The Interaction Institute for Social Change (IISC) is a nonprofit organization that harnesses the power of collaboration within the social sector to create a just and sustainable world.
First Annual Sangha-Palooza | September 11, 2010
Sangha-Palooza is the first all-sangha East Bay Meditation Gathering of its kind — bringing together mindfulness practitioners from diverse sitting groups, sanghas, religious and secular organizations, as well as individuals interested in cultivating present moment awareness from all over the East Bay.
Albino Garcia | La Cultura Cura
Chicano/Native activist Albino Garcia founded grassroots organization La Plazita Institute located in Albuquerque, New Mexico in 2004. He grew up in Chicago and is no stranger to the streets; his background closely mirrors that of the populations that La Plazita Institute serves. He has done extensive healing work with youth, veterans, and gang members. His leadership style is grounded in traditional culture, and he is known and respected for approaching challenging situations with creativity, honesty, inclusiveness, and innovation.
Cultivating Compassionate Politics Workshop | September 12, 2010
If activist organizations incorporated more of those personal and social lessons into their political efforts, might they attract more compassion-minded individuals and be more effective? That is what we want to find out. CXC’s Executive Director, Karen Muktayani Villanueva, will be presenting the “Defining Transformation for Social Change People’s Movement Assembly Resolution, adopted at the US Social Forum 2010.
Welcome
Block out your calendars and pack your bags! We’re heading to the US Social Forum (USSF) to stir things up and make things right… In fact, this entire June issue […]
newDharma talk | True Community
True Community (transcription of talk given by Rev. angel Kyodo williams, 2006) It’s funny how that happens…when everything is a metaphor for our lives. We do things in a certain […]
Miami Workers Center
Isn’t it inspiring to know there are people who actually care about other people and are willing to do whatever is necessary to uplift humanity from burdens of economic imbalance and heavy societal conditioning embedded within collective consciousness?
Akaya Windwood | Cultivating Beloved Community
Straightforward, warm, present, of substance, inspiring, clear, honest, comfortable in her own skin, in relationship with her power (personal and otherwise), bright, committed, reliable, articulate, responsive, passionate… These are some attributes and adjectives that describe this month’s featured Changemaker, Akaya Windwood, CEO & President of Rockwood Leadership Institute.
this is our time
Though it may seem hard to discern through the economic debris that is still falling, that so many of us are picking through the pieces of, this is our […]
radical relationship
Whether you consider it a commercial fabrication designed to use our tender hearts to draw money from our tender wallets or a genuine 1500-year old tradition of expressing courtly love, […]
Aqeela Sherrills | Beholding: An Act of Deep Love
Spirit Centered-Activist, Advocate and Social Entrepreneur, Aqeela Sherrills is the principal partner of The Reverence Project, a 3-fold initiative that is working to shift the social and philosophical construct of […]
The Way of Council
Council is a practice in authenticity. It requires a deep listening, rigorous discernment, a reverence for truth, and a steady commitment to transparency and fierce compassion. Every Thursday, with few […]