WEST COAST fearlessMeditation I | Practice of the Body CXC | Center for Transformative Change | Berkeley, CA Friday | October 14, 2011 | 7:00-9:30pm Register 22nd Annual Bioneers Conference […]
newDharma Talk | The Value of Effort & Release
As social change agents, we try to do too much because there is so much to do, and the need to get things done never seems to stop. But that […]
september 2011
Girls, Inc. develops researched-based programs that encourage girls to take risks and master physical, intellectual, and emotional challenges. There is also a focus on math and science education as well […]
Ancient Practices Change How We Live Now
In this anthology, Contemplation Nation: How Ancient Practices Are Changing the Way We Live, edited by Mirabai Bush, we get a chance to look at the points of view of […]
inSIGHT | BBC Interviews Darcus Howe on the London Riots
Click here for video interview: Darcus Howe | BBC Interview on the London Riots | August 2011
august 2011
Find out what trainings, workshops, and events are happening in the field of transformative social change.
What is Transformative Change?
angel Kyodo williams, dharma teacher, author, and activist, eloquently answers the question, “What is Transformative Change?” Enjoy these highlights from her keynote address, from CXC’s 2009 event, SFC | Sit for Change.
Wendy Palmer | The Art of Conscious Embodiment
Being able to advocate by moving toward your intention is more skillful than advocating by moving against the opposition.Taking a stand for justice also means that at times you may have to stand alone.
Cara Page | Lifting Up Legacy, Place and Healing
The first things that you will notice about Cara Page are her thoughtfulness, her warmth, her ability to articulate layers of complexity and meaning, her abiding interest in the impact and responsibility of legacy, her commitment to centralizing healing into movement building, her deep Love for the South…
Grace Lee Boggs | The Answers Are Coming from the Bottom
Democracy Now!’s June 2010 interview with Grace Lee Boggs, “a Detroit-based radical organizer and philosopher. Born to Chinese immigrant parents in 1915, Grace Lee Boggs has been involved with the civil rights, Black Power, labor, environmental justice, and feminist movements over the past seven decades.”
Pathways to Collective Liberation
Activists are being asked to examine our current historical moment with real intimacy, with fresh eyes, fire, and compassion. Many of the once-groundbreaking methods we know and use have now begun to rot. Many of our tactics are now more than simply ineffective- they are dangerous.
The Revolution Will Not Be Tweeted
Gladwell questions what he perceives as outsized claims that social media has transformed the landscape of social activism. Among the points he makes is that social media builds “weak ties” that may tap people’s participation without getting at the kind of motivation required to take the risks necessary to make…