20,000 Dialogues is a nationwide initiative that uses discussions about films to promote pluralism, dialogue, and civic engagement. It seeks to build greater understanding of Muslims through films and conversation. 20,000 Dialogues uses Unity Productions Foundation’s (UPF) award winning films and provides the materials people need to participate in dialogues that further the American ideals of inclusiveness and positive civic action.
Description: Blonde, brown, red, or black hair. Skin color in all shades imaginable. Personality: Innocent, imaginative, eager to learn, friendly, eager to love.
Caring adults, astute teachers, alert law enforcement, forward-thinking legislators and community leaders are protecting their future.
A better future is being prepared for them as people from all across the political, ethnic, racial and social spectrum come together and find strength, wisdom and creativity as a gathered community.
Under Construction: A FUTURE FOR ALL CHILDREN
Join us.
We are all the people who make up Pocatello and this great nation. There is no greater patriotism than protecting the rights of all persons to live as their conscience leads them, to have shelter, food, clothing and to know they have value as a person. Every person has something to offer, a contribution to make. We are strongest when we work together.
Pocatello: Too Great for Hate.
The Mission of 2Great4Hate is to:
Celebrate and value human diversity
Advance fair and equal opportunities for all
Stand in support of and solidarity with one another when diversity is challenged
Educate one another, our community and beyond
Making the CASE that Pocatello is 2Great4Hate
Meetings are held every 1st and 3rd Thursday, at 1:00 p.m. at Pocatello First United Methodist Church, located at the corner of 15th Ave. and Clark Street in Pocatello, Idaho.
We help SMEs on both the management team and the company to identify their highest-value opportunities, address their most critical challenges and transform their enterprises. Through strategy-driven approach, we assist our clients in the evolving marketplaces and technologies. As part of our consulting services, we will help our clients identify business objectives and create and prioritize a portfolio of initiatives to increase the profitability and efficiency of their businesses. We design these initiatives to offer a variety of ways to maximize profitability in the new economic environment that has resulted from the widespread acceptance of the technology.
We are good at making a small change for great positive impact. With decades of industry experience and extensive functional expertise, we are the catalysts of change for our clients, our people, and society. We tailor our concepts and implement those strategies to create a sustainable result.
We helped companies Seed funded within 1 year with valuation exceed 20Xs of the paid-up capital; row out Asia wide complex business improvement programme; turnaround a company and sell it > 5Xs of the capital injected; groom numerous quality entrepreneurs and professional managers.
3c21 Design creates brand collateral and strategies for entities and projects focused on environment, education, health and community. We bring client, emerging designer, and professional designer together in a unique way that benefit all through a focus on community-centric projects. 20% of design fees benefit New Design School.
7hills begins our relationships with our clients by meeting them “where they are” with a spirit of compassion. We have high expectations of our clients, thus providing dignity through accountability, as they strive to end their cycles of homelessness and poverty. Our programs are designed to teach our clients skills and provide them the opportunities necessary for sustainability as productive members of our community. All three of 7hills’ programs meet important service gaps in our community. We rely on community partnerships to meet the wide variety of needs that our clients bring to us and to eliminate the duplication of services. Our programs are operated using best-practice standards developed by the National Alliance to End Homelessness. We interact with all of our stakeholders with a spirit of transparency that allows us to get the feedback necessary to continually improve.
9/11 Unity Walk brings together people of all ages, backgrounds and faiths to learn to respect each other through a framework of experiential education, compassionate leadership and intentional service. Unity Walk seeks to create a world where we are united, rather than divided, by our many faiths.
In 2005, 9/11 Unity Walk started as a proactive response to 9/11 and religious intolerance in our world. The original idea was put forth by Embassy Row resident Kyle Poole, shaped with the help of Erik Schwarz, and brought to reality by Meg Clifford (Poole), Daniel Tutt, and volunteers from every house of worship along Embassy Row and many other faiths, the true founders of the Walk.
The first Walk Event, held in 2005, attracted over a thousand participants. The event was featured in the media worldwide including in an award winning Voice of America/Geo TV documentary shown in Pakistan to over 20 million viewers. From then on, it became an annual tradition.
The Walk has focused on a variety of themes: Gandhi, MLK, youth, service, and peace. Incorporated in 2008, as a 501(c)3 non-profit organization, 9/11 Unity Walk has expanded beyond the Annual Walk Event to three program areas: experiential education, compassionate leadership, and intentional service. In addition to the Annual Walk Event, we sponsor educational, contemplative and networking events such as Interfaith Youth Action, Diverse Cuisines cooking workshops, interfaith concerts, community and young professional dialogues, and speaking engagements.
Where ordinary people become extraordinary leaders of global change.
In 2012, thousands of people from 97 countries offered their ideas for how to help life change. Now, we are putting these ideas into action. Now, through December 10th, we are looking for people around the world start a one year project that makes their own community a little better. A Big Project will connect all new leaders so that we can learn from one another, support each others' efforts, and create the world we want to live in - together.
Click on the video below to see how A Big Project will support you and your friends in making a difference in your community.
(Video was created with A Big Project Fire-starters in Karachi, Ramallah, Jerusalem, London, NYC, and Washington, DC)
What are the 6 benefits to starting a project with New Leaders for a New World?
Empower that voice inside you that says you were meant to do great things.
Make good friends with people in countries you've only dreamed about visiting.
Hang out with folks who believe fun and changing the world can go together.
Learn leadership and team-building skills that will help you at work and in life.
Earn educational credits to build your resume and help you land a job that makes your heart sing.
Life is short. Make a difference.
Tell me more. See the types of support offered to New Leaders for a New World.
And more? Read up on some ideas for projects you can do in your community.
The first thing one thinks when coming here for the first time is “Why would anyone in their right mind put a restaurant way back here?” A question I have asked myself a time or two over the 13 years I have been at this out-of-the-way location. I will say this, however, no one ever just accidentally comes here. A customer has made the conscious decision to come here and is therefore a quality customer from the moment they walk in our door. It is often not convenient to buy local and shop at local businesses. We want to make that choice a good one for you, by offering you quality foods to eat in or take home or to the office, by offering cooking instruction, by catering your office or personal events, or by enabling you to buy local, sustainable ingredients to use in your own kitchen.
Our credo is from Wendall Berry, “How we eat, determines how the earth is used.” We attempt to make the earth a better place one kitchen at a time.
The world we live in is hectic and the pace of life can be crazy.....
Our minds too, are busy and it can feel like there is always something to do and somewhere else to go.
So how can we train our minds not only to cope in this environment, but to flourish? So our lives are noticed, enjoyed, treasured - lived fully and wholeheartedly?
There are practical and scientifically proven techniques that train our brains to work better. Enormous possibilities exist for healing, relief and joy, wherever we are at, when we learn the skills of compassionate mindfulness. We can rewire our brains, transforming our daily lives from ones of struggle to ones of hope and resilience, opening up powerful ways of connecting more with ourselves and others - and flourishing.
Kellie Edwards, the founder of a flourishing life, is a meditation teacher and psychologist. She facilitates group workshops and individual mindfulness coaching sessions, integrating mindfulness and self compassion practices with the psychology of flourishing. She is a signatory of the global Charter for Compassion, which aims to build a global compassion movement bringing the principles of the Charter for Compassion to life.
Location: Melbourne, Australia
A Home For Everyone In DeKalb (Decatur, GA, USA)
A Home for Everyone in DeKalb: A Collaborative Initiative on Homelessness launched in August 2017.
It began as an exploratory series of meetings labeled as Decatur/DeKalb Homeless Services Acceleration, convened by two long-time homeless-serving professionals living in DeKalb County, Rob Johnson and Shelly Fine. Concerned that Decatur and DeKalb had an urgent need to engage the wider community to accelerate and expand basic services to people experiencing homelessness, a group of local community leaders were engaged to assess the current status of homeless services, identify noticeable gaps, and make plans.
After nine months of study and consultation, the still-ad-hoc-group expanded and re-branded itself as “A Home for Everyone in DeKalb: A Collaborative Initiative on Homelessness” and set the following purpose:
to educate, engage, and empower a wide group of organizations and individuals to help accelerate providing shelter to people experiencing homelessness in our county. While carefully collaborating with the DeKalb Continuum of Care Collaboration and other service providers, “A Home” will focus on the key area of limited housing and attempt to provide housing with the help of individuals, non-profits, and the broad interfaith community.
“A Home for Everyone” also launched a Winter Freeze/Cold Weather Shelter initiative. Beginning in early January 2019 and running through March 21st, “A Home” opened two cold weather shelters at Sts. Peter and Paul Catholic Church and a little later, North Decatur Presbyterian Church. A Home developed a shelter manual, organized fundraising, supplied the shelter, recruited volunteers, and played the coordinating role that allowed the shelters to run efficiently.
Compassionate Atlanta generously offered to be the fiscal agent so that all monies donated to “A Home” could be tax-deductible.
In the first year, the two shelters served 70 individuals experiencing homelessness, including 18 women and 7 children, over 20 nights.
In November of 2019, “A Home” again opened a cold weather shelter at Decatur First United Methodist Church in downtown Decatur, serving 79 adults, including 31 women and ten children, over 26 nights with the help of 51 volunteers.
The next step for A Home was to focus on its original goal of filling the gap in permanent housing. With its extra funds, A Home planned to pay the first month rent, security and utility deposits for those who were living in hotels and were unable to save for these expenses. It aimed to do the same for those experiencing homelessness but in a less expensive rooming house situation.
As it turned out, a handful of people were housed but it became apparent that even with a little boost, many families did not have the money to afford apartments in DeKalb and those who were without a home were anxious about a shared situation.
With this information in mind, A Home has now embarked on a new campaign to find “Really Affordable Housing” (RAH) in DeKalb County for its residents. PleaseCLICK HEREfor an outline of this project and consider joining the mission to find homes for “everyone in DeKalb.”
Mission A Network for Grateful Living is a global organization offering online and community-based educational programs and practices which inspire and guide a commitment to grateful living, and catalyze the transformative power of personal and societal responsibility.
We hold grateful living as an engaged mindfulness practice, grounded in both wisdom and science, which supports our ability to see the wonder and opportunity in every moment, and motivates us to act boldly with love, generosity, and respect towards one another, ourselves, and the Earth.
Vision We believe that the fully realized expression of our core values and mission will bring forth our Vision, which is:
A peaceful, thriving, and sustainable world – held as sacred bynall.
Values Our Core Organizational Values guide every aspect of our work, and are expressed and advanced through the practice of Grateful Living, which:
* Reveals that everyone belongs and everyone is valued * Generates an experience of oneness and interconnectedness * Deepens love, compassion, and respect for all life * Cultivates a sense of sufficiency and abundance * Awakens kindness and generosity * Inspires the impulse to serve with humility * Contributes to the healing of body, mind, and spirit * Unleashes joy * Anchors hope and trust in life, especially in challenging times * Opens us to growth and opportunity * Offers pathways from conflict to peace * Is an engaged YES to a wholehearted life.
A W.I.S.H.: To promote sustainable development, efficient management of natural resources, and environmental protection through institutional strengthening, training workshops, fund-raising for environmental projects, and the facilitation of information exchanges between all levels of government, NGOs, private and state run companies, academia, and the general public, in order to foster democratic decision-making.
The goal of the organization is to ensure a sustainable quality of life for residents in Nepal, particularly, and across the region in South Asia. To reach this goal, Social Ecology Defense promotes conservation and preservation through voluntary and cooperative stewardship by individuals, communities, and economic enterprises.
The organization directs its efforts at all fronts – environmental quality, resource management, public health, economic and cultural development. Humans both benefit from the productivity of and pose the greatest threat to health and sustainability. The organization's belief is that only through awareness, understanding, and stewardship can natural resources be conserved and nurtured for the benefit of future generations. We believe that greater and more strategic participation in the democratic process is the key to environmental progress.
With a focus on integration and sustainability and a multi-track approach, we will work on projects pertaining to globalism, including politics and governance, hydropower and major development efforts of funding agencies, as a watchdog to specific carbon control projects. We will be particularly interested in green roofs, reforestation, cooperatives for the poor as micro credits, youths and development, health, water supply, sanitation, and irrigation, and product development.
We also concentrate on projects that could strengthen the bureaucracy and control corruption of the country by conducting workshops in conflict management and democracy, both in urban and rural areas.
The time has come, for us to join in the unity of the spirit. ~Dr. S. Radhakrishnan
The blog "ABabel" describes "The Synchronous Spiritual Breath" of our compassionate planet, of love, forgiveness, and care for the suffering of others.
Only we are capable of contributing to the lasting preservation of the wonder of life on earth, a miracle which so far has not been found beyond our corner of the universe. We are, all together, “on the deck of a cosmic ship”, in the biosphere of the lonely planet where everything is interwoven with many complex layers of air currents and exchanges in chains of food and materials. From snatches of ancestral wisdom, culture, tradition and science key achievements we form – in our minds and hearts – a map of the structure of the world within the compass of our minds, hopes and faith. Our consciousness grows about ourselves and of the evolution of Life in the universe. We become the consciousness of universe and get responsibility for the next evolutionary tier.
We value consciousness of the miracle of our existence more and more. We know of our unimaginable and infinitesimally smallness in the limitless sheer size of the cosmos, as well as knowing that we have a limited knowledge of the complex composition of nature’s secrets. Among us there arises a feeling of being an inhabitant and patriot of planet-Earth. Our globe becomes for us a sacred Earth as India is for Hindus and as the Holy Land is for those of the Abrahamic faiths. The Earth is a universal great temple for all in which there is room for all beliefs and traditions. It is at the same time for all a holy place: for some a pagoda or a house of retreat, for others it can be a cathedral, a synagogue, a protestant church, a mosque, a basilica or a zendo.
Abbey of HOPE (hands of peace extended) (Portland, ME, USA)
The Abbey of HOPE (Hands Of Peace Extended) is a interfaith cooperation circle based in Portland, Maine. It is organized and guided by the principles of the United Religions Initiative (URI), a direct outcome of the United Nations call for interreligious cooperation. We gather to promote, encourage and facilitate interfaith understanding through fellowship, collaborative programming and service.
The heart of the Abbey is Peace. HOPE does not discriminate based on race, color, creed, religion, ability, gender, marital status, age, national origin, or sexual orientation.
STATEMENT OF VALUES AND MISSION:
Abbey of HOPE seeks to
broaden knowledge and understanding of the community’s faith traditions.
expand dialogue among people of diverse spiritualities.
support interfaith, multifaith and interspiritual efforts in the community.
foster the healing arts and spiritual growth.
create a spiritual community that nourishes one another through collaboration.
serve monks to meet the needs of a spiritually diverse world.
We are committed to
knowledge and understanding
dialogue
interfaith, multifaith, and interspiritual endeavors
the healing arts and spiritual growth
spiritual community
collaboration
service
HISTORY:
The Abbey was visioned by Rev. Lori Whittemore after attending Bangor Theologically Seminary and further preparation at the Chaplaincy Institute of Maine. The first gathering of the Abbey took place on September 13, 2014. Out of 25 folks who attended, a leadership circle of 9 people worked for three months to put together the framework for the organization. By winter of 2015, the initial Board had incorporated and received 501c3 status. The Abbey began publishing weekly reflections along with bi-monthly newsletters. The Abbey offered their first Book Read in March of 2015 with an eye on hosting reads (by mostly local authors) each season.
The Abbey began hosting the Compassionate Cafe that works on collaborative interfaith programming.
The Abbey will be offering units of Clinical Pastoral Education, based on the College of Pastoral Supervision and Psychotherapy’s, model of education and their “Recovery of the Soul” paradigm describe in the works and journey of Anton Boisen.
The Abbey, through it’s leaders and members is always out looking for ways to make mad, compassionate peace by bringing faithful folks together for celebration, shared mission and/or a cup of coffee.
U.R.I.
The idea for URI came to California Episcopal Bishop William Swing in 1993, after an invitation by the United Nations to host a large interfaith service in San Francisco, marking the 50thanniversary of the signing of the U.N. Charter. He asked himself, “If the nations of the world are working together for peace through tUN, then where are the world’s religions?”
Through dozens of meetings with world religious leaders, he discovered a thread of competition, a focus on expanding individual denominations, and little institutional commitment to building bridges. But in those ate the grassroots of the world’s religions, he found a deep desire for cooperation and peace. From this inspiration, the vision for URI took shape: a supported network connecting people across religions and cultures in the service of peace and justice.
PURPOSE
The purpose of the United Religions Initiative is to promote enduring, daily interfaith cooperation, to end religiously motivated violence and to create cultures of peace, justice and healing for the Earth and all living beings.
VISION
URI envisions a world at peace, sustained by engaged and interconnected communities committed to respect for diversity, nonviolent resolution of conflict and social, political, economic and environmental justice.
MISSION
URI is a global grassroots interfaith network that cultivates peace and justice by engaging people to bridge religious and cultural differences and work together for the good of their communities and the world.
We implement our mission through local and global initiatives that build the capacity of our more than 600 member groups and organizations, called Cooperation Circles, to engage in community action such as conflict resolution and reconciliation, environmental sustainability, education, women’s and youth programs, and advocacy for human rights.
Cooperation Circles are unique to URI’s organizational design. Click here to learn more about URI’s charter, structure and history.
Abbey of HOPE leadership
The Abbey is organized having a working leadership circle/Board of Directors with an advisory council for the Abbey for the Clinical Pastoral Training. Our current Board members are listed below:
Rev. Lori Whittemore, MDiv,BCCC
Founder, Director
Lori Whittemore graduated from Bangor Theological Seminary in 2010 and was ordained by Chaplaincy Institute of Maine in 2014 as an interfaith chaplain and community minister. She serves as a hospice chaplain at Hospice of Southern Maine and is a volunteer chaplain for the American Red Cross. She is the founder of the Abbey of HOPE. Contact: lori@abbeyofhope.com
The Abraham Path is a route of walking and cultural tourism which follows the footsteps of Abraham / Ibrahim through the Middle East. The story of Abraham / Ibrahim’s journey records the origin of a spiritual tradition shared by more than three billion people in the world today. By retracing this journey, the Abraham Path provides a place of meeting and connection for people of all faiths and cultures, inviting us to remember our common origins, to respect our cultural differences, and to recognize our shared humanity.
The Path also serves as a catalyst for sustainable tourism and economic development; a platform for the energy and idealism of young people; and a focus for positive media highlighting the rich culture and hospitable people of the Middle East. Founded at Harvard University, the Abraham Path Initiative is a non-political, non-religious, non-profit organization supported by the UN Alliance of Civilizations program and the UN World Tourism Organization. During the past year the first sections of the Path have been opened in Turkey, Jordan, and Palestine. Already, more than 2000 people (including students and young people from all over the world) have been out walking the trail – making friends, learning about other cultures, and bringing real economic benefits to villages along the route. Over the same period the Abraham Path has reached a worldwide audience of millions with images of humanity and hope from the heart of the Middle East, and has built a network of partners which includes local communities, governments, businesses, universities, schools, and NGOs in the region and around the world.
We foster mutual understanding and appreciation for the faith perspectives of the Abrahamic traditions.
Mission Statement
Foster mutual understanding and appreciation among Abrahamic faith traditions through education, dialogue and action.
As the world becomes more interdependent, it is critical that people of good will come together. Knowing each other and understanding the foundations of each tradition will help dispel false images and stereotypes that thwart positive relationships and generate conflict. Healthy and constructive relationships will emerge from mutual understanding and appreciation of each tradition.
Vision
Contribute to peace in our community and beyond.
Communicate, Learn, Respect
Communicate — Provide a safe and engaging environment for communication. Learn — Provide opportunity to learn about the Abrahamic faith traditions. Respect — Foster mutual respect and consideration among all.
Abundance for You is committed to helping you find your path to abundance & your very own life of plenty.
Courses & workshops in organic gardening and personal growth for fulfilment.
Do you love your life? Are you happy and healthy and well on your way to fulfilling your dreams? If not, could you use some help?
Abundance for You provides customized services, recognizing that one size does not fit all and that your ‘life of plenty’ will be as individual as you are.
Would you like to eliminate poisons from your food? In ‘Grow your Abundance’ you’ll learn about the problems of the mass production of our food, the alternatives for better health and some simple, easy ways to grow your own clean, organic food and thus improve your health.
What’s most important to you?
Would you like to discover what holds you back?
'Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.' (Albert Einstein)
In ‘Uncover your Abundance’ you’ll learn ways to discover behaviours (often unconscious) that no longer serve you. Then, take control to create your life of plenty.
Perhaps you would like more time to enjoy your life. In ‘It’s Your Time Now’ you can discover how to re-set your beliefs about time and use it to your best advantage. We also discuss ways of making life easier, drawing on ‘permaculture principles’ and the ‘simple living’ movement.
Action Disabilities Network (Fayetteville, AR, USA)
We are a nonprofit group dedicated to improving the quality of life for people with disabilities in Arkansas. More than 15% of Arkansans have some form of disability, and as our population ages these numbers will climb. The United States has made great strides in recent decades in addressing the needs of people with disabilities but there is much more left to do.
A small group of Fayetteville residents got together to discuss what we might do to educate the public about these needs, and advocate for improvements in making Fayetteville and other Arkansas communities more accessible. We decided to form the Disabilities Action Network of Arkansas as an organizing effort to bring together people with disabilities and their friends and families, to form a supportive network of concerned citizens. We believe that by coming together and speaking with one voice we will be able to make a difference, in breaking down the barriers that keep us from being the most compassionate and caring city and state that we can be.
Please join us! We will be hosting public informational meetings and other events. We encourage everyone to become involved. Whether you have a disability or not, chances are that you or a close family member will experience a disability at some point in your life. People with disabilities are among the last groups to have to stand up for their civil rights, and as a group they are the most vulnerable to abuse and neglect. They (we) need your help!
Please contact us at disabilities.action.network@gmail.com or by phone at 479-222-0167 for information on how you can be involved! And thank you for all you do!
This is part of a development, sharing, loving, learning community of conscious beings from around the worldwide.
The Adding Needy Organization is a community - globally minded and connected and focusing on nurturing and connecting local holistic communities & etc.
Adding Needy Organization works to change lives of many who are suffering from poverty e.g without enough food, poor health, poor environment, and poor education.
Mindfulness has its origins in Eastern contemplative practices however has evolved into an approach that is now recognised as being of benefit within a wide range of health and education settings and within the community generally.
Mindfulness involves being aware of and accepting the full experience of life as it unfolds, involving all our senses, thoughts and emotions. Heartfulness is an essential component which, when combined with mindfulness, brings the vital element of a kind and gentle attitude toward oneself and others.
Qualifications: Dip. Nursing Dip.Couns.&Comm. MCASA.Register No:21640. PACFAReg. MBSR/CT Teacher Training - with Openground
I embraced mindfulness 15 years ago when dealing with difficulties in my personal life. Since then I have seen the benefits this approach can have within counselling and group programs. My background in nursing and counselling led to my particular interest in working with those facing the emotional challenges associated with cancer and chronic health issues. I am now exploring how Mindfulness can be taught in different settings, adapting to the needs of particular groups or the individual.
Tina Gibson
Qualifications: Mindful Self-Compassion Teacher Training MBSR/CT Teacher Training- Openground Bachelor of Health Science (Education) Dip. Kinesiology Dip. Applied Science (Paramedic) Cert. IV Workplace Training & Assessment K-12 Curriculum Training with Mindful Schools Amy Saltzman's training in 'A Still Quiet Place' - mindfulness program for children and adolescents
Practicing Mindfulness gave me the space to come up for air, in a time in my life that felt like I was drowning. Years on I am now an experienced and passionate Mindfulness and Mindful Self-Compassion Teacher, having facilitated programs within the Education System, Cancer Support, Women's Health and the general community.
I have a sound knowledge of health and education stemming from years of experience working with diverse populations in the roles of Kinesiologist, Health Care Worker, Rehabilitation Counsellor, Health Educator and Paramedic.
More recently, the extensive work I have done within the area of Mindful Self-Compassion has allowed my life and passion to truly blossom. I am energised about the wonderful blessings of teaching MSC and MSC teaching me.
Advance Cairns is the peak regional advocacy and economic development organisation for Tropical North Queensland.
We facilitate connections between private enterprise, industry, community and government agencies to improve the lives of people living within our region.
Advance Cairns operates on a membership based model. Our members represent key stakeholders within our community and business leaders who all have a vested interest in driving our region forward.
Our model operates across 3 core strategic pillars.
Vision
A self-sustaining, resilient and prosperous Tropical North Queensland community.
Mission
To provide wise, apolitical and united advocacy that stimulates innovative and strategic initiatives for our regional advancement.
Values
Professional: being honest, ethical and genuine with a commitment to continuous learning.
Respect: valuing and welcoming our mutual differences and our unique contributions.
Valued Members and Partners: supporting our members and business partners in the fulfilment of our vision and mission.
Making a Difference: focusing on delivering tangible outcomes that make a positive impact at all levels of society.
Espirit de Play: creating fulfilment and well-being through a balance between productivity and the playful creativity which fuels innovation.
Synergistic Relationships: cultivating the multiplier that sparks new ideas and opportunities through the engagement of valued partners.
Advocates for Youth and Health Development (Lagos, Nigeria)
Advocates for Youth and Health Development (AYHD) is a youth led non-governmental, non partisan, non-profit making Organization for attitudinal re-orientation, Peace promotion, gender & human rights protection and promotion, anti-corruption and health development among Nigerian youths, women and children through capacity building, advocacy, research and documentation. We work to influence policies that affect our target group at all levels and better their lives by coming to their aid in our own little way.
AIMS & OBJECTIVES
Provide youth and women with professional and skills that are in demand in targeted communities in order to reduce poverty and engage in anti-corruption initiatives;
Foster cultural understanding and peace promotion among youth and women from different backgrounds through workshops and leadership camps;
To increase our knowledge of the extent of the level of youths’ and women awareness of their rights and responsibility and its determinant with a view to designing new or better approaches;
Through education promotion, capacity building, advocacy and research ensure that, children, youths and women's rights are promoted and protected;
To engage in active peace building and gender equality projects;
To educate and enlighten young people and women on their right to participate in the formulation of public policy, particularly as it concern freedom of expression, governance and accountability;
To engage in comprehensive health development programmes in areas like HIV/AIDS, SRHR etc for youths, women and children;
To network with other NGOs with similar objectives at local and international levels;
Our work aim at influencing policies that affect the youth, children and women.
What started like a dream in 1934 has become reality. An airline that is modern, safe, punctual, effective and revolutionary. It is one of the symbols of modern Mexico and thanks to your global vision it guided us to provide the service and effectiveness in what it is today a great leader in Latin America.
We pride ourselves on continuously striving to offer the service you deserve during your travels making us one of the best airlines.
African Child In Need (ACIN) is an NGO that strives for long term sustainable health and education, child support, prevention and protection of child abuse and neglect through the strengthening implementation of activities in the areas of advocacy and service delivery, working with vulnerable children and communities for sustained impact dedicated to the reduction and elimination of poverty in the lives of vulnerable children.
ACIN is dedicated to ensuring that every child has the best chance for success. Our programmes give children a healthy start, the opportunity to learn, and protection from harm.
As caregivers of children, we inspire and achieve lasting impact for most vulnerable girls and boys. By transforming childrens' lives now, we change the course of their future and more so for girls that are more likely to marry young, have children early and spend their life in poverty. We give girls the opportunity to receive education to improve their own lives and those of their families, helping to break the cycle of poverty by addressing the barriers and keep girls and boys in school.
African Child In Need (ACIN) runs programmes to provide the best practice social integration of children, youth and families, protect from risks and abuse, support children go to school, help young people to find gainful employment and families to be able to support and love their own children. In order to achieve this, ACIN has developed a holistic social integration cycle of projects that are implemented directly.
Our Vision
We are passionately concerned for destitute children and want to transform places of darkness into places of light and hope. We advocate for improved quality of life and preservation of the dignity of young persons.
Our Mission
To stand as advocates for vulnerable children, to release them from the bondage of poverty and enhance their academic status, to give health care, expose them socially and help them exploit their talents and gifts so that they become positive change agents in the community.
Our Aims and Objectives - To identify problems faced by children in difficult circumstances. - To create awareness among leaders and members of selected communities about the plight of vulnerable children to create will and commitment to help these children with special needs. - To intensity and broaden creative and better methods of managing substance abuse among vulnerable children. - To offer special care for children, protect them against torture, child labor, child abuse and child slavery, drug abuse and sexual exploitation.
Home for Street Children
To ensure that there is a shared understanding about the stigma of street children and how to address it. Isolation, Victimization, Discrimination, Rejection and Child Abuse. We make it possible for every child to go to school and prepare for their own future.
African Child Academy
It is long term sustainable education and child support, through strengthening implementations activities in areas of advocacy and service delivery, working with children and communities for sustainable impact, dedicated to reduce suffering and elimination of poverty.
Life on the street
Life on the streets usually means a life of invisibility. Street children are often shunned, ignored and excluded. Living on the streets means sleeping in gutters, eat out of the garbage and become dirty and sick.
Children living without family structure lack positive role models and are at greater risks of feeling powerless and disaffected to crime.
Life on streets usually means a life of invisibility especially so street children are often shunned, ignored and excluded in the society.
Street children are not pleasant to look at: living on the streets means being dirty, naked, and ill. One on the streets becomes vulnerable to all forms of exploitation, abuse and their daily lives are likely to be removed from the ideal childhood.
Education is often the first causality for an orphan. Children do not go to school because domestic burdens upon them become too great. They also become exposed to exclusion from other services including vital information about health, nutrition, and life skills.
Pushing Factors
Child Poverty in form of hunger and lack of opportunities. Poverty of education and relevant training. Parental abuse and beatings. Child abuse and neglect, sexual assault, intimate partner or family violence, and exposure to community violence. Broken families.
Activities
To reduce stigma, to ensure that there is shared understanding about the stigma of street children and to address it and deal with different forms of stigmatization: Isolation, Victimization, Discrimination and Rejection
To take the following strategies in combating the issue of stigma.
1. Create the existing national policies to advocate for the rights of vulnerable children. 2. Facilitate justice for children in conflicts with the law. 3. Create supportive legal frame work 4. Promote a more positive attitude. 5. Train caregivers in psycho social support 6. Discuss the impact of the stigma on children and other stake holders. 7. Support interventions to promote tolerance and care for stigmatized children. 8. Promote a better attitude towards the reduction and elimination of stigma associated with street children. 9. Promote community awareness of children’s right and legislation against discrimination. 10. Establish a children’s club to provide ongoing support and opportunities for social interactions. 11. Provide legal support and services for children, widows and grandparents, to advise them of their rights and help them obtain legal entitlement. 12. Integrate counseling and support to the affected people to help them deal with stigma. Child and Family Safety: African Child In Need continues to promote high-quality prevention and intervention programs that promote child and family safety and reduce the long-term traumatic effects of child abuse and neglect, sexual assault, intimate partner or family violence, and exposure to community violence.
The African Church Bethel has been in existence for over 115 years, having seceded from the CMS over racism and descrimination for self governance.
The church has branches all over Nigeria and is presently a member of some religious bodies nationally and internationally such as Christian Council of Nigeria, Christian Association of Nigeria, World Council of Churches etc.
The Africa Church is presently organising a directorate of Communication and Interfaith in the local and international context.
Location: Lagos, Nigeria
Afrique Aya Drum and Dance Troupe (Fayetteville, AR, USA)
AFRIQUE AYA is a group of dancers and drummers dedicated to enjoying and sharing the music and culture of West Africa. Inspired by rhythms and rituals from Côte d’Ivoire (Ivory Coast), AFRIQUE AYA celebrates the synergy of nature, spirit, movement, and percussion.
Through production and distribution of educational, inspirational and transformational television, movies, music, books and digital media, AMI has established its leadership as a top brand in conscious media.
Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, Tulsa Chapter (Tulsa, OK, USA)
The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community is a dynamic, fast growing international revival movement within Islam. Founded in 1889, the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community spans over 190 countries with membership exceeding tens of millions. The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community USA, established in 1921, is the first American-Muslim organization. Its journal, The Muslim Sunrise, is among the earliest and longest running American-Muslim periodicals.
The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community is the only Islamic organization to believe that the long-awaited messiah has come in the person of Mirza Ghulam Ahmadas (1835-1908) of Qadian. Ahmadas claimed to be the metaphorical second coming of Jesusas of Nazareth and the divine guide, whose advent was foretold by the Prophet of Islam, Muhammadsa. The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community believes that God sent Ahmadas, like Jesusas, to end religious wars, condemn bloodshed and reinstitute morality, justice and peace. Ahmad’sas advent has brought about an unprecedented era of Islamic revival. He divested Islam of fanatical beliefs and practices by vigorously championing Islam’s true and essential teachings. He also recognized the noble teachings of the great religious founders and saints, including Zoroasteras, Abrahamas, Mosesas, Jesusas, Krishnaas, Buddhaas, Confuciusas, Lao Tzu and Guru Nanak, and explained how such teachings converged into the one true Islam.
The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community is the leading Islamic organization to categorically reject terrorism in any form. Over a century ago, Ahmadas emphatically declared that an aggressive “jihad by the sword” has no place in Islam. In its place, he taught his followers to wage a bloodless, intellectual “jihad of the pen” to defend Islam. To this end, Ahmadas penned over 80 books and tens of thousands of letters, delivered hundreds of lectures, and engaged in scores of public debates. His rigorous and rational defenses of Islam unsettled conventional Muslim thinking. As part of its effort to revive Islam, the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community continues to spread Ahmad’sas teachings of moderation and restraint in the face of bitter opposition from the Muslim world.
Similarly, the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community is the only Islamic organization to endorse a separation of mosque and state. Over a century ago, Ahmadas taught his followers to protect the sanctity of both religion and government by becoming righteous souls as well as loyal citizens. He cautioned against irrational interpretations of Quranic pronouncements and misapplications of Islamic law. He continually voiced his concerns over protecting the rights of God’s creatures. Today, the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community continues to be an advocate for universal human rights and protections for religious and other minorities. It champions the empowerment and education of women. Its members are among the most law-abiding, educated, and engaged Muslims in the world.
The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community is the foremost Islamic organization with a central spiritual leader. Over a century ago, Ahmadas reminded his followers of God’s promise to safeguard the message of Islam through khilafat (the spiritual institution of successorship to prophethood). The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community believes that only spiritual successorship can uphold the true values of Islam and unite humanity. Five spiritual leaders have succeeded Ahmadas since his demise in 1908. The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community’s fifth and current spiritual head, Mirza Masroor Ahmad, resides in the United Kingdom. Under the leadership of its spiritual successors, the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community has now built over 15,000 mosques, over 500 schools, and over 30 hospitals. It has translated the Holy Quran into over 60 languages. It propagates the true teachings of Islam and the message of peace and tolerance through a twenty-four hour satellite television channel (MTA), the Internet (alislam.org) and print (Islam International Publications). It has been at the forefront of disaster relief in the United States and worldwide through an independent charitable organization, Humanity First.
AI For Women is an initiative to empower women in the field of AI through Mentoring, Training, Networking, and Job Opportunities.
What We Do:
We used to be a simple Bangalore-based Meetup Group, until we decided to take a step further in order to reach out to more women. We now carry out our mission through free talks and sessions (mainly in colleges and schools), Webinars, Blogging, Social Media, Career Advising, and more.
Our Vision:
To encourage more women in the field of Artificial Intelligence, and to help them to dream big, work hard, and achieve success.
“Be who you were made to be, and you will set the world on fire.” – St. Catherine of Sienna
Promoting unity and compassion among women of all faiths and races with a special emphasis on empowering Muslim women through spirituality, volunteerism and dialogue.
The al-Ghazzali Centre for Islamic Sciences and Human Development is a non-profit, non-sectarian Learning Centre. The organisation is committed to the dissemination of the true Traditional Islamic Principles and Knowledge from the Prophetic Traditions, and as understood by the rightly-guided scholars of Islam. It aims to decipher information on Islamic Sciences for those searching for Truth and those who are working to raise their standards in the Personal Development of life. The Centre recognises ignorance and misconception as the greatest inhibitor of the light of true knowledge reaching the souls of humans. The fundamental objective of the Centre is to make efforts directed at spreading the wisdom of the Prophetic Traditions to guide human lives. Our aim is to provide the tools to individuals to live lives of guidance and adherence to the Sacred Knowledge, revealed to humanity by Allah, the Creator of the universe.
I help creatives and seekers build a life based in unconditional love.
I'm the creator of the weekly newsletter "The Compassion Letter," the online course, "The Heart Unboxed: How to Love the Unloveable," as well as the host of the Intentional Writer Interview Series. Having published a library of books, my work is incredibly varied, from fantasy and science-fiction, to memoir and journal guides. Through it all, runs my purpose to increase empathy and compassion by focusing, creating, and sharing positive ideas.
Alianco Nursing and Physical Therapy is an agency of health professionals with knowledge, dignified, humane and personalized treatment to their user; We offer different services, from massages and stress injections, passing guards in hospital or at home, to physical rehabilitation for stroke, withdrawal of healing and suture points.
Location: Monterrey, NLE, Mexico
Align-Ed (Edevale, South Africa)
At Align-Ed, we specialise in creating context for our clients through focusing on strategic thinking and the development of brands and culture that is aligned with this thinking. These three aspects form the core of any organisation. Through facilitated processes we partner with our clients to support the creation, activation, development and sustainability of this core.
The Align-Ed offering has been inspired from the work done by James Collins and Jerry Porras in their book “Built to Last” (Williams Collins. 2004). At Align-Ed we specialise in assisting our clients to preserve their core and stimulate progress. The development, ring fencing, and protection of the core, focuses on identity – who they are, on function – what they do and on purpose– why they do what they do. This principle applies equally to individuals, as it does to brands and organisation.
Further, the work done by Joseph Pine and James Gilmore in The Experience Economy (Harvard Business Review Press. 1999) has provided the means to develop and manifest that core through their analogy of work being theatre. Align-Ed supports our clients in creating experiences and memories for customers and stakeholders that are aligned to their core. The Experience Economy facilitates heartfelt and emotional connections with businesses, brands and people.
We facilitate alignment of strategies that address amongst others:
• Business • Sustainability (Green) • Service • Diversity • Knowledge Management • Youth Development • Wellness for individuals and organisations • Entrepreneurial and Enterprise Development
Atlanta's national theater, expanding hearts and minds on stage and off.
Vision
The Alliance Theatre will lead the national field by deeply engaging with its local community, modeling radical inclusion and catalytic experiences on our stages, in our classrooms, and throughout Atlanta.
Values
We believe that acknowledging and embracing differences in identity is essential to a dynamic cultural conversation. This is why we are committed to equity, diversity, and inclusion in all areas of our organization and programming.
The Alliance Theatre is Atlanta’s national theater, expanding hearts and minds onstage and off. Founded in 1968, the Alliance Theatre is the leading producing theater in the Southeast, reaching more than 165,000 patrons annually. The Alliance delivers powerful programming that challenges adult and youth audiences to think critically and care deeply. Under the leadership of Susan V. Booth, the Jennings Hertz Artistic Director, the Alliance Theatre received the Regional Theatre Tony Award® in recognition of sustained excellence in programming, education and community engagement.
Known for its exemplary artistic standards and national role in creating significant theatrical works, the Alliance has premiered more than 100 original productions, professionally launching important American musicals with a strong track record of Broadway, touring and subsequent productions, including the Tony Award winners The Color Purple, based on the novel by Alice Walker; Aida by Elton John and Tim Rice; and Alfred Uhry’s The Last Night of Ballyhoo. Recent musical premieres include Sister Act: The Musical, Twyla Tharp’s Come Fly Away, Bring It On: The Musical, Stephen King and John Mellencamp’s Ghost Brothers of Darkland County, Harmony - A New Musical by Barry Manilow and Bruce Sussman, Tuck Everlasting, Born for This: The BeBe Winans Story, The Prom and, most recently, Janece Shaffer and Kristian Bush’s Troubadour.
The Alliance also creates and nurtures the careers of emerging writers through the Alliance/Kendeda National Graduate Playwriting Competition, producing the world premiere for the competition winner as part of the regular season. The Alliance is deeply committed to Atlanta artists, showcasing locally based artists on a nationally watched stage, and sustaining Atlanta’s artistic community through the Reiser Atlanta Artists Lab, providing developmental support and production resources for an annual roster of locally sourced performance projects.
The Alliance’s dedication to providing access to the arts is reflected in its commitment to creating new work for all ages, and to bringing that work into classrooms and communities across Atlanta and throughout the region. More than 80,000 students each year experience age-specific professional performances and participate in acting classes, drama camps and in-school initiatives through the Alliance Theatre Acting Program and Education Department. The Alliance’s groundbreaking Kathy and Ken Bernhardt Theatre for the Very Young performances offer professionally produced, fully interactive theater for infants and toddlers; the Palefsky Collision Project invites high school artists to create and perform new civic-minded theater based on a classic text; and community acting classes and skill-building workshops engage professional artists, young actors, business leaders and curious learners of all ages. Twice recognized by the U.S. Department of Education for leadership in arts education, the Alliance Theatre Institute equips classroom teachers with theatrical techniques that link directly to school curriculum and have been empirically proven to improve student learning.
Alternatives to Violence Project (Atlanta, GA, USA)
We are a grassroots, worldwide movement dedicated to building peace in ourselves and in our homes, schools, institutions and communities. We seek to release everyone’s innate power to positively transform ourselves, and in so doing, transform the world.
Our workshops use the shared experience of both participants and facilitators to examine how injustice, prejudice, frustration and anger can lead to aggressive behavior and violence. We explore our innate power to respond in new and creative ways.
Always Believe In Your Dreams (Saegertown, PA, USA)
At Always Believe In Your Dreams, LLC we recognize and honor the innate inter-connectedness of everyone and everything, while helping to facilitate, on a global scale, an awakening to loving compassion for us all.
Ambassadors of Worldwide Brotherhood (Tilburg, Netherlands)
The intention of the Worldwide Brotherhood is to bring together young people in an international context. The ambassadors of the Worldwide Brotherhood are young people who, out of their own culture, are committed to a worldwide movement of compassion and brotherhood.
Compassion and brotherhood constitute the keywords in the spirituality of the Brothers CMM. In their basic program, the starting point is ‘Jesus, the Compassionate, our Brother’. The congregation undertakes education and equipment of these young people, to make them an ambassador of a Worldwide Brotherhood.
The World Youth Days, which take place every three years in a different city, turn out to be an excellent opportunity to bring young people in contact with the World Church and with the Gospels.
For the ambassadors of the Worldwide Brotherhood, these World Youth Days are not the ultimatum, but a stepping stone to achieve and expand their worldwide movement.
Beside the preparatory, the continuation after the World Youth Days is just as important. Mutual contact and continued deepening are to be strengthened, involving a close relationship with the congregation, which provides the guidance that is necessary and possible.
American Association of University Women (Fayetteville, AR, USA)
Welcome to the Fayetteville (AR) Branch of AAUW!
The American Association of University Women (AAUW) empowers women and girls through advocacy, education, philanthropy, and research. Our nonpartisan, nonprofit organization has more than 170,000 members and supporters across the United States, as well as 1,000 local branches and 800 college and university partners. Since AAUW’s founding in 1881, our members have examined and taken positions on the fundamental issues of the day — educational, social, economic, and political.
AAUW’s Mission AAUW advances equity for women and girls through advocacy, education, philanthropy, and research.
AAUW’s Value Promise By joining AAUW, you belong to a community that breaks through educational and economic barriers so that all women and girls have a fair chance.
American Society for Muslim Advancement (New York, NY, USA)
The American Society for Muslim Advancement (ASMA) is a New-York based nonprofit organization founded in 1997 to elevate the discourse on Islam and foster environments in which Muslims thrive. We are dedicated to strengthening an authentic expression of Islam based on cultural and religious harmony through interfaith collaboration, youth and women's empowerment, and arts and cultural exchange.
Amistad is a fair-trade store. We believe that we can make a difference at home and around the world through the products we sell, and by our ongoing efforts to improve the lives of those who are in poverty or suffering in our own community. The parent company of Amistad is CultureSense International, Inc. a cross-cultural training and consulting company that is dedicated to creating harmony through cross-cultural understanding.
In our store you will find the best quality handcrafted fair trade products made by artisans from around the world. You will also find beautiful and unique treasures handcrafted by artisans in the U.S.A. and in St. Augustine. Your purchase makes a difference in the lives of these talented artisans and the communities in which they live. Our purpose is to make a difference at home and around the world through the products that we sell, and through our ongoing efforts to improve the lives of those who live in poverty, and those who are suffering in our community (both humans and animals!).
Based out of New York City, Anchorlot's sound is a collaboration of early 90s alternative rock and modern rock with funk and blues undertones. Our music captures themes from social injustice and political exploits to individual empowerment and discovery that affect individuals across the globe.
The band name was inspired by John's travels in Cambodia in 2011 where he visited Angkor Wat, the largest religious monument in the world which was built in the 12th century. John's travels in Cambodia and Southeast Asia were eye-opening and demonstrated the beauty that exists in this world in spite of intense poverty and conditions that many Westerners are never exposed to. The experience completely shifted John's understanding of the way in which we are all connected and how Western values, particularly American values, are largely skewed by materialism, fame, and aspirations that offer little to no fulfillment. It is our experiences that transform us, especially those that force us outside of our comfort zones.
‘Anchor’ represents the anchors of our societies, the unsung heroes who receive minimal recognition; a small ‘lot’ of appreciation. It is a tribute to the regular and wonderful people all around the world who are collectively ignored while those with influence and power who largely promote vanity, materialism, greed, and corruption are glorified.
View Anchorlot's re-imagined version of "Hallelujah" below. The concept for this project began with an informal conversation that quickly became a call to capture and expose some major deep-seated issues that inhibit our ability to see our own common humanity. The lyrics address some important themes that are incredibly relevant right now; our intense political and social divide, the injustices of our incarceration system, police brutality, the war in the Middle East, the refugee crisis, and the hypocrisy of Christianity and organized religion. This song was originally composed and recorded by Leonard Cohen.
"We, the people of the Anew United Church of Christ of Mitchell, South Dakota, hereby declare ourselves an Open and Affirming Christian community. We welcome into full membership persons of every race, ethnic background, age, physical or mental ability, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, marital status, socio-economic circumstance, and faith background. We welcome all to full participation in all of our sacraments and every aspect of our congregational life, leadership, ministry, worship, responsibilities, and all the blessings of fellowship in our congregation."
Anew United Church of Christ was formed in 2012 by a group of people who wanted to do “church” in a new way.
Church politics, fundamentalism and exclusionary beliefs have chased many would-be Christians out of churches, creating a large class of people that Episcopal Bishop John Shelby Spong has labeled “believers in exile.” These people are rooted in Christian traditions but no longer feel they can belong to churches where every word of the Bible is taken as literal history, gay and other marginalized people are treated as second-class citizens, belief in a set of ancient creeds is asserted as the only way to Heaven, and the primary goal of faith seems to be self-help.
We at Anew UCC wish to reclaim a brand of Christianity that flourished in the early decades after Jesus’ death. For many followers of “The Way,” being a Christian was a call to action. It was a commitment to work for the reign of God on earth — a reign of love, equality and justice that was best embodied by the life and ministry of Jesus.
At Anew, you will not experience “church” in the typical way. For starters, we don’t even have a church building. We currently meet in a large room at LifeQuest, a nonprofit organization that assists people with developmental disabilities.
You also won’t experience any alter calls or high-pressure conversion attempts. It’s our aim to accept everyone as they are, and to welcome their questions and doubts.
It’s also our aim to put our faith in Jesus’ message into action. Instead of maintaining a building, an endowment fund and a cumbersome structure of church committees, we wish to expend our energy doing the work we feel called to do.
So, please feel welcome to join us. Come as you are to worship, stay for fellowship, get involved in an adult study, enroll your kids in Sunday school. And then join us as we try to follow the example of Jesus in our lives, our community and our world.
Anglican Parish of Musquodoboit and Ship Harbour (Musquodoboit Harbour, NS, Canada)
The Anglican Parish of Ship Harbour and Musquodoboit is a growing faith community that strives to reach out to all, through the steadfast and enduring love of Jesus Christ. We encourage all people to live out their baptismal covenants as active members of the Parish. We celebrate community traditions of the Anglican Church through all forms of lay ministry.
ANNEALED creates minimalist, gender-neutral everyday jewelry for compassionate living.
Founded in 2015, ANNEALED is driven to give sustainable and thoughtful take on daily accessorizing. All products are made with reclaimed and recycled metal, or with third-party-certified ethically mined metal.
Using a generous percentage of its profits, ANNEALED supports creative education and art therapy initiatives for those who are abandoned, neglected, terminally ill, victims of abuse & violence, both children and the elderly. Art making is seen as a chance to express oneself imaginatively and authentically. It is a beautiful experience that may lead someone to emotional reparation, healing and eventually, personal fulfillment and transformation. With this in mind, each one of us is empowered to become ambassadors of what truly matters, just like how we're all intended to be in the first place.
There is so much goodness in the world. All we have to do is remind one another of it.
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Location: Makati City, Metro Manila, Philippines
Apple Blossom Brewing (Fayetteville, AR, USA)
Named after the Arkansas state flower, this 8,500 square foot, 250 seat brewpub is the largest in the state!
12 taps flow with craft beer all made on premises in our 10 barrel brewhouse. Styles vary from the classic, such as our flagship, Armstrong American Pale Ale, to current trends, such as our Mockingbird Black IPA, to the experimental, like our Sturdy Hippie IPA, fermented with a 14 year old sourdough strain belonging to our Executive Pastry Chef, Cody Johnson!
Speaking of Cody, he provides fresh baked bread in-house every day! From the sandwiches to the bread pudding and other amazing desserts, you can find his genius all over our menu and you can also find his bread for sale at Ozark Natural Foods for a taste of Apple Blossom at home!
Our menu consists of affordable, amazing classics, such as the Cubano, Bahn Mi, or French Dip! We make all our soups, salad dressings, and all our prime rib is prepared in house! Our fries are cut fresh every day and fried to order! Try them topped with queso and some of the Mole chicken! And be sure to ask your server for the special of the day, as the kitchen is always encouraged to experiment and provide something new to pair with our beer.
And why not get a growler of your favorite beer to go? We offer both 64oz and 32oz!
Can't decide which beer is your favorite? Why not try a partial or full flight to get a sample of every brew we have to offer!
If beer's not your thing, we have a full bar and wine list, with special cocktails designed by our bartenders & owners! Cheers!
We have a private room that's available for meetings, parties, and weddings! Rent the whole place out and really show Fayetteville what a birthday party looks like!
Since 1993, Aquarius has been the nation's largest metaphysical paper. Visit our newly designed website! Includes Astrology, Horoscope, Moon Calendar, all published articles, Publisher's Page, Cover Art Gallery and more!
Aquarius Media Network is committed to partnering with Compassionate Cities to create a vision for and a practical way of becoming a people and a community of compassion.
Arsaga’s Coffee Roasters is a small, family-owned business located in the Ozark Mountains of Northwest Arkansas. Recently voted Arkansas Times 2015 “Best Coffee Around the State”, Northwest Arkansas Times 2015 "Best Coffee in Northwest Arkansas" and Zagat.com’s “Must Try Coffee House” in Arkansas, we do our best to bring you great coffee in a warm atmosphere. We love coffee and we love Fayetteville, and we hope this is apparent in our support of this town and in our dedication to bringing you high quality coffee since 1992.
Art in the Image is a ministry of visual art for worship, spiritual development & pastoral care. To create is to act in the image of God and invite God in.
Art Minister and Created to Create program director, Rev. Darci Jaret has led groups in communal art making for worship, pastoral care, or spiritual development in multiple faith communities, small groups, a children’s home, national Christian conferences, retreats, and more. Through her vocation as an art minister, Darci leads not only the congregation she serves, but thousands of others to experience God through art.
Our creative God has given us all the ability to create and speak God’s truth if we open ourselves up to our inner artist. Many people have cut themselves off from this aspect of creative energy of the spirit. Darci developed a Pastoral Care Model that facilitates creative narrative expression and helps people take the first steps toward discovering their own language of creativity.
Asona Ashram enhances Peace, understanding, and cooperation between people from different religious and ethnic communities.
Our Asona Ashram (अΣO אن冬宮) is a gather place for families and friends from our many different religious, ethnic, and cultural communities.
We are inspired by the examples of Avraham, the Benevolent Samaritan, Baha’is, the Sadhu, and the teachings of hospitality within our respective traditions.
We are guided by the Welt Ethos, the Charter For Compassion, the United Religions Initiative Charter, the Earth Charter, and the Universal Declaration Of Human Rights.
We are egalitarian and our decisions are made through general consensus.
We are dedicated towards serving our local community.
Take a setting provided by nature, offering the essence of spirituality in environment. Erect here an architecture to evoke the concept of engaging religious faith in conversation with the world. To this place gather, in lively encounter, leaders of religious thought to redefine spiritual values, to question, to seek relevant answers in a troubled world. Here create a national-global ecumenical center for seminars and dialogues on theological concerns of contemporary society. It is a testament to remind people in Aspen that there is foremost a spiritual dimension to our existence. It is a center for retreats, for meditation, for special worship services open to all, for musical presentations, for exhibits of art and literature and any other efforts to seek paths leading to brotherhood and peace. This is the Aspen Chapel.
These are the words printed on the program for the Chapel’s groundbreaking ceremony on June 8, 1968 where representatives of Protestant, Catholic and Jewish faiths were present along with the governor of Colorado. This vision is in effect today. The Chapel provides weekly services of Christian worship and Jewish Shabbat. Religious education for youth is on-going and spiritual seminars for adults are frequent. The Chapel features music concerts and art openings regularly. The ministry of marriage, baptism, memorial and counseling are constant features of the Chapel’s life. Personal connections are made daily. The Chapel is governed by a Board of Trustees, a Christian Administrative Board, and a Jewish Board of Directors. It also functions with various permanent and temporary committees and teams.
The Chapel ministers to a broad community of residents, second homeowners, and visitors throughout Aspen and the Roaring Fork Valley. Many of our constituents understand themselves as people of faith, but have moved beyond traditional religious institutionalism and exclusivity. The Chapel community welcomes all seeking and following a divinely oriented spiritual path. The Chapel also fosters a core group of people regularly involved in worship, education, service and community. They see the Chapel Community to which they belong as an expression of that global community into which we are all born as members of the human race, and chose to see a spiritual dimension to all of life. Here is the Church into which the Cosmic Christ bids us to be born again.
As an interfaith Chapel, we emphasize an open and progressive theology. While respecting tradition and liturgy, we are redefining spiritual truths and values. We want to be honest and authentic in the way we relate to God and compassionate to one another. We desire to be realistic as we connect our spirituality to all realms of knowledge and understanding. We search for creative forms of worship and spiritual community. We wish to be part of the spiritual awakening where great faiths of this world are sharing their wisdom and the theme of unity with diversity progresses. We seek to be a Chapel, which honors religious history, responds to contemporary society, and envisions a spiritual future. There are many programs and goals yet to achieve. With God’s help, we are going forward in faith to fulfill the vision of the founders on the day they stood with a ceremonial shovel in hand.
We support the Charter for Compassion both in our work and in our personal lives. Associated Services provides legal support and consulting services to government agencies and law firms across the nation. We regularly volunteer our time, skills and creative insights to help those in need. Whether helping out in simple ways or seeking solutions to global challenges, Associated Services helps make a meaningful difference in the lives of others and have an enduring impact on the communities where we live and work. In addition to giving back to the community, we also provide FREE service of process and skip-tracing to qualified low-income families and facilitate the platform ASK a LAWYER that aims to help the community with free legal advice and timely legal help.
The Center's mission is to provide a public gathering place that strengthens community and fosters creativity through the presentation of performing arts.
Our presentations challenge our world views, help us understand other cultures, and change minds and hearts. From Broadway national tours, to individual artists, to local arts organizations, we seek to present the highest quality productions.
The performing arts allow us to see the world around us from different points of view and in turn, they allow us to experience another's perspective. When we let go, and allow ourselves to be in that other perspective, we can truly experience compassion.
Athens Religious Society of Friends (Quaker meeting) (Athens, GA, USA)
Background About Friends
For those not familiar with the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers), we are seekers of spiritual truth. Quakerism was founded in the mid 1600s by Christians who believed experiencing the Spirit could be achieved individually and that intervention by ordained ministers was not necessary for spiritual growth. We continue that tradition today by continuing to seek and grow spiritually as individuals. We gather as a group to share our journey with other seekers. By gathering to worship together (referred to as Meeting for Worship), we are able to share our journey with other Friends and help each other achieve a greater spiritual understanding. We hold Silent Worship, which consists of an hour of sitting together in silence, with the silence being broken whenever someone feels led to share a message. Although there is no single minister, we all minister to each other. Matters of business are guided by the Clerk, who also opens and closes the worship hour.
If you value simplicity, peace, integrity, community, equality, and sustainability, our Meeting may be for you. We welcome people of all backgrounds, races, religions, and genders. We encourage dynamic, engaging, and heartfelt discussions around topics that help us expand our understanding of ourselves, of each other, and the world in which we live.
Meeting (church) Location
Our small Meeting of Friends (Quakers) gathers every First Day (Sunday) morning for Silent Worship at 1685 Commerce Road (Suite 1), Athens, Georgia (we share space with Casa De Amistad). Enter through the front or rear entrance of the building. Parking is available in the lot behind the building, which you access from Old Commerce Road.
We have an hour of silent worship from 10:30 - 11:30 (for more information please go to our link about Worship). Following worship we share announcements and have fellowship until 11:45. Between 11:45 and 12:30 we engage in discussions on topics that help us grow spiritually and as a community. On the first Sunday of every month we discuss Meeting Business. We also have First Day School (Sunday School) activities for children while the adults are in silent worship.
Every year, we work with more than 600 nonprofit partners—including food pantries, community kitchens, childcare centers, night shelters and senior centers—to distribute over 60 million meals to more than 755,000 people in 29 counties across metro Atlanta and north Georgia.
We are a member of Feeding America, the nation’s leading domestic hunger-relief charity.
Who We Serve
Food pantries, community kitchens, childcare centers, night shelters, and senior centers are among the agencies that receive product from the Food Bank. In turn, these partner agencies provide food and other critical resources for low-income Georgians who suffer from hunger and food insecurity.
How It Works
The Food Bank utilizes more than 1,700 volunteers a month, over 150 staff members, a large fleet of trucks and a 129,000 square-foot facility to procure and distribute food and grocery items received from hundreds of donors. Our donors include manufacturers, wholesalers, retailers, brokers, restaurants, food drives, gardens and individuals. The product is easily accessed by our partner agencies. They place their orders online and arrange for pick up or delivery. Once the food arrives at the agency, it is provided to families and individuals in need.
It Starts With Food, but it Doesn't Stop There.
The mission of the Atlanta Community Food Bank is to fight hunger by engaging, educating and empowering our community. While our core work is food distribution, our efforts extend far beyond that. Our mission is lived out every day through seven projects that help engage, educate and empower both people in need and those who want to help. From supporting community gardens to assisting people in finding economic security, the Food Bank covers a wide range of opportunities for people to learn and get involved. Our seven projects are Atlanta Prosperity Campaign, Atlanta’s Table, Community Gardens, Hunger 101, Hunger Walk/Run, Kids In Need and Product Rescue Center.
Human Dignity: Personal and Societal Transformation
What we think of ourselves does matter. If we believe that our nature is less than whole, we will participate in the creation of an unhealthy environment. If we have the courage to embrace our true nature of wisdom and compassion a more healthy world will emerge. We call this basic goodness.
Welcome
We offer free meditation instruction, talks and discussion to the public every week, as well as programs in meditation, Shambhala Buddhist teachings, and other contemplative disciplines.
Organizations establish and maintain their vitality when they develop sustainable practices that not only involve, but revolve, around individuals. Avatar Resources helps organizations create processes that allow people to dream and voice all their aspirations in collaboration. It is an approach that ensures the individual and the organization realize their full potential.
Avatar Resources, Inc. was founded in 1987 to provide powerful consulting and coaching services to clients worldwide. Headquartered near Seattle, Washington, we have developed a broad and specialized network of affiliate offices on four continents. Our group has depth and breadth of expertise, comprised of professionals in multiple offices to provide each client with dedicated focus, abundant energy, and unmatched insight into organizational dynamics.
No matter what the scope or size of project, our philosophy is to have a hands-on approach to each and every client encounter and to measure the impact of our work every step of the way.
(A.A.T.F.P.), fronted by singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Aviva, are an all original, award-winning musical ensemble known for their amazing, encouraging lyrics and positive, community-building energy. Their music is a soundtrack for life ranging from well-produced tracks with rock, pop, and world sounds as well as raw, folky and always catchy tunes in their weekly Sunday Songwriting show.
They have appeared nationally at events, festivals and musical venues magnetically performing with and for well-known artists as well as local talent, street shows and fundraisers. For the Flying Penguins, music is not just a business but a lifestyle. Think about it, how sustainable would this world be without music? Stay tuned (literally) as they work diligently on their newest album "Key Of You" tuned to 432hz.
Earth Day Article by Aviva: "Hemp is here for us this Earth Day" (2016)
This Earth Day it would be an injustice not to mention the many ways hemp has recently been helping to turn this world's toxic sludge wastelands into air-fresh, fertile soil grounds. It is efficient even, I believe, to say that these toxic practices are our past and we will be continually quickly shifting to hemp products to sustain our planet's eco-system. (photo below by John Henry)
The Georgia Hemp Economic Revival Organization (GA H.E.R.O.) founded in May of 2013 is one of many global groups dedicated to educating the public about how the environment and economy can be greatly helped as we start farming hemp again. Hemp can make fuel. Fossil Fuels is one of the worst things for our environment. Also, the horrible plastics made from a derivative of petroleum that don't break down have disastrous effects on our delicate eco-system not to mention the harm they do to our bodies. Hemp plastics and other bio-plastics that are already on the market are biodegradable and the time is now to pressure companies to utilize all means necessary to provide us with these safer, earth-friendly products. Our other option as a consumer is to try our best not to purchase these plastics and opt for glass containers, reusable cloth grocery bags, etc. Generally grocery stores do currently provide at least one water brand in a biodegradable bio-bottle. Unfortunately, American laws restricting the cultivation of hemp along with the high taxing and stringent inter-state trade laws, still limit our capabilities to develop this greener technology.
But enough about technology, hemp has very deep roots, sometimes up to 8 feet, which has a very important role in keeping our topsoil on the earth. Several civilizations met their demise because of topsoil erosion and the inability to grow food. If you have been to the canyons in Providence, GA you get a good idea of what topsoil erosion is. Hemp is also a mop crop which remediates the soil (aka phyto-remediation). Similar to sunflowers, but exponentially more effective, hemp leeches up lead from the soil amongst many other toxins including nuclear waste. It was used by scientists in the Ukraine to pull cesium out of the soil near the Chernobyl site. This year a Japan forum and Climate emergency virtual teleconference on July 2nd plans to stress the need to remediate Fukushima's soil with Industrial Hemp. Our friends in Flint, Michigan not only can't drink their water, nothing is growing in their soil. The only thing that is stopping a plan to heal the soil with hemp is this lack of awareness and bans. The 2014 Farm Bill was a first step to allow research in states where hemp farming is legal with Sec. 7606, "The Legitimacy of Industrial Hemp Research". Despite this victory, there's still work to be done before all farmers can grow hemp. We can help advise Congress to pass the Industrial Hemp Farming Act (S. 134, H.R. 525), which would remove hemp from the Federal Schedule of Controlled Substances. Take Action with Vote Hemp today!
Hemp History Week is another platform for learning about the progress of the global hemp industry. This June 6-12th marks the 7th annual week of this organization's grassroots education and activism. All over the U.S. you can find events in almost every state , often multiple events (last year there were over 1600 national events) ranging from movie-screenings to panels and live-music usually accompanied by samples of hemp products like soap, bath gel, and t-shirts. GA H.E.R.O. will be presenting our 4th annual HHW event here in Atlanta, GA as we fundraise to embark on a sunflower remediation project to clean up local brown-field sites similar to Proctor creek while raising awareness of what hemp can do. We will be partnering with local environmental groups to complete this project.
From what we have learned and researched, hemp is one of the ONLY topics that gives us hope this Earth Day that we can clean up our planet and bring our eco-system back into harmony. But please do your own research and decide for yourself what the most compassionate choices and actions are for you this Earth Day.
*If you liked this article and want to support eco-music please check out some of our latest music videos in reference to this article, In Colorado In July (see below) we actually take you to the Providence Canyons, and in Cannabis Car, we sing about a car that not only runs on Cannabis fuel, but also about how hemp makes paper and building materials as well. Hemp fibers are even used to create the body of the cannabis car. We strive to make this world a better, more compassionate place by singing about relevance,truth, peace and justice, while creating beautiful music.
Awakening 360 (Berkeley, CA, USA)
Awakening360 is a holistic hub where seekers, practitioners, teachers and organizations meet to forge a vibrant community consciousness around well-being, growth and sustainability to self, other and nature.
For us, living, working and loving with awareness is the only way to be, and we don’t only mean sitting at the top of the mountain until enlightenment strikes, we're also talking about the good old basics! You know, eating consciously and healthily; exercising not only our bodies, but our hearts, minds and spirits; meditating; owning our projections and taking responsibility for our actions; making conscious decisions about the products we buy and consume; and being active in our communities.
We firmly believe living holistically is contagious and we sincerely hope you will help us spread the vibe! Conscious. Mindful. Aware. This is what our community is about. Join us today; we can’t do it without you!
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Awakening Compassion at Work (Menlo Park, CA, USA)
Awakening Compassion at Work is a new book by authors Monica Worline and Jane Dutton. We are researchers who have spent the past 20 years studying compassion in workplaces and other organizations. This book shares our research, as well as that of others in our field, in an accessible and practical form - with the mission of helping to inform and inspire the world's "compassion architects" -- those people who make compassion come alive in their organizations and communities.
We are living in an epidemic of disengagement and despair at work; an epidemic that is a costly drain on human and organizational potential. These widespread forms of suffering rob workplaces of humanity, dignity, and motivation. So why doesn’t alleviating suffering rise to the top of most managers’ and leaders’ concerns? As we write, organizations have undervalued compassion but it is an essential form of human skill in today’s workplace.
We draw from evidence from a variety of researchers to demonstrate that compassion confers measurable strategic advantages in businesses that compete on innovation, collaboration, service quality, adaptability, and talent. We also add to the growing body of work on compassion as an interpersonal experience by showing compassion as a distinctive form of organizational competence as well.
This book and the related materials offered by Monica and Jane offer blueprints for organizational change that highlight steps anyone can take to alleviate suffering in their workplace, including systemic substantive design principles to guide leaders and change agents toward creating lasting and sustainable compassion competence in their organizations.
The Awareness Foundation, based in London, was founded in 2003 in response to the disturbing increase in religious conflict and violence around the world. The Awareness Foundation's Patron is the Archbishop of Canterbury. The Awareness Foundation offers two principal programmes: the Awareness Course, which provides participants with the opportunity to explore Christianity in the context of today's reality, and the Awareness Forum, a vehicle for the communication of ideas, new thinking, opinions and commentary on the critical religious and cultural issues facing societies around the world today.
Awareness in Action is dedicated to helping people find meaning and value in their working life through offering trainings in meditation and compassion. Our focus is on sharing these techniques in a practical and accessible way, so they can be immediately integrated into work situations.
Our mission is to inspire compassion and connectedness. How? We work with artists to create mindful experiences and art environments in cities around the globe.
B.KIND will host artists and innovators, performers, ethical warriors, peace makers, meditation sessions, yoga classes, live musical performances, spiritual talks, renewable energy demos, art installations, athletes to lead bicycle safety rides, city officials and curators to lead walks, mindful merchandise made by local artists, catering trucks dispensing free food and water, and free guides.
Art in city spaces connects people across cultural divides. It also generates economic activity, and has proven to reduce crime and enhance real estate values. Contact us for information about how B.KIND can make your city more compassionate.
Tell me and I will forget; show me and I may remember; involve me and I will understand. ~Confucius, circa 500 BC
Bainbridge Island / North Kitsap Interfaith Council (Bainbridge Island, WA, USA)
Who we are:
An association of many different faith groups in the Bainbridge Island/North Kitsap area, sharing, respecting and celebrating our different religious traditions and seeking common, faith-based ground in working together for the good in our community and beyond.
Our stated purposes:
to work for dignity, justice and opportunity for all persons; to speak for the voiceless, confront violence and oppression and bring healing to the wounded; to assist a greater responsiveness to human need in the institutions, structures and environment in our community; to nurture peace among and unity within communities and nations; to care for the earth, defending the rights of all its creatures and seeking the reverent and equitable use of its resources; to welcome dialogue with people of all faiths, recognizing that we are enriched through their presence and collaboration; to work with people of all faiths for the common good.
"... dedicated to the promotion of peace on our planet"
Having recently retired, we were relaxing by watching a movie called "That's What I Am", written and directed by Michael Pavone. In the movie, one of the primary characters, Mr. Simon, won a contest by entering a paper on how to achieve world peace. Mr. Simon's submittal contained the following five words: HUMAN DIGNITY + COMPASSION=PEACE.
We were so impressed by the simple, yet powerful symbolic logic slogan, that we wanted to use it as part of our goal to increase the consciousness of Peace throughout the world.
Soon, we created our own symbolic logic slogans that we think could touch the hearts and minds of any human on the planet. We encourage you to send us your favorites and, if appropriate, we will add it to our "arsenal".
We would love to work with PEACE organizations worldwide to help make World Peace a reality. With everybody's help, we think it can be achieved.
Location: Maineville, OH, USA
Bay Area Nonviolent Communication (Oakland, CA, USA)
We share Nonviolent Communication (also called "NVC" or "Compassionate Communication") towards the creation of a world where people are able to see each other's innate value, and are equipped with skills to make peace. Building on the nonviolent legacies of Mahatma Gandhi, Badshah Khan and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., we recognize that personal and social transformations are intertwined. We develop programming with explicit attention to balancing individual growth with wider social change. BayNVC trainers are available for individual, couple and family counseling; mediation and meeting facilitation; full and half-day NVC workshops at organizations, and conflict resolution services.
A Warm Welcome from the San Mateo Bible Baptist Church
We are a Bible-believing Baptist Church, here on the border of Marikina City and Quezon City. Our address is # 11 Rosas St., Dona Pepeng Subd., Banaba, San Mateo, Rizal, 1850, Phils.
We the San Mateo Bible Baptist Church would be more than welcome to have you come and worship with us in our services.We hope to see you.
Bedoubags are woven in traditional Bedouin patterns on the ground loom by women working from home so they can take care of their families. With your acquisition you revive a centuries old weaving tradition; give local women in the area of Petra a chance to support their families and inspire girls to learn a craft. Each bag is unique, is woven with a woolen thread or a recycled thread and bares the creative signature of the woman who crafted it. All revenues go to the project in the form of designs, materials, training and promotion. The organization is managed by Sandra Jelly, an artist, designer and horse coach from Amsterdam with a background in business economics and advertising. She followed her passions for painting and horses, fell in love with Jordan and started making bags in 2010 in order to share her talents with the local community and empower women.
beinghuman started in 2000 when musician, artist & film maker Gaynor O’Flynn travelled to Spitti, in the Indian Himalayas to film a documentary and webcast of Kalachakra, a Tibetan Buddhist ceremony by the Dalai Lama. Based in a beautiful, restored warehouse in Frome, Somerset, beinghuman now has over 20,000 on our digital network & is an independent label & production company for Gaynor’s music, art and film.
Believe and Achieve Coaching (Beverly Hills, CA, USA)
Paula Verbit is a Life Coach and Bridal Coach with a diverse background that brings a world of experience, learning, and understanding to her clients. Paula is the owner of Believe and Achieve Coaching and its subsidiary, Perfect Bridal Coaching. She has worked as a Life Coach with men and women at every phase of life in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Bermuda. Paula specializes in working with brides and women in transition.
Paula is a Certified Professional Coach, and a graduate of International Coach Academy (ICA), a coaching school certified by the International Coach Federation. Paula received her ACC Certification from the International Coach Federation. She is also a member of the International Association of Coaching, the Creativity Coaching Association and Imagery International.
Paula draws from her experience as a Certified Mediator, with Masters Units in Mediation and Conflict Resolution. She also holds a B.A. in Spanish from the University of California at Santa Barbara, and an Adult Teaching Credential from UCLA.
Paula uses Bold Questions, Intuitive Inquiry and Guided Imagery, among other techniques, to help clients come to an empowered awareness, which leads to action and goal fulfillment. Although goal fulfillment is always up to the client, Paula is known for helping clients get the results they want – whether that is a new job, going back to school, or getting engaged! Paula gets the job done!
Location: Beverly Hills, CA, USA
Berkley Center for Religion, Peace and World Affairs (Washington, DC, USA)
Georgetown University's Berkley Center is dedicated to the interdisciplinary study of religion and the advancement of interdisciplinary understanding. Its scholars, programs, events, and publications examine the intersection of religion with global policy challenges of diplomacy, democracy, development and dialogue. The Center builds on core Georgetown strengths: academic excellence; Washington, DC, location; international reach; and a Catholic and Jesuit tradition open to other faiths and the wider world.
Our church welcomes people to come together, share their stories and grow in relationship to God. Our aim is to become biblically informed and to make these teachings a part of our daily living. In an environment of hospitality and acceptance, all people are made to feel welcomed and needed, and are encouraged to discover and share their gifts in service to others.
A variety of Christian education experiences are offered for all ages. We are blessed with a staff of faithful volunteer teachers and leaders who are dedicated to God and the mission of the church, and who care about persons and their growth as disciples of Jesus Christ.
Whether you are curious about the Christian faith, or a new or long time member of the church, we invite you to come and grow spiritually here at Bethany.
We are a member congregation of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ). We are an open church – open to helping each other grow by sharing our doubts as well as our faith, our fears as well as our hopes. We believe that real spiritual growth is possible only in an atmosphere of acceptance, love and support.
We are people of every background and theology who gather together to worship. We are bound together in fellowship and service by belief that Jesus is the Christ, the Savior of the world. On all other matters the church recognizes the right of its members to freedom of opinion.
Bethel United Church of Christ (Waterford, MI, USA)
Who We Are
The United Church of Christ acknowledges as its sole head, Jesus Christ, Son of God and Saviour. It acknowledges as kindred in Christ all who share in this confession. It looks to the Word of God in the Scriptures, and to the presence ad power of the Holy Spirit to prosper its creative and redemptive work in the world. It claims as its own faith of the historic Church expressed in the ancient creeds and reclaimed in the basic insights of the Protestant Reformers. It affirms the responsibility of the Church in each generation to make this faith its own in reality of worship, in honesty of thought and expression, and in purity of heart before God. In accordance with the teaching of our Lord and the practice prevailing among evangelical Christians, it recognizes two sacraments: Baptism and the Lord's Supper or Holy Communion.
Mission
At Bethel United Church of Christ, we are seeking the guidance and power of the Holy Spirit, and The faithful response to our congregation to: •Spread God's Word •Reach out to the community and world by imitating Christ's service •Share the comfort of knowing Jesus Christ, and •Grow in the knowledge and love of God in Christ.
Together Beyond Words (TBW) is a non-profit organization whose mission is to promote the empowerment of women, the healing of emotional wounds and traumas and the undermining of prejudice as a path towards building a just and peacefull society.
To accomplish this goal we run workshops, trainings and courses for Arab Palestinian and Jewish women using an innovative multi-disciplinary educational model.
Current psychological research suggests that some of the core teachings of the Buddha have the potential for effectively cultivating the values of kindness, compassion, happiness and peace of mind. As Buddhism comes to the west, it is our hope and passion to support the building of an open community of the different traditions and practices of Buddhism as a way to demonstrate the potential for humans to be open and tolerant of others who do not share their views. We can model this potential in how we interact with each other.
At Big Brand Theory, we believe that relevance is what makes a successful brand. Without it, you fail. If you don't communicate it in a concise and compelling way, you fail.
We help companies attain or retain relevance, today and into the future by fixing brand stories that are broken, and creating new ones that have yet to be told.
We work with you to develop and maintain a brand narrative and position that is pure and lasting -- unfiltered by bias, unencumbered by unrealistic expectations, and aligned both internally and externally. Read more about our process here.
Are you ready to create Brand Relevance and expand your company's brand potential? Then give us a shout.
Big Daddy Biscuits are made with natural and organic ingredients in Atlanta, Georgia. Each biscuit is hand-stamped, baked, and packaged by Big Mama and her small team of local bakers. Whenever possible, Big Daddy Biscuits use locally-sourced ingredients.
At Big Daddy Biscuits, we believe that pets are people too! Doesn’t your fur kid deserve high quality, locally-made treats? Our biscuits support the local economy and never contain processed ingredients.
Bird Enterprises helps you to recycle. They pick up any old appliances and determine if they can be repaired, if not, they are appropriately recycled. Fixed items are denoted to local charities. There is no charge for pick up of items. Bird also takes used car parts, old shelving and air conditioners.
Bo Kwang Zen Center is a Buddhist community dedicated to cultivating compassion and wisdom through Korean Ganhwa Zen teachings.
So you should view this fleeting world – A star at dawn, a bubble in a stream, A flash of lightening in a summer cloud, A flickering lamp, a phantom, and a dream.-Diamond Sutra
Korean Ganhwa Zen is unique in that it has retained much of the essence of the original Zen of China: Chinese Chan. It’s use of the koan or “Hwadu” is unlike that of Japanese Zen koan practice and is relatively unknown in the West.
Each and every one of us are endowed with the seeds of Buddha-Nature (“Enlightenment”). It is only because of our conditioned way of thinking, and our attachment to our own delusion that we are not able to see what we already have. Zen practice is the way to care for those seeds allowing them to sprout, grow, and flower. By having this realization of our Buddha-Nature we erode our negative habits allowing us to respond more openly in our everyday lives, which develops a sense of universal friendliness, and shows us the interdependence of all existence.
Bodhi Kids is a model for mindful compassionate education that is steeped in the teachings of the Buddhadharma. There are several overarching principles that guide us though our primary one is that these programs remain open to all people of all affiliations, religious and secular. We aim to provide this model to Buddhist centers in Western countries, along with the networking support they need, to increase compassionate outreach via family programing.
Bodhi Kids was founded by Maya van der Meer, a mother living in Upstate New York. The first “beta testing” Bodhi Kids programs have been hosted by Karma Triyana Dharmachakra monastery (KTD), the largest Tibetan monastery in North America located in the beautiful Catskill mountains. The monastery serves as the North American seat of His Holiness the 17th Gyalwa Karmapa, head of the Karma Kagyu lineage. After significant program development and several programs we have learned A LOT. Our May 2013 Compassion Family Day drew over 60 people! Bodhi Kids provided significant amounts of consultation to KTD’s national committee for educational outreach as well as on-location support over a 3-year period. Now, in addition to hosting four Bodhi Kids Family days a year, KTD is also developing their own programs catered to their unique status as HH Karmapa’s main North American seat. This new programming for their local sangha and their network of KTC centers worldwide is called Karmapa Kids. Bodhi Kids applauds KTD for its commitment to family programing! Additionally, we are very happy to see how well the Bodhi Kids model comes to life and we are currently supporting other centers committed to this kind of activity around the world!
Our company is based on the belief that our customers' needs are of the utmost importance. Our entire team is committed to meeting those needs. As a result, a high percentage of our business is from repeat customers and referrals.
We would welcome the opportunity to earn your trust and deliver you the best service in the industry.
Elope to BoHo Cornwall. Run away to the ends of the earth and tie the knot in utter seclusion.
We are a specialist elopement venue and offer a personal, romantic experience for couples who want their wedding day to be truly meaningful.
We're passionate about working with you to create an intimate, elegant ceremony that's all about the two of you.
Nestled on the very edge of West Cornwall where the ancient rugged landscape tumbles into the Atlantic Ocean, BoHo Cornwall is a beguiling setting for your romantic adventure.
Run away and elope. Come and get married here at BoHo Cornwall.
Our 100 year old Arts and Crafts home combines the traditional (oak panelling, roaring fires, sweeping oak staircase) with our own contemporary style. We think it's the perfect UK elopement venue.
Ideal for a cosy, Autumn or Winter wedding when the setting sun fills the sky with rich reds and golds.
Imagine… a candle lit ceremony in the oak panelled hall, the fire crackling in the stone fireplace, your own tailor-made playlist as the soundtrack of your elopement.
Or, if the weather is kind, marry in our walled garden en plein air, barefoot if that's what you fancy. The wedding arbour is strung with crisp white bunting and fairy lights. Its walls are hung with pretty wooden hearts. Striking architectural topiary and contemporary outdoor sofas create the perfect romantic space to make your vows.
We’ll help you create your perfect elopement, whether it be a classic car to whisk you along the stunningly scenic coastal road for a foodie treat at the renowned Gurnard’s Head, or a romantic catered and chauffeured Champagne picnic in a ‘59 vintage British camper van, or maybe you’d rather curl up by the fire with a BoHo deli-platter and Champagne and watch the sun sink into the Atlantic Ocean.
Ochre and Umber are our boutique-hotel style self-catering bolt holes, with luxurious touches - 4 poster bed, rain fall shower, roll-top bath, Tri-Dosha toiletries, wood burning stove and wonderful views.
Run away to BoHo Cornwall with the one you love - your truly romantic adventure.
Elope to BoHo Cornwall. No fuss. No stress. True romance
Boise Unitarian Universalist Fellowship (Boise, ID, USA)
Adhering to Unitarian Universalist values and traditions, BUUF strives to promote justice in all things. We believe that the holy is known by many names and practices, so we honor each person's religious path. We also cherish religious community, so together we worship, learn, play, celebrate life's passages, and give and receive pastoral support.
…qui s’atrophie si on ne le développe pas, ou qui devient une machine de guerre rapide et incisive lorsqu’on l’entraîne.
Les trainings Booster Lab sont là pour ça, comme des piqûres de rappel, pour vous permettre de vous entraîner sans craindre l’échec. Faciles à planifier, ces rendez-vous créatifs peuvent avoir lieu un après-midi chaque mois, chaque trimestre ou chaque semestre.
Booster Lab trainings are here for, like booster shots, to allow you to practice without fear of failure. Easy to plan, these creative appointments can take place one afternoon every month, every quarter or every six months.
Our skills with creativity process helps organizations, individuals to connect each other with their creativity and to observe more efficiently what really matters. It concerns all kinds of organizations.
Bosconian International Chamber of Commerce Cebu (Cebu, Phillippines)
Mission: “Inspired by the family spirit of Saint John Bosco and committing to the Bosconian values of excellence, integrity, work ethic, and social responsibility, the BICC Cebu Chapter is a network of Bosconians in business and industry established to harness their talents and resources for its members and other Bosconians, and to contribute to the development of society.”
The Centre based in Gaborone, is managed by a full time coordinator. The Centre also accommodates the library, comprising of a large collection of Islamic books, which is being continuously revised and updated. We have an assorted collection of DVDs on religious talks, debates and Islamic documentaries. These are screened on TV daily for viewing by those who visit the centre. The coordinator is also responsible for conducting organised tours of the mosque by schools and organisations. In addition to a tour of the facility, visitors are given a brief introduction to faith and culture of Muslims, followed by Q & A session, with the express intent of offering our guests the opportunity to hear the authentic message of Islam.
Presentation on Islam in the University of Botswana and various local schools. We work with professors, teachers, students, and organizations to deliver lectures, followed by Q & A sessions. Education about Islam and Muslims is the main focus of these activities.
The Gaborone Da’wah Committee participates at the Annual Trade Fair held each year in the month of August. This event gives us the opportunity to showcase Islam in Botswana and provides opportunity to dispel the myths and clear many misconceptions about Islam and Muslims, on a one-to-one basis. Many persons have embraced Islam at the Da’wah stall, whilst a number of others have reverted to Islam, having visited the Centre and were convinced about the True Message.
Ads & articles in Botswana newspapers stimulate tremendous response from readers around the country, who request materials by phone or mail, or schedule visits to our centre for tours, attending classes, and getting to know Islam at grassroots level.
We have a dedicated team of volunteers who coordinate the prison Da’wah program. They visit the Gaborone Prison regularly, imparting Islamic knowledge and also host Ramadan Iftari for Muslim prisoners. Our main audience is the City of Gaborone and immediate neighbours. We are blessed to receive many out of town guests, as well as many visitors from smaller communities where Islamic Centres are not fully established. In order to coordinate the propagation activities countrywide, we have established links with a number of regional centres in other towns and major villages. Islamic material is sent to these centres regularly and propagation carried out by qualified personnel.
The Gaborone Da’wah Committee, in conjunction with other organisations in Botswana, conduct lectures and seminars by inviting scholars of international repute. These experts help facilitate consistent delivery of the message of Islam.
Informal discussions every Sunday between 0900 hours and 1230 hours with Sheikh Hassan (and other knowledgeable brothers and sisters:). These sessions are for all levels. A great time to learn, share, ask questions. These sessions will focus on strengthening the fundamentals of Islam for these newly reverted Muslims.
Upon request, the Gaborone Dawah Committee provides Free Qu’rans, including English translations, Islamic books, CDs and brochures through its various regional centres.
Box Ox Moving Company LLC is a small transportation company, opened in 2013.
Location: Fayetteville, AR, USA
BraveHeart Women (Rancho Cordova, CA, USA)
Our mission is to bring Women of the world together to receive & give Inspiration in the areas of Self-Esteem, Empowerment, Purpose, Passion and Personal Prosperity. We offer commUnity through our worldwide collaborations and provide tools that assist women and girls to discover their innate sense of power through the visceral body and help clear blocks that diminish that power, beauty and voice.
Brayden Patterson Productions (St. Louis, MO, USA)
Brayden Patterson Productions makes films that help youth question issues, resolve conflicts, and work through dilemmas that are present in our diverse world.
To Inflict
"To Inflict" is an Action/Drama short film about anger. The Film follows a guy named Gage Bladik. It shows some events in his life, and how he deals with each situation. The Film was released in January 2013 in a theater and on DVD.
The film follows a man who’s anger issues threaten to upset the relationships in his life. Themes include that of brotherly love, and the desire to change oneself for another person.
The effects from one person on the road or face to face with anger and emotions can have a profound impact on your day whether it's in the morning before work or school, during lunch or even after the commute is nearing closure for the day. Our film titled "To Inflict" brings you inside the life of two individuals and how it affects both themselves and the lives around them. This story is depicted through a first-hand set of experiences that will make you become more aware of the impact-full nature of the often overlooked topics of anger.
Resolve
Resolve takes place in a near future United States that has fallen under corrupt martial law. Within the martial law system, the government is targeting people (homeless, immigrants, people of various faiths) and arresting or killing them because they don't fit within the new regime. A young couple, Brooke (Betsy Bowman) and Noah (Nicholas Gianini), who dreamed of changing the world together, find themselves changing the world right around them. They are part of an underground railroad that hides and smuggles people out of the military's reach.
However, their success has caused them to be noticed and targeted by an Army unit led by Staff Sergeant Eric Thomson (Nick Herra) and Sergeant Melissa Winters (Sarah Baker). So far Brooke and Noah have evaded capture, but luck only lasts so long.
The film deals with themes like fear, redemption, and sacrifice.
Location: St. Louis, MO, USA
Brecia Creative (Santa Barbara, CA, USA)
Brecia Creative is the way that Brecia Kralovic-Logan offers creativity retreats, art travel, workshops, programs, books, lectures, and resources for claiming your creative courage. She teaches fiber art workshops designed to support creative growth, retreats for spirited creativity, and art travel experiences that are designed to nurture and support creative expansion. Brecia is the author of The SPIRAL of CREATIVITY- Mastering the Art of a Spirited Life and she offers workshops, lectures and programs on creative living.
Bridgers Association Cameroon (Buea, South-West, Cameroon)
Bridgers Association Cameroon is a registered non profit Organization in Cameroon with focus on women and striving to end gender based violence on women.
Bridgers Association Cameroon was hatched from a careful sociological study inspired by some of our life experiences and stories. We settled on the decision to create a nongovernmental, nonprofit Civil Society Association that was to champion the empowerment of women and promote human and community development, and carry out effective sensitization and capacity building for sustainable development in our society. All these to work towards achieving SDG’s.
We have an Advisory Board and a dedicated volunteering staff headed by Madam AZAH Jackline CHEY. This is a dynamic team of men and women of all walks of life imbued with practical experience and the zeal to positively contribute in changing lives in a holistic and sustainable manner.
Bridgers operates from Buea, South West Region of Cameroon and always ready to partner and work with others in good faith to achieve results that advance the female folk.
Our Mission:
To bridge the gab between men and women especially within rural communities in order to pave the way for gender balance.
Our Vision:
To be a leading Organization in Africa empowering women through advocacy.
The official name of our denomination is the Religious Society of Friends. We also refer to ourselves as "Friends" or "Quakers." Two things make us unique among Protestant denominations: our traditional style of worship, and our group method of making decisions. Quakers believe that every person can learn to hear God's prompting and to live by it. We know that people of all ages, races, and sexual orientations are equal before God and we believe that all should be treated equally and fairly by society.
The mission of Bruce Wood Dance Project is to present high-caliber, original, contemporary choreography that harnesses the power of dance as a tool for entertainment, enrichment, and healing. Fortified by Bruce Wood®’s aesthetic, BWDP produces and maintains his repertoire, commissions new work by resident choreographers and guest dance-makers, and contributes to the quality of life in Dallas Fort Worth, Texas, and across the nation.
Buddhism is all about training the mind, and boot camp is an ideal training method for this generation's short attention span. The chapters in this small book can be read in any order, and are short and easy to understand. Each story, inspirational quote and teaching offers mindfulness-enhancing techniques that anyone can relate to.
It is very possible (and perfectly okay) for people who are Catholic, Muslim or Jewish, for example, to still find the Buddha's teachings motivational.
As the Dalai Lama says, "Don’t try to use what you learn from Buddhism to be a Buddhist; use it to be a better whatever-you-already-are.”
There is absolutely no reason to argue over which religion came "first" or whose philosophy is "better". The important thing is to be kind, understanding, peaceful and compassionate, which is actually fundamental in all religions and schools of thought.
Whether it’s Mother Teresa’s acts of charity, Gandhi’s perseverance, or your aunt Betty’s calm demeanor, it doesn't matter who inspires you, so long as you’re motivated to be better today than you were yesterday. Regardless of religion or geographical region, race, ethnicity, color, gender, sexual orientation, age, ability, flexibility or vulnerability, if you do good, you feel good, and if you do bad, you feel bad. Amen! Hallelujah! And all that Jazz!
If you agree that Buddhism isn’t just about meditating, but also about rolling up your sleeves to actually relieve some of the suffering in the world, then become a fan on Facebook (and a follower on Twitter) to meet other like-minded-folks for beach cleanup events, feeding the homeless, caring for the elderly, community yoga, cooking classes, tutoring, or anything we can each do to help others. You’re now a soldier of peace in the army of love; welcome to Buddhist Boot Camp!
About
Timber Hawkeye, author of Buddhist Boot Camp, offers a non-sectarian approach to being at peace with the world, both within and around us. His intention is to awaken, enlighten, enrich and inspire.
To make a long story short...
I sat there in front of the Tibetan Lama, wearing my maroon robes after years of studying Buddhism and said, "With all due respect, I don't believe the Buddha ever intended for his teachings to get THIS complicated!"
My teacher looked around at all the statues of deities with multiple arms and chuckled, "The Buddha didn't do this! The Tibetan culture did; this is their way. Why don't you try Zen? I think you'd like it!"
So I bowed-out of the temple, took off my robes, and moved into a Zen monastery far from home. Zen was simpler; that much was true (the walls were blank and I loved it), but the teachings were still filled with all the dogma that sent me running from religion in the first place.
There are many incredible books out there that cover all aspects of religion, philosophy, psychology and physics, but I was looking for something less "academic", so to speak. I was looking for something inspirational that people today would not only have the attention span to read all the way through, but actually understand and also implement in their daily lives. I pictured a simple guide to being happy, and in it just two words: "Be Grateful."
Gratitude has a way of turning what we have into enough, and that is the basic idea behind Buddhist Boot Camp. The short chapters convey everything I have learned over the years in a way that is easy to understand, without you needing to know anything about Buddhism ahead of time. In-fact, the book isn't about being a Buddhist at all; it's about being a Buddha!
To all of you soldiers of peace in the army of love, welcome to Buddhist Boot Camp!
Buddhist Peace Fellowship, Seattle Chapter (Seattle, WA, USA)
Vision: Aware of the interconnectedness of all things, the Buddhist Peace Fellowship cultivates the conditions for peace, social justice, and environmental sustainability within our selves, our communities, and the world.
Mission The mission of the Buddhist Peace Fellowship (BPF), founded in 1978, is to serve as a catalyst for socially engaged Buddhism. Our purpose is to help beings liberate themselves from the suffering that manifests in individuals, relationships, institutions, and social systems. BPF’s programs, publications, and practice groups link Buddhist teachings of wisdom and compassion with progressive social change.
The Buddhist Peace Fellowship works for peace from diverse Buddhist perspectives.
Buddhist Peace Fellowship embraces a triple treasure of compassionate action – learning, speaking, and doing.
Speaking/Communication: Our public voice brings Buddhist teachings into conversation with situations in the world, inspiring and informing action for peace.
Learning/Community: Our trainings strengthen Buddhist leadership for peace, and build socially engaged Buddhist communities.
Doing/Collaboration: As part of the mandala of social change, we act in collaboration with other organizations and individuals, working together to cultivate the conditions for peace.
Bureau Nevejan and Mindful Compassion Amsterdam (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
Nieuw in 2016: Bevrijdend Inzicht Training
Na Mindfulness en Compassie training wordt nu de unieke vervolg training ‘Bevrijdend Inzicht’ voor het eerst in Nederland aangeboden door Bureau Nevejan. Deze training is gebaseerd op het werk van Rob Nairn, de Mindfulness Association en het Master programma in Mindfulness aan de Abderdeen universiteit in Schotland, waar ik de afgelopen 5 jaar als universitair docent en trainer aan verbonden ben geweest.
In de Bevrijdend Inzicht training verdiepen we de essentie van mindfulness en wat er voor nodig is om je mindfulness beoefening verder te ontwikkelen. Compassie en inzicht/wijsheid worden in de Boeddhistische psychologie gezien als de twee vleugels van een vogel die beiden onlosmakelijk verbonden zijn om werkelijke vrijheid te ervaren en je diep verbonden te weten met al wat leeft. Naast specifieke individuele meditaties werken we ook met de methodiek van contemplatieve groepsdynamiek, waar de groep het object van contemplatie wordt en sociale gewoonten patronen uitgesteld worden om een nieuwe respons te vinden. De eerstvolgende Bevrijdend Inzicht training start op 26-27 november 2016 (zie agenda in rechter kolom) Meer informatie Bevrijdend Inzicht
Training Compassie Jaartraining
Op vrijdag 16 september start weer de Compassie Jaartraining, die uit vier keer een tweedaagse bestaat. Een verdiepende training voor mensen die mindfulness en/of compassie beoefenen, zowel privé als professioneel (trainers en/of opleiders in MBSR/MBCT, MSC, MBCL). Op 'Mindful Compassion Amsterdam' Facebookpagina staat een video filmpje over wat deelnemers hebben terug geven over deze Compassie jaartraining.
Unlocking Interpersonal Potential
In de visie van Annick Nevejan staat een mens niet op zichzelf, maar is altijd verbonden en in relatie met zijn of haar omgeving. Door het erkennen van deze onderlinge samenhang leveren persoonlijke groei, bewustzijn en ‘het beste uit jezelf halen’ een wezenlijke bijdrage aan het grotere geheel en de ontvouwing van het interpersoonlijke potentieel. Nieuwste ontwikkeling in dit kader bij Bureau Nevejan is dat er vanaf juni 2015 een relationele meditatietraining wordt aangeboden, gebaseerd op Contemplatieve Groepsdynamiek van Lawrence Ladden. Deze training is een combinatie van mindfulness en functional subgrouping, een innovatieve communicatie methode ontwikkeld door Yvonne Agazarian.
We are a human rights advocacy coalition of 19 Muslim American organizations working both regionally and nationally. Given the extreme persecution of the Rohingya people in Burma/Myanmar, we urgently seek volunteers, support and interfaith dialogue partners. We also hope that business community will help guide investors in Burma, to ensure that they do not find themselves enabling rights abuses.
Business Service Corps, LLC (BSC) helps companies develop, organize, and implement community outreach programs with measurable results. Together businesses and non-profits build capacity and create shared value.
Our Service
Business Service Corps (BSC) specializes in strategic employee based community engagement programs to support the core values of our clients, transforming civic duty into business strategy. Our services include:
Community investment strategy
Corporate aligned multi-sector partnerships
Social Media CSR communication plan
Employee volunteer programs
Workshops and training in Global Citizenship
Measure and report outcomes
Your Benefit
A cohesive philanthropic and volunteer program aligned with company values and mission
Collaborate stakeholders to create shared value where one operates
A unified message and communication strategy for positive reputation and brand image
Align company's core competency with community projects
Attract and retain top talent
Employee development and engagement
Competitive advantage
Cross departmental cooperation promoting leadership, innovation and creativity
A positive community impact or social change
Measurable outcome report and public relations
Location: Denver, CO, USA
C3 West Michigan's Inclusive Spiritual Connection (Grand Haven, MI, USA)
“We are a community from all backgrounds, spiritual and secular, who have come together to honor and explore what it means to be fully human.”
We invite you to grow, learn, and add your own perspective.
Small group discussions start at 9:00 a.m. Our main Gathering, with musical performances is from 10:00 – 11:00 a.m. Talk-Back on the topic of the day is at 11:15 a.m. Our Children’s Program also begins at 9:00 a.m. and infant care is provided. C3 Afterwards – 5:00 p.m. at The Village Baker (Spring Lake). Where C3 friends meet, eat, drink, and discuss the day’s topics.
Our Vision C3 Exchange is a vibrant, values-based Community in an evolving world that inspires and empowers members in their quest to live a good life. We, in turn, engage and support others in the work for justice and compassion everywhere.
Our Mission C3 Exchange’s mission is to enrich and empower the lives of all people in body, mind, and spirit.
Our Community evolves and grows by:
Welcoming all who share our vision, regardless of their path through life;
Encouraging and supporting the exchange of ideas as a means of personal growth;
Taking responsibility for our actions in the Community and the world;
Accepting one another unconditionally;
Participating in the life of the Community;
Honoring the dignity of every individual, and;
Promoting ourselves and our mission, vision, and values through selected media and through our activities in our local communities.
We engage the greater community by:
Participating in social justice programs, projects, and education;
Supporting programs and initiatives to create diverse, integrated communities;
Encouraging civil discourse and learning with interested citizens on issues of importance for the local communities;
Acting to ensure a sustainable natural and social environment, and;
Asserting that our common humanity is more important than any individual differences.
Cafe Yasín Orgánico (San Pedro Garza García, NL, Mexico)
WHO WE ARE
Yasín Orgánico is an independent organization that originated in Oaxaca, in the south of Mexico, in the face of the great social and economic problems that this state, the second poorest in the republic, was going through. When it was created, it was decided to take action to help vulnerable groups of the different indigenous communities distributed in the 8 regions, who develop various economic activities of various kinds, but without receiving support of any kind. This forces them to remain in a condition of poverty and backwardness from which it is almost impossible for them to get out on their own. It is there that Yasín Orgánico intervenes with a project that allows these communities and their products to be brought closer to the large national and international markets, opening the way to the development of their local economies, and therefore, improving their quality of life.
WHAT WE DO
Consulting & Advising
We locate communities that produce or have the capacity to generate organic products in a sustainable way, but who lack the resources and knowledge to achieve it. This is where we provide advice to analyze the environment and find opportunities for them.
Development
Making use of our own knowledge and external consultants, we seek to develop the optimal product that each indigenous community can process in a sustainable way, providing added value that facilitates its commercialization.
Connect
Something important to help all these communities is to be able to link them with suitable entities and markets that help to make their development and progress a reality in a sustained way over time.
Location: San Pedro Garza García, NL, Mexico
Website: https://www.yasinorganico.com/
Cake Bake Shop (Manhattan Beach, CA, USA)
Cake Bake is a modern artisan small batch baking company that uses only the freshest, finest and natural ingredients available located in the up and coming section of North Manhattan Beach.
Laura the owner and baker behind all the yummy treats at Cake Bake Shop hails from San Francisco where she honed her craft at some of the finest restaurants in the Bay Area – she truly believes in the Cake Bake Shop Motto: we bake * you eat.
Celebrate the Right Way!
We believe that every celebration deserves a cake or something special. Have an anniversary coming up? Baby or Bridal shower? Welcome Home party or a simple celebration – we are here to make it memorable and yummy!
Design your dream wedding cake. We are always honored to be part of our customer’s wedding celebration – we specialize in classic old fashioned wedding cakes with a modern touch. Each cake is hand decorated using buttercream and other edible elements. While we prefer buttercream, we will cover smaller cakes in fondant.
In addition to wedding cakes, we also can help with yummy dessert tables, cupcakes trees, favors and welcome boxes. If you can think of it – we can do it.
Make birthdays and other celebrations special. Birthday cakes are a big deal here at cake Bake Shop. Whether you want a simple yet festive birthday cake or a 3 tiered master piece for your 1 year old, Cake Bake Shop will take great care of you! We are happy to work with you to create the birthday cake of your dreams.
Location: Manhattan Beach, CA, USA
Calvary Reformation Ministry (Kapsokwony, Kenya)
Calvary Reformation Ministry was established in the year 2000 in the Mt. Elgon indigeneous area for the purpose of reaching the unreached with the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ. We have 20 churches in Kenya and 15 in Uganda. Our mission is to reach the world with good news and open training centers to mobilize our people on how to gain experience through compassion. We wish to expand this ministry and reach as many lost souls as we can through evangelism, revivals, seminars and Bible training centers.
Since 1982, Camp Horizon has provided mentoring programs to metro Atlanta's at-risk youth in foster care. We work to restore dignity and hope to children, teens and young adults who have been abused and neglected, helping them heal and empowering them to make good decisions and lead healthy, productive lives. Camp Horizon’s overarching goal is to stop the cycle of abuse with the youth we serve. Our campers receive early intervention to develop coping skills and self-worth through our intentional programming. Continuity and consistency is crucial for foster youth, so we provide programming they can grow with, throughout the year and from ages 8-23.
"Remember there's no such thing as a small act of kindness. Every act creates a ripple with no logical end." -Scott Adams
Capacity 2 Care is a non-profit organization focused on a simple idea: Amplifying the ripples of kindness throughout the world. Acts of kindness are contagious. All it takes is 10% before an idea tips. The capacity to change the world is within us. -Misty Romano, Founder
Discovering and documenting human beings' intrinsic Capacity to Care for others, no matter how distant. Through our travels, both locally and internationally, we directly connect people from across the globe with those in need. With consistently powerful media of our missions, we place the spotlight on the overwhelmingly increasing power of good on our planet.
Location: Dallas, TX, USA
CapacityWise Community Development (Toronto, ON, Canada)
CapacityWise has been established in response to the capacity building needs of nonprofit community service organizations and other stakeholders involved in community engagement and development work in the Greater Toronto Area.
We believe that the guiding principles of equity, transparency, co-learning and mutual benefit establishes the basis of respect, trust and sustainability.
In our capacity building facilitation work, we focus on the quality of engagement with all stakeholders and the promotion of learning and change from within. When all stakeholders develop the capacity to find their own solution and adapt to change, their work will have a lasting impact.
Capital Region Ecumenical Organization (Albany, NY, USA)
The Capital Region Ecumenical Organization exists to promote the gift of visible unity offered by Jesus Christ, doing so by strengthening communication, promoting community and engaging in mission among various Christian traditions, while seeking partnerships for action with other faith traditions.
Carápan Mexican Folk Art (Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico)
About Us
We are a Mexican Folk Art Gallery devoted to bring you the best of Mexican Folk Art Since 1950. Our passion is to find and safely deliver to you the most exquisite, fine and exclusive pieces of Mexican folk art.
Our mission is to widespread Mexico´s culture through Mexican Folk Art of which we have a very selected & fine collection available at our online store.
Our history dates back to 1950 when Humberto Arellano, nephew of the former Education Minister Moises Saenz founded Carapan, a Mexican folk art gallery located in a colonial house at the core of downtown Monterrey, Mexico.
Since then, we have had the opportunity to serve and to share a part of Mexico with our visitors. We have had the honor to receive chiefs of state, painters, scientists, poets, intellectuals, diplomats, business people, musicians, among others.
It has been our philosophy to transmit the love for Mexico, it's culture and traditions trough the objects created by the most talented artists of our country.We want to be closer to those who share the love and passion for Mexican folk art by using the best tools that technology can provide.
With your shopping you help to keep alive our traditions and support the work of talented craftsmen´s families, with whom we work directly on a fair trade basiis. As the third generation of this business, our goal is to keep the good job our predecessors have done by selecting our pieces with care and love, seeking for originality, technique, tradition, fine materials, design and aesthetics.
It is our goal is to provide you a great shopping experience by offering you great quality products and an outstanding service. Please contact us if you have any comment, question or special request.
The Arts can serve as one of the most effective mediums of building bridges of respect, understanding, sharing and friendship between East and West, and between their creeds and cultures. Therefore, with the objective of seeing the Arts used to facilitate intercultural and inter-religious dialogue, CARAVAN was started in 2009 as a catalyst to encourage East and West, and their creeds and cultures, to journey together through the Arts.
CARAVAN develops artistic initiatives that bring together the cultures and creeds of the East and West. . . from holding exhibitions, festivals, seminars, forums, lectures, concerts, screenings, exchanges, artist's representation, patronage, etc.
Additionally, through the various creative programs, there is the intention to encourage the development of local contemporary art.
Within the various artistic programs, there is a charitable component that seeks to bring hope and assistance to individuals that are in need (economically, socially, physically), irrespective of creed.
Partners: CARAVAN works closely with many partners in the East and West. One of our foundational collaborative relationships is our partnership with Charter for Compassion International.
Carson is currently writing a book about trickle-up economics, which suggests how providing governmental benefits to the poor and middle class can provide more economic growth and income for all income classes. The book will tell amazing stories while tying them to higher economic concepts of trickle-up, as well as provide ways to promote these ideas. Lastly, it will end with ways to avoid biases that falsely rebuke trickle-up, including how to critically view statistics, how to read unbiased news, and how sharing your story is more powerful than an opinion.
Location: Atlanta, GA, USA
Cathedral of St. John the Divine (New York, NY, USA)
The Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine is the mother church of the Episcopal Diocese of New York and the Seat of its Bishop. In the spirit of Christ, it is chartered as a house of prayer for all people and unifying center of intellectual light and leadership. The Cathedral serves the many diverse people of our Diocese, City, Nation and World through an array of liturgical, cultural and civic events; pastoral, educational and community outreach activities; and through the preservation of the great architectural and historic site that is its legacy.
The Cathedral welcomes through its great bronze doors diverse races, cultures and traditions. From the St. Francis Day Blessing of the Animals, Christmas, and Easter celebrations, to the World AIDS Day services and Choral Evensong by Candlelight, worship at the Cathedral explores the wonder and mystery of existence in which all things and all beings are seen to be connected.
Founded in June, 2000, in Lexington, KY, the Catholic Action Center is based on the Catholic Worker Movement, began by Dorothy Day. The center is a house of hospitality that welcomes all who are in need. It is a faith based outreach of volunteers who strive to provide all guests a welcoming place to receive their basic needs with dignity. The mission of the center is to “fill in the gap” of services for our brothers and sisters in need with no government funding by providing an opportunity for people of faith to connect with and serve the marginalized of our community. Three meals a day, shower and restroom facilities, mail receipt, a telephone, clean clothing and a place to gather are all a part of the hospitality offered. Caring ears to listen and connections with social service agencies are also available. Daily prayer services are held for those who hunger spiritually.
Our Mission Providing relationship and hope for people living on the margins, particularly those who are struggling with active addiction and unrecognized or untreated mental illness − both major contributing factors to homelessness.
What We Do We are a nonprofit organization in downtown Atlanta that offers 12-step recovery meetings Monday through Friday, a 12-step bible study, a clothing closet, justice and prisoner advocacy, overnight retreats, and collaboration with many of the organizations working with the homeless population.
Our Vision To build relationships through fellowship and community, respecting the value and dignity of every person and accepting them where they are while offering them the possibility of healing and change.
Our Story The seeds for Cause for Hope were planted in 2008 when several discrete ministries for unhoused people were operating out of a storefront church in downtown Atlanta. When the church lost its space in 2011 due to inadequate funding, these programs branched out on their own: a vibrant addiction recovery program that also addresses mental health issues; an extensive clothing closet; prison and legal aid outreach. It was clear by the number of people who continued to participate in and benefit from these services that important needs in the neighborhood were being met. So in September 2013 the various programs came together under the umbrella of the non-profit, Cause for Hope.
"The biggest disease today is not leprosy or tuberculosis, but rather the feeling of being unwanted, uncared for, and deserted by everybody. The greatest evil is the lack of love and charity, the terrible indifference toward one's neighbor who lives at the roadside, assaulted by exploitation, corruption, poverty and disease." −Mother Teresa
Cedars Unitarian Universalist Church (Bainbridge Island, WA, USA)
Welcome Visitors and Seekers
Are you:
curious about religion? new to the area and looking for a church? questioning what you were brought up to believe and looking for answers? looking for a Religions Education program for your children that encourages them to explore their questions? a couple looking for a church to marry in because you are from different religious backgrounds? bisexual, gay, lesbian or transgendered and looking for a religious home that accepts you unconditionally? an atheist or agnostic who seeks spirituality? Imagine a religion that strives to answer these and other questions. All of us have questions, and we invite you to engage in the free and responsible search for truth and meaning; to search for your answers. We have room for your belief and your individuality. We have room for you, here, at Cedars Unitarian Universalist Church.
Mike Lisagor founded Celerity Works in 1999 to help companies sell more of their services and solutions to federal, state and local buyers. He does this by facilitating a more efficient business growth planning and business development process and by sharing his extensive government market and organizational development knowledge and expertise. Mike was also the business development subject matter expert for Centurion Research Solutions (now part of Deltek) from 2011 to 2013
Accelerate your business with an enlightened view. Mike’s clients benefit from senior level advice without having to commit to hiring an additional full-time marketing/sales executive.
Business advisory services include:
Assess business growth strengths and weaknesses
Facilitate strategic and tactical planning activities
Develop winning marketing strategies
Perform government risk management assessments
Implement customized reality based risk training
Improve sales process and infrastructure
Conduct sales and capture training
Management coaching
You can be assured that we will work together with your staff as a partner, helping to bring out the best in each of your senior managers. We will provide honest unbiased advice and will protect your confidential information. And, if we can’t help with a specific task, we’ll refer you to someone who can.
Creating Hope in a Challenging World from a Buddhist perspective
Charter member Michael Lisagor, the author of Romancing the Buddha, gave this inspiring talk to 90 people at the Bainbridge Island, Washington, Cedars Unitarian Universalist church on Sunday, January 24.
Dealing with depression and hopelessness has always been my biggest challenge. As a child, I was surrounded by uncertainty. We moved to a different city every few years almost like clockwork. My older sister repeatedly ran away from home and my father was always drunk and losing his job and temper. I was afraid of almost everything.
I survived this turmoil by creating obsessive structure in my daily habits and by trying to make everyone laugh -- figuring anyone who thought I was funny wouldn’t harm me. But, this emotional Band Aid was far from a permanent fix.
I spent most of my teens in the 1960s taking too many drugs and unable to function at school. I kept losing jobs, hung out with equally dysfunctional friends and thought about ending my life. At 18 years old, I hit rock bottom and was desperate to change my life.
I was lucky, through a quirk of hippy fate, to have both my wife and a spiritual practice enter my life. I'm still somewhat amazed that everything has turned out the way it has.
When I first spied Trude at a high school dance, I wasn’t thinking about mating for life. I was more fixated on her attractive cheerleader legs and bright smile. A few dates later, I fell madly in love. But, it wasn’t until we ran away together in June of 1969 on the day of her high school graduation that I appreciated how committed she was to both our happiness.
However, the uncertainties of my own life and the turbulent world around me including the Viet Nam war still practically paralyzed me with fear. Fortunately, a young man invited us to a Buddhist discussion meeting in Santa Monica while we were waiting for our 1956 Chevy’s battery to be charged. We were planning on living in the back seat!
At the meeting we learned that the deepest prayer of Shakyamuni, the original historical Buddha in ancient India, as well as Nichiren Daishonin, the Japanese founder of our SGI Buddhist practice in the 13th century, was to relieve human suffering.
In other words, to give humans hope. This is one of the main reasons I was attracted to a Buddhist practice. I was suffering and had no hope. At just eighteen and nineteen years old, Trude and I lacked vital communication skills. I struggled with depression and she struggled with me struggling with depression. Activities most people took for granted, like working an eight-hour day, were beyond my emotional grasp.
Also, I thought she was too judgmental and she was tired of me being so irresponsible. We definitely weren’t seeing the Buddha or enlightened nature in each other.
A senior in faith explained that as long as we blamed each other for our problems, we would never be happy. He also said that rather than facing each other, we should sit side by side as we chant Nam myoho renge kyo and face our enlightened selves, which are mirrored in the mandala, called a Gohonzon, Nichiren Buddhists chant to each day.
What followed has been a forty-six-year journey of chanting every day to polish our enlightened natures, overcoming numerous obstacles and consistently working to improve our relationship. The result has been an absolutely wonderful life together.
The emphasis on audible chanting as opposed to silent meditation reflects a core aspect of Nichiren's Buddhism. In addition to exploring our private inner life, our religious practice emphasizes the active practice of bringing forth our highest inner potential in relation to and for the benefit of our fellow humans and human society. Nichiren said, "The voice does the Buddha's work."
For Nichiren Buddhists, the daily of practice of chanting Nam myoho renge kyo is the engine that powers this active hope. It is how, in the words of Nichiren, “We become the master of our mind rather than let our mind master us.”
This awareness or consciousness represents our true, eternal self. The revolutionary aspect of Nichiren Buddhism is that it seeks to directly bring forth the energy of this consciousness -- the enlightened nature of a Buddha -- purifying the other, more superficial layers of our senses, our subconscious and our karma.
The word Nam roughly means to dedicate oneself. Myoho signifies the mystic or universal law. Renge symbolizes the Lotus Flower, which grows in a muddy swamp and becomes a beautiful flower. It also represents the simultaneity of cause and effect. Finally, kyo is sound -- a voiced teaching or sutra. As described by SGI president, Daisaku Ikeda, Buddhism identifies a vast cosmos deep within human life. This cosmos contains a boundless treasure or goodness, reverently called the ‘Buddha Nature.’ This radiant nature is inherent in all living things. Each inner cosmos, each of our lives, is connected to the evolving greater external universe.
Since the self and all phenomena are one, all things are interrelated. In other words, all of us exist because of our relationship with other beings and phenomena, and nothing in either the human or the nonhuman world exists in isolation. It is because of this that treating others with respect and dignity is so important.
Because of the importance of taking responsibility for our own individual karma or the causes we have made in the past, it was tempting to merely blame myself for everything that was wrong with my circumstances. But, the liberating aspect of this concept is that since I shaped my environment, I also have the power to change it for the better.
It isn't intended to make me feel guilty for all that is wrong but to make me feel empowered to improve it. For the first time, I began to truly look inside myself for the solution to my problems.
Tolstoy said, "Death is more certain than the morrow, than night following day, than winter following summer. Why is it then that we prepare for the night and for the wintertime but do not prepare for death? We must prepare for death. But there is only one way to prepare for death - and that is to live well." This quote summarizes a lot of my frustration growing up. I desperately wanted someone to tell me how to "live well." It seemed to me that everyone else had figured it out. It was a "got it" club that, for some unknown reason, I wasn't invited to join. Members of this group could take chances, travel to new places, be popular, go on sleepovers, and excel at sports. They got to live and sleep without fear.
Because there was no one around to tell me otherwise, I grew up with the mistaken impression that most human beings, including my friends and family, operated without worry. That it was only me who was screwed up.
My spiritual practice has helped me to embrace my fears. This has been a gradual process as opposed to a blinding flash of inspiration -- like peeling back one layer of onionskin at a time. I became aware of how often my mind fabricates “pretend” futures.
For instance, worrying about whether one of our daughters or grandkids was okay. Or, whether I would win new business. Or, whether Trude would have another MS relapse. We all have the ability to create extra drama in our lives.
Every single time I get up in the morning and chant, I take concrete steps to overcome the internal fears that used to paralyze me. I find tremendous hope in this.
"If we cannot feel hope, it is time to create some. We can do this by digging deeper within, searching for even a glimmer of light, for the possibility of a way to begin to break through the impasse before us." - Daisaku Ikeda
A fundamental premise of Nichiren Buddhism is that the condition of Buddhahood or enlightenment exists within each human being. This is why we don’t focus on an external statue of the historical Buddha, Shakyamuni. That wasn’t his intention.
He all have the potential to be Buddhas, enlightened individuals who make a difference in the world regardless of our race, creed, sexual orientation or political persuasion. This is an ultimate source of hope for humanity.
Rather than exist in isolation by itself, this inner enlightenment manifests itself within our lives at the same time we are experiencing joy, anger, desire, tranquility, learning or the urge to help others.
Like a man suffering in prison might find the inner strength and hope to take college courses and inspire his fellow inmates. On the other hand, a successful professional living in a mansion might be racked with emotional pain and anxiety.
This realization had a tremendous impact on my attitude toward my life and the life of those around me. The act of polishing my Buddha nature everyday has enabled me to build a happy marriage, a loving family, emotional health and a rewarding career.
We were living in Virginia when my wife first got multiple sclerosis in 1996. She was paralyzed from the waist down. Our lives could have easily plunged into darkness. However, through our Buddhist practice and the support of a wonderful therapist, we began to experience tremendous joy, compassion and, ultimately, great victories including her being able to walk again. This journey back to better health began with hope and actually resulted in us being happier than ever.
Hope is akin to trust. If we could see it, there’d be no need for trust or hope. But, hope is not avoiding what is going on in the world. Instead, fostering hope involves looking directly at our reality and making the decision to improve it.
The kind of hope I am referring to is not grounded in wishful thinking. In fact, powerful hope—what’s been called ‘active hope’—may not be possible without going through despair. It is during the darkest days that we need to persevere—trusting that hope is ahead.
When confronted by cruel reality, we need to create hope. We can do this by digging deeper within, searching for even a small glimmer of light, for the possibility of a way to begin to break through the impasse before us. And our capacity for hope can actually be expanded and strengthened by these difficult circumstances. Hope begins from this challenge, this effort to strive toward an ideal, however distant it may seem.
I believe that the ultimate tragedy in life is not physical death. Rather, it is the spiritual death of losing hope, giving up on our own possibilities for growth.
The problems that face our world are daunting in their depth and complexity. Sometimes it may be hard to see where or how to begin. But let’s not be paralyzed by despair.
Instead, let’s each take action toward the goals we have set and in which we believe. Rather than passively accepting things as they are, we must embark on the challenge of creating a new reality. It is in that effort that true, undying hope is to be found.
Václav Havel, in his essay, “Orientation of the Heart,” describes hope as “a state of mind, not a state of the world.” Further, Havel says hope allows one to live with “dignity and meaning” in situations where both are in short supply, for example in his experience of Soviet suppression under seemingly impossible circumstances.
I recently turned 65 years old and found myself yet again pondering the meaning of life. A friend reminded me that age is not an excuse for giving up. Allowing ourselves to grow passive and draw back is a sign of personal defeat. There may or may not be a retirement age at work, but there is no retirement age in life.
There have been numerous times over the years that I have found myself at a crossroads. Sometimes I had to decide if I wanted to engage in an honest dialogue with a difficult colleague or to not get entangled in petty gossip and complaints about senior management. I had to choose to overcome my personal frustration or anger to move in a more positive direction.
Other times I had to accept a new responsibility that wasn't exactly the one I wanted. I had to redefine my goal to encompass the satisfaction of helping others. I haven't always succeeded, but fortunately, another Buddhist principle is that regardless of the past, we can make a new pledge each day to learn from our mistakes and contribute to a more harmonious and peaceful society. So, every morning I try to renew my own determination and to remember as Gandhi said, “Good travels at a snails pace.”
Another aspect of active hope is the importance of setting a course that benefits as many people in the world as possible. Daisaku Ikeda, the third president of the SGI, has said, "If you have wisdom alone and lack compassion, it will be a cold perverse wisdom. If you have compassion alone and lack wisdom, you cannot give happiness to others."
Lastly, just a few words about our entirely lay Buddhist organization. Over 12 million Soka Gakkai International members in 192 countries and territories develop their lives through daily chanting and by studying the teachings of Buddhism.
Members and guests share experiences of their practice and study together at monthly discussion meetings at members’ homes and gather to pray for world peace at larger monthly meetings at Buddhist Centers including over 100 in the United States. The SGI actively promotes peace, culture and education based on a belief in positive human potential and respect for the dignity of life. If you would like further information there is a flyer at the back of the hall. And, if you give me your email address, I’ll add you to my monthly Buddhist studygram.
I am so grateful to your wonderful co-ministers, Jaco and Barbara, for giving me the opportunity to share with you today. Hope is a promise that the worst thing is not the last thing. This promise, that there is always a way out of the muddy swamp of daily life, can give us the power to proceed. And is what we mean when we talk about hope as a resource deep within us that has the power to transform ourselves and the world around us.
Through a persistent daily spiritual practice, we can manifest our enlightened nature. The choice is ours. And that is why we should never lose hope! - Michael Lisagor can be reached at mike@romancingthebuddha.com
CEMEX (Monterrey, Mexico)
We are a company focused on creating sustainable value by providing industry-leading products and solutions to satisfy the construction needs of our customers around the world. We strive to make the future better for our customers, our shareholders, and our communities by becoming the world's most efficient and innovative building materials company.
Our Approach
We drive sustainable development and improve the lives of people and communities around us.
We are constantly evolving in order to become more flexible in our operations, more creative in our commercial offerings, more sustainable in our use of resources, more innovative in conducting our global business, and more efficient in our capital allocation.
Business and Financial Strategy
We have a geographically diversified portfolio of assets in well-balanced sustainable and profitable growth markets, focused on our core business of cement, aggregates, and ready-mix concrete.
We create value for our shareholders through a forward-looking growth strategy and disciplined fund allocation. Our vertically integrated portfolio of cement, aggregates, and ready-mix concrete—tailored to each market’s needs—provides us with the opportunity to manage our assets as one integrated business rather than as distinct businesses, further improving our operational efficiency and profitability.
Helping Our Customers Succeed
Our customers deal with important challenges daily - we help them succeed by delivering quality products, innovative solutions, and great customer service.
We strive to create value for our customers by focusing on more vertically integrated building solutions rather than separate products. We invest time in our relationships, listening closely to understand our customers' needs, and then provide superior building materials and innovative solutions tailored to their specific construction needs.
Sustainable Development
Sustainable development is embedded in our core business strategy and our day-to-day operations in order to develop building solutions to meet the needs of a world with limited resources. We seek to build a smarter world through innovation and collaboration.
Managing our Footprint: We act responsibly in our operations always looking for a way to minimize our impact on the environment.
Engaging our Stakeholders: We collaborate with local communities to empower them and help them in their development. Our success should also feel like their success.
We recognize that the construction industry is shifting toward more cost-effective, efficient, and environmentally friendly solutions; this inspires us to be more innovative in conducting our global business.
Our Global Center for Technology and Innovation in Switzerland houses a state-of-the-art research laboratory. This laboratory has a unique and broad range of investigation tools and novel in-house testing methods that are available to the CEMEX community. Our research center has considerable expertise in the following areas: new and enhanced construction materials; sustainable construction; cementitious materials (cement, fly ash, and slag); concrete and mortar products; admixture formulations; and aggregates.
Operational Efficiency
Our industry-best processes allow us to satisfy the needs of our customers while using the optimal amount of resources, thus creating the most value. We constantly seek to improve our performance as an efficient, agile, and innovative company by identifying, sharing, and implementing best practices across our global network of plants and facilities.
We constantly create and develop methodologies that serve as the framework for our daily tasks. For examples of how we create value through operating efficiency, visit the Operational Efficiency section of our stories page.
Corporate Governance and Ethics
Our commitment to deliver value to our stockholders rests on a clear recognition that, as a public company, we are stewards of other people’s money. They invest with us to achieve superior long-term returns at acceptable risk. We have never—and will never—lose sight of that fact.
We are committed to abide by the laws and regulations of every jurisdiction in which we operate. Nonetheless, we recognize that our strict adherence to the law is not enough to run a global organization. Beyond compliance, our commitment—to ourselves, our investors, and to all of our stakeholders—is to manage CEMEX with integrity. Everything we do rests on this foundation.
We are a company focused on creating sustainable value by providing industry-leading products and solutions to satisfy the construction needs of our customers around the world. We strive to make the future better for our customers, our shareholders, and our communities by becoming the world's most efficient and innovative building materials company. - See more at: http://www.cemex.com/AboutUs.aspx#sthash.5sfL5wKF.dpuf
Location: Monterrey, NLE, Mexico
Center for Action and Contemplation (Albuqueque, NM, USA)
The Center for Action and Contemplation, located in Albuquerque, New Mexico, was founded in 1987 by Franciscan Father Richard Rohr, who saw the need for a training/formation center. It would serve as a place of discernment and growth for activists and those interested in social service ministries;a place to be still, and learn how to integrate a contemplative lifestyle with compassionate service. The Center's purpose would be to serve not only as a forum for peaceful, non-violent social change but also as a radical voice for renewal and encouragement. Envisioned as a faith alternative to the dominant consciousness, offering hope, inspiration and challenge to a despairing world, the CAC today attracts people from around the world—those who seek peaceful, positive alternatives and solutions to the difficult challenges of our often materialistic, irrational and violent world. These people share the CAC vision and understand the constructive message of the Gospel that crosses boundaries of religion, ethnicity, social class and gender. Many individuals seeking direction from and understanding of God's will and love have found the CAC to be a place of discovery and much more.
Center for Interfaith Cooperation (Indianapolis, IN, USA)
CIC – Hoosiers of many faiths in community.
VISION
A community that pursues peace through interfaith understanding and cooperation.
MISSION
To strengthen community in central Indiana and beyond by:
Supporting existing connections between and among faith communities;
Fostering additional interfaith opportunities through social, cultural, and educational interactions; and
Connecting interfaith communities through volunteer service and civic engagement.
“Religious communities are, without question, the largest and best organized civil institutions in the world today, claiming the allegiance of billions of believers and bridging the divides of race, class, and nationality. They are uniquely equipped to meet the challenges of our time; resolving conflicts, caring for the earth, the sick the needy, and promoting peaceful coexistence among all people.” – Religions for Peace
PURPOSE
through cooperation: abundance
Cooperation
For many people, the label “interfaith” has meant gathering people of different faiths to discuss and commemorate diverse religious practices and shared values. In Central Indiana, interfaith engagement has included interfaith prayer services and celebrations. CIC respects and supports this rich heritage of activities. But the CIC also hosts programs that explore our religious differences as well as similarities. It seeks to understand religious conflict as well as religious peacemaking. Embracing similarities and respecting differences, the CIC forms partnerships designed to solve our common social problems. Even more, we believe that the very diversity of Central Indiana’s religious communities offers an abundance of resources for confronting our collective social challenges.
Strengthening Partnerships– Five Approaches
Creative Innovation: Our location in the Indiana Interchurch Center puts CIC in daily contact with many of the city’s existing religious and interfaith organizations. New ideas for partnering initiatives bubble up from frequent informal conversations and from the formal discussions and informal gatherings that CIC sponsors in the building.
Networking Hub: CIC has established an electronic infrastructure that streamlines collaboration and partnerships between religious groups and the community. CIC’s own website provides valuable information about events and initiatives around Central Indiana. It gives potential partners easy ways to identify shared interests and opportunities for working together.
Audience Engagement: CIC technical volunteers and AmeriCorps associates help groups in the community engage a wider range of people by employing relevant practices of social media and other communication technology.
Education: The CIC takes a leading role in organizing and launching collaborative ventures, including dialogues and discussions of crucial issues facing Central Indiana and the world. This includes a) building community relationships by facilitating connections through events as simple as dinner with a family of another faith, b) connecting Indianapolis with larger communities through conferences of national and international scale, and c) organizing sustained initiatives based on Indy’s diverse community interests and religious groups.
Research & Records: CIC serves as a research institution that preserves and disseminates lessons learned through the region’s interfaith relations. This involves researching similar efforts in other communities and telling the story of interfaith cooperation in Central Indiana. This connection with outside audiences has planted the seed for future expansion of our network of educational and problem-solving partnerships.
Service
The Center for Interfaith Cooperation is dedicated to building the capacity of partnering organizations to fulfill their missions more effectively. CIC is guided by the advice of its partners in the community. It does not divert resources from existing organizations or projects. Nor does CIC attempt to force groups to take on activities or join collaborations in any way that compromises the integrity of their faith and traditions.
Center for Introspection and Enlightenment (Mumbai, India)
An initiative for a utopian world.
By creating spiritual & material wealth on our planet. And sharing it.
An initiative for redefining the purpose of human life. Reconfiguring the journey. And enabling the human race to transcend to the next stage in its evolutionary process. Towards utopia.
The Center ... A beacon providing roadmap & guidelines. As well as mental energy & spiritual courage. To all the global leaders Of religion, science, education, politics, business... For eradicating mental & material poverty. And changing the destiny of the human race.
The Child and Family Research and Training Institute creates and conducts family programs which nurture the growth of strong, loving, communicating families. The Child and Family Institute is a place for families to discover and celebrate their wholeness and uniqueness.
Menlo Park, CA, USA
Center for Spiritual Living Kansas City (Kansas City, MO, USA)
Center for Spiritual Living teaches Science of Mind principles to support healing, community and spiritual growth.
We are a "Diverse spiritual community expressing God as Love." Our choice to stay in the urban core has given us a church that more adequately reflects the world we live in. This commitment will ensure that everybody is accepted and loved, regardless of who they are or where they come from. And that will make a more peaceful world.
Center of Vedic culture "Divya Loka" ("Era of Unity" registered as "Era of Unity" in Spain) (Moscow, Republic of Russia)
"The world stands on the threshold of great changes, and these changes are not associated with economics and politics, but with a spiritual awakening. The time has come for all spiritual people to join efforts and say to the world:" The era of life without spirituality is leaving and coming a new era - the era of spiritual searching, meditation, love, compassion and awakening, era of the spiritual unity of all religions, faiths, cultures and Nations, era, when science and religion can lead humanity together to a common higher purpose – divine humanity. Let´s believe: we can change ourselves and the world for the better by force of thought, to make it not just fairer, nicer and kinder, but we can make it divine. All spiritual people of the world must unite and work together. " Swami Vishnudevananda Girigi Maharaj
Centro Budisa do Porto is a meeting place. In this space we promote the knowledge and practice of Buddhism, as a culture of peace and lucidity. We also seek to make known the arts and disciplines that can contribute to a more awake, more complete, fuller life.
Centro Studi Spirituali Chsolu (Pocapaglia, Jamaica)
The blog is the first step to a new adventure!
My dream is much bigger.
I dream of a place where different people work together to create a new spirituality; a new vision. If you share my dream, help me to build 'Chsolu'.
The second step is to form an association for social promotion that is non-profit, non-partisan, non-denominational for research, study and spiritual growth.
I need help and ideas of all; you cannot do anything if we do not do it all together.
The third step is to get out of the virtuality and find a home, a place to study, meditate, take courses and conferences; a place to grow and grow together.
I wish that we could then print the search results of associates who organize meetings because it's no use building a new spirituality if not transmitted to everyone.
The fifth step would be to open a school, a real school where you teach in a different way. Where education about not only the beauty and knowledge of the world and of man, but also to grow and help form the souls and hearts.
This is my dream, maybe it makes you laugh, maybe not. If you like it let me know.
Chasing my Dreams Film Group creates films for and by the youth. Through films, we create opportunities for the youth to take part in projects and stories that call for change in social issues.
Our film production company provides opportunities for kids from different communities in the film industry. We focus our stories on social issues through authenticity in order to connect to the younger generation.
We use our films as an educational tool by holding screenings at schools. We provide lesson plans that align with the schools’ health and wellness curriculum
Our latest film is about bullying and how communities can come together to prevent acts of violence. Stay tuned for more information.
Chautaugua United Church of Christ (Chautaugua, NY, USA)
Our goal is to embody the all-encompassing love of Jesus Christ to all persons, regardless of race, gender, place of origin, religion, economic status, or sexual orientation.
Because of our love for Jesus Christ and all who Christ loves, and with gratitude for our unique location at the heart of the Chautauqua Institution, we exist to promote Christian friendship, spiritual renewal, and intellectual growth by providing affordable housing in a family environment.
In 1875, one year after the Chautauqua Institution was organized, the Chautauqua Congregational Association was gathered. In 1922, the Chautauqua Reformed Church Society was founded.
Following the formationof the United Church of Christ in 1957, these two organizations came together to form the Chautauqua United Church of Christ Society, in order to continue our mission of inclusive hospitality while bearing witness to the concern of the United Church of Christ for ecumenism and for racial and economic justice.
Our Staff and our Board Members come from various parts of the US and Canada and are dedicated to the mission of the Chautauqua United Church of Christ Society.
Please remember: Whoever you are and wherever you are on life's journey, you are welcome at the United Church of Christ. We encourage you to learn more about us. On your next visit to Chautauqua, stop by to enjoy our front porch hospitality. Until then, we encourage you to read more about our programs and membership.
The Chautauqua United Church of Christ Society is a private, nonprofit corporation supported solely by membership fees, contributions, and offerings from members and friends. We are grounded in but not officially connected to our denomination, the United Church of Christ.
The Cheviot Covenant is made up of 10 tenets that all define the truest, and purest, form of Christianity. All CCC members must believe in all 10 tenets. All that officially accept it (members) are in a "Communion of Covenance" with each other.
MISSION: To unite Christian churches that accept the Cheviot Covenant.
HISTORY: The Cheviot Christian Communion was founded in July, 2014, by Johnathen Sweeney, as a way for more liberal Anglican churches to unite, and better understand one another, and better grow in Christ. Soon after it's founding, it was then decided that Non-Anglican churches could also join.
Chicory Wealth is an independent, fee-only financial life planning and sustainable wealth management firm, meaning compensation is not tied to commissions. With a background in business and religious studies, Maggie Kulyk opened the private wealth advisory practice of Maggie Kulyk and Associates in Decatur, Georgia, in 2002, which became Chicory Wealth in 2018. Maggie has always been interested in helping people navigate their financial lives with ease, but she also focuses on the deeper story of money in human culture and how it operates symbolically in our lives. Chicory Wealth is now part of a growing conversation about what it means to give and receive, and how personal and collective resources can lead to a transformed world.
Children Youth and Families Department / Juvenile Justice Services (Albuquerque, NM, USA)
The New Mexico Children, Youth and Families Department provides an array of prevention, intervention, rehabilitative and after-care services to New Mexico children and their families.
In any situation whether its personal relationships, business, parenting, education, etc. You always have the option of connecting to our own heart, compassionately listening to others and honestly expressing our values.
COMPASSIONATE (NONVIOLENT) COMMUNICATION supports conscious living by providing practical tools for:
Connecting with our own inner truth
Listening compassionately to others
Expressing yourself so you feel heard and understood
Strengthening relationships with family, friends and co-workers
Transforming anger and conflict into trust and cooperation
Building communities and life serving systems
Contributing to the kind of world we all want to live in!
Rodger Sorrow and Anne Walton, principals of Choose Connection, are both Certified Trainers with The Center for Nonviolent Communication. They are passionate about sharing the tools of Nonviolent Communication thru classes, workshops, custom designed in house training for organizations, businesses, schools and hospitals plus private sessions for individuals, couples and families. Whether you're a beginner, intermediate and advanced practitioner, you'll find their sessions support learning, integration and growth.
Their sessions are based on the work of Dr. Marshall Rosenberg, founder of The Center for Nonviolent Communication. These principles are described in Marshall’s book Nonviolent Communication: A Language of Life
We believe that as Christians and Americans we must have and show forth Godly character and love in how we talk and how we treat others. It is also for this reason that we follow the scriptural references that forbid us from judging others based on their political beliefs or any belief that does not line up with our own and we expect the same respect from them.
Christian Outreach Justice Mission Sierra Leone (Freetown, Sierra Leone)
At the Christian Outreach Justice Mission - Sierra Leone, we aim to rebuild hope where it’s been damaged or lost. We work with those in need, those who are underprivileged, and those who are underserved to rebuild and restructure. Our focus lies on community efforts, including small-scale construction protects, shelter, food aid, community awareness, and educational opportunities. We firmly believe it takes a village to raise a child, and if you work on creating the most well equipped society you can, so many problems simply work themselves out.
Chrysalis Institute is a vibrant resource and learning center for exploring insights and practices drawn from the world’s spiritual traditions, philosophies and contemporary science. Chrysalis encourages spiritual growth and exploration beyond the conventional boundaries of any one faith.
We offer a bounty of innovative programs, from lectures to workshops to practice groups. Quarterly silent retreats acknowledge the change of seasons and provide opportunities to reflect in a natural setting, while our labyrinth welcomes all seekers to connect to self and spirit through this ancient practice. Nationally recognized spiritual leaders, visionaries, and scientists share their expertise in keynote presentations. And book talks and movie nights give participants a chance to examine their own ideas.
Our Institute faculty of experts in spiritual development share their knowledge and recommend further sources through our online Chrysalis Learning Space, a topically themed library of articles, links, and learning experiences. Chrysalis offers leading-edge resources to open diverse paths for spiritual growth. Join us!
Epiphany is an alive, spirit-filled community of 1,500 families who gather to celebrate God in our midst, to engage in life long formation and to serve others.
Our liturgies are enveloped in a feeling of warmth and hospitality. Epiphany’s commitment to liturgical excellence is evident in its superior music and proclamation of the Word.
Even though there is no school, Epiphany offers an outstanding Catholic education. Sunday classes and experiences provide all age levels an opportunity to grow in knowledge and spirituality.
Our unique worship space with its unfinished appearance and glass walls reminds us that our own journeys are unfinished and that the Gospel message requires us to focus outwards to participate in and impact the wider world.
Since the founding of our parish in 1971, Epiphany has been rooted in the vision of the Second Vatican Council. Each year we rededicate ourselves to our vision statement which is the cornerstone of our commitment to the world. Its text, seen below, circles the interior of our worship space as a constant reminder of our charge.
Vision statement
Epiphany's vision statement is the cornerstone of our commitment to the world. Its text circles the interior of our church as a constant reminder of our charge.
Animated by the Holy Spirit and rooted in the Roman Catholic tradition, we are the Community of Epiphany on a pilgrimage of faith. In response to our baptismal call and sustained by prayer:
we choose to live the Gospel of Christ with humility and compassion,
we search for truth in a complex and changing world,
we experience the struggle and excitement of transformation through conversion,
we accept the responsibility of shared, collaborative ministry,
we embrace diversity and nurture the unique gifts of all.
Believing in a society free from oppression, we heal, reconcile and work for justice and peace. Celebrating our oneness with God and all of creation, we are Epiphany, a manifestation of God in our times.
Epiphany Commitment
Acknowledging our oneness with God and all creation, we respond to our baptismal call by proclaiming the good news that Jesus is Lord and that he is with us.
Sharing hope and joy of the resurrection event with all who thirst for the fullness of life;
Liturgical expressions that celebrate the Lord's life, death, and resurrection, and that illuminate these mysteries in our lives;
Lifelong learning experiences that foster spiritual growth at all levels of human development;
Just and creative responses to the needs of the suffering, the poor, the disheartened, and the oppressed;
Social activities that will enhance development as a community family;
Calling forth and valuing the diverse gifts of all;
Ongoing renewal that reflects the ever-changing course of a people on a common pilgrimage with all people of good will;
Shared, collaborative responsibility in fulfilling this commitment.
Women have come together in Circle in one way or another for ages, regardless of our cultural or religious influences. Gathering, tending and befriending is a part of our cellular memory and, regardless of form and against all odds, circling has remained alive and the process passed down from generation to generation.
Whether around a Well, around a sacred altar, at the park while watching our children play, or while in check-out line at the grocery store, women have connected to offer one another support, healing, activism, and insights for the greater good. One step after another we answer the call, disregarding obstacles, learning together how to make a difference and thrive.
Women are weary because we have been pressured for many years to live under and survive within the ‘Old Story’ – a predominantly ‘top-down’ ‘power-over’ model of structures and leadership that neglects and attempts t control the power of women. The value of the ‘power-with’ model innate to women has been ignored and repressed and the broken ‘top-down’ model that is still the structure found in most schools, organizations, corporations, businesses and in traditional families.
Time accelerates and challenges grow. More and more women are responding to the call for women’s gifts if we are to shift in a positive direction. Women are responding to the inner call to connect and collaborate in order to make a difference and thrive.
Rather than depend solely on experts to guide the way, women are turning to one another in Circle knowing that here will be revealed guidance, action steps and solutions. Circles invite a deep inquiry. Circle is a place of inclusion rather than competition. Women living by Circle principles trust wisdom will emerge in this safe setting and the process will lead the way. Circle honors each voice and evokes compassion not only for one another, but Mother Earth.
Circle Connections is a Circle hub focused on fostering connection and collaboration for the greater good. We welcome and encourage to become a part of the Circle Connections Community where through connection and collaboration, our potential to make a difference is expanded and our ability to thrive is made possible through loving and supportive relationships and education.
The Circles of Men Project, in association with the Charter for Compassion, launched in January 2019 for the purpose of creating and fostering a global constellation of likeminded men working together to elevate mindfulness, compassion and consciousness among men around the world.
The overarching intention is to provide a forum:
for thought leaders in men’s work to support one another navigate forward in the rapidly changing world
to enable men and boys around the world to engage in contemplative conversation both in person and virtually
to help provide a foundations for work in the area of gender equity and reconciliation
The Circles of Men Project is evolving as an extension of the Men’s Fellowship Network which launched in 2012 and has grown into a global network with visitors to the website from over 140 countries; half of whom are women seeking to learn more about the issues men face today and to offer as a resource to the men in their lives.
I would like to express my gratitude to all who have been holding space and supporting me over the past several months. It's true, the moment one definitely commits oneself, then Providence moves too... And believe me, that is no metaphor. Almost every day another door opens, and needless to say, this would not be possible without your generous support.
I feel that it is important to periodically report on the impact your support and contributions are making in the world. To this end my intention is to periodically send out this newsletter capturing highlights of what is being accomplished. Rest assured, there is more going on than what is being reported here.
Our new logo with the addition of Circles of Men Project represents the expanding scope of the Men's Fellowship Network as we begin collaborating with other organizations around the world. Two strategic alliances that have been formed are with Karen Armstrong's global organization, Charter for Compassion, and with Gender Equity & Reconciliation International which focuses on deep healing between women and men. For anyone who may be concerned, our fundamental contemplative approach to Monday nights is not changing.
Men's Circles and Healing Between Women and Men - It was a privilege to be interviewed recently by Chuck Robison, Founder of What If It Really Works?. - As a unified conscious community, What If It Really Works?, creates opportunities, through interviews, articles, books and videos for understanding, wisdom, and knowledge of New Science, New Spirituality and Consciousness Studies to inform and impact the communities we serve.
Description: Does this sound familiar? How do I keep up with the exponential rate of change in the world? How do I find meaning and purpose in life? How can I possibly stay relevant? I am looking for something beyond my recovery program; something more spiritual, but I'm not about to return to organized religion. I need to talk with someone at a heart level, but can go only so deep with my spouse or partner, and I was taught not to trust other men... and I am stuck and all knotted up inside.
We will explore 12 counterintuitive, creative and non-linear approaches to finding meaning and purpose, and staying relevant in a world of lightening fast change.
Module I - The greatest challenge in our personal development Module II - Meaning and Purpose Module III - Your personal mandala Module IV - The new compassionate male? Module V - Developing your support network
August 2019 - Meru, Kenya - Young Men's Retreat - I have been invited by Dr. Karambu Ringera, IPI Founder & President of International Peace Initiatives(IPI) to conduct a three day retreat for young men in Meru which is about five hours North of Nairobi.
The intention is to do heart-centered work and lay the foundation for later work in the area of gender equity and reconciliation.
IPI is building a new generation of leaders through peace and ethical leadership programs, and provides orphans, women living with HIV/AIDS, survivors of violence, and communities with the tools and resources to move from violence, poverty, and crisis to stability and self-reliance, thereby building resilient communities.
Sponsorship Opportunity: Please pass this information along to anyone you think may be interested in sponsoring this valuable work.
To sponsor transportation and other related costs - Contribute Now
Or to make a tax deductible donation, please contact me directly: clay@clayboykin.com
September 19th - 22nd Men and Spirituality Retreat at Ghost Ranch - What is in a man’s heart? As a man, you are possibly the only person who truly knows, and you may feel isolated without answers to the age-old questions: Who am I? Why am I here? Where am I going? Gather with other men in a safe contemplative setting to experience the true power of conscious vulnerability, and the healing alchemy of deeply connecting with other men seeking answers along their spiritual path.
Ghost Ranch, near Abiquiu, N.M., is a place of magnificent natural beauty, comprising deep, multicolored canyons and cliffs, plains, grasslands and streams. The schedule will be such that you will be able to enjoy such things as hiking, yoga, campfires and much more while you are there.
I will be speaking and conducting a workshop at the Unity Atlanta - Men's Retreat October 4-6, 2019. It will be held at The Mountain Retreat and Learning Center near Highlands, North Carolina.
This is beautiful country and the Men's Fellowship Network has been invited to attend.
Cost for this years retreat!
Adult double occupancy $215
Private room $290
Price includes everything - lodging, food and fellowship.
Gender Equity & Reconciliation International- Last November I engaged in a multi-year training program to be come a certified facilitator in gender equity and reconciliation. With your support I am engaging in four intense weeks of training which will be followed by a period of apprenticeship.
The organization was founded twenty-seven years ago and is the leading program of its kind in the world with ongoing workshops being held in the Australia, Columbia, Costa Rica, India, Kenya, Nepal, South Africa and the USA.
The book, Divine Duality, is an excellent read and was written by the founder William Keepin. This book demonstrates a revolutionary type of healing work between men and women, known as gender reconciliation.
In January I had the privilege of joining Dr. Paul Hubbert, Ph.D., Multidimensional Sound Master on a transformational journey through Egypt. We traveled through upper Egypt, cruised the Nile River, meditated in the Kings Chamber of the Great Pyramid and climbed Mt. Sinai.... and lots more.
Paul Hubbert is the founder of the Institute for Holographic Sound and Inner Balance. He holds a Ph.D. in Psychology, is certified in grief recovery, hypnosis and addictions recovery. He is a Multidimensional Sound Master, Ordained Minister, Reiki Master and Crystal Power Grids worker. He works with the Hathor energy or Hathors, Masters of sound and Love, along with the Angelic Realms to manifest health in the physical body and inner spirit. Dr. Paul blends crystal singing bowls and vocal harmonics to access the healing vibration of sound and music in its multi-dimensional, holographic form. This is known as "Holographic Sound Healing.
Circles of Menwas published this past August and within days rose into the Amazon Top 100 in its category. The book is available in paperback and on Kindle.
With this book, Clay Boykin has created a spiritual blueprint for men around the world. Not only does this book provide a detailed guide for starting and maintaining a men’s group, but it also contains rich insight into the struggles and challenges of being a spiritual male in today’s western culture. Clay’s authenticity, honesty, and vulnerability make this an endearing read for both men and women trying to understand male or masculine spirituality. Told through his experience, Clay shares a story we can all relate too. It is rich with practical and personal insight that helps break down the complexity of the human spirit. I especially enjoyed the testimonials from those who have had the opportunity sit amongst Clay and experience this counter-intuitive process. I highly recommend this to anyone interested in learning more about their own spirituality or someone wanting to start their own group. - Jeff Bullion- Spiritual Life Coach
Our gatherings are a safe and sacred space for men to connect with compassion and without fear of being judged. We do not ask for a commitment of time, rather, we invite men to set an intention to join us when they can. We all live busy lives and there is a new topic each week.
Circular Congregational Church (Charleston, SC, USA)
A PLACE OF MEETING, A CENTER FOR RENEWAL
Circular is a place, a church, and people committed to living and worshiping with joy, simplicity, and caring. We care for the hidden wholeness in each other; we care for justice and kindness in our society; we care about thinking with open minds and devoted hearts; and we care about saving the beauty and integrity of the environment for future generations. Because we care deeply about these things, we practice what we preach in our personal lives as well as in our church’s programs. Being an Open and Affirming Church, we welcome people of different sexual orientations, socio-economic status, racial and ethnic backgrounds, and we value the differences among us as signs of the Creator’s amazing polyphony.
Our faith is rooted in Jesus Christ, whom we endeavor to follow in the radical way of progressive Christianity. That is, we believe the Bible is truthful but not literal, that God is a living Presence but not a dominating white man in the sky, that Jesus is a person of the Spirit and of saving wisdom but not a sacrifice to an offended God. We commit ourselves to equal and utmost respect of persons, joyful worship, theological discipline and discovery, social justice and dignity, and collegial leadership.
And we invite you to join us in this exciting spiritual pathway!
We are a nonprofit (501c3) dedicated to enhanced circus arts training and bringing forth contemporary circus theatre.
Our Vision: To provide our community experiential circus arts through exceptional training and professional contemporary circus theatre.
Our Mission: To foster the celebration, preservation and growth of the Circus Arts through creative community performance, and through our Circus Strong Academy and Social Circus programs, provide alternative and artistic physical activity promoting trust, confidence and compassion.
Our Purpose: Promote physical, mental, and emotional well-being by providing fun and challenging active education to students of all ages and abilities and provide inspiring unique performance art to our community.
City for All Women Initiative - Initiative: une ville pour toutes les femmes (Ottawa, Canada)
CAWI (City for All Women Initiative) is a unique collaborative of women from diverse communities, organizations, and academia working with municipal decision makers to create a more inclusive city and promote gender equality.
L’IVTF (Initiative : une ville pour toutes les femmes) est une collaboration de femmes provenant d’une diversité de communautés, d’organisations et du milieu universitaire, qui travaillent de concert avec les décisionnaires municipaux pour créer une ville plus inclusive et promouvoir l’égalité entre les sexes.
Like you, Claremont is working to change the world, and our innovative academic offerings reflect that commitment. With forward-thinking faculty as mentors, you will be challenged to engage in rigorous academic inquiry where it meets the practical needs of the world. We believe the goals of education reach beyond our own interests. It should, in the end, help transform the world around us.
The Learning Experience
Claremont Lincoln is on the vanguard of graduate education in an era characterized by religious, cultural, and economic diversity. We are constantly working to improve our innovative degree programs and learning experiences that are already attracting students and faculty who are on a different path, cut from a different cloth. Increasingly, we are using effective online teaching models to reach more and more people with the Claremont Lincoln mission. Keep an eye... innovative things are happening in Claremont!
Location Matters
Claremont is located just outside of Los Angeles amid the rich cultural diversity of Southern California. Perched on the Pacific Rim—where the American West meets Eastern Asia, Oceana, Latin and South America—we take seriously the challenges and opportunities of globalism. This is our classroom, where we think about and experiment with new theories and practices for making the world a better place. We are also located among the prestigious Claremont Colleges, a world-renowned educational consortium that draws leaders and thinkers from around the world. In what better laboratory could you prepare for a diverse, complex future of social exploration and change?
After surviving the attack on Sandy Hook Elementary, teacher Kaitlin Roig-DeBellis was left searching for answers (that would never come). Eventually she decided to focus on questions that could be answered. There were two: How do I make sure this tragedy doesn't define us? How do we get our control back?
Those questions led her to found the non-profit organization Classes 4 Classes. By choosing to focus on the good and positive-evil could never define her students or herself. When gifts poured into their classroom they decided to help someone else and pay it 4ward.
That developed into a concept, of a website and a non-profit where every student K-8 in the US can participate. Classes 4 Classes launched on World News with Diane Sawyer on April 2, 2013. Since then they have worked with over 1,200 students in 10 states and are hoping to be in the other 40 states soon!
Classes4Classes was founded on the belief that when we teach kids empathy and tolerance there is no room for hate.
We provide a social network that connects teachers and students with other classrooms. What better way to enhance teaching and learning a true social curriculum than by connecting?
Mission
Classes 4 Classes, Inc. is a 501(c)(3) organization whose mission is to teach children the power of kindness and compassion through their ability to create positive change for others. The platform provided by our website actively engages students in learning a social curriculum through the exchange of gifts with other K-8 classrooms, which fulfill a need or educational objective. These gifts are crowd-funded by visitors and donors to our site. The gift is given to the teacher and the students in the receiving classroom only once the project goal is reached, and the receiving classroom has started their own project to “pay it 4ward” to another classroom.
Clayton Memorial Unitarian Universalist Church (Newberry, SC, USA)
Clayton Memorial is a small country church and community of friends. We gather to worship, to give voice to our liberal faith, and to serve as a church family to people in the Newberry and Lake Murray area.
The church is located amid rolling hills in the South Carolina countryside and has been established for over 100 years. Clayton started in the 1840s as a family church in the Universalist tradition. The congregation met in parlors, on front porches, and at a nearby spring. The building was constructed by two brothers in 1905 and It still sits among the fields of the original family farm.
For many years, our members received spiritual sustenance from circuit riding preachers who made their rounds on horseback.
As Unitarian Universalists, we share: • trust in the supremacy of Love, • faith that is unbounded by creed, • belief in service to others, and • the blessings of diversity, which we celebrate together.
Our Affirmation of Faith: Love is the doctrine of this church; The quest of truth is its sacrament; and service is its prayer. To dwell together in peace; To seek knowledge in freedom; To serve mankind in fellowship; To the end that all souls shall grow into harmony with the Divine Thus do we covenant with each other and with God.
--Reverend Griswald Williams Universalist Minister
In Rotary Apodaca you'll find your own neighbors, community leaders and citizens of the world who work together for the good of all. We are convinced that with the union we can achieve much more.
Want to promote your own initiatives? With Rotary you will succeed.
Rotary is always looking to join forces to carry out major projects, whether neighborhood associations working with local clubs, whether international institutions themselves, since they are convinced that together we can achieve much more.
We intend to expand our work and make it more effective and we work in concert with different types of organizations, from local food banks to the United Nations. If you work with an institution that wants to partner with Rotary, contact us.
Rotary subscribes alliances with organizations with common goals and not-for-profit and local agencies of the United Nations, who enhance our work and expand our chances of success.
Rotary works with international governmental and university organizations to address global humanitarian issues.
Polio: Rotary is one of the major players in the Global Initiative for the Eradication of Polio with the World Health Organization, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, UNICEF and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
Peace and Conflict Resolution: The program of Rotary Peace Centers form leaders who are catalysts for peace and conflict resolution at the local and global levels. The Rotary Peace Fellows are studying master or diploma in one of our partner universities:
Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand
Duke University and University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA
International Christian University, Tokyo, Japan
University of Bradford, West Yorkshire, England
University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia
Uppsala University, Sweden
Water and sanitation: Rotary and the US Agency for International Development (USAID) are working together on projects of water supply and sanitation through the RI / USAID International H2O Collaboration initiative.
Joint work with strategic partners
Thanks to the Rotary maintains relationship with the following partners, Rotarians can work with them directly:
We work with our strategic partners in preparing sustainable clip Grants scale related to our areas of interest projects. If you are interested in working with these partners, have a pre-grant.
Aga Khan University supports the training of teachers in the health sector and nursing scholarships
Mercy Ships provides support for vocational training and health care
The UNESCO-IHE Institute for Water Education provides grants related to water and sanitation
The United Nations and non-governmental organizations
Rotary appoints representatives each year before the UN agencies and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) around the world. These representatives meet regularly with officials and staff of international organizations to:
Study common problems and possible areas of cooperation
Inform organizations about Rotary's programs
Compile information on the activities and programs of other groups
Coalition to Stand with All the Children (Fayetteville, AR, USA)
We are a grassroots action group dedicated to helping children from diverse backgrounds access resources for basic unmet needs.
The seeds of this Coalition were planted by community discussions around helping the refugee children at our border. We not only want to help those children, but also the children at need in our own community and elsewhere.
Coastal Interfaith Community (Charleston, SC, USA)
We hold bi-annual interfaith events/services which bring together people from 12-15 traditions to promote understanding and goodwill.
Location: Charleston, South Carolina, USA
Coeur De Compassion (Bourgogne, France)
Coming soon! Campaign to sign the Charter and help bring the Golden Rule to life. Coeur de Compassion is building its theme and is commited to be a voice of a Compassionate Heart.
Location: Bourgogne, France
Coexist Foundation (London-UK & Washington, DC, USA)
The Coexist Foundation was established in 2006 with the aim of promoting better understanding between Jews, Christians and Muslims – the Abrahamic Faiths – through education, dialogue and research. The projects and programmes which Coexist supports are aimed at helping people of these faiths improve their relations – above all with each other, but also with different faiths, and with those of no faith. Working in partnership with world-class organizations, which have demonstrated their capacity and commitment to promote better understanding among faith communities – whether through rigorous educational programmes, exhibitions and initiatives which capture the public imagination, or by promoting reconciliation between groups at odds with each other, Coexist initiates new programmes, catalyses new partnerships, and supports existing projects working towards these goals.
We are the Children of God. We, through our love, trust, faith and dedication, have become favored children of allmighty God. By living our lives wholey for him, we have gained his favor and blessing on our lives. It is his will that all of his children become favored children. It is something that anybody can do. That is what this web site is all about, that all of his children will have a loving relationship with him in a spiritual realm that is not possible through scripture alone.
We have choices in what we say and how we say it. That seems evident. What is not so clear is that we also have choices in what we listen to and how we listen. These choices appear automatic, but they are not. They are learned. We can, and do, unlearn and relearn things all the time.
The process I offer clearly outlines the choices we have in articulating our perspective based on our values and needs. Expressing our values in a dialog makes it easier for another person to listen to and understand our position. Expressing our needs makes it clear what we want and what to request. In addition, this process educates us on how to listen to another's perspective based on their values and needs making it easier for us to understand and cooperate with them.
The shared understanding that evolves from communicating in this manner makes us respectfully aware of the obstacles created by misunderstandings, momentary disagreements, ongoing disputes, or personality differences. The awareness of the obstacles we encounter, combined with clearly articulated communications based on needs and values makes it possible to resolve seemingly irresolvable conflict.
Connecting conscious companies to conscious causes.
"I believe businesses can play a big role in easing the suffering by implementing these values into their social Impact projects and initiatives."
Goal: when more and more business owners and executives see the value of dethroning themselves we will be able to ensure the just economy and peaceful global communities envisioned by the Compassion Charter.
Values: decisive action, integrity, authentic leadership, economic and societal wellness, intentionality and the demonstration of love, compassion, goodwill and charity towards all of mankind.
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We are a close-knit community composed of many colors, cultures, and many ethnic groups. There are lots of babies and children growing up at CPC, many refugee families from Myanmar, a good many folk who have grown up in this church, and many more who have been a part of this community for just a few months. Rich and poor . . . gay and straight . . . yellow, black,red and white . . . Republican, Democrat and Independent . . .conservative and liberal and everywhere in between . . . this is the Columbia Presbyterian Church community.
If you are looking for a church that will answer all your questions about God, you won’t find that at CPC. But you will find a loving group of people who worship, study, pray, struggle, and think about the scriptures together to discern God’s relationship with us and our relationship with God in a very complex and sometimes mysterious world.
Driven by the forces of love, the fragments of the world seek each other ...
We are at a terrifying transition of consciousness, and this transition faces enormous resistance, primarily at the institutional level. If we believe in a society that is more humane, more empathy-driven, than the one we have now, we are on our own and easily marginalized by the powers that be. This is our challenge: to find one another and start building a humane, sustainable future!
I call myself a writer. I’m also a career journalist: reporter, editor, columnist. I started out working for the late, great Lerner Newspapers, a chain of weekly papers that covered the North Side of Chicago and part of the north and northwest suburbs. I loved that job and stayed at Lerner for a dozen years. I hadn’t expected to, but the job wound up connecting me in vital ways to a pulsating, complex community through which pretty much the whole world was passing; it pulled me out of a naïve self-importance and into my destiny, which has been: to listen to people, to hear their humanity, to find the right words to convey it.
I’ve written a weekly column for a third of my life. For ten years I turned one out at Lerner. Since 1999, I’ve written a column that has been nationally syndicated by Tribune Media Services, which is part of the Chicago Tribune. That column was initially called by the name this website still bears, Common Wonders. It started out more personal than political, then, post-9/11, as the Bush administration unleashed its war on terror, I became increasingly focused on current events. I referred to the column as “part political brawl, part secular prayer.”
I’ve won awards for my writing: from the National Newspaper Association, Suburban Newspapers of America, the Chicago Headline Club and other organizations that bestow blessings on journalists. I’ve been called a hero of democracy and, oh yeah, been wished an inoperable brain tumor. I’ve trespassed, as a journo aiming at a mainstream audience, upon the sacred consensus that America is a dumbed down, spectator nation, yet somehow special, God’s Chosen Superpower, the greatest nation on Earth. Let’s get beyond our limited allegiances, I say, and celebrate our wholeness as a species and a planet.
Our mission is uniting people to restore communities by mobilizing Christ-followers to be agents of compassion, justice, and love. We provide tutoring/mentoring programs at under-resourced schools. We partner with other organizations to engage volunteers in work with refugees, immigrants, and the homeless. We offer an annual Justice Film Series to raise awareness about injustices facing our community, our country, and our world. A listing of our current programs and activities can be found at https://communitychristian.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/c412_brochure_2017-2018.pdf
Community Connect Foundation: We tell stories through transmedia channels, across multiple deliver systems and media platforms. We connect Communities of Practice - formed by people who use collective learning in a shared endeavor. This type of learning practice has existed for as long as people have been learning and sharing their experiences through storytelling.
The Community of Hospitality (COH) began in 1982 as a simple-living community offering hospitality to people experiencing homelessness.
In 1988, COH opened Cafe 458 in the historic Sweet Auburn neighborhood of Atlanta, directly behind the King Center. Café 458 was the world’s first sit-down, reservation-only restaurant for people experiencing homelessness. Two years later, COH expanded programming to include a relationship-centered alcohol and drug Recovery Program serving Café guests. For the past 32 years, the COH property on Edgewood Avenue has provided a dignity-affirming, relationship-centered space for people experiencing homelessness.
In the early 1990s, the COH residential house transitioned into a community of full-time volunteers who staffed the Café. The residential community was supported by a wider non-residential community that gathered weekly for interfaith meetings in the house. For over two decades, COH drew people from around the world who wanted to share life together. In 2012, the historic COH house became home to L’Arche Atlanta, a house-based community for people with and without disabilities. L’Arche continues to practice community in the house. The wider COH interfaith community continues to meet weekly.
COH is currently re-investing in the historic Café 458 building to create an innovative hub for emerging and established nonprofits working within homeless and otherwise vulnerable groups. Much of the ground floor of the building will be opened into a collaborative, low-rent space accessible to community organizations, educators, and artists.
Committed to principles of respect and compassion, Companions in Dialogue seek to support one another in individual and common activities that promote interreligious dialogue and understanding. Companions in Dialogue is an association of women and men from different religious and cultural traditions committed to principles of respect and compassion seeking to support one another in individual and common activities that promote interreligious dialogue and understanding. Our mission: To provide a forum for interreligious dialogue among its members and to devise ways of promoting interreligious dialogue as a group by creative programs and appropriate forms of advocacy. Companions in Dialogue (CID) is an interfaith association, with members from different religious, cultural traditions and backgrounds. The association has two main purposes. Firstly, to come together as companions on a regular basis for dialogue among ourselves. We hope that this dialogue will open up questions for critical reflection. Our second focus is to initiate activities that will promote interreligious understanding and harmony in the wider society.
Location: Sydney, Australia
Companions of the Compassionate Hearts of Jesus and Mary (London, United Kingdom)
This ecumenical SPIRITUAL ASSOCIATION of the COMPASSIONATE HEARTS of JESUS and MARY (CCHJM) is an on-line Religious Association, rooted in the Anglican tradition of Christianity, open to all, lay or ordained.
Its purpose is to enable members (Companions and Associates), who are seeking to nurture a compassionate heart, a variety of resources from different Traditions to help them nurture this virtue.
Companions and Associates, believing themselves loved by God, see in the heart of Jesus that compassion which reveals the nature of God. They also see compassion in the heart of Mary as they recall the prophecy of Simeon when she presented her Son in the Temple: “a sword will pierce you own heart also.” She who stood at the foot of the Cross reminds us that the way of Compassion will involve suffering.
COMPANIONS adopt a simple Rule of Life which includes spending time in silence before the Heart of Jesus, and reflecting on how they have lived out of His compassion. They also accept the value of the Sacrament of Confession in changing their hearts.
ASSOCIATES, accepting the Aims and Purpose of the Association, promise to seek ways of fostering compassion in their hearts and live out of that charism. They do not undertake to observe the Rule of the Association but they do receive Compassion Quarterly, the publication of the online Association.
Our website offers a variety of reflections, prayers, and readings on compassion, as well as pages on compassion in other faiths.
Our motto is: ERGO MISERICORDES SICUT ET PATER VESTER MISERICORS EST (Be compassionate as your Father in heaven is compassionate)
Compassion Coaches Global Alliance (Beloit, WI, USA)
At Compassion Coaches Global Alliance we are a group of International Coaches that work with clients to achieve peace, experience self-compassion and live "on-purpose" in the world.
We believe that the power of one to love others and oneself can be used to build compassionate communities comprised of compassionate schools, businesses, and organizations.
To that end, we donate a portion of our income to the compassionate cause of our choosing and discuss it on Facebook for the world to witness.
We are an alliance of Compassionate Coaches determined to change the world.
Compassion Haiku is a source book of inspiration and practices for developing self-compassion and compassion for others. Created one day at a time over the course of a year, these daily reflections combine the experiential impact of haiku with thoughtful commentary. Through this unique format the reader is encouraged to reflect on and experiment with practical ways to grow their own capacity for compassion.
Follow us on twitter @compassionhaiku
Location: Nokomis, Florida, USA
Compassion House for Living & Dying (Decatur, GA, USA)
Compassion House for Living & Dying provides community members with end-of-life services by compassionate companions. We seek to create a community of care focused on supporting those who are on their final journey in a contemplative environment that is inclusive and serves all people.
We believe that workplaces can be happy, healthy, kind places that bring out the best in people. We believe people deserve to work in an environment where they feel valued, connected and treated fairly. We believe people want to be compassionate and be treated compassionately, but often blocked because they do not know how.
We believe people can learn compassion and practice compassion in workplaces. We believe every person can be empowered and empower others in turn.
We believe every individual can be a compassionleader.
We are all about Creating a High Performance Workplace Culture by empowering teams and leaders.
Our trainings were created by a scientist who has dedicated his life to bringing more compassion and happiness to workplaces. These unique programs are changing lives in companies around the world.
Compassion Leaders offers three primary training programs, and has the backing of technology partners to sustain the learning.
For Your Home, Body, Mind & Spirit Products and resources to enhance your life & world. http://compassionshops.com/
Location: Los Angeles, CA, USA
Compassionate Communication Center of Ohio (Columbus, OH, USA)
The Compassionate Communication Center of Ohio shares the principles and practices of Compassionate-Nonviolent Communication (NVC), as developed by the American psychologist, Dr. Marshall Rosenberg, and inspired by the nonviolence teachings of Gandhi and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Compassionate Cornwall (Penzance, CO, United Kingdom)
November 2014 saw the launch of Compassionate Cornwall at the Eden Project and the signing of the Charter for Compassion by significant local community members and leaders (listed here:
The document they physically signed is the Charter for Compassion for Cornwall, an adaptation of the original Charter for Compassion, which also includes some conditions relevant to our local campaign. All who signed this also agreed to the entire text of the international Charter for Compassion.http://www.hopeintheheart.org/the-charter-for-compassion-for-cornwall.html.
Our original focus and aims can also be found at the link above.
After The Compassionate Cornwall Initiative was initially registered, in August last year, the huge swell of interest, mainly from Voluntary and Community organisations (NGOs) in Cornwall exceeded all expectations. Around 40 organisations registered within three months, and sufficient local leaders and significant community members were immediately willing to sign the charter for us to decide to have a signing at the launch of the initiative on 14th November (during International Compassion Week).
Although initially there was a group of people planning to share the organising of all of this, Tam Martin Fowles, of lead organisation Hope in the Heart, who had registered Cornwall, and expected developments to be relatively slow, was the one able to adjust her work schedule and devote a lot of time to its sudden, rapid progression. Therefore Compassion Cornwall did not start out with a solid steering group and action plan as might otherwise have been the case.
With the support of Charter for Compassion International organisers, Tam decided to go with the wave of interest, rather than stem its flow, and with others offering valuable help where they could, the launch and signing were joyful and successful; a true community achievement.
Following the event, Tam took a step back to explore with other partners how best to move forward to the next stage. Over several months, she had discussions with some of the larger partner organisations about the possibility of them project managing and administrating the initiative, and helping to obtain funding, but these did not bear fruit.
Eventually it was decided to form a steering group consisting of people who feel passionately about the ethos of the Charter and aims of the community initiative, even though we currently have no funding and less time than we would like to devote to this.
The group consists of six women with a variety of skills. The group formed in May, six months after our signing. We meet approximately every six weeks, and are working on our Action Plan to take Compassion Cornwall forward.
The initiative has been renamed “Compassionate Cornwall” and a new logo has been designed and approved. Compassionate Cornwall currently has web pages on the Hope in the Heart website, but it is hoped that we will be able to develop an autonomous website and social media presence in the near future.
Compassionate Cornwall has over 40 partner organisations (listed here:http://www.hopeintheheart.org/compassionate-cornwallcharter-for-compassion-international-partners.html). There has been little new movement since the launch and signing. We have decided not to try to re-engage existing partners or encourage new ones until we have a solid new presence to announce, with resources and a comprehensive action plan.
At our second Steering Group meeting, on 18th June 2015, we took on roles, as follows:
Liz Sullivan (of Whole Again Communities) West Cornwall Partners Co-ordinator:lizziewholeagain@gmail.com
Tamzin Woods (of Refugee Support) Role to be assigned
Sarah Moret-Bevan (Diversity Officer, Devon and Cornwall Police) role to be assigned.
We hope to engage other members with relevant skills, and we acknowledge the current lack of diversity within the group. We are all heterosexual women over a certain age, and would be delighted to welcome members to represent the youth, male, and other sectors of our community.
Compassionate Cornwall’s current goals are to:
Continue working on the evolution of a strong, effective and diverse steering group to take the initiative forward.
Create a comprehensive Action Plan in accordance with the Charter Toolbox.
Transfer Compassionate Cornwall’s online presence from the Hope in the Heart website to its own site and a group Facebook page for all partners of CC. Resurrect and effectively activate the Twitter account.
Create an introductory resource pack to send to partners upon receiving their registration.
Unite partners to progress most effectively in the areas in which compassionate action is most needed in our community, focusing particularly on the following aims:
Have an event at which further local leaders and relevant community members will sign the Charter.
To build a culture that firmly embraces and celebrates diversity.
To inspire and support Cornwall's young people, through education and personal development, to recognize the need to live compassionately and take action to do so.
To address loneliness and isolation, reaching out to those who feel excluded and helping them to find a valued place within our communities.
Compassionate Rebel (Minneapolis, MN, USA)
Burt Berlowe is an award-winning author and journalist who specializes in writing and publishing the stories of ordinary people involved in social change. This is his seventh book and second in the compassionate rebel series that has won three prestigious literary awards. He has contributed to many local and national periodicals and has worked as a newspaper reporter and editor, radio show host, peace educator and community organizer in the Twin Cities metropolitan area
Compassionate Yoga is a community mind-body-soul wellness program that leads Open Your Heart to the Sky, an Outdoor Yoga Wellness Series. Our primary purpose is for you to cultivate compassion & enhance your spiritual growth.
In every day life, we learn that compassion is a practice. With love, patience, and practice, compassion can manifest in all areas of your life. We offer compassion training through weekly yoga classes that incorporates Vinyasa Yoga, Anusara Yoga, Heart Rhythm Meditation, Shamatha Meditation, and Ananda Yoga.
It's our mission for our students to adopt a compassionate lifestyle. Students learn to practice compassion for others, compassion for those different from them, compassion for those they don't like or those who don't like them, compassion for those they care about, compassion for all living things, and of course compassion inward for themselves.
Compassionate Yoga shares the same views, vision, & values as Charter for Compassion and Compassionate Atlanta. Compassionate Yoga believes that compassion lives within us all. We strive for our students to cultivate compassion so that compassionate action will manifest in their every day lives.
Compassionate Yoga is a community mind-body-soul wellness program. Its sole purpose is to simply cultivate compassion, promote health, wellness, love, compassion, and fitness, and enhance one's spiritual growth through yoga practice, meditation practice, conversations, and workshop training.
Comrades of Perístanom (Burlington, VT, USA)(Burlington, VT, USA)
Mission: to raise awareness of the religion of Perístanom.
Perístanom [pe-REE-sta-nomm] is a modern Pagan religion— https://www.peristanom.org/— a spiritual path that offers naturalistic explanations to support traditionally supernatural beliefs. It provides a rational basis for religious faith without invoking any hidden plane of existence. It endeavors to be a spirituality compatible with science, a metaphysics in accord with physics. The assertions made about physical reality may seem fantastic, yet they are nevertheless consonant with established fact.
Perístanom celebrates and reveres all of life, however humble, in all of its vital diversity. The web of life will continue to evolve into the far future, when mortals will become gods, when the creation will become the creator, when the gods will generate the cosmos itself in an eternal cycle of rebirth.
Perístanom asserts that a multitude of gods exists (polytheism), that these gods communicate with each one of us through our dreams and visions (revelation), and that they will in the distant future assume physical form (incarnation). The collective of gods — the pantheon — worshiped within Perístanom is called Deiwos [DEY-woss], a reconstructed Proto-Indo-European word and the world’s oldest identifiable word for ‘god’.
Perístanom affirms that every physical entity possesses a spiritual essence (animism), regarding consciousness as a primordial feature of all things (panpsychism). It proclaims that the final state of the universe shapes its evolution (teleology), and that the divine pervades and transcends the cosmos (panentheism).
Meaning simply ‘the religion’ in the ritual language of Modern Indo-European. Perístanom embraces all spiritual traditions of the world (interfaith), while it draws particular inspiration from three essential sources:
1. The Proto-Indo-European religion, a tradition of Pagan beliefs flourishing six millennia ago on Asia’s Pontic-Caspian steppe, and tentatively reconstructed by scholars through the shared provenance of deities, rituals, and mythic stories of the descendant cultures.
2. The analytical psychology of Carl Jung, describing a shared psychic anatomy of symbols and archetypes — a collective unconscious — common to all human beings, around the world and throughout history.
3. The Omega Point of Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, a metaphysical model proposing that the cosmos is guided by its creator through blind evolutionary processes to ever greater states of complexity and consciousness into the remote future, being drawn forward and ultimately joining with the divine.
By combining these three elements as never before, a unique religious faith emerges that is at once both ancient and modern, both traditional and transbiological.
Perístanom strives to be congruous with contemporary science, although not unduly limited by it. In our pursuit of spiritual knowledge, rationalism and empiricism are embraced, yet skepticism is not. Indeed, because metaphysical belief is evidently natural and healthy for the human animal, positivism and Occam’s razor are relegated solely to the laboratory. Physical reality is ultimately deterministic, however, and so superstition is repudiated as well.
In keeping with its primeval origins and progressive aspirations, Perístanom promotes democracy, equality, diversity, pluralism, interdependence, community, sustainability, and the natural and universal spirituality of humankind — as well as the simple values of life, love, truth, peace, and faith.
Perístanom adopts the obscure language of the Proto-Indo-Europeans of the prehistoric past, applies that language (wherever possible) to the key archetypal symbols of modern depth psychology, and in turn applies those symbols to the speculative physics and cosmology of the far distant future.
Concerned Citizens of Laguna Woods Village (Laguna Woods, CA, USA)
The purposes of the organization shall be to promote world peace, economic and social justice for all peoples, good government, and protection of the Earth's precious resources.
WE ARE CONCERNED CITIZENS!
Want to make your voice heard in Sacramento and Washington? NOW is the time to be contacting your elected state and federal officials to make your thoughts, concerns, fears, and expectations known. You don't need to be an expert---just take the time to speak your mind to those you've elected to represent your concerns.
Conciencia Nacional por la Libertad Religiosa/ National Awareness for Religious Freedom (Queretaro, Mexico)
National Awareness for Religious Freedom is a non-profit organization based in Mexico, funded in 2015 to promote and defend human rights and freedom of belief through our diverse projects, including interfaith dialogue and training to public advisors, faith leaders, and society in general.
We realize that human dignity's importance is related to the practice of empathy and compassion in day to day life.
Conexus Conflict Consultancy (London, United Kingdom)
Conexus works directly with individuals, teams and organisations to build their conflict competence. Conexus has developed a model of conflict competence-building that has been successfully adapted for schools, colleges, universities, children and young people’s services, youth offending services, probation services and prisons across the UK, the Netherlands, Germany and Colombia.
A spiritual home, a meaningful voice, and a humanistic resource for people worldwide, seeking a contemporary Jewish experience.
Mission: Congregation Beth Adam is a unique community integrating Jewish tradition and humanistic principles.
Vision: Congregation Beth Adam is a spiritual home, a meaningful voice, and a humanistic resource for people worldwide, seeking a contemporary Jewish identity and experience.
Core Values:
We value humanistic principles of responsibility and origin of authority that rests with each individual
We value learning opportunities that support members’ connection with their Jewish heritage
We value open-mindedness and respect for differing views
We value discerning intellectual inquiry that thoughtfully questions and explores Jewish text and other sources of wisdom
We value acknowledgement of each congregant’s religious and spiritual journey supported through our unique liturgy
We value evolving to meet the needs of our growing congregation and a changing Jewish community
We value nurturing connection and building community with each other as Jews and with all humanity
We value community engagement and social justice that is responsive to the ever-changing world
Congregational Federation in Wales (Wales, United Kingdom)
The Congregational Federation in Wales is a Christian Denomination whose Churches use the English language for worship. They are situated mainly in South and East Wales. It has a very friendly relationship with the Welsh-speaking Congregational Denomination, Undeb yr Annibynwyr Cymraeg.
The CF in Wales is an autonomous part of the Congregational Federation in the UK and through that body is in association with the Council for World Mission (CWM), the Conference of European Churches, and the International Congregational Fellowship. In Wales, it is a member of the Free Church Council of Wales and of CYTÛN (Churches Together in Wales)
Connecticut Center for Social Innovation (New Haven, CT, USA)
The Connecticut Center for Social Innovation is known for its exploration of innovative financial models to improve social service delivery. We specialize in social impact bonds and pay for performance models, and are expanding the use of big data analytics in the social service sector.
America is at a critical point in its developmental trajectory. Instead of retaining our character as a land of freedom and opportunity for all our citizens, we are fast becoming a country brutally divided between rich and poor. Our middle class is vanishing, and poverty is growing at an alarming rate. We are rapidly becoming a country with a significant portion of our citizenry for whom the American dream is now an empty promise.
If the America we know and love is to survive, we need to reverse this trend. Many programs have proven their ability to improve outcomes for people and communities – yet governments and providers continually struggle to find adequate funding, to reach all the people or children who could benefit, and to support innovation and true measurement of impact and results.
New models of financing social service delivery hold great promise in applying what we know to solve social problems. But these innovations require increased knowledge and ability on the part of providers, funders and the public in order to develop and to have a real impact. We need to convene the best minds available to engage in a rapid and powerful reversal of “business as usual” in the funding and delivery of our social sector services.
This mission of the Connecticut Center for Social Innovation is to study new developments in this emerging field, and to develop funding models which will attract private capital to invest in self-sustaining social service delivery. Creating a double bottom line is a worthy investment for capital markets– and one which has gone undeveloped for far too long.
Welcome to ‘Conscience of the Society’, a registered NGO with Delhi government, India! We often hear references to ‘Conscience of Society / Country / Mankind’ but who represents it in reality? No one knows the answer! Such phrases are often used to make one’s writings and speeches effective! This is an attempt to fill the vacuum - now on, no one is alone in his innumerous plights in life - for JUSTICE and REASON. We are with you truly as the ‘CONSCIENCE OF THE SOCIETY’/Country/Mankind.
Hence we stand for the CAUSES of:
REASON, FREEDOM, *FRATERNITY and for the special cause of REINVENTING DEMOCRACY. We believe that redefining life of man is possible only by reinventing democracy.
(*Fraternity specially to mean the ‘dignity of the individual’ as clarified in the preamble of Indian constitution)
REASON more...
Promote spirit of enquiry and reason, even in governmental actions and plans, replacing arbitrary and populist decision making. Bring to the attention of government and media every act and policy that defy reason and common sense People can share such incidents with us so that we could take up the matter with government/media. Attempt to make democracy adopt Reason as its guiding spirit instead of authority and fear. A better democracy would be by the people’s wisdom and of their reason. We shall undertake research in ‘re-inventing democracy’, take up the cause with all concerned government agencies, political parties and Media, and write and publish articles on the theme.
FREEDOM
Freedom of mind is an essential ingredient for man to use his Reason. When mind is kept under crippling authority of any kind, man develops fundamentalist tendencies, a habit of waiting for orders from up. Mind gets stagnated, and the country under such tendencies can not develop in its true sense and meaning.
FRATERNITY
Though the dictionary meaning is ‘brotherhood’, Indian constitution has specifically meant it to be an assurance of individual dignity. We believe that human nature is fundamentally and naturally not ‘brutish and nasty’ as described by many writers, based on what most of our political systems were established. We believe that when one is at peace with himself, when his self esteem is adequate, he keeps only a natural curiosity to know the other person, and will not keep any animosity towards anyone. When one’s self-hood is trespassed by the other, he loses it, and then he turns a brute to do the same thing with the other too. But when he is offered the constitutionally guaranteed ‘individual dignity’ in the country governance, his personality would develop and country would gain peace and harmony. We believe that general lack of respect for individual dignity in the country is the main cause behind our mad craving for money and power- - two sure means for gaining respect in society. Deprivation will always cause craving for the deprived object.
REINVENTING DEMOCRACY more...
Democracy is said to the be last of man’s political systems. A better system is not in the list of future possibilities. If we do not maintain it healthy, intact with its originally intended principles, threat of emergence of TYRANTS can not be ruled out to the peril of mankind. Democracy, whether documented or not in any of its rule book, is the embodiment of man’s own Reason, wisdom and common sense. Its first and foremost purpose was to ensure man’s unconditional freedom and dignity that he could never taste during the old regimes of kings and foreign rulers.
Consciensly Resting Meditation (Mableton/Atlanta, GA, USA)
Consciously Resting Meditation (CRM), developed by Dr. Kofi Kondwani, psychologist and faculty member at Morehouse School of Medicine (Atlanta, Georgia), is a simple, natural mental technique practiced sitting quietly with eyes closed. Meditation’s effects have been known for thousands of years to settle the mind and body down to a state of restful alertness. The mind remains aware of its surroundings, yet settles down causing the body to initiate a relaxation response as indicated by the immediate reductions in breathing and heart rates.
CRM is easy to learn and easy to practice. CRM is a process where you do less and less until the natural tendencies of the mind and body to heal and purify do the rest. It has been shown to prevent or reduce stress and improve one’s overall health and wellbeing. The technique is taught to groups or individuals over two consecutive days with periodic follow-up.
For more than 30 years, Dr. Kondwani has been practicing, teaching, and researching the effects of meditation on mind and body, consciousness and the nervous system. Dr. Kondwani has studied with master meditation teachers from Africa, India, and the Americas, who are experts in the field of development of consciousness. Dr. Kondwani earned his Ph.D. in Psychophysiology (mind-body medicine) from Maharishi International University.
Location Mableton/Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Consultants Hext (Minneapolis, MN, USA)
"Each and every person has a value that is unseen by the naked eye. A value that can only been perceived through careful consideration of who they are and what it is they desire to become. Louisa Hext is a woman who has the sense to look into the the very being of another and tempt their cause out of them with an elegance and fervor of no other. To work with Louisa is to know you're in great hands." David Dubé - CEO of OnlyOneYouNeed, Inc.
Louisa is a skilled and compassionate mediator, consultant and coach. She has been a Guardian Ad Litem in Juvenile Court in Hennepin County, Minnesota, on the Minneapolis Commission on Civil Rights and the Minnesota League of Human Rights Commissions.
Contemplative Outreach is a spiritual network of individuals and small faith communities committed to living the contemplative dimension of the Gospel. The common desire for Divine transformation, primarily expressed through a commitment to a daily Centering Prayer practice, unites our international, interdenominational community.
Today, Contemplative Outreach annually serves over 40,000 people; supports over 120 active contemplative chapters in 39 countries; supports over 800 prayer groups; teaches over 15,000 people the practice of Centering Prayer and other contemplative practices through locally-hosted workshops; and provides training and resources to local chapters and volunteers. We also publish and distribute the wisdom teachings of Fr. Thomas Keating and other resources that support the contemplative life.
Cordoba Initiative (CI) aims to achieve a tipping point in Muslim-West relations within the next decade, steering the world back to the course of mutual recognition and respect and away from heightened tensions. To do this, we need a coalition of leading individuals and organizations committed to promoting positive interaction between the Muslim World and the West. Cordoba Initiative does just that: it brings together leaders across the Muslim-West divide to speak out for innovative, proactive, and positive solutions to challenges we share.
Cordoba Initiative (CI) aims to achieve a tipping point in Muslim-West relations within the next decade, steering the world back to the course of mutual recognition and respect and away from heightened tensions. To do this, we need a coalition of leading individuals and organizations committed to promoting positive interaction between the Muslim World and the West. Cordoba Initiative does just that: it brings together leaders across the Muslim-West divide to speak out for innovative, proactive, and positive solutions to challenges we share.
Corporate Compassion stands for entrepreneurship from the question of what your organization can contribute to the world. The economic crisis shows that one-sided focus on profit does not bring us further. Organizations owe their existence to the value they add to the lives of others. On Corporate Compassion you can find articles that can inspire you as an entrepreneur.
The Four Themes of Corporate Compassion:
Contributionism
Contributionism means giving instead of taking. Running a business that is prepared to make a valuable contribution to society, instead of just striving for wealth and property.
Business Spirituality
Business spirituality is bringing together idealism and realism, to create a meaningful organization. Ideals can come from a religion but also from an personal (spiritual) belief.
Social Sustainability
Social sustainability encompasses human rights, labor rights, and corporate governance. For Corporate Compassion it means by example: make your business accessible to wheelchairs, use experience of older workers, or work with mentally handicapped.
Work Smarter
The way work is organized changes. The common, hierarchical taylorian way of organizing is not flexible enough to face the fast changing and highly competitive global market place in which organizations operate. Corporate Compassion is always looking for new ways of working together.
Corvallis First United Methodist Church (Corvallis, OR, USA)
Open hearts. Open minds. Open doors.
First United Methodist Church has stood on the edge of Oregon State University since 1848. In that time, the campus, the city and the world have changed around us. However, our calling remains unchanged, as we live out our faith through service, learning, and relationships.
Our mission is to bring people into a living relationship with God, through Jesus Christ, that we might love the world as God loves the world.
Council for a Parliament of the World Religions (Chicago, IL, USA)
The Council for a Parliament of the World's Religions works to cultivate harmony among the world's religious and spiritual communities to achieve a just, peaceful and sustainable world. The Council organizes the world's largest interfaith event, the Parliament of Religions every 5 years in a different city around the world.
The first Parliament of Religions was held at the 1893 Chicago Columbian Exposition, and was the first formal meeting of the religious East and West. In 1988 the Council for a Parliament of the World's Religions (CPWR) was founded to organize a centennial celebration of the original Parliament. Since 1993, three Parliaments have been held in Chicago, Cape Town, and Barcelona.
We are located on Peachtree Road in the middle of the Buckhead section of Atlanta. You will find many opportunities to experience faith, hope, and love in this community of seekers. Come and explore Christianity in a place where all questions are honored and all people received. On Sundays and throughout the week we have a variety of classes, groups, and activities.
Our worship service is at 11:00 a.m. on Sunday mornings with education for children, youth and adults at 9:30 a.m.
Crazy Beautiful World (Dartington, England, United Kingdom)
Crazy Beautiful World is a project that connects inspiring teenagers with creative and compassionate adults to delve into the questions that are on young people’s minds.
The spark came from conversations I was having with my teenage son about the current state of the world. He and his friends had a lot of important questions that the adult world seemed to be ignoring. Together we decided to find a way to connect young people with the adults who are dedicated to their futures, to explore these questions together.
That’s how Crazy Beautiful World was born. We hope it captures your imagination,
Inez Aponte – Founder
Honest Conversation
Imagine sitting down with someone wise, funny and kind who is genuinely interested in your take on things. Surely that is how good conversation starts.
Unfortunately, too often we let ideas about who we think people are get in the way. At Crazy Beautiful World we are exploring a process called Compassionate Co-Inquiry to reach out across those barriers to create the connections we need to navigate the future.
Sharing Wisdom
Often when we think of wisdom we think of someone who has lived a long life with many experiences. But there is another form of wisdom that comes from being fresh to the world and open to seeing many different possibilities without the taint of past judgements. It is sometimes called ‘beginners mind’.
We believe we need many forms of wisdom and it’s time to listen to the wisdom of young people, as well as their concerns and hopes for the future.
Human Signposts
It’s time for adults to admit that the world young people are growing up in is kind of crazy. Of course it’s also incredibly beautiful, but with so much distraction and noise it can be hard to see it.
We need maps and guides.
We need to be brave enough to ask for directions.
We need to become each others’ signposts for the beautiful.
Creating Communities of Peace (Cleveland, OH, USA)
Creating Communities of Peace is an outreach project of St Paul's Community Church, UCC, located at W45th and Franklin in Cleveland, Ohio. We are urban conflict resolution practitioners training others to be the change they want to see in the world. Our leaders are a street-wise, counter-cultural, rainbow of compassionate activists. We are making ourselves available to others who want to work for change that cross cultural, stereotypical, socio-economic-religious-political and other man-made barriers.
Not Christian or Jew or Muslim, not Hindu, Buddhist, Sufi, or Zen. Not any religion or cultural system. I am not from the East or the West, not out of the ocean or up from the ground, not natural or ethereal, not composed of elements at all. I do not exist, am not an entity in this world or the next, did not descend from Adam and Eve or any origin story. My place is placeless, a trace of the traceless. Neither body or soul, I belong to the beloved, have seen the two worlds as one and that one call to and know, first, last, out, inner, only that breath breathing human being.
As a facilitator for RESTORE, prison workshops of The Forgiveness Project (TFP), I have completed TFP’s Diploma course, in conjunction with NAOS, in Group Facilitation, Conflict Resolution & Counselling Skills. The diploma was awarded to me in January 2013.
My training also includes a background in theatre with a BA from the Naropa University, Boulder, an MFA from the University of Iowa, as well as training in bodymind awareness work and therapeutic massage. I am a founding member and artistic director of LynchPin Productions Theatre Company.
For the past 10 years I have been a member of an on-going men’s group that meets fortnightly, and have worked in men’s initiation and the sacred masculine. Recently, I stepped into the role as mentor to teenage boys through Journeyman UK.
My daily practice is a mixture of reading from a variety of inspirational and therapeutic texts, meditation, and bodymind centering work.
During my studies at the Interfaith Seminary I stepped onto the Path of Compassion, being strongly influenced by the work of Karen Armstrong and the Charter for Compassion. Because of these experiences, I have taken the title of Chaplain of Compassion which best describes my path.
Creative Advantage Training (Slocan Park, BC, Canada)
creative advantage training is a small company ideally suited to help companies to reach their full potential. We understand what it takes to create or develop an idea and how to make that idea a successful reality. We have met many of the same challenges you have and understand how to help you achieve your goals. Our size allows us to make decisions with the speed required to keep pace with business changes and market opportunities.
What we do
listen to what you want
evaluate your business
recommend steps to achieve optimal success
compare your offerings to your competitors’
develop strategies to successfully market your products and services
expand established opportunities
collaborate in developing your action plan
create attainable goals to develop a more sustainable business
determine and help each person to recognize their motivation
ensure that your messages are benefits-focussed
At creative advantage training we believe simplicity and clarity create the most favourable environment for:
making you and your customer comfortable
making the experience completely satisfying
developing or improving your sustainable business
the collaboration to be successful
Location: Slocan, British Columbia, Canada
Creative Economy Action (Fayetteville, AR, USA)
This is the Creative Economy Action Group formed by the Fayetteville Forward Summit and the Fayetteville Forward Economic Accountability Council.
Our mission is to create economic opportunies for creative people.
We meet the second Thursday of each month at 6 p.m. at the New Design School in Fayetteville.
Welcome to Creative Writing Services, Nancy Shiffrin's personal website. I'm the author of two collections of poems, THE VAST UNKNOWING and GAME WITH VARIATIONS, as well as a collection of creative prose, MY JEWISH NAME.
I've also authored, co-authored or consulted on numous works of non-fiction and fiction. My work has appeared in numerous periodicals, including the Los Angeles Times, New York Magazine, New York Quarterly, The Canadian Jewish Outlook, The Journal of Anais Nin Studies, Shofar, Earth's Daughters, and The San Gabriel Valley Poetry Quarterly.
I earned my MA studying with Anais Nin. My PhD in English is from The Union Institute where I studied Jewish American authors. I have earned recognition from The Academy of American Poets, The Dora Teitelbaum Foundation, Beyond Baroque, The Poetry Society of America and other literary organizations.
I'm an experienced teacher of writing and literature. My themes include spirituality, eroticism, love, relationship, creativity, Jewish identity and culture, New York, Los Angeles, Romania, 9/11 and its aftermath, recovery from family violence, healing. I've worked with people of all ages and professions.
I can help your project bloom from germinating idea to finished published project.
I can help you put your heart's desire into print.
I can help you write the book you were born to write.
I offer encouragement, rigor and reasonable rates.
I can guide you to a personally satisfying experience of publication.
More than just a magazine, CrossCurrents is a global network for people of faith and intelligence who are committed to connecting the wisdom of the heart and the life of the mind. In print, online and in real time, we bring people together across lines of difference. We invite you to share in the conversation as we reflect upon those "crosscurrents" that thoughtful people everywhere are encountering in the opening years of the millennium.
C.L.I.is a Native American owned and managed organizational development company dedicated to facilitating individual and organizational growth. We achieve our mission by providing clients with proven consulting, training, and third party neutral mediation and facilitation services.
CLI offers consulting services in strategic planning, team building, conflict resolution and management, and expert facilitation of meetings dealing with difficult isses. Our services and programs are designed to the specific needs of each client.
CLI is ready to assist your organization with professional support. Our focus is on our clients, from large multi-nationals to small non-profits. Contact us to learn more or let us know how we can assist you.
The Crow Collection of Asian Art shall honor the vision, generosity of spirit and collecting tradition of Trammell and Margaret Crow. Mr. and Mrs. Crow’s love of the applied arts of Asia shall be communicated to the general public by exhibiting, preserving, collecting, interpreting and researching original works of art. The museum shall strive for maximum visitorship. Through innovative programs, the museum shall work to advance an understanding of the meanings and values embodied in the Asian artistic traditions.
In December, 1998, the Crow Family opened the Trammell and Margaret Crow Collection of Asian Art as a permanent museum at 2010 Flora Street in the Arts District of Dallas, Texas. Mr. and Mrs. Crow opened the free museum in an effort to share their love of Asian art and culture with the general public. The museum’s mission is to bridge the cultural gap between East and West. The Crows traveled extensively throughout the world, but Asia was always a favorite destination. “Our first visit to China came in 1976 right before Chairman Mao Zedong died,” Mrs. Crow said. “Very few foreigners were allowed inside China at that time, but we received permission because of Dallas Market Center’s involvement with the Canton Trade Fair.”
“Trammell always loved Chinese art – it fascinated him, especially jade,” Mrs. Crow said. “And I’ve always appreciated English décor, which has been influenced by the Chinese for centuries. So it was very easy for us to develop this partnership — this love for Asian Art.” Tight restrictions on Chinese exports prevented the Crows from making many direct buys of art during their 14 subsequent visits to the country. The majority of their collection has been obtained from individual purchases made through private dealers and auction houses and through the acquisition of major collections, such as the highly respected Morrie A. Moss collection.
The Crow Collection Education Program
The Crow Collection is committed to offering professional development opportunities for educators working in the K-12 system, higher education, and informal learning environments. From educator events to workshops and group tours, educators can discover engaging and participatory teaching methods applicable to all subjects, while also exploring Asian art and culture. Learn more.
CSLDallas is a dynamic spiritual community dedicated to teaching and practicing a powerful spirituality that inspires us to live our dreams. We are a Center where people are nourished, up-lifted, and filled with compassion, creativity and joy. We believe in the Unity of ALL Life and that every person is a unique and precious gift to all of us. We celebrate our diversity, learning to be compassionate with ourselves, each other, and the world.
Cultivated Human - Karina Hatcher (Atlanta, GA, USA)
expressive arts • wellness • creativity • life
I'm Karina Hatcher, an interdisciplinary artist, Expressive Arts consultant, Qigong instructor, and the founder of Cultivated Human.com, a Center for Creativity and Wellness based in Atlanta, GA. Inspired by a multimodal expressive arts format and my own contemplative journey, Each of our programs promotes emotional and physical wellness through multi-sensorial expressions, movement, and mindfulness.
With a firm belief in the arts as intervention for healing and a humanistic approach, I subscribe to the World Health Organization’s view of health “as a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity.”
Cupola Contemporary Art (Sheffield, United Kingdom)
Cupola believes that if more people were creative less people would be destructive. We believe that creativity is a wonderful way to bond people across cultures, gender and race. Art can connect, inform and challenge people. We want to celebrate all forms of art and value artists who play a hugely important role in our society.
Cupola Gallery offers a wide range of artworks including painting, printmaking, ceramics, jewellery, sculpture, glass, textiles and photography.
Cupola Gallery is proud to be hosting the Hillsborough Boom this Saturday the 4th of July at Hillsborough Park. Everyone is welcom to enjoy the 36 brilliant stalls with an abundance of art, activities and music.
We all know there is a lot of conflict and division in the world right now. Conflict can be an important catalyst for positive change, but it can also lead to needless pain and violence when we villainize people on the “other side.”
We're on a mission to cut through the “us vs. them” mentality with events and products that help us remember our shared humanity.
By humanizing one another, we're better equipped to work together to solve our shared problems and create a more just, peaceful, and sustainable world for all.
- We believe humans have more similarities than we have differences. - We believe that what affects one of us affects all of us. - We believe there are no bad people, only hurting people who need help. - We believe we can find better solutions when we’re able to humanize each other. - We believe in defeating our shared problems, not each other.
We donate 10% of every purchase to organizations that have taught and inspired us through their work progressing peace, justice, and nonviolence.
The remainder of our proceeds are invested back into funding our own community building efforts, including our events online and in our hometown of Austin, TX.
Our commitment to a more peaceful world begins with a dedication to sustainable and ethical business practices.
We hand-pick each of our shirts from manufacturers that prioritize the environment and the people working for them. We choose socially responsible production facilities with programs that monitor and certify lawful, humane and ethical practices. Our manufacturers also prioritize energy efficient practices.
We print all our apparel locally in Austin, TX using non-toxic, water-based inks. This means that our inks don't produce any plastic wastewater in the printing and equipment cleaning process.
We ship all of our products in biodegradable and compostable packaging to even further reduce our footprint so you can get to the good stuff: creating a world with less harm.
Lastly, we are committed to constantly improving our business to be more sustainable and loving for the environment and the people we impact.
20,000 Dialogues is a nationwide initiative that uses discussions about films to promote pluralism, dialogue, and civic engagement. It seeks to build greater understanding of Muslims through films and conversation. 20,000 Dialogues uses Unity Productions Foundation’s (UPF) award winning films and provides the materials people need to participate in dialogues that further the American ideals of inclusiveness and positive civic action.
The organization directs its efforts at all fronts – environmental quality, resource management, public health, economic and cultural development. Humans both benefit from the productivity of and pose the greatest threat to health and sustainability. The organization's belief is that only through awareness, understanding, and stewardship can natural resources be conserved and nurtured for the benefit of future generations. We believe that greater and more strategic participation in the democratic process is the key to environmental progress.
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We facilitate connections between private enterprise, industry, community and government agencies to improve the lives of people living within our region.
Amistad is a fair-trade store. We believe that we can make a difference at home and around the world through the products we sell, and by our ongoing efforts to improve the lives of those who are in poverty or suffering in our own community. The parent company of Amistad is CultureSense International, Inc. a cross-cultural training and consulting company that is dedicated to creating harmony through cross-cultural understanding.
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Bedoubags are woven in traditional Bedouin patterns on the ground loom by women working from home so they can take care of their families. With your acquisition you revive a centuries old weaving tradition; give local women in the area of Petra a chance to support their families and inspire girls to learn a craft. Each bag is unique, is woven with a woolen thread or a recycled thread and bares the creative signature of the woman who crafted it. All revenues go to the project in the form of designs, materials, training and promotion. The organization is managed by Sandra Jelly, an artist, designer and horse coach from Amsterdam with a background in business economics and advertising. She followed her passions for painting and horses, fell in love with Jordan and started making bags in 2010 in order to share her talents with the local community and empower women. 
Paula is a Certified Professional Coach, and a graduate of International Coach Academy (ICA), a coaching school certified by the International Coach Federation. Paula received her ACC Certification from the International Coach Federation. She is also a member of the International Association of Coaching, the Creativity Coaching Association and Imagery International.
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Epiphany is an alive, spirit-filled community of 1,500 families who gather to celebrate God in our midst, to engage in life long formation and to serve others.
Epiphany's vision statement is the cornerstone of our commitment to the world. Its text circles the interior of our church as a constant reminder of our charge.
I would like to express my gratitude to all who have been holding space and supporting me over the past several months. It's true, the moment one definitely commits oneself, then Providence moves too... And believe me, that is no metaphor. Almost every day another door opens, and needless to say, this would not be possible without your generous support.
Our new logo with the addition of Circles of Men Project represents the expanding scope of the Men's Fellowship Network as we begin collaborating with other organizations around the world. Two strategic alliances that have been formed are with 
In May I support the 
Men's Circles and Healing Between Women and Men
August 2019 - Meru, Kenya - Young Men's Retreat - I have been invited by 
September 19th - 22nd 
Cost for this years retreat!
Gender Equity & Reconciliation International
The book, 
In January I had the privilege of joining Dr. Paul Hubbert, Ph.D., Multidimensional Sound Master on a transformational journey through Egypt. We traveled through upper Egypt, cruised the Nile River, meditated in the Kings Chamber of the Great Pyramid and climbed Mt. Sinai.... and lots more.
Circles of Men
With this book, Clay Boykin has created a spiritual blueprint for men around the world. Not only does this book provide a detailed guide for starting and maintaining a men’s group, but it also contains rich insight into the struggles and challenges of being a spiritual male in today’s western culture. Clay’s authenticity, honesty, and vulnerability make this an endearing read for both men and women trying to understand male or masculine spirituality. Told through his experience, Clay shares a story we can all relate too. It is rich with practical and personal insight that helps break down the complexity of the human spirit. I especially enjoyed the testimonials from those who have had the opportunity sit amongst Clay and experience this counter-intuitive process. I highly recommend this to anyone interested in learning more about their own spirituality or someone wanting to start their own group. - 
Robert Koehler: Peace journalist
Compassionate Yoga is a community mind-body-soul wellness program that leads Open Your Heart to the Sky, an Outdoor Yoga Wellness Series. Our primary purpose is for you to cultivate compassion & enhance your spiritual growth.
Compassionate Yoga shares the same views, vision, & values as Charter for Compassion and Compassionate Atlanta. Compassionate Yoga believes that compassion lives within us all. We strive for our students to cultivate compassion so that compassionate action will manifest in their every day lives.
