Join 75+ of the world’s top peacebuilders, social change agents, Indigenous elders, political leaders, scientists and spiritual mentors – all offering inspiration, skills training and practical solutions YOU can apply in your daily life, relationships, community and the world.
With a steady stream of news about unspeakable violence in war-torn areas to escalating reports of police brutality, we are reminded of the need to strengthen our capacity for outer and inner peace. It’s clear that it’s time we create a new story about peace.
We need a narrative that speaks to the human complexity of the inner spirit, to international relations, to dialogues across multiple sectors of society – including healing humanity’s relationship with the Earth. We need an understanding of peace broad enough to embrace the deep spiritual realms, along with the grounded – and at times even hard-nosed – practical actions that can transform difficult situations locally and globally.
However, for all of us who long for more peace and harmony in our lives and our world, some days, the challenges we face can feel daunting.
In these times, it’s common to feel overwhelmed by the inner conflicts within ourselves – not to mention the pain generated by clashes with family members, friends, co-workers… and even strangers. And when we hear about bullying in schools, the senseless violence in our neighborhoods and the overwhelming number of refugees displaced from war, it’s so easy to feel helpless and fall into despair.
It can be difficult to know where to turn to find the inspiration and guidance we need to heal the conflicts in our own hearts, in our relationships and in our larger world.
This is where The Summer of Peace comes in. The Shift Network has a deep commitment to global peace, which is why we’re offering this amazing series to you for FREE.
This monumental 3-month event features powerful insights and practical skillsfrom the world’s leading peacebuilders – so you’ll be empowered to co-create a life and a world where peace – instead of conflict – is the baseline.
Through The Summer of Peace, you’ll:
- Discover more personal ease, joy and well-being with practices to help youconnect more profoundly to the deep peace within yourself.
- Experience more harmonious and loving relationships with your family, friends, co-workers and community members.
- Be uplifted when you hear success stories from those on the front-lines of creating positive change in the most desperate areas on the planet.
- Receive deep wisdom for co-creating a new narrative of peace, and find effective methods for putting this vision into inspired action.
- Discover best practices for citizen engagement and conscious activismto help accelerate the shift to a world of peace!
As part of The Shift Network’s commitment to peace, we have also created the first virtual World Peace Library. The 2015 Summer of Peace programs will eventually become part of this FREE global resource.
You are invited to join us for a 90 minute coaching support call hosted by Sande Hart and Jon Ramer. Prepare for the 2015 Annual Games. Learn more about the Annual Games here.
Here’s the link to the Coaching Call taking place on Wednesday, July 29th at 9 AM PDT.
Here’s the Facebook Event to learn more.
Here’s the link to Register Your Team to Play.
Watch for “444”– Ring buzzer 163 “Call”
This Year’s Campfire is BIGGER Than Ever
Urban Campfire is a unique and intimate gathering of women, where vulnerability, failure, tears, and laughter are celebrated.
It is our mission is to acquaint you with all the fiery, CRAVEtastic, adventurous, and beautiful parts of who you are. You have to know yourself before you can grow yourself, and at this year’s fire we are going to be doing both.
Take your seat, share your story with other like-minded women, and fill your connection craving over food, wine, and (of course) marshmallows. It is a ‘campfire’ after all.
This year, we’ve asked female thought-leaders and entrepreneurs from all over the country to share a story about a moment in their life when everything changed in a big way. In a TED style talk, they will be sharing these breakthrough stories, plus the most resonant advice they’ve received in their lives so far.
Five hundred women attended the very first Urban Campfire two years ago, and we feel sincerely grateful to the tight-nit and continuously expanding community that has grown out of that formative night.
Martin and I are learning together how to grow compassion and peace here and there
Dear Friends,
Dr. Andrew Vidich is a longtime friend and supporter of We, The World. On Friday August 21st he is having a free celebration event in New York City for the launch of his book Love is a Secret; The Mystic Quest for Divine Love. See the details below.
It promises to be a beautiful event, so if you or your friends are in NYC, I hope you will be able to go!
Rick Ulfik
Founder of We, The World and the WE Campaign at WE.net
By Dr. Andrew Vidich
Click here to order the book
for a Discussion, Guided Meditation and Book Launch Celebration
Location; The Center for Remembering and Sharing
123 4th Ave, 2nd Fl, New York, NY 10003
Time: 6:30pm-8:30pm
FREE to the PUBLIC
Light Refreshments will follow
Love Is a Secret: The Mystic Quest for Divine Love
By Dr. Andrew Vidich
“Over the last 5000 years, inspired leaders and giants of all the great spiritual traditions have produced a rich collection of writings describing the transcendent states of love they have experienced. This book draws on all the great wisdom traditions from Taoism to Christianity, from Islam to Judaism, to describe the psychology of humankind’s deepest spiritual encounters.
“It identifies 10 distinct psychological states common to all spiritual experience. A study of the specific characteristics of each state reveals that mystics from widely different theologies, times and cultures have experienced God’s love in remarkably similar ways. Their words show us what intimate encounters with “The Great Beloved” feel like, and how we can cultivate and achieve these mystical states in our own lives.
“The compassionate wisdom in the pages of this book is a moving testament to the universal majesty, variety and splendor of the experience of God’s unconditional love. This is a book which seekers and students will enjoy for its insight as well as its message of hope: that Divine Love is available to all who seek it with humility and grace, and those who in its radiance are not only transfigured, but empowered to change the world.”
”This book eloquently describes the real life-work of every mature human being in every great culture of humanity.” Shaikh Nur al-Jerrrahi USA Leader of al Jerrahi Sufi Order.
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Together with Chief Phil Lane Jr we will bring together decision and change-makers in a small circle.
Max. 12 persons.
Details will follow soon. Please ask for a detailed program. Contact: info@fourworldseurope.eu
The Mission:
To cleanup, build, paint, and landscape at your West Seattle Veterans Center which is home to American Legion Post #160.
The Why:
Legion volunteers have struggled for a few years to finish this remodel. With a generous donation from the West Seattle YMCA, Post #160 needs your help to finish the basement and paint the exterior for its 2nd Phase to be complete. 3rd Phase will be tackling the west wing of the building and turning it into an office space were veteran non-profits can set up shop and improve the lives of veterans, their families and the City of Seattle.
We need you to help make this happen. Come to work, meet new people and make a difference. It’s time to Report for Duty in your community!
Every day during the month of September, we’re posting a quote & image to remind each of us to cultivate inner peace. May it inspire you to pause and recollect that peace begins inside you. A breath in and a breath out…accessing the still space within where you remember who you truly are. Please join us, as together we send out ripples of peace: facebook, twitter, Instagram, Linked In, or Google+
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First gathering of FWE, to initiate the call of unprecedented unified action – with Brother Phil Lane Jr joining our communities – Embassy of the Earth, Netherlands Center of Indigenous People (NCIV) and Seven Generations together with Front Siwa Lima and Four Worlds Europe. Open to all relatives who want to connect.
Contact: info@fourworldseurope.nl
MY HAPPY PLACE ~ Yoga Class sponsoring Compassion Games
The whole month of Septemeber in Portland, OR + Seattle, WA Yoga Studios!!
All Levels – Pay-What-You-CAN
My Happy Place is an on-going community yoga project. These all-levels flowing vinyasa classes are offered by donation only (suggested 10). All proceeds go to support local organizations. Compassion Games International is the featured Good vibe KARMA organization all September in Portland, Oregon and Seattle, WA.
Lets challenge Seattle & Portland into a fun challenge. Where is the most compassionate yoga students… Seattle or Portland?? Report these stories at Compassion Games global report map!! Game on!! There are five weekly “My Happy Place” yoga classes available to bring compassion to your body, mind, and spirit!! A win win opportunity awaits you all month to dive deep into compassion for self & support the Compassion Games International sustainable future!!
-Accessible to students of all levels. New students welcome!
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Together with Brother Phil Lane Jr and Chudi Ukpabi, communications and governance consultant from Nigeria and Dorine van Norren, PhD researcher/diplomat (on video) we will have an exchange on Ubuntu values related to the wisdom available from all indigenous peoples.
An exchange on leadership and how to be inclusive in business.
Ubuntu centers around solidarity, reconciliation, restorative justice, collective leadership, empowerment and service delivery.
Afterwards you can join our Open World Cafe from 17.00pm. See next event.
Contact: info@fourworldseurope.nl
Limited seats available – max. 20 people.
RSVP and share with friends on facebook here
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Urban Tribes presents:
SHARING TRIBAL WISDOM FOR INSPIRING AND VITAL CITYLIFE
Urban Communities and Tribal Leaders. How do we use our local and indigenous wisdom?
More about this event see the website of http://www.urban-tribes.net/
Ticketing available via Urban Tribes.
Facebook Event HERE
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Earth Guardians (KIDS – 18yrs) The Hague calls ALL Dutch Earth Guardians to come TrashUre Hunt and to meet Chief Phil Lane Jr. at SCHEVINGEN!
in cooperation with www.trashurehunt.org
at FAST surfdorp http://fastthehague.com/nl/home
GIVING OUR VOICE – FOR THE NEXT 7 GENERATIONS
14:00 to 16:00 – Open Gathering
16:00 to 18:00 – Ceremony joined by Chief Phil Lane Jr.
Also see the website of TrashUre Hunt for more info.
We are hosting this event in Scheveningen.
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Together with Chief Phil Lane Jr we will explore and share on Connecting around Guiding Principles in Times of Change.
This event is hosted by the World Dialogue foundation
Contact: info@worlddialoguefoundation.org
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Bezoek aan Den Haag – City of Peace and Justice
We ontmoeten vertegenwoordigers van het Institute Social Studies (ISS), BuZa and HIVOS
11:00 – 12:00 Open Lecture at ISS
Kortenaerkade 12
Na afloop lopen we gezamenlijk naar het VREDESPALEIS voor bezoek van Brother Phil aan de Vredesvlam.
12.30 – 14:30 Open Lunch Meet-Up
Neem iets mee voor de Tafel des Overvloed (liefst vega, bio)
Locatie: Bij de VREDESVLAM naast de toegangshekken van het Vredespaleis Den Haag
Lunch graag meenemen om te delen bij het monument. mogelijkheid om wereldvredespad rond monument te lopen met een mooie intentie.
