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welcomeFrom traditions all over the world this particular time of year iscelebrated as the season of Hope Whether we observe ChristmasHanukkah or Kwanzaa here in the United States Guadalupe Dayand the Buddhas Enlightenment elsewhere or Winter Solsticeeverywhere it is a time to reflect on the many offerings that theoutgoing year has given us Right into the culmination of theroman calendar new year we gratefully mark the past yearstransitions truly as gifts while we ready ourselves to receive thenew ones to come This month we share with you a review of CXCsBest of 2009 stories Each departing section contributor selectedtheir favorite story of the year as our new Executive DirectorKaren Muktayani Villanueva stewards as guest editor Enjoy theretrospective Seasons Greetings amp Warm Blessings from CXC toyou and yours
Enthroned Virgin and Child Haghia Sophia Istanbul Turkey photo copy 2009 angel Kyodowilliams
being your bestthe theory art and practice of changeINcite with angel Kyodo williams
Every one of us holds some hope for a futureAmerica indeed a future world that ischanged Changed to what is not always astangible as our minds would like it to bePerhaps thats why Martin said I have adream In the best of expressions Jesus
whats newfearlessYOGA Teacher TrainingYoga Built for Justice From April 2-28 2010 wereexcited to announce that CXC willhost the first and only yoga everdesigned for agents of social
change fearlessYOGA is a physical metaphor for socialjustice
Read more fearlessYOGA | Warrior Series Chart (pdf) fearlessYOGA Teacher Training | April 2 - 28 2010
MTX | Mind Training amp XformationTrain your mind transform your life After 3 years ofthreats the changeangel introduces MTX MindTraining and Xformation MTX a free weekly email(and Facebook) series of short slogans essentialinstructions for rolling up your sleeves and engagingyour life path as if you mean it When put to use theyliterally train your mind and transform yourthoughts
Read more Sign up in advance for MTX
Transition to Transformation CXC names newExecutive DirectorAfter 10 years of leading what has become CXC (Centerfor Transformative Change) and its umbrellaorganization urbanPEACE the Rev angel Kyodowilliams has stepped down as director and passed thetorch to Karen Muktayani Muki Villanueva RN BSN
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in SIGHTfearlessYOGA preview
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dream In the best of expressions JesusChrist depicted above with the Virgin Mary asa tiled mosiac in the Haghia Sophia representsHope His birth brought Hope to a world that
had gone awry thus the title of the image Child of Hope As agentsamp allies of social change we too represent Hope for a world that hasgone a little astray from the path of expressing the best humanity hasto offer love compassion fairness security sustainability and self-determination for all living things We have our work cut out for usBut with a grounded theory a willingness to learn the art and acommittment to practice practice practice we can and we will beour best and through our example through our leadership wellinspire the best in everyone
In keeping with this issues Best of theme (while doing as little aspossible as I head out in the world on the first leg of my sabbatical) Ioffer these snippets from not one but all of the past years INciteessays Take them individually or as one big riff on this profoundmovement towards Transformative Social Change May any one of theseideas instructions or inquiries inspire you towards being your besttoday and in the year to come (oh and see the wallpaper sectionbelow for more about the mosaic)
January | finally American On the one hand 2009 brings with it the incredible challenges of thefreefall of an economic house of cards built with smoke mirrors andlots of dishonest spit an unjust war built on outright lies and adevastating attack on a people that the world can no longer deny is onthe short end of a harsh stick built on a 60 year theft On the otherhand we are embarking upon a new year a new era and a strangenew hopefulness that real people tired of being polarized by fear hateand separation can organize for hope progress and change Andtogether our collective will can make a difference
February | being all we can bePresident Obama has gone on record saying that he opposes gaymarriage but admits this may be a wrong-headed view drawn from hisown religious beliefs Im suspicious of the idea that God whispers inanyones ear and says you are chosen to have something that othersarent entitled to be that right to love or right to land But since Iveonly been trying to listen to God rather than talk maybe She doesntwhisper back to me So Im not one to question Obamas or anyoneelses personal relationship with Godwhy dont we stop questioninganyones personal mutually respectful consenting relationship withanyone else
March | can you see me now Being in real relationship with the other closes the bias gapBut toeven get there we have to look at ourselves first We have to stopletting ourselves off the race hook and commit to actively resisting thebiased waters we swim in by raising our unconscious implicit fears tothe level of conscious explicitly articulated ones Thats painful
No video Click httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=MFA-vVki4DY
Get a sneak preview of the rough cut of CXCsfearlessYOGA Warrior Series video Best chance to catchour fY development team rocking their yogi gear
fearlessYOGA built for justice | 6 min What is Transformative Change | 4 min
in TIMECXC Winter Holiday Schedule In the midst of deep Practice thereis also time for rest Yearly wetake time to rest during the winterholidays The Center will beclosed December 24 2009 to
January 2 2010 We wish everyone peaceful andblessed holidays
Center Practice Schedule
fearlessYOGA Teacher Training Yoga Built forJustice (fYTT) April 2-28 2010 The first and only yoga ever designed for agents ofsocial change fearlessYOGA is a physical metaphor forsocial justice that offers an accessible approach topracticing yoga through a standard series of multi-level postures that once learned can be practiced as aflow
fearlessYOGA Teacher Training | April 2 - 28 2010
27 Days of Change Its not too early to register for 27 Days of ChangeSpring Practice Period March 2-28 2010 Weve begunour Winter 27 Days now all Virtual with participantsnationwide
27 Days of Change Spring Practice Period
US Social Forum June 22 - 26 2010 | DetroitMichigan For the first time CXC will be representin at the USSocial Forum (USSF) USSF is one of the most important
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the level of conscious explicitly articulated ones Thats painfulexhausting heart-breaking work but its the real work that needs to bedone No less important than your next action petition campaign orboard meeting (Those explicit biases could use a good eyeballing heretoo) Plainly speaking if youre doing work for change in whatsaffectionately referred to as AmeriKKKa without a practice ofexamining race youre pretty much adding to the problem
April | seven deadly sins of change The Watchmen for Change are made up of Freedom FightersOrganizers Agitators and Activists paired with the folks that like it ornot foot the bills In a perfected partnership they are our SupportersAdvocates Advisors and Allies Some of us pay with the currency ofcreativity vitality energy and soulforce Others pay with hopefulnesssteadfastness wild cheering and dollar bills yallTogether we are theJedis of Justice We are The Ones that We have Been Waiting for toilluminate the Matrix and reveal the passage out of Babylon We are theAgents of Transformative Social Change
May | this is our time A Black Organizer is in the White House (Wise Latina) Justice is gettingoff the bench and in the Game Its our time The era of the lowlygrunt that toils for justice being the under-appreciated underpaidunderdog is officially overrated We are now the wunderkinds that cancapture the imagination of our nation with our unwavering commitmentto Hope resounding call for Freedom and heart-stopping effort toreveal Truth Justice and a truly New American Way
June | a more perfect union But as powerful as symbols phrases and slogans are they only derivetheir energy from the wellspring of the people they represent Peoplethat dont just stand in the truth but express it through the way theylive And just as words on a parchment would not be enough to deliverslaves from bondage or provide men and women of every color andcreed their full rights the more perfect union we seek for this countrywill not arise from a speech a bailout or even a healthcareplanWhat it will arise from is the embodiment of that more perfectunion by folks that know and act on whats right
July | the greatest transformation (And) when Death comes to Friend you as it will you cant ignore itWhere will your vast but virtual network be then Will they be there tosing songs share stories and send your ashes back to ashes and dustback to dust Will they memorialize you Yes connections can be madequick Friends Followers and Fans but relationships are still slowandthe best ones are grown over time
August | the practice of inconvenience This is more often than not the nature of deep practice It isntconvenient It doesnt fit your schedule It doesnt conform to yourwhim It isnt selectable for good days instead of bad In short it isnt ahobbyits a practice If not as dramatic remaining committed to
Social Forum (USSF) USSF is one of the most importantnational gatherings for those who are devoted to socialchange
Join CXC at US Social Forum | June 22 - 26 2010 Learn more
in the CENTERWinter 2009 | 27 Days ofChange Practice PeriodWe are currently on week numbertwo of this seasons 27 Days ofChange Practice Period Twenty-seven people from around the
country are formally participating For the first timeever we are offering the 27 Days as a virtualexperience conducted entirely online
Read more
inner PRACTICEPracticing Our Egos Off inCommunityI know we all have ideas aboutwho we prefer to have in ourcommunities no slackers nogossips nobody who thinks too
much of themselves And by communities I meanfamilies households neighborhoods any close knitgroup of people Generally we have utopian fantasyversions of what community should be like everyonemostly gets along everybody pulls together in a crisisno one feels left out
Read more
outer ACTIONWhats Behind the Whole FoodsBuycottIt bears repeating direct actioncan be radical effective and donewith fierce love Can social changeactions be deeply radical -
meaning going to the root - help create the world wewant to see rather than only tear down what we dontlike and still work Heres what Rev angel Kyodowilliams and Center for Transformative Change didwhen it comes to Whole Foods and going beyond thecurrent boycott
Read more
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hobbyits a practice If not as dramatic remaining committed toestablished personal and organizational practice--especially in the faceof challenge--is a stance no less determined than that of Gandhis SaltMarchers or those folks that continued to cross the bridge in SelmaWe put our butts on the line and on the cushion to usher forth a newway of Being Change
September | beyond the boycott (Its) a time for action sometimes no matter how many ways you try todescribe a thing you have to experience it to know what it really isive been talking about transformative change what it is and isnt whatit could look like and what it can make possible in the worldBut itsalso time for those of us pushing for change to do so in a way thatactually seeks resolution transforming the issue into an opportunity forreal change change that matters Thus any action taken should bethoughtful respectful measured and leveraged only if it is needed
October | doing darkness Unlike change which can be undone with a shift in context or theswipe of a presidential pen theres no going back on transformationThe depth of change that takes place is so deep rooted andresounding that the former way of being is no longer possible Whiletransformation cant be undonethe decisive question we must ask isTransformation towards what If we want positive transformativeoutcomes we must intentionalize and work toward them Deep changerequires deep practice Simply put we have to stay with it in order tosee transformation through Through and through we must weave thefabric of our movement culture with ways of being knowing and doingthat embody precisely how we want to see society transformed into anequitable sustainable and just place for all How we are showing upright now is the state of our transformation However if you canimagine the exact outcome its more likely to be change thantransformation because our vision is necessarily limited by our currentperspective and conditions
November | meeting change Transitions are the doorways to change Choosing to engage transitionand enter each doorway as consciously as possible but with awillingness to not know whats on the other end is what makes thatchange intentional Life IS change And if youve been around for fivegood minutes you know that Change Happens So your only real choiceis to either let life happen to you or for you to choose to live it Oneway to do that is to become practiced at happily humbly and heartilyMeeting Change
Happy holidays Free Palestine Love peace and blessings to and forall
angel Kyodo williams is founder
social CHANGEHistoric March for FreedomGaza December 27-January 2 My message to the internationalcommunity is that our silence andcomplicity especially on thesituation in Gaza shames us all -
- Archbishop Desmond Tutu
Not one to just kick back even while on her sabbaticalangel Kyodo williams will join 1000 people from over40 countries the famous and day-to-day folksscholars writers clergy government representativesand more to converge in Gaza and nonviolently marchwith Gazan families through the Israeli blockade
Read more
Got Chaos Funding Cuts and Volunteer FloodsTime to Prioritize and OrganizeThe reality is we cant and wont get everything done onour personal or work to do lists Great but then whatGot Chaos According to the New York Times oneupside to the downturn is the flood of volunteers oftenhighly skilled signing up to help non-profits This is aresult of the oft cited chaos in the economy resultingin large numbers of displaced workers who are helpingout social change organizations while they search forjobs
Read more
in the MINDMind Over MoneyMoney and giving are rich (punintended) opportunities from us tolearn more about the sources wegive from our hearts or ourheads Last April several folks
from our community did a Street Retreat for threedays We slept on the steps of the public library andbegged for food and change A lot of us learned firsthand about our relationship and societys relationshipto money and giving
Read more
the best workshop ive ever taken radically changedmy workfearless Meditation is our 3-part signature series thatteaches practical meditation in a social justice contextis offered for no charge for agents of social change
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angel Kyodo williams is founderof urbanPEACE and its Center for Transformative Change Happily sheis no longer its director but the official Intellectual Guru -) A socialvisionary and leading voice for transformative social change she is theauthor of Being Black Zen and the Art of Living With Fearlessness andGrace
Blog new Dharma live love amp lead from the heartFacebook Fan angel hereTwitter Follow angel for tweets of wisdom on ChangeWeb wwwangelkyodowilliamscom
angel Kyodo williams next public talkangel is on sabbatical and her next talk is tba In the meantime youcan sign up for MTX the year-long weekly Mind Training and Xformationseries starting in January
newDharma TalkWholehearted Intention
Especially timely as we are currently in our Winter27 Days of Change in this talk the Rev angelKyodo williams speaks about how aligning ourselveswholeheartedly with our intentions can lead us to
Freedom It is a much needed reminder of how important and powerfulit is to align ourselves with our deepest intentions
Excerpt Anything that we want with our whole heart has to bealigned It has to be meaningful It has to be sensible at least to us Ithas to be all of those things Otherwise there is a part of us that getsleft behind in the wanting Theres a part of us that gets left behind interms of bringing our attention fully in that direction and the actionthat we take is not wholehearted Thus its important for a sense offullness for a sense of completeness that when you desire somethingwhen your heart is calling for something when you want to bringsomething towards you when you want to call something into your lifethat you make sure that your intention is aligned
Listen to Wholehearted Intention
activists allies amp agents of change
A Quest Called Truth
Ngethe Maina worked for AGENDA a grassrootscommunity-based organization in Los Angelesfrom its inception in early 1993 helping to
is offered for no charge for agents of social change fearless Meditation I FMI-Meditation | 7pm |
January 15th amp every 1st Friday
in the BODYOpen Your HeartOpening the heart can be achallenging feat and one that ismuch needed for us to be morewhole as people and for our workto change the world to be more
whole as well Lets travel back to Mays issue oftransform and explore the article Open Your Heart
Read more
wellness amp being wellProbiotics LIttle Guys for Life Of the many things we can do toimprove our well-being and inturn support the good work thatwe do taking Pro-biotics is one ofthe most effective and helpful
things Check out the favorite wellness article from2009 Probiotics Little Guys for Life
Read more Make your own raw sauerkraut What is kombucha Learn how to make your own
december wallpaper
child of hopeIn the east end of the famed Haghia Sophia (Aya Sofia)in Istanbul Turkey high on the ceiling lives the oldestsurviving mosaic of this richly designed edifice thatmost poignantly represents the passage of time and thecontrast of religions The Enthroned Virgin and Childwere unveiled in the year 867
The finely tiled mosaics are the focal points of whatwas a church that later became a mosque Mosaics ofthe protectors Archangel Michael and Gabriel flank thisChild of Hope and his mother In the 19th centuryroundels or plaques of calligraphic Arabic bearing the
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develop it into a leading voice for poor people instruggles for social and economic justice As aSenior Organizer with AGENDA he helped leadsuccessful economic justice campaigns to win jobsand training for poor people In the fall of 2003
Ngethe moved to New York City where he became the TrainingDirector for New York Jobs with Justice and launched the SocialJustice Leadership Collaborative with Simon Greer He is currently theExecutive Director of SJL[image angel Kyodo williams]
As a kid growing up in California long before he knew about the worldof social change Ngethe Maina of Social Justice Leadership (SJL)quested for the truth Not truth in the way most kids want to know thedifference between right and wrong but questing for the kind of truththat might remind you of old men with long white beards sitting in themountains of the Himalayas-depthless fathomless truth
Read more Learn more about Social Justice Leadership
resources for changehellipA couple helpful tools (good for heart and mind) that never get old
Experience a Street RetreatRead Lynne Twists The Soul of Money
quote of the monthIndividuals actively pursue various psychological and spiritualdisciplines to purify their inner worlds from all kinds of innerpollution Through the clarity of spirit and the integrity of theirvalues and behavior these individuals become active agents of changein the world at large Through their spiritual action they begin theprocess of creating a new social order They naturally tend to seek amore spiritual and sustainable society These are the culturalcreatives mdashNicanor Perlas2010 Philippine Presidential Candidate amp Author
From his book Shaping Globalization Civil Society Cultural Powerand Threefolding
Learn more
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dream In the best of expressions JesusChrist depicted above with the Virgin Mary asa tiled mosiac in the Haghia Sophia representsHope His birth brought Hope to a world that
had gone awry thus the title of the image Child of Hope As agentsamp allies of social change we too represent Hope for a world that hasgone a little astray from the path of expressing the best humanity hasto offer love compassion fairness security sustainability and self-determination for all living things We have our work cut out for usBut with a grounded theory a willingness to learn the art and acommittment to practice practice practice we can and we will beour best and through our example through our leadership wellinspire the best in everyone
In keeping with this issues Best of theme (while doing as little aspossible as I head out in the world on the first leg of my sabbatical) Ioffer these snippets from not one but all of the past years INciteessays Take them individually or as one big riff on this profoundmovement towards Transformative Social Change May any one of theseideas instructions or inquiries inspire you towards being your besttoday and in the year to come (oh and see the wallpaper sectionbelow for more about the mosaic)
January | finally American On the one hand 2009 brings with it the incredible challenges of thefreefall of an economic house of cards built with smoke mirrors andlots of dishonest spit an unjust war built on outright lies and adevastating attack on a people that the world can no longer deny is onthe short end of a harsh stick built on a 60 year theft On the otherhand we are embarking upon a new year a new era and a strangenew hopefulness that real people tired of being polarized by fear hateand separation can organize for hope progress and change Andtogether our collective will can make a difference
February | being all we can bePresident Obama has gone on record saying that he opposes gaymarriage but admits this may be a wrong-headed view drawn from hisown religious beliefs Im suspicious of the idea that God whispers inanyones ear and says you are chosen to have something that othersarent entitled to be that right to love or right to land But since Iveonly been trying to listen to God rather than talk maybe She doesntwhisper back to me So Im not one to question Obamas or anyoneelses personal relationship with Godwhy dont we stop questioninganyones personal mutually respectful consenting relationship withanyone else
March | can you see me now Being in real relationship with the other closes the bias gapBut toeven get there we have to look at ourselves first We have to stopletting ourselves off the race hook and commit to actively resisting thebiased waters we swim in by raising our unconscious implicit fears tothe level of conscious explicitly articulated ones Thats painful
No video Click httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=MFA-vVki4DY
Get a sneak preview of the rough cut of CXCsfearlessYOGA Warrior Series video Best chance to catchour fY development team rocking their yogi gear
fearlessYOGA built for justice | 6 min What is Transformative Change | 4 min
in TIMECXC Winter Holiday Schedule In the midst of deep Practice thereis also time for rest Yearly wetake time to rest during the winterholidays The Center will beclosed December 24 2009 to
January 2 2010 We wish everyone peaceful andblessed holidays
Center Practice Schedule
fearlessYOGA Teacher Training Yoga Built forJustice (fYTT) April 2-28 2010 The first and only yoga ever designed for agents ofsocial change fearlessYOGA is a physical metaphor forsocial justice that offers an accessible approach topracticing yoga through a standard series of multi-level postures that once learned can be practiced as aflow
fearlessYOGA Teacher Training | April 2 - 28 2010
27 Days of Change Its not too early to register for 27 Days of ChangeSpring Practice Period March 2-28 2010 Weve begunour Winter 27 Days now all Virtual with participantsnationwide
27 Days of Change Spring Practice Period
US Social Forum June 22 - 26 2010 | DetroitMichigan For the first time CXC will be representin at the USSocial Forum (USSF) USSF is one of the most important
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the level of conscious explicitly articulated ones Thats painfulexhausting heart-breaking work but its the real work that needs to bedone No less important than your next action petition campaign orboard meeting (Those explicit biases could use a good eyeballing heretoo) Plainly speaking if youre doing work for change in whatsaffectionately referred to as AmeriKKKa without a practice ofexamining race youre pretty much adding to the problem
April | seven deadly sins of change The Watchmen for Change are made up of Freedom FightersOrganizers Agitators and Activists paired with the folks that like it ornot foot the bills In a perfected partnership they are our SupportersAdvocates Advisors and Allies Some of us pay with the currency ofcreativity vitality energy and soulforce Others pay with hopefulnesssteadfastness wild cheering and dollar bills yallTogether we are theJedis of Justice We are The Ones that We have Been Waiting for toilluminate the Matrix and reveal the passage out of Babylon We are theAgents of Transformative Social Change
May | this is our time A Black Organizer is in the White House (Wise Latina) Justice is gettingoff the bench and in the Game Its our time The era of the lowlygrunt that toils for justice being the under-appreciated underpaidunderdog is officially overrated We are now the wunderkinds that cancapture the imagination of our nation with our unwavering commitmentto Hope resounding call for Freedom and heart-stopping effort toreveal Truth Justice and a truly New American Way
June | a more perfect union But as powerful as symbols phrases and slogans are they only derivetheir energy from the wellspring of the people they represent Peoplethat dont just stand in the truth but express it through the way theylive And just as words on a parchment would not be enough to deliverslaves from bondage or provide men and women of every color andcreed their full rights the more perfect union we seek for this countrywill not arise from a speech a bailout or even a healthcareplanWhat it will arise from is the embodiment of that more perfectunion by folks that know and act on whats right
July | the greatest transformation (And) when Death comes to Friend you as it will you cant ignore itWhere will your vast but virtual network be then Will they be there tosing songs share stories and send your ashes back to ashes and dustback to dust Will they memorialize you Yes connections can be madequick Friends Followers and Fans but relationships are still slowandthe best ones are grown over time
August | the practice of inconvenience This is more often than not the nature of deep practice It isntconvenient It doesnt fit your schedule It doesnt conform to yourwhim It isnt selectable for good days instead of bad In short it isnt ahobbyits a practice If not as dramatic remaining committed to
Social Forum (USSF) USSF is one of the most importantnational gatherings for those who are devoted to socialchange
Join CXC at US Social Forum | June 22 - 26 2010 Learn more
in the CENTERWinter 2009 | 27 Days ofChange Practice PeriodWe are currently on week numbertwo of this seasons 27 Days ofChange Practice Period Twenty-seven people from around the
country are formally participating For the first timeever we are offering the 27 Days as a virtualexperience conducted entirely online
Read more
inner PRACTICEPracticing Our Egos Off inCommunityI know we all have ideas aboutwho we prefer to have in ourcommunities no slackers nogossips nobody who thinks too
much of themselves And by communities I meanfamilies households neighborhoods any close knitgroup of people Generally we have utopian fantasyversions of what community should be like everyonemostly gets along everybody pulls together in a crisisno one feels left out
Read more
outer ACTIONWhats Behind the Whole FoodsBuycottIt bears repeating direct actioncan be radical effective and donewith fierce love Can social changeactions be deeply radical -
meaning going to the root - help create the world wewant to see rather than only tear down what we dontlike and still work Heres what Rev angel Kyodowilliams and Center for Transformative Change didwhen it comes to Whole Foods and going beyond thecurrent boycott
Read more
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hobbyits a practice If not as dramatic remaining committed toestablished personal and organizational practice--especially in the faceof challenge--is a stance no less determined than that of Gandhis SaltMarchers or those folks that continued to cross the bridge in SelmaWe put our butts on the line and on the cushion to usher forth a newway of Being Change
September | beyond the boycott (Its) a time for action sometimes no matter how many ways you try todescribe a thing you have to experience it to know what it really isive been talking about transformative change what it is and isnt whatit could look like and what it can make possible in the worldBut itsalso time for those of us pushing for change to do so in a way thatactually seeks resolution transforming the issue into an opportunity forreal change change that matters Thus any action taken should bethoughtful respectful measured and leveraged only if it is needed
October | doing darkness Unlike change which can be undone with a shift in context or theswipe of a presidential pen theres no going back on transformationThe depth of change that takes place is so deep rooted andresounding that the former way of being is no longer possible Whiletransformation cant be undonethe decisive question we must ask isTransformation towards what If we want positive transformativeoutcomes we must intentionalize and work toward them Deep changerequires deep practice Simply put we have to stay with it in order tosee transformation through Through and through we must weave thefabric of our movement culture with ways of being knowing and doingthat embody precisely how we want to see society transformed into anequitable sustainable and just place for all How we are showing upright now is the state of our transformation However if you canimagine the exact outcome its more likely to be change thantransformation because our vision is necessarily limited by our currentperspective and conditions
November | meeting change Transitions are the doorways to change Choosing to engage transitionand enter each doorway as consciously as possible but with awillingness to not know whats on the other end is what makes thatchange intentional Life IS change And if youve been around for fivegood minutes you know that Change Happens So your only real choiceis to either let life happen to you or for you to choose to live it Oneway to do that is to become practiced at happily humbly and heartilyMeeting Change
Happy holidays Free Palestine Love peace and blessings to and forall
angel Kyodo williams is founder
social CHANGEHistoric March for FreedomGaza December 27-January 2 My message to the internationalcommunity is that our silence andcomplicity especially on thesituation in Gaza shames us all -
- Archbishop Desmond Tutu
Not one to just kick back even while on her sabbaticalangel Kyodo williams will join 1000 people from over40 countries the famous and day-to-day folksscholars writers clergy government representativesand more to converge in Gaza and nonviolently marchwith Gazan families through the Israeli blockade
Read more
Got Chaos Funding Cuts and Volunteer FloodsTime to Prioritize and OrganizeThe reality is we cant and wont get everything done onour personal or work to do lists Great but then whatGot Chaos According to the New York Times oneupside to the downturn is the flood of volunteers oftenhighly skilled signing up to help non-profits This is aresult of the oft cited chaos in the economy resultingin large numbers of displaced workers who are helpingout social change organizations while they search forjobs
Read more
in the MINDMind Over MoneyMoney and giving are rich (punintended) opportunities from us tolearn more about the sources wegive from our hearts or ourheads Last April several folks
from our community did a Street Retreat for threedays We slept on the steps of the public library andbegged for food and change A lot of us learned firsthand about our relationship and societys relationshipto money and giving
Read more
the best workshop ive ever taken radically changedmy workfearless Meditation is our 3-part signature series thatteaches practical meditation in a social justice contextis offered for no charge for agents of social change
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angel Kyodo williams is founderof urbanPEACE and its Center for Transformative Change Happily sheis no longer its director but the official Intellectual Guru -) A socialvisionary and leading voice for transformative social change she is theauthor of Being Black Zen and the Art of Living With Fearlessness andGrace
Blog new Dharma live love amp lead from the heartFacebook Fan angel hereTwitter Follow angel for tweets of wisdom on ChangeWeb wwwangelkyodowilliamscom
angel Kyodo williams next public talkangel is on sabbatical and her next talk is tba In the meantime youcan sign up for MTX the year-long weekly Mind Training and Xformationseries starting in January
newDharma TalkWholehearted Intention
Especially timely as we are currently in our Winter27 Days of Change in this talk the Rev angelKyodo williams speaks about how aligning ourselveswholeheartedly with our intentions can lead us to
Freedom It is a much needed reminder of how important and powerfulit is to align ourselves with our deepest intentions
Excerpt Anything that we want with our whole heart has to bealigned It has to be meaningful It has to be sensible at least to us Ithas to be all of those things Otherwise there is a part of us that getsleft behind in the wanting Theres a part of us that gets left behind interms of bringing our attention fully in that direction and the actionthat we take is not wholehearted Thus its important for a sense offullness for a sense of completeness that when you desire somethingwhen your heart is calling for something when you want to bringsomething towards you when you want to call something into your lifethat you make sure that your intention is aligned
Listen to Wholehearted Intention
activists allies amp agents of change
A Quest Called Truth
Ngethe Maina worked for AGENDA a grassrootscommunity-based organization in Los Angelesfrom its inception in early 1993 helping to
is offered for no charge for agents of social change fearless Meditation I FMI-Meditation | 7pm |
January 15th amp every 1st Friday
in the BODYOpen Your HeartOpening the heart can be achallenging feat and one that ismuch needed for us to be morewhole as people and for our workto change the world to be more
whole as well Lets travel back to Mays issue oftransform and explore the article Open Your Heart
Read more
wellness amp being wellProbiotics LIttle Guys for Life Of the many things we can do toimprove our well-being and inturn support the good work thatwe do taking Pro-biotics is one ofthe most effective and helpful
things Check out the favorite wellness article from2009 Probiotics Little Guys for Life
Read more Make your own raw sauerkraut What is kombucha Learn how to make your own
december wallpaper
child of hopeIn the east end of the famed Haghia Sophia (Aya Sofia)in Istanbul Turkey high on the ceiling lives the oldestsurviving mosaic of this richly designed edifice thatmost poignantly represents the passage of time and thecontrast of religions The Enthroned Virgin and Childwere unveiled in the year 867
The finely tiled mosaics are the focal points of whatwas a church that later became a mosque Mosaics ofthe protectors Archangel Michael and Gabriel flank thisChild of Hope and his mother In the 19th centuryroundels or plaques of calligraphic Arabic bearing the
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develop it into a leading voice for poor people instruggles for social and economic justice As aSenior Organizer with AGENDA he helped leadsuccessful economic justice campaigns to win jobsand training for poor people In the fall of 2003
Ngethe moved to New York City where he became the TrainingDirector for New York Jobs with Justice and launched the SocialJustice Leadership Collaborative with Simon Greer He is currently theExecutive Director of SJL[image angel Kyodo williams]
As a kid growing up in California long before he knew about the worldof social change Ngethe Maina of Social Justice Leadership (SJL)quested for the truth Not truth in the way most kids want to know thedifference between right and wrong but questing for the kind of truththat might remind you of old men with long white beards sitting in themountains of the Himalayas-depthless fathomless truth
Read more Learn more about Social Justice Leadership
resources for changehellipA couple helpful tools (good for heart and mind) that never get old
Experience a Street RetreatRead Lynne Twists The Soul of Money
quote of the monthIndividuals actively pursue various psychological and spiritualdisciplines to purify their inner worlds from all kinds of innerpollution Through the clarity of spirit and the integrity of theirvalues and behavior these individuals become active agents of changein the world at large Through their spiritual action they begin theprocess of creating a new social order They naturally tend to seek amore spiritual and sustainable society These are the culturalcreatives mdashNicanor Perlas2010 Philippine Presidential Candidate amp Author
From his book Shaping Globalization Civil Society Cultural Powerand Threefolding
Learn more
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the level of conscious explicitly articulated ones Thats painfulexhausting heart-breaking work but its the real work that needs to bedone No less important than your next action petition campaign orboard meeting (Those explicit biases could use a good eyeballing heretoo) Plainly speaking if youre doing work for change in whatsaffectionately referred to as AmeriKKKa without a practice ofexamining race youre pretty much adding to the problem
April | seven deadly sins of change The Watchmen for Change are made up of Freedom FightersOrganizers Agitators and Activists paired with the folks that like it ornot foot the bills In a perfected partnership they are our SupportersAdvocates Advisors and Allies Some of us pay with the currency ofcreativity vitality energy and soulforce Others pay with hopefulnesssteadfastness wild cheering and dollar bills yallTogether we are theJedis of Justice We are The Ones that We have Been Waiting for toilluminate the Matrix and reveal the passage out of Babylon We are theAgents of Transformative Social Change
May | this is our time A Black Organizer is in the White House (Wise Latina) Justice is gettingoff the bench and in the Game Its our time The era of the lowlygrunt that toils for justice being the under-appreciated underpaidunderdog is officially overrated We are now the wunderkinds that cancapture the imagination of our nation with our unwavering commitmentto Hope resounding call for Freedom and heart-stopping effort toreveal Truth Justice and a truly New American Way
June | a more perfect union But as powerful as symbols phrases and slogans are they only derivetheir energy from the wellspring of the people they represent Peoplethat dont just stand in the truth but express it through the way theylive And just as words on a parchment would not be enough to deliverslaves from bondage or provide men and women of every color andcreed their full rights the more perfect union we seek for this countrywill not arise from a speech a bailout or even a healthcareplanWhat it will arise from is the embodiment of that more perfectunion by folks that know and act on whats right
July | the greatest transformation (And) when Death comes to Friend you as it will you cant ignore itWhere will your vast but virtual network be then Will they be there tosing songs share stories and send your ashes back to ashes and dustback to dust Will they memorialize you Yes connections can be madequick Friends Followers and Fans but relationships are still slowandthe best ones are grown over time
August | the practice of inconvenience This is more often than not the nature of deep practice It isntconvenient It doesnt fit your schedule It doesnt conform to yourwhim It isnt selectable for good days instead of bad In short it isnt ahobbyits a practice If not as dramatic remaining committed to
Social Forum (USSF) USSF is one of the most importantnational gatherings for those who are devoted to socialchange
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in the CENTERWinter 2009 | 27 Days ofChange Practice PeriodWe are currently on week numbertwo of this seasons 27 Days ofChange Practice Period Twenty-seven people from around the
country are formally participating For the first timeever we are offering the 27 Days as a virtualexperience conducted entirely online
Read more
inner PRACTICEPracticing Our Egos Off inCommunityI know we all have ideas aboutwho we prefer to have in ourcommunities no slackers nogossips nobody who thinks too
much of themselves And by communities I meanfamilies households neighborhoods any close knitgroup of people Generally we have utopian fantasyversions of what community should be like everyonemostly gets along everybody pulls together in a crisisno one feels left out
Read more
outer ACTIONWhats Behind the Whole FoodsBuycottIt bears repeating direct actioncan be radical effective and donewith fierce love Can social changeactions be deeply radical -
meaning going to the root - help create the world wewant to see rather than only tear down what we dontlike and still work Heres what Rev angel Kyodowilliams and Center for Transformative Change didwhen it comes to Whole Foods and going beyond thecurrent boycott
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hobbyits a practice If not as dramatic remaining committed toestablished personal and organizational practice--especially in the faceof challenge--is a stance no less determined than that of Gandhis SaltMarchers or those folks that continued to cross the bridge in SelmaWe put our butts on the line and on the cushion to usher forth a newway of Being Change
September | beyond the boycott (Its) a time for action sometimes no matter how many ways you try todescribe a thing you have to experience it to know what it really isive been talking about transformative change what it is and isnt whatit could look like and what it can make possible in the worldBut itsalso time for those of us pushing for change to do so in a way thatactually seeks resolution transforming the issue into an opportunity forreal change change that matters Thus any action taken should bethoughtful respectful measured and leveraged only if it is needed
October | doing darkness Unlike change which can be undone with a shift in context or theswipe of a presidential pen theres no going back on transformationThe depth of change that takes place is so deep rooted andresounding that the former way of being is no longer possible Whiletransformation cant be undonethe decisive question we must ask isTransformation towards what If we want positive transformativeoutcomes we must intentionalize and work toward them Deep changerequires deep practice Simply put we have to stay with it in order tosee transformation through Through and through we must weave thefabric of our movement culture with ways of being knowing and doingthat embody precisely how we want to see society transformed into anequitable sustainable and just place for all How we are showing upright now is the state of our transformation However if you canimagine the exact outcome its more likely to be change thantransformation because our vision is necessarily limited by our currentperspective and conditions
November | meeting change Transitions are the doorways to change Choosing to engage transitionand enter each doorway as consciously as possible but with awillingness to not know whats on the other end is what makes thatchange intentional Life IS change And if youve been around for fivegood minutes you know that Change Happens So your only real choiceis to either let life happen to you or for you to choose to live it Oneway to do that is to become practiced at happily humbly and heartilyMeeting Change
Happy holidays Free Palestine Love peace and blessings to and forall
angel Kyodo williams is founder
social CHANGEHistoric March for FreedomGaza December 27-January 2 My message to the internationalcommunity is that our silence andcomplicity especially on thesituation in Gaza shames us all -
- Archbishop Desmond Tutu
Not one to just kick back even while on her sabbaticalangel Kyodo williams will join 1000 people from over40 countries the famous and day-to-day folksscholars writers clergy government representativesand more to converge in Gaza and nonviolently marchwith Gazan families through the Israeli blockade
Read more
Got Chaos Funding Cuts and Volunteer FloodsTime to Prioritize and OrganizeThe reality is we cant and wont get everything done onour personal or work to do lists Great but then whatGot Chaos According to the New York Times oneupside to the downturn is the flood of volunteers oftenhighly skilled signing up to help non-profits This is aresult of the oft cited chaos in the economy resultingin large numbers of displaced workers who are helpingout social change organizations while they search forjobs
Read more
in the MINDMind Over MoneyMoney and giving are rich (punintended) opportunities from us tolearn more about the sources wegive from our hearts or ourheads Last April several folks
from our community did a Street Retreat for threedays We slept on the steps of the public library andbegged for food and change A lot of us learned firsthand about our relationship and societys relationshipto money and giving
Read more
the best workshop ive ever taken radically changedmy workfearless Meditation is our 3-part signature series thatteaches practical meditation in a social justice contextis offered for no charge for agents of social change
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angel Kyodo williams is founderof urbanPEACE and its Center for Transformative Change Happily sheis no longer its director but the official Intellectual Guru -) A socialvisionary and leading voice for transformative social change she is theauthor of Being Black Zen and the Art of Living With Fearlessness andGrace
Blog new Dharma live love amp lead from the heartFacebook Fan angel hereTwitter Follow angel for tweets of wisdom on ChangeWeb wwwangelkyodowilliamscom
angel Kyodo williams next public talkangel is on sabbatical and her next talk is tba In the meantime youcan sign up for MTX the year-long weekly Mind Training and Xformationseries starting in January
newDharma TalkWholehearted Intention
Especially timely as we are currently in our Winter27 Days of Change in this talk the Rev angelKyodo williams speaks about how aligning ourselveswholeheartedly with our intentions can lead us to
Freedom It is a much needed reminder of how important and powerfulit is to align ourselves with our deepest intentions
Excerpt Anything that we want with our whole heart has to bealigned It has to be meaningful It has to be sensible at least to us Ithas to be all of those things Otherwise there is a part of us that getsleft behind in the wanting Theres a part of us that gets left behind interms of bringing our attention fully in that direction and the actionthat we take is not wholehearted Thus its important for a sense offullness for a sense of completeness that when you desire somethingwhen your heart is calling for something when you want to bringsomething towards you when you want to call something into your lifethat you make sure that your intention is aligned
Listen to Wholehearted Intention
activists allies amp agents of change
A Quest Called Truth
Ngethe Maina worked for AGENDA a grassrootscommunity-based organization in Los Angelesfrom its inception in early 1993 helping to
is offered for no charge for agents of social change fearless Meditation I FMI-Meditation | 7pm |
January 15th amp every 1st Friday
in the BODYOpen Your HeartOpening the heart can be achallenging feat and one that ismuch needed for us to be morewhole as people and for our workto change the world to be more
whole as well Lets travel back to Mays issue oftransform and explore the article Open Your Heart
Read more
wellness amp being wellProbiotics LIttle Guys for Life Of the many things we can do toimprove our well-being and inturn support the good work thatwe do taking Pro-biotics is one ofthe most effective and helpful
things Check out the favorite wellness article from2009 Probiotics Little Guys for Life
Read more Make your own raw sauerkraut What is kombucha Learn how to make your own
december wallpaper
child of hopeIn the east end of the famed Haghia Sophia (Aya Sofia)in Istanbul Turkey high on the ceiling lives the oldestsurviving mosaic of this richly designed edifice thatmost poignantly represents the passage of time and thecontrast of religions The Enthroned Virgin and Childwere unveiled in the year 867
The finely tiled mosaics are the focal points of whatwas a church that later became a mosque Mosaics ofthe protectors Archangel Michael and Gabriel flank thisChild of Hope and his mother In the 19th centuryroundels or plaques of calligraphic Arabic bearing the
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develop it into a leading voice for poor people instruggles for social and economic justice As aSenior Organizer with AGENDA he helped leadsuccessful economic justice campaigns to win jobsand training for poor people In the fall of 2003
Ngethe moved to New York City where he became the TrainingDirector for New York Jobs with Justice and launched the SocialJustice Leadership Collaborative with Simon Greer He is currently theExecutive Director of SJL[image angel Kyodo williams]
As a kid growing up in California long before he knew about the worldof social change Ngethe Maina of Social Justice Leadership (SJL)quested for the truth Not truth in the way most kids want to know thedifference between right and wrong but questing for the kind of truththat might remind you of old men with long white beards sitting in themountains of the Himalayas-depthless fathomless truth
Read more Learn more about Social Justice Leadership
resources for changehellipA couple helpful tools (good for heart and mind) that never get old
Experience a Street RetreatRead Lynne Twists The Soul of Money
quote of the monthIndividuals actively pursue various psychological and spiritualdisciplines to purify their inner worlds from all kinds of innerpollution Through the clarity of spirit and the integrity of theirvalues and behavior these individuals become active agents of changein the world at large Through their spiritual action they begin theprocess of creating a new social order They naturally tend to seek amore spiritual and sustainable society These are the culturalcreatives mdashNicanor Perlas2010 Philippine Presidential Candidate amp Author
From his book Shaping Globalization Civil Society Cultural Powerand Threefolding
Learn more
roundels or plaques of calligraphic Arabic bearing thenames of Muhammed and Allah joined the impressiveview
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Donate to the Center to support our workVisit the Centers website
Center for Transformative Change2584 MLK Jr WayBerkeley CA 94704 middot USA+15105493733
Google the Center
Center for Transformative Change is a project of urbanPEACE a 501(c)(3) nonprofit educational organization whose mission to inform incite and empowera broad-based presence-centered transformative social change movement
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hobbyits a practice If not as dramatic remaining committed toestablished personal and organizational practice--especially in the faceof challenge--is a stance no less determined than that of Gandhis SaltMarchers or those folks that continued to cross the bridge in SelmaWe put our butts on the line and on the cushion to usher forth a newway of Being Change
September | beyond the boycott (Its) a time for action sometimes no matter how many ways you try todescribe a thing you have to experience it to know what it really isive been talking about transformative change what it is and isnt whatit could look like and what it can make possible in the worldBut itsalso time for those of us pushing for change to do so in a way thatactually seeks resolution transforming the issue into an opportunity forreal change change that matters Thus any action taken should bethoughtful respectful measured and leveraged only if it is needed
October | doing darkness Unlike change which can be undone with a shift in context or theswipe of a presidential pen theres no going back on transformationThe depth of change that takes place is so deep rooted andresounding that the former way of being is no longer possible Whiletransformation cant be undonethe decisive question we must ask isTransformation towards what If we want positive transformativeoutcomes we must intentionalize and work toward them Deep changerequires deep practice Simply put we have to stay with it in order tosee transformation through Through and through we must weave thefabric of our movement culture with ways of being knowing and doingthat embody precisely how we want to see society transformed into anequitable sustainable and just place for all How we are showing upright now is the state of our transformation However if you canimagine the exact outcome its more likely to be change thantransformation because our vision is necessarily limited by our currentperspective and conditions
November | meeting change Transitions are the doorways to change Choosing to engage transitionand enter each doorway as consciously as possible but with awillingness to not know whats on the other end is what makes thatchange intentional Life IS change And if youve been around for fivegood minutes you know that Change Happens So your only real choiceis to either let life happen to you or for you to choose to live it Oneway to do that is to become practiced at happily humbly and heartilyMeeting Change
Happy holidays Free Palestine Love peace and blessings to and forall
angel Kyodo williams is founder
social CHANGEHistoric March for FreedomGaza December 27-January 2 My message to the internationalcommunity is that our silence andcomplicity especially on thesituation in Gaza shames us all -
- Archbishop Desmond Tutu
Not one to just kick back even while on her sabbaticalangel Kyodo williams will join 1000 people from over40 countries the famous and day-to-day folksscholars writers clergy government representativesand more to converge in Gaza and nonviolently marchwith Gazan families through the Israeli blockade
Read more
Got Chaos Funding Cuts and Volunteer FloodsTime to Prioritize and OrganizeThe reality is we cant and wont get everything done onour personal or work to do lists Great but then whatGot Chaos According to the New York Times oneupside to the downturn is the flood of volunteers oftenhighly skilled signing up to help non-profits This is aresult of the oft cited chaos in the economy resultingin large numbers of displaced workers who are helpingout social change organizations while they search forjobs
Read more
in the MINDMind Over MoneyMoney and giving are rich (punintended) opportunities from us tolearn more about the sources wegive from our hearts or ourheads Last April several folks
from our community did a Street Retreat for threedays We slept on the steps of the public library andbegged for food and change A lot of us learned firsthand about our relationship and societys relationshipto money and giving
Read more
the best workshop ive ever taken radically changedmy workfearless Meditation is our 3-part signature series thatteaches practical meditation in a social justice contextis offered for no charge for agents of social change
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angel Kyodo williams is founderof urbanPEACE and its Center for Transformative Change Happily sheis no longer its director but the official Intellectual Guru -) A socialvisionary and leading voice for transformative social change she is theauthor of Being Black Zen and the Art of Living With Fearlessness andGrace
Blog new Dharma live love amp lead from the heartFacebook Fan angel hereTwitter Follow angel for tweets of wisdom on ChangeWeb wwwangelkyodowilliamscom
angel Kyodo williams next public talkangel is on sabbatical and her next talk is tba In the meantime youcan sign up for MTX the year-long weekly Mind Training and Xformationseries starting in January
newDharma TalkWholehearted Intention
Especially timely as we are currently in our Winter27 Days of Change in this talk the Rev angelKyodo williams speaks about how aligning ourselveswholeheartedly with our intentions can lead us to
Freedom It is a much needed reminder of how important and powerfulit is to align ourselves with our deepest intentions
Excerpt Anything that we want with our whole heart has to bealigned It has to be meaningful It has to be sensible at least to us Ithas to be all of those things Otherwise there is a part of us that getsleft behind in the wanting Theres a part of us that gets left behind interms of bringing our attention fully in that direction and the actionthat we take is not wholehearted Thus its important for a sense offullness for a sense of completeness that when you desire somethingwhen your heart is calling for something when you want to bringsomething towards you when you want to call something into your lifethat you make sure that your intention is aligned
Listen to Wholehearted Intention
activists allies amp agents of change
A Quest Called Truth
Ngethe Maina worked for AGENDA a grassrootscommunity-based organization in Los Angelesfrom its inception in early 1993 helping to
is offered for no charge for agents of social change fearless Meditation I FMI-Meditation | 7pm |
January 15th amp every 1st Friday
in the BODYOpen Your HeartOpening the heart can be achallenging feat and one that ismuch needed for us to be morewhole as people and for our workto change the world to be more
whole as well Lets travel back to Mays issue oftransform and explore the article Open Your Heart
Read more
wellness amp being wellProbiotics LIttle Guys for Life Of the many things we can do toimprove our well-being and inturn support the good work thatwe do taking Pro-biotics is one ofthe most effective and helpful
things Check out the favorite wellness article from2009 Probiotics Little Guys for Life
Read more Make your own raw sauerkraut What is kombucha Learn how to make your own
december wallpaper
child of hopeIn the east end of the famed Haghia Sophia (Aya Sofia)in Istanbul Turkey high on the ceiling lives the oldestsurviving mosaic of this richly designed edifice thatmost poignantly represents the passage of time and thecontrast of religions The Enthroned Virgin and Childwere unveiled in the year 867
The finely tiled mosaics are the focal points of whatwas a church that later became a mosque Mosaics ofthe protectors Archangel Michael and Gabriel flank thisChild of Hope and his mother In the 19th centuryroundels or plaques of calligraphic Arabic bearing the
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develop it into a leading voice for poor people instruggles for social and economic justice As aSenior Organizer with AGENDA he helped leadsuccessful economic justice campaigns to win jobsand training for poor people In the fall of 2003
Ngethe moved to New York City where he became the TrainingDirector for New York Jobs with Justice and launched the SocialJustice Leadership Collaborative with Simon Greer He is currently theExecutive Director of SJL[image angel Kyodo williams]
As a kid growing up in California long before he knew about the worldof social change Ngethe Maina of Social Justice Leadership (SJL)quested for the truth Not truth in the way most kids want to know thedifference between right and wrong but questing for the kind of truththat might remind you of old men with long white beards sitting in themountains of the Himalayas-depthless fathomless truth
Read more Learn more about Social Justice Leadership
resources for changehellipA couple helpful tools (good for heart and mind) that never get old
Experience a Street RetreatRead Lynne Twists The Soul of Money
quote of the monthIndividuals actively pursue various psychological and spiritualdisciplines to purify their inner worlds from all kinds of innerpollution Through the clarity of spirit and the integrity of theirvalues and behavior these individuals become active agents of changein the world at large Through their spiritual action they begin theprocess of creating a new social order They naturally tend to seek amore spiritual and sustainable society These are the culturalcreatives mdashNicanor Perlas2010 Philippine Presidential Candidate amp Author
From his book Shaping Globalization Civil Society Cultural Powerand Threefolding
Learn more
roundels or plaques of calligraphic Arabic bearing thenames of Muhammed and Allah joined the impressiveview
Download this image as wallpaper with or withoutcalendar for your desktop
Download with calendar Download without calendar
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Share your transformative storyhow are you changing the WAY change is done
Subscribeget your own monthly issues of transform
Forwardsend this issue via email to a friend now
Tell-All-Your-Friends
Registration and other questions888XSOCHANGE (new number toll free)
registertransformativechangeorg
Center for Transformative Change is the firstnational center entirely dedicated to bridging the innerand outer lives of social change agents activists andallies to support a more effective more sustainablesocial justice movement
Donate to the Center to support our workVisit the Centers website
Center for Transformative Change2584 MLK Jr WayBerkeley CA 94704 middot USA+15105493733
Google the Center
Center for Transformative Change is a project of urbanPEACE a 501(c)(3) nonprofit educational organization whose mission to inform incite and empowera broad-based presence-centered transformative social change movement
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Blog new Dharma live love amp lead from the heartFacebook Fan angel hereTwitter Follow angel for tweets of wisdom on ChangeWeb wwwangelkyodowilliamscom
angel Kyodo williams next public talkangel is on sabbatical and her next talk is tba In the meantime youcan sign up for MTX the year-long weekly Mind Training and Xformationseries starting in January
newDharma TalkWholehearted Intention
Especially timely as we are currently in our Winter27 Days of Change in this talk the Rev angelKyodo williams speaks about how aligning ourselveswholeheartedly with our intentions can lead us to
Freedom It is a much needed reminder of how important and powerfulit is to align ourselves with our deepest intentions
Excerpt Anything that we want with our whole heart has to bealigned It has to be meaningful It has to be sensible at least to us Ithas to be all of those things Otherwise there is a part of us that getsleft behind in the wanting Theres a part of us that gets left behind interms of bringing our attention fully in that direction and the actionthat we take is not wholehearted Thus its important for a sense offullness for a sense of completeness that when you desire somethingwhen your heart is calling for something when you want to bringsomething towards you when you want to call something into your lifethat you make sure that your intention is aligned
Listen to Wholehearted Intention
activists allies amp agents of change
A Quest Called Truth
Ngethe Maina worked for AGENDA a grassrootscommunity-based organization in Los Angelesfrom its inception in early 1993 helping to
is offered for no charge for agents of social change fearless Meditation I FMI-Meditation | 7pm |
January 15th amp every 1st Friday
in the BODYOpen Your HeartOpening the heart can be achallenging feat and one that ismuch needed for us to be morewhole as people and for our workto change the world to be more
whole as well Lets travel back to Mays issue oftransform and explore the article Open Your Heart
Read more
wellness amp being wellProbiotics LIttle Guys for Life Of the many things we can do toimprove our well-being and inturn support the good work thatwe do taking Pro-biotics is one ofthe most effective and helpful
things Check out the favorite wellness article from2009 Probiotics Little Guys for Life
Read more Make your own raw sauerkraut What is kombucha Learn how to make your own
december wallpaper
child of hopeIn the east end of the famed Haghia Sophia (Aya Sofia)in Istanbul Turkey high on the ceiling lives the oldestsurviving mosaic of this richly designed edifice thatmost poignantly represents the passage of time and thecontrast of religions The Enthroned Virgin and Childwere unveiled in the year 867
The finely tiled mosaics are the focal points of whatwas a church that later became a mosque Mosaics ofthe protectors Archangel Michael and Gabriel flank thisChild of Hope and his mother In the 19th centuryroundels or plaques of calligraphic Arabic bearing the
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develop it into a leading voice for poor people instruggles for social and economic justice As aSenior Organizer with AGENDA he helped leadsuccessful economic justice campaigns to win jobsand training for poor people In the fall of 2003
Ngethe moved to New York City where he became the TrainingDirector for New York Jobs with Justice and launched the SocialJustice Leadership Collaborative with Simon Greer He is currently theExecutive Director of SJL[image angel Kyodo williams]
As a kid growing up in California long before he knew about the worldof social change Ngethe Maina of Social Justice Leadership (SJL)quested for the truth Not truth in the way most kids want to know thedifference between right and wrong but questing for the kind of truththat might remind you of old men with long white beards sitting in themountains of the Himalayas-depthless fathomless truth
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resources for changehellipA couple helpful tools (good for heart and mind) that never get old
Experience a Street RetreatRead Lynne Twists The Soul of Money
quote of the monthIndividuals actively pursue various psychological and spiritualdisciplines to purify their inner worlds from all kinds of innerpollution Through the clarity of spirit and the integrity of theirvalues and behavior these individuals become active agents of changein the world at large Through their spiritual action they begin theprocess of creating a new social order They naturally tend to seek amore spiritual and sustainable society These are the culturalcreatives mdashNicanor Perlas2010 Philippine Presidential Candidate amp Author
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develop it into a leading voice for poor people instruggles for social and economic justice As aSenior Organizer with AGENDA he helped leadsuccessful economic justice campaigns to win jobsand training for poor people In the fall of 2003
Ngethe moved to New York City where he became the TrainingDirector for New York Jobs with Justice and launched the SocialJustice Leadership Collaborative with Simon Greer He is currently theExecutive Director of SJL[image angel Kyodo williams]
As a kid growing up in California long before he knew about the worldof social change Ngethe Maina of Social Justice Leadership (SJL)quested for the truth Not truth in the way most kids want to know thedifference between right and wrong but questing for the kind of truththat might remind you of old men with long white beards sitting in themountains of the Himalayas-depthless fathomless truth
Read more Learn more about Social Justice Leadership
resources for changehellipA couple helpful tools (good for heart and mind) that never get old
Experience a Street RetreatRead Lynne Twists The Soul of Money
quote of the monthIndividuals actively pursue various psychological and spiritualdisciplines to purify their inner worlds from all kinds of innerpollution Through the clarity of spirit and the integrity of theirvalues and behavior these individuals become active agents of changein the world at large Through their spiritual action they begin theprocess of creating a new social order They naturally tend to seek amore spiritual and sustainable society These are the culturalcreatives mdashNicanor Perlas2010 Philippine Presidential Candidate amp Author
From his book Shaping Globalization Civil Society Cultural Powerand Threefolding
Learn more
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Center for Transformative Change2584 MLK Jr WayBerkeley CA 94704 middot USA+15105493733
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Center for Transformative Change is a project of urbanPEACE a 501(c)(3) nonprofit educational organization whose mission to inform incite and empowera broad-based presence-centered transformative social change movement
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