tensions
- Sunday, 6:00 pm Eastern/10:00 UTC: Teachings of Sacred Tree
- NEW Sunday, 9:00 pm Eastern: Staying Healthy
- NEW Monday, 8:00 am Eastern: Divine Heart Meditation
- Monday, 5:00 pm Eastern: Global Heart Team
- NEW Monday, 7:00 pm Eastern: The Trust Frequency Embodied
- Monday, 8:00 pm Eastern: Men in Connection
- NEW Tuesday, 11:00 am Eastern: The Hoop of Many Hoops
- NEW Tuesday, 5:00 pm Eastern: Inspiration from Revelation
- Tuesday, 8:00 pm Eastern: Radical Earth Resonance
- NEW Wednesday, 8:00 am Eastern: Soul Voice Embodied Intuition
- NEW Wednesday, 5:00-7:00 pm Eastern: Four Worlds International Women’s Circle
- Wednesday, 7:00 pm Eastern: We Are a Rising Tide
- Wednesday, 8:00 pm Eastern: The Healing Field
- Thursday, 11:00 am Eastern: Giving Voice to the Heart
- Thursday, 8:00 pm Eastern: Rumi’s Field
- Friday, 8:00 pm Eastern: Sound Connection
- NEW Saturday, 11:00 am Eastern: Modern Toltec Purification Ceremony
- Saturday, 8:00 pm Eastern: 24/7 Couples
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The Connection Field is an ever-expanding field of love and resonance for the good of the whole. This is a loving, inclusive space, to be authentic and expand in heart resonance, embodied wholeness, and meaningful connection. JOIN US. Create online community and coherence for the good of the whole.
The Connection Field is a global service project initiated by our community of Mentoring Stewards to provide online community, support and connection during these unprecedented times of the COVID-19 pandemic. We may be asked to self-quarantine, social distance, and stay home, but that doesn’t mean we are alone! Join us in the Connection Field. We will be LIVE daily on Zoom from Noon to 5:00 pm Eastern/9 am to 2 pm Pacific.
JOIN THE CONNECTION FIELD: Click on the link below to receive the log-in information in our Weekly Digest. When you register you will also receive the link in an email sent directly to your inbox.
CLICK HERE FOR YOUR WEEKLY DIGEST WITH ZOOM INSTRUCTIONS
DO YOU WANT TO HOST AN HOUR OR OFFER A SPECIAL PROGRAM? EMAIL US AND INQUIRE AT SUPPORT@GOODOFTHEWHOLE.COM.
DIGEST OF EVENTS
GOOD OF THE WHOLE COMMUNITY CALLS:
- Monday, 11:00 am Eastern: Public Global Heart Resonance Call
- Wednesday, 11:00 am Eastern: Mentoring Stewards Public Coherence Call (May 6th: OPEN TO THE PUBLIC)
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DAILY OFFERINGS:
- Daily, 9:00 am Eastern/1:00 pm UTC: Mayan Calendar and Fire Ceremony
- Daily, 10:00 am Eastern: Morning Heart Coherence Meditation
- Monday – Friday, Noon – 5 pm Eastern: Resonance Lounge
- Daily, 10:00 pm Eastern: Evening Japa Mala Meditation
- NEW Monday, Wednesday, Friday 8:00 pm Eastern: Heart Coherence Awareness Meditation
- NEW Monday, Tuesday and Thursday, 10:00 pm Eastern: The Power of Song and Prayer
“Out Beyond ideas of wrongdoing and right doing, there’s a field.
I’ll meet you there.” ~ Rumi
WEEKLY OFFERINGS:
- Sunday, 1:00 – 3:00 pm Eastern: Gathering of Indigenous Grandmothers of Europe
- NEW Sunday, 11:00 am Eastern: Healing in an Urban Context with Multi-ethnical Tensions
- Sunday, 6:00 pm Eastern/10:00 UTC: Teachings of Sacred Tree
- NEW Sunday, 9:00 pm Eastern: Staying Healthy
- NEW Monday, 8:00 am Eastern: Divine Heart Meditation
- Monday, 5:00 pm Eastern: Global Heart Team
- NEW Monday, 7:00 pm Eastern: The Trust Frequency Embodied
- Monday, 8:00 pm Eastern: Men in Connection
- NEW Tuesday, 11:00 am Eastern: The Hoop of Many Hoops
- NEW Tuesday, 5:00 pm Eastern: Inspiration from Revelation
- Tuesday, 8:00 pm Eastern: Radical Earth Resonance
- NEW Wednesday, 8:00 am Eastern: Soul Voice Embodied Intuition
- NEW Wednesday, 5:00-7:00 pm Eastern: Four Worlds International Women’s Circle
- Wednesday, 7:00 pm Eastern: We Are a Rising Tide
- Wednesday, 8:00 pm Eastern: The Healing Field
- Thursday, 11:00 am Eastern: Giving Voice to the Heart
- Thursday, 8:00 pm Eastern: Rumi’s Field
- Friday, 8:00 pm Eastern: Sound Connection
- NEW Saturday, 11:00 am Eastern: Modern Toltec Purification Ceremony
- Saturday, 8:00 pm Eastern: 24/7 Couples
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The Connection Field is an ever-expanding field of love and resonance for the good of the whole. This is a loving, inclusive space, to be authentic and expand in heart resonance, embodied wholeness, and meaningful connection. JOIN US. Create online community and coherence for the good of the whole.
The Connection Field is a global service project initiated by our community of Mentoring Stewards to provide online community, support and connection during these unprecedented times of the COVID-19 pandemic. We may be asked to self-quarantine, social distance, and stay home, but that doesn’t mean we are alone! Join us in the Connection Field. We will be LIVE daily on Zoom from Noon to 5:00 pm Eastern/9 am to 2 pm Pacific.
JOIN THE CONNECTION FIELD: Click on the link below to receive the log-in information in our Weekly Digest. When you register you will also receive the link in an email sent directly to your inbox.
CLICK HERE FOR YOUR WEEKLY DIGEST WITH ZOOM INSTRUCTIONS
DO YOU WANT TO HOST AN HOUR OR OFFER A SPECIAL PROGRAM? EMAIL US AND INQUIRE AT SUPPORT@GOODOFTHEWHOLE.COM.
DIGEST OF EVENTS
GOOD OF THE WHOLE COMMUNITY CALLS:
- Monday, 11:00 am Eastern: Public Global Heart Resonance Call
- Wednesday, 11:00 am Eastern: Mentoring Stewards Public Coherence Call (May 6th: OPEN TO THE PUBLIC)
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DAILY OFFERINGS:
- Daily, 9:00 am Eastern/1:00 pm UTC: Mayan Calendar and Fire Ceremony
- Daily, 10:00 am Eastern: Morning Heart Coherence Meditation
- Monday – Friday, Noon – 5 pm Eastern: Resonance Lounge
- Daily, 10:00 pm Eastern: Evening Japa Mala Meditation
- NEW Monday, Wednesday, Friday 8:00 pm Eastern: Heart Coherence Awareness Meditation
- NEW Monday, Tuesday and Thursday, 10:00 pm Eastern: The Power of Song and Prayer
“Out Beyond ideas of wrongdoing and right doing, there’s a field.
I’ll meet you there.” ~ Rumi
WEEKLY OFFERINGS:
- Sunday, 1:00 – 3:00 pm Eastern: Gathering of Indigenous Grandmothers of Europe
- NEW Sunday, 11:00 am Eastern: Healing in an Urban Context with Multi-ethnical Tensions
- Sunday, 6:00 pm Eastern/10:00 UTC: Teachings of Sacred Tree
- NEW Sunday, 9:00 pm Eastern: Staying Healthy
- NEW Monday, 8:00 am Eastern: Divine Heart Meditation
- Monday, 5:00 pm Eastern: Global Heart Team
- NEW Monday, 7:00 pm Eastern: The Trust Frequency Embodied
- Monday, 8:00 pm Eastern: Men in Connection
- NEW Tuesday, 11:00 am Eastern: The Hoop of Many Hoops
- NEW Tuesday, 5:00 pm Eastern: Inspiration from Revelation
- Tuesday, 8:00 pm Eastern: Radical Earth Resonance
- NEW Wednesday, 8:00 am Eastern: Soul Voice Embodied Intuition
- NEW Wednesday, 5:00-7:00 pm Eastern: Four Worlds International Women’s Circle
- Wednesday, 7:00 pm Eastern: We Are a Rising Tide
- Wednesday, 8:00 pm Eastern: The Healing Field
- Thursday, 11:00 am Eastern: Giving Voice to the Heart
- Thursday, 8:00 pm Eastern: Rumi’s Field
- Friday, 8:00 pm Eastern: Sound Connection
- NEW Saturday, 11:00 am Eastern: Modern Toltec Purification Ceremony
- Saturday, 8:00 pm Eastern: 24/7 Couples
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The Connection Field is an ever-expanding field of love and resonance for the good of the whole. This is a loving, inclusive space, to be authentic and expand in heart resonance, embodied wholeness, and meaningful connection. JOIN US. Create online community and coherence for the good of the whole.
The Connection Field is a global service project initiated by our community of Mentoring Stewards to provide online community, support and connection during these unprecedented times of the COVID-19 pandemic. We may be asked to self-quarantine, social distance, and stay home, but that doesn’t mean we are alone! Join us in the Connection Field. We will be LIVE daily on Zoom from Noon to 5:00 pm Eastern/9 am to 2 pm Pacific.
JOIN THE CONNECTION FIELD: Click on the link below to receive the log-in information in our Weekly Digest. When you register you will also receive the link in an email sent directly to your inbox.
CLICK HERE FOR YOUR WEEKLY DIGEST WITH ZOOM INSTRUCTIONS
DO YOU WANT TO HOST AN HOUR OR OFFER A SPECIAL PROGRAM? EMAIL US AND INQUIRE AT SUPPORT@GOODOFTHEWHOLE.COM.
DIGEST OF EVENTS
GOOD OF THE WHOLE COMMUNITY CALLS:
- Monday, 11:00 am Eastern: Public Global Heart Resonance Call
- Wednesday, 11:00 am Eastern: Mentoring Stewards Public Coherence Call (May 6th: OPEN TO THE PUBLIC)
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DAILY OFFERINGS:
- Daily, 9:00 am Eastern/1:00 pm UTC: Mayan Calendar and Fire Ceremony
- Daily, 10:00 am Eastern: Morning Heart Coherence Meditation
- Monday – Friday, Noon – 5 pm Eastern: Resonance Lounge
- Daily, 10:00 pm Eastern: Evening Japa Mala Meditation
- NEW Monday, Wednesday, Friday 8:00 pm Eastern: Heart Coherence Awareness Meditation
- NEW Monday, Tuesday and Thursday, 10:00 pm Eastern: The Power of Song and Prayer
“Out Beyond ideas of wrongdoing and right doing, there’s a field.
I’ll meet you there.” ~ Rumi
WEEKLY OFFERINGS:
- Sunday, 1:00 – 3:00 pm Eastern: Gathering of Indigenous Grandmothers of Europe
- NEW Sunday, 11:00 am Eastern: Healing in an Urban Context with Multi-ethnical Tensions
- Sunday, 6:00 pm Eastern/10:00 UTC: Teachings of Sacred Tree
- NEW Sunday, 9:00 pm Eastern: Staying Healthy
- NEW Monday, 8:00 am Eastern: Divine Heart Meditation
- Monday, 5:00 pm Eastern: Global Heart Team
- NEW Monday, 7:00 pm Eastern: The Trust Frequency Embodied
- Monday, 8:00 pm Eastern: Men in Connection
- NEW Tuesday, 11:00 am Eastern: The Hoop of Many Hoops
- NEW Tuesday, 5:00 pm Eastern: Inspiration from Revelation
- Tuesday, 8:00 pm Eastern: Radical Earth Resonance
- NEW Wednesday, 8:00 am Eastern: Soul Voice Embodied Intuition
- NEW Wednesday, 5:00-7:00 pm Eastern: Four Worlds International Women’s Circle
- Wednesday, 7:00 pm Eastern: We Are a Rising Tide
- Wednesday, 8:00 pm Eastern: The Healing Field
- Thursday, 11:00 am Eastern: Giving Voice to the Heart
- Thursday, 8:00 pm Eastern: Rumi’s Field
- Friday, 8:00 pm Eastern: Sound Connection
- NEW Saturday, 11:00 am Eastern: Modern Toltec Purification Ceremony
- Saturday, 8:00 pm Eastern: 24/7 Couples
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The Connection Field is an ever-expanding field of love and resonance for the good of the whole. This is a loving, inclusive space, to be authentic and expand in heart resonance, embodied wholeness, and meaningful connection. JOIN US. Create online community and coherence for the good of the whole.
The Connection Field is a global service project initiated by our community of Mentoring Stewards to provide online community, support and connection during these unprecedented times of the COVID-19 pandemic. We may be asked to self-quarantine, social distance, and stay home, but that doesn’t mean we are alone! Join us in the Connection Field. We will be LIVE daily on Zoom from Noon to 5:00 pm Eastern/9 am to 2 pm Pacific.
JOIN THE CONNECTION FIELD: Click on the link below to receive the log-in information in our Weekly Digest. When you register you will also receive the link in an email sent directly to your inbox.
CLICK HERE FOR YOUR WEEKLY DIGEST WITH ZOOM INSTRUCTIONS
DO YOU WANT TO HOST AN HOUR OR OFFER A SPECIAL PROGRAM? EMAIL US AND INQUIRE AT SUPPORT@GOODOFTHEWHOLE.COM.
DIGEST OF EVENTS
GOOD OF THE WHOLE COMMUNITY CALLS:
- Monday, 11:00 am Eastern: Public Global Heart Resonance Call
- Wednesday, 11:00 am Eastern: Mentoring Stewards Public Coherence Call (May 6th: OPEN TO THE PUBLIC)
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DAILY OFFERINGS:
- Daily, 9:00 am Eastern/1:00 pm UTC: Mayan Calendar and Fire Ceremony
- Daily, 10:00 am Eastern: Morning Heart Coherence Meditation
- Monday – Friday, Noon – 5 pm Eastern: Resonance Lounge
- Daily, 10:00 pm Eastern: Evening Japa Mala Meditation
- NEW Monday, Wednesday, Friday 8:00 pm Eastern: Heart Coherence Awareness Meditation
- NEW Monday, Tuesday and Thursday, 10:00 pm Eastern: The Power of Song and Prayer
“Out Beyond ideas of wrongdoing and right doing, there’s a field.
I’ll meet you there.” ~ Rumi
WEEKLY OFFERINGS:
- Sunday, 1:00 – 3:00 pm Eastern: Gathering of Indigenous Grandmothers of Europe
- NEW Sunday, 11:00 am Eastern: Healing in an Urban Context with Multi-ethnical Tensions
- Sunday, 6:00 pm Eastern/10:00 UTC: Teachings of Sacred Tree
- NEW Sunday, 9:00 pm Eastern: Staying Healthy
- NEW Monday, 8:00 am Eastern: Divine Heart Meditation
- Monday, 5:00 pm Eastern: Global Heart Team
- NEW Monday, 7:00 pm Eastern: The Trust Frequency Embodied
- Monday, 8:00 pm Eastern: Men in Connection
- NEW Tuesday, 11:00 am Eastern: The Hoop of Many Hoops
- NEW Tuesday, 5:00 pm Eastern: Inspiration from Revelation
- Tuesday, 8:00 pm Eastern: Radical Earth Resonance
- NEW Wednesday, 8:00 am Eastern: Soul Voice Embodied Intuition
- NEW Wednesday, 5:00-7:00 pm Eastern: Four Worlds International Women’s Circle
- Wednesday, 7:00 pm Eastern: We Are a Rising Tide
- Wednesday, 8:00 pm Eastern: The Healing Field
- Thursday, 11:00 am Eastern: Giving Voice to the Heart
- Thursday, 8:00 pm Eastern: Rumi’s Field
- Friday, 8:00 pm Eastern: Sound Connection
- NEW Saturday, 11:00 am Eastern: Modern Toltec Purification Ceremony
- Saturday, 8:00 pm Eastern: 24/7 Couples
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Thursday, May 28, 2020 | 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM PDT
An Anishinaabe Prophecies, this time is known as the 7th Fire. The prophecy says that to move to the 8th Fire, we face a choice between two paths. One path is well-worn, scorched, and leads to our destruct.ion. The other path is new, green, and leads to Mino-Bimaadiziwin (the good life)
Join us as internationally-renowned activist and author Winona LaDuke – an Anishinaabekwe (Ojibwe) member of the White Earth Nation – discusses how the pandemic provides us with an opportunity to walk a new path, taking care of each other, and our Mother Earth.
Crisis can bring out the best or the worst in communities. Winona will discuss what it’s going to take to herald in a restorative, regenerative, and just society, one where we appreciate each other, localize our economy, get cleaner, and healthier.
Let us put our minds and hearts together to make a good future for our children!
Winona LaDuke is one of the world’s most tireless and charismatic leaders on issues related to climate change, Indigenous rights, human rights, green and rural economies, food justice, alternative sources of energy, and the priceless value of clean water over a career spanning nearly 40 years of activism. She is Program Director of Honor the Earth, the founder of the White Earth Land Recovery Project, and Winona’s Hemp and Heritage Farm. A graduate of Harvard and Antioch Universities, she is the author of five books, including Recovering the Sacred, All our Relations and a novel, Last Standing Woman.
TICKETS ARE SLIDING SCALE $5 – $25 to benefit speakers and artists impacted by the cancellation of events due to the pandemic. All who register will receive a link to watch live or later at their own convenience.
Closed caption version will be available 3-4 days after the live event.
Eighth Fire Project:
We are lighting the fire.
Kind economy of the green path to Hemp.
Structuring an Economy for People and Planet
In the Time of Climate Crisis and COVID-19
Thursday, May 28, 2020
11:00 am PST/ 2:00 pm EST USA time
Please check your own time zone to coordinate!
Registration is required – register at this link
This webinar is part of WECAN’s Advocacy and Solutions Series: A Just and Healthy World is Possible, an ongoing dialogue series lifting up women’s leadership as we continue to collectively build a powerful movement founded on principles of justice, love, and a fierce dedication to our planet and each other.
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The Connection Field is an ever-expanding field of love and resonance for the good of the whole. This is a loving, inclusive space, to be authentic and expand in heart resonance, embodied wholeness, and meaningful connection. JOIN US. Create online community and coherence for the good of the whole.
The Connection Field is a global service project initiated by our community of Mentoring Stewards to provide online community, support and connection during these unprecedented times of the COVID-19 pandemic. We may be asked to self-quarantine, social distance, and stay home, but that doesn’t mean we are alone! Join us in the Connection Field. We will be LIVE daily on Zoom from Noon to 5:00 pm Eastern/9 am to 2 pm Pacific.
JOIN THE CONNECTION FIELD: Click on the link below to receive the log-in information in our Weekly Digest. When you register you will also receive the link in an email sent directly to your inbox.
CLICK HERE FOR YOUR WEEKLY DIGEST WITH ZOOM INSTRUCTIONS
DO YOU WANT TO HOST AN HOUR OR OFFER A SPECIAL PROGRAM? EMAIL US AND INQUIRE AT SUPPORT@GOODOFTHEWHOLE.COM.
DIGEST OF EVENTS
GOOD OF THE WHOLE COMMUNITY CALLS:
- Monday, 11:00 am Eastern: Public Global Heart Resonance Call
- Wednesday, 11:00 am Eastern: Mentoring Stewards Public Coherence Call (May 6th: OPEN TO THE PUBLIC)
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DAILY OFFERINGS:
- Daily, 9:00 am Eastern/1:00 pm UTC: Mayan Calendar and Fire Ceremony
- Daily, 10:00 am Eastern: Morning Heart Coherence Meditation
- Monday – Friday, Noon – 5 pm Eastern: Resonance Lounge
- Daily, 10:00 pm Eastern: Evening Japa Mala Meditation
- NEW Monday, Wednesday, Friday 8:00 pm Eastern: Heart Coherence Awareness Meditation
- NEW Monday, Tuesday and Thursday, 10:00 pm Eastern: The Power of Song and Prayer
“Out Beyond ideas of wrongdoing and right doing, there’s a field.
I’ll meet you there.” ~ Rumi
WEEKLY OFFERINGS:
- Sunday, 1:00 – 3:00 pm Eastern: Gathering of Indigenous Grandmothers of Europe
- NEW Sunday, 11:00 am Eastern: Healing in an Urban Context with Multi-ethnical Tensions
- Sunday, 6:00 pm Eastern/10:00 UTC: Teachings of Sacred Tree
- NEW Sunday, 9:00 pm Eastern: Staying Healthy
- NEW Monday, 8:00 am Eastern: Divine Heart Meditation
- Monday, 5:00 pm Eastern: Global Heart Team
- NEW Monday, 7:00 pm Eastern: The Trust Frequency Embodied
- Monday, 8:00 pm Eastern: Men in Connection
- NEW Tuesday, 11:00 am Eastern: The Hoop of Many Hoops
- NEW Tuesday, 5:00 pm Eastern: Inspiration from Revelation
- Tuesday, 8:00 pm Eastern: Radical Earth Resonance
- NEW Wednesday, 8:00 am Eastern: Soul Voice Embodied Intuition
- NEW Wednesday, 5:00-7:00 pm Eastern: Four Worlds International Women’s Circle
- Wednesday, 7:00 pm Eastern: We Are a Rising Tide
- Wednesday, 8:00 pm Eastern: The Healing Field
- Thursday, 11:00 am Eastern: Giving Voice to the Heart
- Thursday, 8:00 pm Eastern: Rumi’s Field
- Friday, 8:00 pm Eastern: Sound Connection
- NEW Saturday, 11:00 am Eastern: Modern Toltec Purification Ceremony
- Saturday, 8:00 pm Eastern: 24/7 Couples
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GOOD OF THE WHOLE
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The Connection Field is an ever-expanding field of love and resonance for the good of the whole. This is a loving, inclusive space, to be authentic and expand in heart resonance, embodied wholeness, and meaningful connection. JOIN US. Create online community and coherence for the good of the whole.
The Connection Field is a global service project initiated by our community of Mentoring Stewards to provide online community, support and connection during these unprecedented times of the COVID-19 pandemic. We may be asked to self-quarantine, social distance, and stay home, but that doesn’t mean we are alone! Join us in the Connection Field. We will be LIVE daily on Zoom from Noon to 5:00 pm Eastern/9 am to 2 pm Pacific.
JOIN THE CONNECTION FIELD: Click on the link below to receive the log-in information in our Weekly Digest. When you register you will also receive the link in an email sent directly to your inbox.
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DIGEST OF EVENTS
GOOD OF THE WHOLE COMMUNITY CALLS:
- Monday, 11:00 am Eastern: Public Global Heart Resonance Call
- Wednesday, 11:00 am Eastern: Mentoring Stewards Public Coherence Call (May 6th: OPEN TO THE PUBLIC)
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DAILY OFFERINGS:
- Daily, 9:00 am Eastern/1:00 pm UTC: Mayan Calendar and Fire Ceremony
- Daily, 10:00 am Eastern: Morning Heart Coherence Meditation
- Monday – Friday, Noon – 5 pm Eastern: Resonance Lounge
- Daily, 10:00 pm Eastern: Evening Japa Mala Meditation
- NEW Monday, Wednesday, Friday 8:00 pm Eastern: Heart Coherence Awareness Meditation
- NEW Monday, Tuesday and Thursday, 10:00 pm Eastern: The Power of Song and Prayer
“Out Beyond ideas of wrongdoing and right doing, there’s a field.
I’ll meet you there.” ~ Rumi
WEEKLY OFFERINGS:
- Sunday, 1:00 – 3:00 pm Eastern: Gathering of Indigenous Grandmothers of Europe
- NEW Sunday, 11:00 am Eastern: Healing in an Urban Context with Multi-ethnical Tensions
- Sunday, 6:00 pm Eastern/10:00 UTC: Teachings of Sacred Tree
- NEW Sunday, 9:00 pm Eastern: Staying Healthy
- NEW Monday, 8:00 am Eastern: Divine Heart Meditation
- Monday, 5:00 pm Eastern: Global Heart Team
- NEW Monday, 7:00 pm Eastern: The Trust Frequency Embodied
- Monday, 8:00 pm Eastern: Men in Connection
- NEW Tuesday, 11:00 am Eastern: The Hoop of Many Hoops
- NEW Tuesday, 5:00 pm Eastern: Inspiration from Revelation
- Tuesday, 8:00 pm Eastern: Radical Earth Resonance
- NEW Wednesday, 8:00 am Eastern: Soul Voice Embodied Intuition
- NEW Wednesday, 5:00-7:00 pm Eastern: Four Worlds International Women’s Circle
- Wednesday, 7:00 pm Eastern: We Are a Rising Tide
- Wednesday, 8:00 pm Eastern: The Healing Field
- Thursday, 11:00 am Eastern: Giving Voice to the Heart
- Thursday, 8:00 pm Eastern: Rumi’s Field
- Friday, 8:00 pm Eastern: Sound Connection
- NEW Saturday, 11:00 am Eastern: Modern Toltec Purification Ceremony
- Saturday, 8:00 pm Eastern: 24/7 Couples
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GOOD OF THE WHOLE
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INTERNATIONAL CHILDREN LOVE THE MIRACLE~ CRYSTAL CLEAR VISION 2020
mir·a·cle | \ ˈmir-i-kəl \
Definition of miracle
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: an extraordinary event manifesting divine intervention in human affairs
the healing miracles described in the Gospels
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: an extremely outstanding or unusual event, thing, or accomplishment
The bridge is a miracle of engineering.
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Christian Science : a divinely natural phenomenon experienced humanly as the fulfillment of spiritual law
This year is International Children Love The Miracle 2020. Crystal Clear Vision.
A miracle manifests or comes through people, through each other. It is an answer to a prayer, a wish, a hope, a need, and it affects us and everyone connected to us positively.
Miracles can be small, like a seed growing into our favorite food, or big like world peace.
This year we will be exploring miracles, and how we can each be someone else’s miracle.
What do miracles look like? What do miracles sound like? What do miracles do?
Let’s begin this year by pondering these concepts.
MIRACULOUS EMBODIMENT EXERCISES TO TRY!
-when we open to divine powerful energy made of light and love, positivity, goodness, care, respect, we open to the creative field that created and creates everything.
How can you explore the miraculous field?
- Sit quietly, close your eyes, breath in deeply on 3, hold for 3 release for 3. Clear your mind, and then ask the question in your heart. What do miracles look like? In your imagination, imagine the miracles you can be a part of. This can be something you do everyday, or when you feel inspired, or when you feel really uninspired. That is usually the best time to sit quietly and ask yourself about the field of the miraculous, ;when you feel out of sorts. It can help bring us back into a good place. And we can hear our inner voice.
- Create a picture: Paint, draw, color your vision of the miraculous field or of a miracle you see in your minds eye, or in your heart. The famous poet RUMI says “Your heart knows the way, Run in that direction.” we here at ICM agree.
- Write a creative piece about the field of the miraculous. Describe it for your readers, imagine through your words, and honor them as they get put down on the page.
- Make music out of the miraculous field. SIng, play an instrument, create your own song of the miraculous. What could miracles sound like? What can they say in a song?
- Dance or Movement in the miraculous field. How does it feel to be a miracle? How do we let the miraculous energy flow through our bodies? What beautiful miraculous energy can we send out into the world to uplift our family and earth?
- FREE Form- ICM invites you to get creative with the exploration of the field of the miraculous. Fill your heart with light, or a star and shine brightly and create!
NOW. BE OPEN TO BE AN INSTRUMENT FOR THE MIRACULOUS!!!!
Vocalist/Songwriter/Performing Artist -SEL M. Edu/Workshop Educator at Omnipresent Entertainment/International Childrens Month/Creative Projects Director/Outreach at WE The World/Founder:The Center for Advancement in Social Emotional Learning, ICM Platform Designer.
P 512-799-9807
E omnipresententertainmenthl@gmail.com
W www.HeidiLittle.com
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Shannon Crossbear
International Childrens Month First Nations Adviser, Childrens Advocate, Ojibwe Grandmother and storyteller. |
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Bob Challenger
Campaign For The Earth, Earth Day, REMax, International Childrens Month Marketing and Director Children’s Global Wave of Love, June 21 at 1:11 pm utilizing the Fibonacci sequence of divine increments of love. |
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Caysie Cannon:
Cannon Visual Concepts. Content and visual developer International Children’s Month and International Children Love The Miracle 2020 ~ Crystal Clear Vision. P: (847) 845-9516 |
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Indigi-Aid, a live-stream event benefiting indigenous communities as a response to the Covid-19 crisis, will take place Thursday, June 11th from 5 to 9 pm eastern time. Artists and musicians from diverse indigenous and other communities around the United States will offer songs, dance, and storytelling.
As the Coronavirus has ravaged the Indigenous communities and threatened to inflict severe health casualties in Navajoland and many other Indigenous Nations, the Indigenous Ministries of the Episcopal Church has partnered with the Episcopal Diocese of Northern Michigan and scores of many Episcopal communities to raise money for food, basic need items, water, and medical supplies to aid our Indigenous communities across the Episcopal Church.
In addition to the performances, we ask our friends to share a 15 to 30-second message of hope and support to our Indigenous communities with the hashtag #indigi-aid. You can message us your support short support video.
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THE UPSTANDER PROJECT
Adam Mazo & Mishy Lesser Upstander Project Co-Founders <adam@upstanderproject.org>
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Longstanding racial tensions have once again exploded, following the recent horrific deaths of Black Americans, causing grief, anger and outrage in towns and cities across the country.
Peaceful protests and violent confrontations have spilled into the streets and jolted our fragile communities.
Please join The Peace Center (on a Zoom call) for an authentic conversation on race and injustice, as we witness the stark reality of a nation whose wounds have not been dressed or healed.
When: Wednesday, June 17 6:30 PM – 8:00 PM
Facilitated by: Gayle Evans, Barbara Simmons, and Tayna Longino
Register Here for Democracy Circle
(Zoom link will be emailed upon registration.)
Our mailing address is:
The Peace Center
102 W Maple Ave
Langhorne, PA 19047-2820
215-750-7220
Prides in over 500 cities around the world have been canceled
due to the coronavirus.
For millions of LGBT+ people, Pride events represent a precious moment of visibility, community, and solidarity. Pride boosts our movement and our community, powering our batteries for the coming year. Without it, our sense of belonging, our visibility, our advocacy, and our ability to support each other are all weakened.
But we don’t need to give up on Pride 2020 around the world. The power of digital gives us the chance to come together for Pride in spirit, if not with our bodies. It allows us to respect physical distancing, but embrace social and community cohesion. It allows us to celebrate who we are and who we love across borders and cultures.
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Followed by the Earthdance ConcertReserve My Space
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The 8th Annual Children’s Global Wave Of Love
June 21 at 1:11 pm in your heart and time zone.
We collectively come together to cultivate and
send forth our mission
“Children Across the Planet in Love, Care, and Respect.”
Since everyday is children’s day, we create a year-long, free, activity platform for children, families, communities, schools, organizations and YOU to empower
heart space and help transform the world!
Our Mission Statement: Our mission is to provide complete and total support to all children with an entire month of activities that enhance all aspects of a child’s life.
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World UNITY Week, June 20-27
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WATCH THE TRAILER FOR WORLD UNITY WEEK HERE
May Peace Prevail On Earth International | 26 Benton Road, Wassaic, NY 12592 |
What is a Peace Pole
A Peace Pole is an internationally-recognized symbol of the hopes and dreams of the entire human family, standing vigil in silent prayer for peace on earth. Each Peace Pole bears the message May Peace Prevail on Earth in different languages on each of its four or six sides. There are estimated over 250,000 Peace Poles in every country in the world dedicated as monuments to peace.
The Ribbon 2020 – Tangible Hope for No Nuclear War
The Ribbon was founded by Justine Merritt who had visited Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum in 1982. She was greatly affected by the tragedy caused by the Atomic Bomb. After arriving home, it came to her to create a Ribbon, and decided to have a Ribbon event on the 40th memorial anniversary of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
It was in the middle of the Cold War between The United States and The Soviet Union, and using nuclear weapons could happen again at a moments notice.
On August 4, 1985, in Washington, D.C., fifteen miles of Ribbons encircled the Pentagon and other important monuments: With the message of “What I cannot bear to think of as lost forever in a nuclear war”. The Atomic Bomb Dome in Hiroshima was also encircled.
The Ribbon International is now a Non Governmental Organization in Association with the United Nations. Since 1985, many Ribbons have been created around the world. People carry Ribbons and pray for Peace at many occasions such as; community memorial gatherings and marches related to nuclear, peace and environmental issues. Ribbons have been exhibited in various places as well.
Nowadays the world is closer to the tragedy of nuclear war or a nuclear accident more than ever before.
On August 1st 2020, the 75th Anniversary of the nuclear bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, The Ribbon International is planning to have a Ribbon event in New York City and in other cities around the world. Please join us, and pray for a world without nuclear weapons and never another nuclear tragedy. (If you cannot join, please pray with us wherever you are.)
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How to make Ribbon
(Please also see our website: www.theribboninternational.org)
- Cut a panel of sturdy cloth, double thickness, of any color.
- Finished size: one meter by a half meter (or one yard by a half yard)
- Sew 20cm (9 inch) pieces of ribbon to each corner so the panels may be easily tied together.
- On this panel, sew, paint, write, embroider, weave, knit, tie-dye or use any other kind of ornaments to express what you most love about the world and want to protect from what is endangered on this earth.
- If you wish, write your name and/or any message on the back of the panel.
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BECOME A LOCAL CONTACT FOR THE RIBBON IN YOUR COMMUNITY – organizations, schools, places of worship, individuals, artists, teachers and many others have adopted the Ribbon project for such celebrated days as Earth Day, World Peace Week and United Nations/Global Citizenship Day to promote local awareness and action. Create Ribbons to display at local events, advertise in newspapers, organization newsletters, on radio and TV.
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| THE UNITED NATIONS HAS DESIGNATED SEPTEMBER 21 | THE INTERNATIONAL DAY OF PEACE Honor this day of global cease fire |
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To help support the Ribbon project and keep it growing around the world please send tax exempt donations made out to – Peace Action Education Fund, 40 Witherspoon St., Princeton, NJ 08542, USA and direct it for The Ribbon International.
We invite you to join the Ribbon project, there is no fee. Just create and display a Ribbon, you have then symbolically joined with others world wide in creating and thinking in terms of care and protection of the earth and its inhabitants.
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Pieces to Peace,
There will be no check-in table in Arlington in August
with an aging, greying teacher with a red Bic pen
waiting to grade assignments for more than ten miles of Ribbon.
All the pieces belong there:
all the symbols of a nation’s yearning for peace.
Who would want to judge the pieces?
Choose one as better than another?
Work of Art?
Work of heart?
Who would want to judge the pieces?
Lay aside a child’s rain-touched, felt tipped rainbow
for an artist’s gessoed work?
Who would want to say the eighth-grader’s acrylic basketball court
held more promise that the quilter’s careful stitches
holding her aching heart together after the evening’s late news?
Each one makes The Ribbon:
the pizza, poison ivy, pomegranate seeds
the ladybugs, mid-Hudson bridge,
poetry,
and creed;
each segment makes The Ribbon.
It is in the addition we find the sum:
for it is one yard
plus one yard
plus each yard of cloth
that we honor the diversity,
that we celebrate the unity.
Each piece makes The Ribbon;
each piece brings the piece.
Amen
JOURNEY. Justine Merritt
CA: Hope Publishing House
1993. (p.111) -Arlington, VA 1985
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Some Events in the Life of the Ribbon
1982: Justine Merritt is inspired to tie a Ribbon around the Pentagon in Washington, DC, USA from the theme; “What I cannot bear to think of as lost forever in a nuclear war”, and writes about it to friends on her holiday card list.
1985: August 4th: Over ten miles of Ribbons encircle the Pentagon and other Washington, DC buildings. The Atom Bomb Dome in Hiroshima, Japan is also
–1986: In New Zealand, Ribbons connect US and USSR embassies. In South Africa, Black and White mothers unite using Ribbons to tell their government they don’t want their children killing each other. In Japan, Ribbons are used to protest the razing of Ikego Forest. 10,000 Ribbons link B’hai temple to the ocean in Austrailia and USSR World Leader Mikhail Gorbachev is presented a Ribbon by Justine Merritt.
1987: In Okinaw, Japan, Ribbons help surround the largest military base in the Pacific and are displayed in Zushi for the environment at Ikego Forest. In Holland, panels connect the US and USSR embassies. Tamel, Sinhalese and Christian segments are exhibited together in Sri Lanka.
1988-1989: In the Middle East, the Interns for Peace calendar shows Ribbons made by Arab and Jewish children.
1990: In London, Ribbons are exhibited in the Houses of Parliament. In Geneva, Ribbons are displayed in the Palais des Nations during the NTP Conference.
1991: In New York, Ribbons are exhibited at the United Nations during the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty Conference. Included are panels created by Iraqi and American children. New York State Museum in Albany has an International Ribbon exhibit.
1992: Ribbons are displayed in Brazil and around the planet during the UN “Earth Summit.”
1993: Ribbons are displayed at the Human Rights Conference in Vienna, inspire an environmental Ribbon contest in Singapore and is cosponsor of the Parliament of World Religions in Chicago.
1994: The Canadian Ecumenical Council Calendar features Ribbon segments as part of UN related art. Gas City and Marion Indiana create and exhibit Ribbons in preparation for the UN 50th anniversary.
1995: Ribbon displays celebrate the UN 50th anniversary Year. With the help of divers, Ribbons are carried under water and connect Egypt, Israel and Jordon. Segments are contributed by Switzerland, Germany, Italy and China.
1996: International Mothers of Liberia use Ribbons to help protest the stealing of children for the army. Towns in the Ukraine create panels calling for a world without wars or violence. Ribbons are given to all the UN Missions. Mayors for Peace through Inter-city Solidarity learn of the Ribbon.
1997: Estonia uses Ribbons to celebrate peace. Ribbons are taken to Haiti to promote a culture of peace. In Magdeburg, Germany, the Mayor inspires the city’s population to create and display panels for Human Rights Day and other occasions. The Bonadssamlingen Museum in Stenstorp, Sweden exhibits Ribbons.
1998: Ribbons are displayed at the UNESCO Culture and Developement conference in Stockholm, Sweden. *1998 is the UNITED NATIONS INTERNATIONAL YEAR of the OCEANS. Show on your Ribbon the beauty of our never ending oceans.
1999: Ribbon panels are displayed for Human Rights Day in Copenhagen, made in China, are exhibitied at the Hague Appeal for Peace (HAP99) in the Netherlands and created for the International Year of Older Persons.
2000 – 2006: Ribbons are given to all U.S. Congressmen for the UN Culture of Peace Year. Lake Havasu City, AZ, USA creates and display Ribbons for UN Day. Africans and Cubans receive Ribbons for peace. A Ribbon is given to Pope John Paul II in Rome in honor of the Decade for a COP and Non Violence for the Children of the World. 9/11 annually Ribbons are carried from the UN to the World Trade Center, NY with an Interfaith litany read.
2001 – 2010: The United Nations International Decade for a Culture of Peace and Non-violence for the Children of the World. Show on your panel a “Culture of Peace.” Church Women United (CWU) initiates the Ribbon as part of their celebrated days of prayers for peace such as World Community Day.
Founder Justine Merritt and Michele Peppers present Ribbon panel to Pope John Paul II, in honor of the United Nations resolution for the Decade for a Culture of Peace and Non Violence for the Childrend for the World (2001-2010), October 17, 2001
Interested in joining us in 2020? Fill out our early interest form and be the first to know when registration opens and save $50 off your registration. We’ll make sure you’re the first to know when registration opens for our August 7-9, 2020 ILI in Chicago. Bonus: you’ll receive $50 off when you register!
See the ILI in action
The Interfaith Leadership Institute (ILI) is the largest gathering of students and educators with a commitment to American religious pluralism. Each year, hundreds of people who care about the future of our religiously diverse society converge in Chicago to learn, train, share, and get inspired to bring the movement for interfaith cooperation back to their campuses and communities. Over the course of three days, participants learn to bridge divides and forge friendships across lines of religious and worldview differences. Come to the ILI with the passion to bring people together and leave equipped with the knowledge and skills to make it happen.
Interested in joining us in 2020? Fill out our early interest form and be the first to know when registration opens and save $50 off your registration.
Training Tracks
Introductory and advanced training tracks are designed to support those new to this work by laying the foundation for interfaith leadership, and providing advanced skills in topics ranging from strategic planning to navigating tricky challenges and more.
Plenary Sessions
Plenary sessions will feature conversation with experienced leaders and their stories of engaging religious difference and disagreement in American life. During the Unconference, attendees will have the power to guide these conversations by choosing discussion topics and important questions at the beginning of the gathering.
Discounts & Scholarships
As we do not want cost to be a hindrance to engaging with interfaith leadership, we have a number of discounts, as well as registration scholarships available.
Learn more about out discounts and scholarships
Interfaith Youth Core
141 W. Jackson Blvd, Suite 3200, Chicago, IL 60604
Phone: (312) 573-8825
Email: info@ifyc.org
Join HRC’s TCS New York City Marathon Team
Run On The Right Side Of History!
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It’s time to take our fight for LGBTQ equality to the pavement and we need |
The Human Rights Campaign Foundation (HRCF) is proud to announce that we have joined the 2020 TCS New York City Marathon’s Charity Partner program and have been awarded 10 bibs! We are thrilled about the opportunity to have 10 runners represent the HRCF in one of the world’s most notable races. If you want to join our fight for equality while pushing yourself like you’ve never thought possible, please apply to be on our team! We are now accepting applications for runners who want to participate in the NYC Marathon on
Sunday, November 1, 2020!
Benefits include: guaranteed marathon entry, experienced coaching, a training plan (for all levels that can be redesigned to meet your needs), your own personal fundraising page, and Athletes for Equality running gear.
The Human Rights Campaign Foundation improves the lives of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) people by working to increase understanding and encourage the adoption of LGBTQ-inclusive policies and practices. We build support for LGBTQ people among families and friends, co-workers and employers, pastors and parishioners, doctors and teachers, neighbors, and the general public. HRC works to enhance the lived experiences of LGBTQ people and their families by changing hearts and minds across America and around the globe. For more information on our specific programs, visit www.hrc.org.
Completing an application does not guarantee a spot. The application will be live until Friday, March 13, 2020.
Our 10 runners are required to raise a minimum of $3,500 for the Human Rights Campaign Foundation–but should actively and enthusiastically work towards a goal of $5,000 or more!
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Apply here by March 13th at 5 p.m. EST. Check out the Athletes for Equality page for more details!
Whether you are a seasoned runner or have never done a marathon before, we’re thrilled to have you run alongside HRC as we work together to fulfill our mission to bring full equality to each and every LGBTQ person.
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