Calendar

Jan
7
Tue
2020
CLIMATE TEA & TALK with Elder’s Action Network – Monthly Community Conversations @ Online
Jan 7 @ 7:00 pm – Dec 8 @ 7:00 pm

ELDER’S CLIMATE ACTION  – ECA

ECA is mobilizing elders throughout the United States to address climate change while there is still time to protect the well being of our grandchildren, future generations, and all life. We are dedicated to using the power of our caring, our wisdom and our numbers to push for policies that will reduce greenhouse gases in our atmosphere to a level consistent with life thriving on our planet.

Join Us for Climate Tea & Talk – 2nd Tuesday of the Month at 6:00 PM (ET) | 3:00 PM (PT)


Make yourself a cup of tea and connect with us for a “elder hour” of casual discussion about climate change.
We can make new friends across the country and learn ways to engage from each other. For this call you will see the other participants as it is an open discussion format.
We hope you will join us for climate tea & talk!

~ NO RSVP NEEDED ~ *as this is casual conversation, these calls are not recorded

Join from Computer: https://zoom.us/j/185337579

Or Telephone: 669 900 6833

Meeting ID: 185 337 579

Jan
15
Wed
2020
Online Certificate on Education for Sustainable Development 2020
Jan 15 – Jun 24 all-day
Online Certificate on  Education for Sustainable Development 2020 @  |  |  |

“Integrate into formal education and life-long learning the knowledge, values, and skills needed for a sustainable way of life.” Principle 14 – Earth Charter
“Ensure inclusive and quality education for all and promote lifelong learning.” SDG4

Are you interested in Education for Sustainable Development (ESD)? With this online programme you can achieve deeper knowledge, skills, and abilities in ESD and be a certified Earth Charter Educator. This is a unique training opportunity offered under the framework UNESCO Chair on ESD with the Earth Charter and provides a space for transformative learning that responds to the educational needs of today.

Apr
2
Thu
2020
Elders Community Conversation – every Wednesday @ Online
Apr 2 @ 1:00 pm – Dec 21 @ 2:00 pm

ELDERS COMMUNITY CONVERSATION

Wednesdays
1 PM (ET) | 10 AM (PT)
Join Zoom Meeting by Computer
Join by phone – dial by your location
    +1 669 900 6833 US (San Jose)
    +1 346 248 7799 US (Houston)
    +1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago)
    +1 646 558 8656 US (New York)
Meeting ID: 657 099 415

Join the Community Conversation

Last week, ECA’s Community Conversations began. Ground rules for respecting each other, and a short, guided meditation set a positive, caring tone for the meeting. Breakout groups talked about what is sustaining and engaging us, from nature walks to keeping in touch with friends and relations, and feeling gratitude for life and the environment. One attendee told about a group that made and sold fish tacos and donated the proceeds to a homeless shelter. We reflected on how the pandemic has revised our behavior, ways to take action on behalf of those suffering loss or unemployment, and how to help our adult children and grandchildren
while sheltering in place.
We hope you’ll join us for informal small group conversations where we can share ideas and stories of ways to keep up our work as elder climate activists. We’re here for you just like we’re here for the grandchildren and all future generations.
Apr
3
Fri
2020
Elders Community Conversation – every Friday @ Online
Apr 3 @ 3:00 pm – Dec 24 @ 4:00 pm
Fridays
3 PM (ET) | Noon (PT)
Join Zoom Meeting by Computer
Join by phone – dial by your location
+1 669 900 6833 US (San Jose)
    +1 346 248 7799 US (Houston)
    +1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago)
    +1 646 558 8656 US (New York)
Meeting ID: 287 017 592
Join the Community Conversation
Last week, ECA’s Community Conversations began. Ground rules for respecting each other, and a short, guided meditation set a positive, caring tone for the meeting. Breakout groups talked about what is sustaining and engaging us, from nature walks to keeping in touch with friends and relations, and feeling gratitude for life and the environment. One attendee told about a group that made and sold fish tacos and donated the proceeds to a homeless shelter. We reflected on how the pandemic has revised our behavior, ways to take action on behalf of those suffering loss or unemployment, and how to help our adult children and grandchildren
while sheltering in place.
We hope you’ll join us for informal small group conversations where we can share ideas and stories of ways to keep up our work as elder climate activists. We’re here for you just like we’re here for the grandchildren and all future generations.
May
1
Fri
2020
THE CONNECTION FIELD and GOOD OF THE WHOLE Online Weekly Offerings @ online
May 1 – Dec 31 all-day

The Connection Field is an ever-expanding field of love and resonance for the good of the whole. This is a loving, inclusive space, to be authentic and expand in heart resonance, embodied wholeness, and meaningful connection. JOIN US. Create online community and coherence for the good of the whole.

The Connection Field is a global service project initiated by our community of Mentoring Stewards to provide online community, support and connection during these unprecedented times of the COVID-19 pandemic. We may be asked to self-quarantine, social distance, and stay home, but that doesn’t mean we are alone! Join us in the Connection Field. We will be LIVE daily on Zoom from Noon to 5:00 pm Eastern/9 am to 2 pm Pacific.

JOIN THE CONNECTION FIELD: Click on the link below to receive the log-in information in our Weekly Digest. When you register you will also receive the link in an email sent directly to your inbox.


CLICK HERE FOR YOUR WEEKLY DIGEST WITH ZOOM INSTRUCTIONS


DO YOU WANT TO HOST AN HOUR OR OFFER A SPECIAL PROGRAM? EMAIL US AND INQUIRE AT SUPPORT@GOODOFTHEWHOLE.COM.


DIGEST OF EVENTS

GOOD OF THE WHOLE COMMUNITY CALLS:

  • Monday, 11:00 am Eastern: Public Global Heart Resonance Call
  • Wednesday, 11:00 am Eastern: Mentoring Stewards Public Coherence Call (May 6th: OPEN TO THE PUBLIC)

DAILY OFFERINGS:

  • Daily, 9:00 am Eastern/1:00 pm UTC: Mayan Calendar and Fire Ceremony
  • Daily, 10:00 am Eastern: Morning Heart Coherence Meditation
  • Monday – Friday, Noon – 5 pm Eastern: Resonance Lounge
  • Daily, 10:00 pm Eastern: Evening Japa Mala Meditation
  • NEW Monday, Wednesday, Friday 8:00 pm Eastern: Heart Coherence Awareness Meditation
  • NEW Monday, Tuesday and Thursday, 10:00 pm Eastern: The Power of Song and Prayer

     

    “Out Beyond ideas of wrongdoing and right doing, there’s a field.

    I’ll meet you there.” ~ Rumi

WEEKLY OFFERINGS:

  • Sunday, 1:00 – 3:00 pm Eastern: Gathering of Indigenous Grandmothers of Europe
  • NEW Sunday, 11:00 am Eastern: Healing in an Urban Context with Multi-ethnical Tensions
  • Sunday, 6:00 pm Eastern/10:00 UTC: Teachings of Sacred Tree
  • NEW Sunday, 9:00 pm Eastern: Staying Healthy
  • NEW Monday, 8:00 am Eastern: Divine Heart Meditation
  • Monday, 5:00 pm Eastern: Global Heart Team
  • NEW Monday, 7:00 pm Eastern: The Trust Frequency Embodied
  • Monday, 8:00 pm Eastern: Men in Connection
  • NEW Tuesday, 11:00 am Eastern: The Hoop of Many Hoops
  • NEW Tuesday, 5:00 pm Eastern: Inspiration from Revelation
  • Tuesday, 8:00 pm Eastern: Radical Earth Resonance
  • NEW Wednesday, 8:00 am Eastern: Soul Voice Embodied Intuition
  • NEW Wednesday, 5:00-7:00 pm Eastern: Four Worlds International Women’s Circle
  • Wednesday, 7:00 pm Eastern: We Are a Rising Tide
  • Wednesday, 8:00 pm Eastern: The Healing Field
  • Thursday, 11:00 am Eastern: Giving Voice to the Heart
  • Thursday, 8:00 pm Eastern: Rumi’s Field
  • Friday, 8:00 pm Eastern: Sound Connection
  • NEW Saturday, 11:00 am Eastern: Modern Toltec Purification Ceremony
  • Saturday, 8:00 pm Eastern: 24/7 Couples

NEW TOLTEC MOON CEREMONIES

TIME ZONE CONVERTER – CLICK HERE


See them dance in grace and beauty – 

Mothers, Grandmothers, Aunties, Sisters & Daughters…

Oh, Women of Nations

Women of all the nations

You are the strength,

You are the force,

You are the healing of the nations


THE CONNECTION FIELD

 

 

ONLINE WEEKLY GATHERINGS for INSPIRATION…

RESONANCE…HEALING…GIVING VOICE to the HEART…

 

 

 GOOD OF THE WHOLE

 

 

A Co-Creative Partner

FOUR WINDS INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE
GOOD of the WHOLE’S Vision is a world where every individual feels valued, connected, and whole. Our Mission is to cultivate an ethos of wholeness and nurture our innate capacity to live for the good of the whole. GOOD of the WHOLE is a resource hub for global coherence and the conscious transition toward a whole worldview. We prepare, support and amplify individuals, groups, organizations and initiatives that live for and serve the good of the whole.
GOOD of the WHOLE is a 501(c)(3) Non-Profit Organization

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

May
21
Thu
2020
People’s Hub Workshops: Getting Through Economic Downturns Together @ Online
May 21 @ 1:00 pm – Jun 11 @ 1:00 pm

TODAY.

Where have we been?

Where are we going?

What might be possible together? 

https://peopleshub.org/project/getting-through-economic-downturns-together-workshops-and-circle/

https://www.facebook.com/PeoplesHub-1695905997109684/

The Circle may be over but the workshops are coming up! 

It’s time to sign up!!

This has been a time of organizing. We are moving from our deep roots in community to challenge the status quo. We are building systems that work for our people. We are imagining a different way. 
 

It has been a time of reckoning. 

Covid-19 has magnified the disparities and injustices of our world. Specifically, the ways that Black, Indigenous, People of Color, chronically ill and disabled people experience higher levels of violence, housing insecurity, and job discrimination. We continue to lose people to white supremacy: 

Nina Pop

Breonna Taylor

Ahmaud Arbey

There is a missing and murdered indigenous women’s epidemic. 

Capitalism and white supremacy will attempt to make us forget this time and return to a disconnection from each other and the earth. 

We cannot and will not return to a normal that devalues people and planet. 

“We can impose beauty on our future.”
–Lorraine Hansberry 

Instead, let’s make a promise, a commitment to honor community. For those of us with privileges it’s a time to risk comfort,  #share your check.

Together, we can be a part of community-based solutions, be a part of the radical imagination. As Lorraine Hansberry stated, we can impose beauty on our future.

Join us for a deepened understanding of economic downturns and solidarity economy. What we do now matters. 

May
22
Fri
2020
Humanity Rising – Global Solutions Summit @ Online
May 22 – Aug 20 all-day

How can we be vessels of hope in a time such as this? We have the opportunity to embrace actions that can be taken to make a difference for ourselves and those around us. When we take these steps together there is a collective mounting of GOOD that impacts humanity and our world.  

Please consider joining us for the offerings laid out below.  Together we are creating a powerful vision for a healthy and flourishing future. We hope you can join us in these worthy endeavors!

Sign Up for the Summit HERE

May 22

OPENING  SESSION

May 23-31

WOMEN’S CIRCLES

We are opening Humanity Rising with ten days of listening to voices of women from around the world to emphasize the imperative that women be empowered to lead in shaping the post pandemic world.



June 1-7

NEXTGEN YOUTH LEADERSHIP CIRCLES

After the women speak, we want to listen to the voices of the young for seven days to emphasize the importance of youth leadership in the new world.


June 8-19

STRATEGIES FOR CHANGE

How do we become more effective in implementing solutions? What strategies can we implement that can make a real difference?


The world has been stopped. Most of us have been in some form of lockdown, and over the next several months countries and individuals will find their own paths through the crisis.  It is clear that this virus is not going to suddenly go away. So what can we do? How can we be part of the solution?

Allow us to introduce you to Humanity Rising, a growing movement of people and organizations coming together to take counsel on how we can leverage the crisis of the coronavirus pandemic into an opportunity for human renewal and increased resilience to future challenges. It is designed to generate radical collaboration between individuals and organizations dedicated to building a better world.

You’re invited to be a part of this international coalition of over 200 leaders from diverse backgrounds and 100 partner organizations representing over 10 million individuals from around the world for the launch of the Humanity Rising Global Solutions Summit on May 22, 2020.


June 20-27

UNITY WEEK, UNITED NATIONS 75TH ANNIVERSARY

Week of celebration of the UN and international efforts to implement the UN Sustainable Development Goals


June 28 – July 8

NEW MINDSETS FOR A NEW WORLD

What new ideas and new modes of thinking are required for a sustainable and more resilient post pandemic world? How do we develop a new story for humanity?


If you can’t join the live conversations, all sessions will be recorded and you can access the complete video library.

The Summit will continue for as long as the pandemic lasts. This is important because world events are changing every day and it is imperative that we interact with events as they unfold. The world will shapeshift many times over the next months. We must be in a position to continue to adapt and evolve as the global situation does. 

The essential imperative is that we all come together in dialogue and action to ensure that the world community seizes the opportunity to rebuild beyond the pandemic in more abundant, resilient and sustainable ways, as framed by the UN Sustainable Development Goals.

Humanity Rising is powered by Ubiquity. 


July 9 – July 20

SOLUTIONS MAKING A DIFFERENCE

What are people and organizations doing on the ground that are actually making a difference in people’s lives and in building sustainability?


July 21-31

STRATEGIES FOR CHANGE II

What have we learned? How can we be more effective? How do we build more powerful coalitions?


Each day, the Summit, an initiative of Ubiquity University, will convene for two hours from 8:00 – 10:00AM (PDT) | 5:00-7:00PM (CET) to engage in presentations, group dialogues and working groups, and will continue for as long as the pandemic lasts. It will feature daily TED Talks-style presentations from influential figures such as Jane Goodall, Charles Eisenstein and Vandana Shive as well interactive sessions with leaders from international organizations such as Synergos, Impact HUBS, World Economic Forum, Gaia Education, Humanity’s Team, Ideanco, Masterpeace, Age Nation, Pachamama Alliance, Global Ecovillage Network, Crowdsourcing Week, Heart Ambassadors, Davos Blockbase, and many more.

Our goal is to have hundreds of organizations participating and collaborating. Ubiquity President and Founder Dr. Jim Garrison explains, “The Humanity Rising Summit is an extraordinary opportunity to come together with like-minded people from around the world to consider how we can use this crisis to create a world that is more sustainable and resilient. We believe that nothing less than proactive radical collaboration is sufficient to create a truly new world beyond the pandemic.”


August 1-10

NEW MINDSETS FOR A NEW WORLD II

More ideas for change, more reframing of what we need to envision for a positive future.


August 11-20

SOLUTIONS MAKING A DIFFERENCE II

More examples of what people and organizations are doing on the ground that are actually making a difference in people’s lives and in building sustainability.


September onwards

We will evaluate and shape-shift as the circumstances warrant.


 

May
29
Fri
2020
Village Building Convergence – 20th Anniversary – Online Events @ online
May 29 – Jun 7 all-day

https://www.facebook.com/pg/cityrepair/events/ for more info

VBC Starts This Friday, May 29th!

Our annual Village Building Convergence is just about here! This newsletter includes info about the online events, workshops, and yes – DISTANCE DANCING!

Feel free to browse the website https://villagebuildingconvergence.com/ for more details, including two placemaking-at-a-distance projects. And, check out this short video for an overview of the Convergence: https://youtu.be/wPBhwO-Bgto

Registration is required to receive zoom links. All events (except the design course) are sliding scale donation, no one turned away for lack of funds, and Queer, Trans, Black, Indigenous, and People of Color encouraged to hop on in!

Time Capsule Project: Knowledge across time

Time capsules reflect the values of a current culture, but are designed within an imagined future. They exist across time holding hopes, fears, and desires for a future civilization.

On the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the Village Building Convergence, Artist Jordan Rosenblum is working in collaboration with City Repair and event organizers will use the form of a time capsule as a collective artwork. The time capsule will document knowledge and insight generated during the events and you are invited to participate, dreaming our future/s, and acknowledging our present/s through a series of questions posed at each event.

On the closing of the VBC, a time capsule will be created in a distributed form, with participants offered to take back accumulated knowledge to our own communities.

AND!!! Stay tuned for info as we will be breaking out a time capsule the City Repair founders prepared and buried in cob 20 years ago. We’re going to break it open and share the contents over VBC!

 

 

 

 

Upcoming Events
MAY29
Fri 5:30 PM PDT97 guests
MAY30
MAY31
Sun 4 PM PDT17 guests
MAY31
May 31 – Jun 3by Village Building Convergence – Portland
Live Sessions Online
JUN5
JUN6
JUN6
JUN7
JUN7
Sun 8 PM PDT21 guests
Masks for Humanity presents their “Ask a Scientist Series” and Weekly “Sew-a-thon” of Masks @ online
May 29 @ 3:00 pm – Dec 18 @ 3:00 pm

Jayna Zweiman via ActionNetwork.org <info@email.actionnetwork.org>

Weekly Sew-a-thon:

Every Friday at 12 PDT / 3 EDT, makers get together to talk masks and more. If you want to connect with other makers, this is a great opportunity to stop in, listen and share. It’s relaxed, informal, and one of my favorite parts of the week. Here’s the link to register. All are welcome.

Mask Count:

We currently have 340,000 cloth masks requested! We have had requests come in from across the country, from rural and urban areas, and from organizations that serve groups disproportionally impacted by COVID-19. If there is a group you are specifically concerned about, chances are, we have an organization on our list that serves them.

Making and giving masks is an incredible opportunity to make a tangible difference in someone’s life. Check out our request list, pick a place to help, and get started! Each mask matters. Share pics along the way on instagramfacebook, and twitter.

As always, thank you for all you are doing.

In Community,

Jayna
Masks for Humanity

May
31
Sun
2020
An Online Gathering at the End of Hope featuring Grandmother Flordemayo @ online
May 31 – Jun 4 all-day

The Wilds Beyond Climate Justice is a global online event for us to engage each other in activities, actions, and conversations that lie outside the dominant climate change framework and sing new possibilities into being.

One part ceremony, one part workshop, and one part creative arts project, The Wilds Beyond Climate Justice will bring together a worldwide community to mourn, create, envision, and open up places of transformation and power in a unique five-day virtual gathering.

The Wilds Beyond Climate Justice: An online gathering at the end of hope

Grandmother Flordemayo will be leading a session at The Wilds Beyond Climate Justice: An online gathering at the end of hope

May 31st to June 4th, 2020

JOIN US!

Register

Help Support COVID Relief to Indigenous Communities…HELP BIONEERS IN THEIR GLOBAL EFFORT!
May 31 @ 12:00 am – Dec 31 @ 12:00 pm

Help Support COVID Relief to Indigenous Communities

HELP BIONEERS IN THEIR GLOBAL EFFORT!

At Bioneers, we have worked swiftly behind the scenes to help Indigenous communities hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic and have already distributed rapid-relief support to those in the front lines, who are risking their lives to help Indigenous communities survive the latest pandemic.

Alexis Bunten, Bioneers Indigeneity Program Director, wrote this piece to share what her and her colleagues have learned about the disproportionate effects of COVID-19 on Indigenous communities, from historical perspectives to the current reality, and to offer several ways that you can donate to these efforts.

Read more here.

The Navajo Nation COVID-19 Fund
May 31 @ 12:00 am – Dec 31 @ 12:00 pm

The Navajo Nation COVID-19 Fund has been established to help the Navajo Nation respond to the COVID-19 pandemic. This is the Navajo Nation’s only official COVID-19 fundraising and donation effort.

The Navajo Nation is accepting monetary and non-monetary donations to address immediate medical and community needs.

The Navajo Nation’s Health Command Center is coordinating donations to the Nation through the Nation’s Department of Justice and Office of the Controller. Non-monetary donations are also accepted.

For more information see www.navajo.fund or call (928)871-6206 or send an email to  general@nndoj.org.

For official information on COVID-19 on the Navajo Nation, please see: https://www.ndoh.navajo-nsn.gov/COVID-19
The Official Navajo Nation government website is: https://www.navajo-nsn.gov

Interfaith Devotional and Dialogue with the Baha’is of Alachua County, Florida @ Online - Zoom
May 31 @ 3:00 pm

Interfaith Devotional and Dialogue
with the Baha’is of Alachua County, Florida
Sunday, May 31 – 3:00 pm Eastern
What the World Needs Now is …
CLIMATE ACTION FOR PEACE
 
Join on Zoom
https://zoom.us/j/558656822
OR dial  646 876 9923 – Meeting ID: 558 656 822
For more information contact
Sue Blythe <sueblythe01@gmail.com>

 

Jun
1
Mon
2020
International Children’s Month @ Your community
Jun 1 – Jun 30 all-day

INTERNATIONAL CHILDREN LOVE THE MIRACLE~ CRYSTAL CLEAR VISION 2020

mir·​a·​cle | \ ˈmir-i-kəl  \
Definition of miracle
1
: an extraordinary event manifesting divine intervention in human affairs
the healing miracles described in the Gospels
2
: an extremely outstanding or unusual event, thing, or accomplishment
The bridge is a miracle of engineering.
3
Christian Science : a divinely natural phenomenon experienced humanly as the fulfillment of spiritual law

This year is International Children Love The Miracle 2020. Crystal Clear Vision. 
A miracle manifests or comes through people, through each other. It is an answer to a prayer, a wish, a hope, a need, and it affects us and everyone connected to us positively. 

Miracles can be small, like a seed growing into our favorite food, or big like world peace. 

This year we will be exploring miracles, and how we can each be someone else’s miracle. 

What do miracles look like? What do miracles sound like? What do miracles do?

Let’s begin this year by pondering these concepts.


MIRACULOUS EMBODIMENT EXERCISES TO TRY! ​

Step 1: Open to the field of the Miraculous.
-when we open to divine powerful energy made of light and love, positivity, goodness, care, respect, we open to the creative field that created and creates everything. 

How can you explore the miraculous field? 

  • Sit quietly, close your eyes, breath in deeply on 3, hold for 3 release for 3. Clear your mind, and then ask the question in your heart. What do miracles look like? In your imagination, imagine the miracles you can be a part of. This can be something you do everyday, or when you feel inspired, or when you feel really uninspired. That is usually the best time to sit quietly and ask yourself about the field of the miraculous, ;when you feel out of sorts. It can help bring us back into a good place. And we can hear our inner voice. 
  • Create a picture: Paint, draw, color your vision of the miraculous field or of a miracle you see in your minds eye, or in your heart. The famous poet RUMI says “Your heart knows the way, Run in that direction.” we here at ICM agree.
  • Write a creative piece about the field of the miraculous. Describe it for your readers, imagine through your words, and honor them as they get put down on the page. 
  • Make music out of the miraculous field. SIng, play an instrument, create your own song of the miraculous. What could miracles sound like? What can they say in a song? 
  • Dance or Movement in the miraculous field. How does it feel to be a miracle? How do we let the miraculous energy flow through our bodies? What beautiful miraculous energy can we send out into the world to uplift our family and earth?
  • FREE Form- ICM invites you to get creative with the exploration of the field of the miraculous. Fill your heart with light, or a star and shine brightly and create! 
YOUR MIRACLES CAN GET SHOWCASED !!!! SEND US YOUR SHAREABLE CREATIONS FOR INTERNATIONAL CHILDREN LOVE THE MIRACLE TO internationalchildrensmonth@gmail.com

NOW. BE OPEN TO BE AN INSTRUMENT FOR THE MIRACULOUS!!!! 


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Heidi Little
Vocalist/Songwriter/Performing Artist -SEL M. Edu/Workshop Educator at  Omnipresent Entertainment/International Childrens Month/Creative Projects Director/Outreach at WE The World/Founder:The Center for Advancement in Social Emotional Learning, ICM Platform Designer.
P  512-799-9807 
E  omnipresententertainmenthl@gmail.com 
W  www.HeidiLittle.com 

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Shannon Crossbear
International Childrens Month First Nations Adviser, Childrens Advocate, Ojibwe Grandmother and storyteller.

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Bob Challenger
Campaign For The Earth, Earth Day, REMax, International Childrens Month Marketing and Director Children’s Global Wave of Love, June 21 at 1:11 pm utilizing the Fibonacci sequence of divine increments of love.​

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Caysie Cannon:
Cannon Visual Concepts. Content and visual developer International Children’s Month and International Children Love The Miracle 2020 ~ Crystal Clear Vision.
P: (847) 845-9516
 

 

PAINT PRAY FLOW @ online
Jun 1 @ 12:00 am

Beginning June 1st!

Wise Woman Center • PO Box 64 • Woodstock, NY 12498 

There is a new body of work that is nudging you from the inside

ready to come to life!

This is the powerful creative pressure that can bring you to your knees…and believe it or not this is actually a good thing. When you surrender the mental loop of the WHAT and HOW and shift into A Prayer for Support and Guidance – your creative process will never be the same.

  • Strengthen your relationship with the Divine and your Creative Spirit, so you can create the pathway to ease-fully bring forward your Sacred Body of Work.
  • Address wounds and old patterns that surface as you step into your power, so you can continue expanding into your authentic self.
  • Creatively contribute to the world during this transformative time, so you’re finally able to live your vision of making the world a better place through your creative work.
  • Incorporate spiritual and creative practices into your daily routine, to strengthen your connection to your power, let go of patterns that no longer serve you and access creative freedom, play and your next level of creativity.
  • And so much more.
When you have a solid devotional and creative practice you will have the focus, confidence and power to create what is calling you and bring your sacred work to life!

This is why my friend Alexis Cohen, visionary artist, creativity mentor, and shamanic practitioner has created Paint, Pray, Flow.  It’s a complimentary interview series, starting June 1st, 2020.

It brings together more than 25 artists, healers, teachers and visionaries, including me! We will share our creative wisdom, tools and hands-on-techniques to connect to Divine Love, Peace and Prosperity.

Whether you’re new to the world of creativity and spirituality or a seasoned pro, this series is designed to support you as you collaborate with Divine Love and take your creativity to the next level!
Jun
4
Thu
2020
Grandmother Bernadette – SUMMIT OF THE ROSE @ online
Jun 4 – Jun 7 all-day

 

SAVE THE DATE!

SUMMIT OF THE ROSE
June 4 -7, 2020

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Our mailing address is:

International Council of Thirteen Indigenous Grandmothers

P.O. BOX 27933

Tucson, AZ 85726

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The International Council of the Thirteen Indigenous Grandmothers

invites you to save the date for a

four-day online retreat and ceremonial gathering.

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The Summit of the Rose asks the questions: How can we be more fully in love with life? Are we living the call of our heart? What is feeding our lives, and our priorities? Perhaps it is the time to reevaluate. Holy times are upon us. Our great Mother is speaking. To enter into the heart of the rose where she resides. Asking all to re-connect and honor the natural rhythms of life and cycles of our humanness. To go deep with Her as She builds the bridge between the states of life called birth and death. What is calling to be transformed? What is calling to be rebirthed? There is an almighty power ready to be released within the heart of every human being. It’s purpose – the awakening of the soul. A work of great love and compassion. The healing of every human being is the healing of our Great Mother – it is the healing of all Her creatures – and we as part of Creation. Each human being is a mother, being prepared to die and give birth to oneself in the same life.

We hope you will join us in prayer, contemplating the deep mystical journey of living and dying.

Confirmed Grandmothers:

  • Grandmother Aama
  • Grandmother Bernadette
  • Grandmother Clara
  • Grandmother Flordemayo
  • Grandmother Mona
  • Grandmother/Unci Rita

Registration will open soon!  To be the first to know, email us at rose@grandmotherswisdom.org

Message from Omyene Grandmother Bernadette Rebienot, Owansango:

The period we are going through, like every ordeal that life brings us to endure, invites us to question our way of living and to see things in a new light. What message is hidden behind everything that happens to us?

Today, most of the world’s population is confined and Nature can reclaim her rights. In this regard, a break in human activity is more than welcome. Pollution is declining, animal species are repopulating. The whole world is at rest. What could be more natural after so many years of excess?

The real question to ask ourselves is how did we get here, reaching such a level of imbalance without any respect for natural laws, without harmony or restraint?  Never in human history have we reached such levels.

We were all surprised by this crisis, generating doubt among some, acceptance among others. Everyone analyzes it in their own way. Can’t we see in it a form of natural justice which comes to impose itself and enlighten us on our condition?

This virus affects the entire population, no one is spared. Isn’t this a sign that nothing separates us, whatever our origin or our social rank? It is up to us to realize that the future of the human being is written together. We all come from diverse communities, with values ​​and traditions that define our reality and determine where we recognize ourselves as an individual, but this richness must be lived with an opening towards our neighbor, whoever it may be.

Again, justice is expressed. It is social but also spiritual, because it shatters the illusion of separation in which we live. It shows us that humanity is One being and its survival depends on this achievement.

It is precisely this call that we, the Grandmothers of the whole world, must heed. If we are among those most at risk, it may be because we have a crucial role to play. It is we who transmit knowledge to new generations, remembering where we come from and who we are.
It’s time to get back to basics. Through prayer and the invocation of our ancestors, it is up to us to hear this global warning properly, and to share the message with as many people as possible.

Human beings are endowed with intelligence but, despite their desire to dominate nature, the latter will always triumph.

Let us remember that the central element is Life. It’s up to us to keep the flame alive.

Grandmother Bernadette
International Council of Thirteen Indigenous Grandmothers

Grandmothers Wisdom: Reverence for All Creation 

is a ground-breaking portrayal of traditional spiritual women

and an inspiration for all.

The stories are ageless wisdom of earth-based cultures that can benefit all people in today’s climate of disconnection, preparing and opening pathways

for the future generations.

 

Grandmothers Wisdom is a call to action, revitalizing our connection

to what is sacred. 

 

Jun
6
Sat
2020
Accessing the 9th Wave of Evolution through Shared Unity @ on line
Jun 6 @ 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm
Accessing the 9th Wave of Evolution through Shared Unity @ on line

A presentation by Carl Calleman and Patricia Albere as to how to access the Ninth level of consciousness and experience this state of “we” consciousness.

Lilly Singh hosts CTV – Celebrating the Class of 2020 @ WE.org
Jun 6 @ 8:00 pm

Celebrating the Class of 2020

Hosted by Lilly Singh, the one-hour primetime special features a star-studded lineup with special appearances by Selena Gomez, Natalie Portman, Shawn Mendes, Shay Mitchell and more.

 

From B.C. to the East Coast you’ll hear from special celebrity guests, plus meet incredible youth and teachers who have been giving back to their communities all year long and who even now have stepped up with new and innovative ways to do good.

You. Me. Us. Canada. WE got this.

WE

339 Queen St. E | Toronto, Ontario | M5A 1S9 | Canada

tel: 1.416.925.5894 | fax: 1.416.925.8242 | Email: info@WE.org

 

Jun
11
Thu
2020
INDIGI-AID – Helping All Our Relatives @ online
Jun 11 @ 5:00 pm – 9:00 pm

Indigi-Aid, a live-stream event benefiting indigenous communities as a response to the Covid-19 crisis, will take place Thursday, June 11th from 5 to 9 pm eastern time. Artists and musicians from diverse indigenous and other communities around the United States will offer songs, dance, and storytelling.


CONTACT INFO

As the Coronavirus has ravaged the Indigenous communities and threatened to inflict severe health casualties in Navajoland and many other Indigenous Nations, the Indigenous Ministries of the Episcopal Church has partnered with the Episcopal Diocese of Northern Michigan and scores of many Episcopal communities to raise money for food, basic need items, water, and medical supplies to aid our Indigenous communities across the Episcopal Church.

In addition to the performances, we ask our friends to share a 15 to 30-second message of hope and support to our Indigenous communities with the hashtag #indigi-aid. You can message us your support short support video.


https://www.facebook.com/IndigiAid/?eid=ARD0NHsegZw7OIb8YtZLnDLgc5wB7OT08bWYJlKadtSEMW3IhcEILPj7FiJ3oJeUrXa41OE_IdP5_GnL
Jun
21
Sun
2020
The 8th Annual Children’s Global Wave Of Love @ Your time zone and heart space!
Jun 21 @ 1:11 pm

The 8th Annual Children’s Global Wave Of Love

June 21 at 1:11 pm in your heart and time zone.

We collectively come together to cultivate and

send forth our mission

“Children Across the Planet in Love, Care, and Respect.”

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We Declare June Children’s Month!!!
Since everyday is children’s day, we create a year-long, free, activity platform for children, families, communities, schools, organizations and YOU to empower

heart space and help transform the world!

Our Mission Statement: Our mission is to provide complete and total support to all children with an entire month of activities that enhance all aspects of a child’s life.

From 0-20 in age, all races, religions, backgrounds and experiences.
A month of FUN! Stewardship, social and environmental activism!
Some suggestions for Mom and Dad, teachers, youth group leaders:
do parades, dances, and plays; songwriting and artwork; write letters to Congress, Parliament, Kings and Queens; shoot some documentaries and music videos; plant gardens—anything you can think of that does something good for the children !
Some suggestions for children:
send us your videos of what you are doing in…
music, dance, sk8 boarding…
Tell us your story !
Where are you at in the world?
What do you want to see happen?
Here is our new email address!
internationalchildrensmonth@gmail.

Aug
1
Sat
2020
The Ribbon 2020 – Tangible Hope for No Nuclear War – 75th Anniversary of the Nuclear Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki @ Global
Aug 1 all-day

The Ribbon 2020 – Tangible Hope for No Nuclear War

The Ribbon was founded by Justine Merritt who had visited Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum in 1982. She was greatly affected by the tragedy caused by the Atomic Bomb. After arriving home, it came to her to create a Ribbon, and decided to have a Ribbon event on the 40th memorial anniversary of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

It was in the middle of the Cold War between The United States and The Soviet Union, and using nuclear weapons could happen again at a moments notice.

On August 4, 1985, in Washington, D.C., fifteen miles of Ribbons encircled the Pentagon and other important monuments: With the message of “What I cannot bear to think of as lost forever in a nuclear war”. The Atomic Bomb Dome in Hiroshima was also encircled.

The Ribbon International is now a Non Governmental Organization in Association with the United Nations. Since 1985, many Ribbons have been created around the world. People carry Ribbons and pray for Peace at many occasions such as; community memorial gatherings and marches related to nuclear, peace and environmental issues. Ribbons have been exhibited in various places as well.

Nowadays the world is closer to the tragedy of nuclear war or a nuclear accident more than ever before.

On August 1st 2020, the 75th Anniversary of the nuclear bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, The Ribbon International is planning to have a Ribbon event in New York City and in other cities around the world. Please join us, and pray for a world without nuclear weapons and never another nuclear tragedy. (If you cannot join, please pray with us wherever you are.)

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How to make Ribbon
(Please also see our website: www.theribboninternational.org)

  • Cut a panel of sturdy cloth, double thickness, of any color.
  • Finished size: one meter by a half meter (or one yard by a half yard)
  • Sew 20cm (9 inch) pieces of ribbon to each corner so the panels may be easily tied together.
  • On this panel, sew, paint, write, embroider, weave, knit, tie-dye or use any other kind of ornaments to express what you most love about the world and want to protect from what is endangered on this earth.
  • If you wish, write your name and/or any message on the back of the panel.

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BECOME A LOCAL CONTACT FOR THE RIBBON IN YOUR COMMUNITY – organizations, schools, places of worship, individuals, artists, teachers and many others have adopted the Ribbon project for such celebrated days as Earth Day, World Peace Week and United Nations/Global Citizenship Day to promote local awareness and action. Create Ribbons to display at local events, advertise in newspapers, organization newsletters, on radio and TV.

THE NEW RIBBON: TANGIBLE HOPE
THE UNITED NATIONS HAS DESIGNATED SEPTEMBER 21 THE INTERNATIONAL DAY OF PEACE
Honor this day of global cease fire
CREATE RIBBON EXHIBITS FOR PEACE

To help support the Ribbon project and keep it growing around the world please send tax exempt donations made out to – Peace Action Education Fund, 40 Witherspoon St., Princeton, NJ 08542, USA and direct it for The Ribbon International.

We invite you to join the Ribbon project, there is no fee. Just create and display a Ribbon, you have then symbolically joined with others world wide in creating and thinking in terms of care and protection of the earth and its inhabitants.

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Pieces to Peace,

There will be no check-in table in Arlington in August
with an aging, greying teacher with a red Bic pen
waiting to grade assignments for more than ten miles of Ribbon.
All the pieces belong there:
all the symbols of a nation’s yearning for peace.

Who would want to judge the pieces?
Choose one as better than another?
Work of Art?
Work of heart?

Who would want to judge the pieces?
Lay aside a child’s rain-touched, felt tipped rainbow
for an artist’s gessoed work?

Who would want to say the eighth-grader’s acrylic basketball court
held more promise that the quilter’s careful stitches
holding her aching heart together after the evening’s late news?

Each one makes The Ribbon:
the pizza, poison ivy, pomegranate seeds
the ladybugs, mid-Hudson bridge,
poetry,
and creed;
each segment makes The Ribbon.

It is in the addition we find the sum:
for it is one yard
plus one yard
plus each yard of cloth
that we honor the diversity,
that we celebrate the unity.

Each piece makes The Ribbon;
each piece brings the piece.

Amen

JOURNEY. Justine Merritt
CA: Hope Publishing House
1993. (p.111) -Arlington, VA 1985

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Some Events in the Life of the Ribbon

1982: Justine Merritt is inspired to tie a Ribbon around the Pentagon in Washington, DC, USA from the theme; “What I cannot bear to think of as lost forever in a nuclear war”, and writes about it to friends on her holiday card list.

1985: August 4th: Over ten miles of Ribbons encircle the Pentagon and other Washington, DC buildings. The Atom Bomb Dome in Hiroshima, Japan is also

Washington, DC – several people holding multiple ribbon panels by the Capital’s reflecting pool.

1986: In New Zealand, Ribbons connect US and USSR embassies. In South Africa, Black and White mothers unite using Ribbons to tell their government they don’t want their children killing each other. In Japan, Ribbons are used to protest the razing of Ikego Forest. 10,000 Ribbons link B’hai temple to the ocean in Austrailia and USSR World Leader Mikhail Gorbachev is presented a Ribbon by Justine Merritt.

1987: In Okinaw, Japan, Ribbons help surround the largest military base in the Pacific and are displayed in Zushi for the environment at Ikego Forest. In Holland, panels connect the US and USSR embassies. Tamel, Sinhalese and Christian segments are exhibited together in Sri Lanka.

1988-1989: In the Middle East, the Interns for Peace calendar shows Ribbons made by Arab and Jewish children.

Two colorful ribbon panels.

1990: In London, Ribbons are exhibited in the Houses of Parliament. In Geneva, Ribbons are displayed in the Palais des Nations during the NTP Conference.

1991: In New York, Ribbons are exhibited at the United Nations during the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty Conference. Included are panels created by Iraqi and American children. New York State Museum in Albany has an International Ribbon exhibit.

The ribbon in a New York City parade.
Alternate picture of the New York City parade.

1992: Ribbons are displayed in Brazil and around the planet during the UN “Earth Summit.”

1993: Ribbons are displayed at the Human Rights Conference in Vienna, inspire an environmental Ribbon contest in Singapore and is cosponsor of the Parliament of World Religions in Chicago.

1994: The Canadian Ecumenical Council Calendar features Ribbon segments as part of UN related art. Gas City and Marion Indiana create and exhibit Ribbons in preparation for the UN 50th anniversary.

1995: Ribbon displays celebrate the UN 50th anniversary Year. With the help of divers, Ribbons are carried under water and connect Egypt, Israel and Jordon. Segments are contributed by Switzerland, Germany, Italy and China.

Family with Ribbons

1996: International Mothers of Liberia use Ribbons to help protest the stealing of children for the army. Towns in the Ukraine create panels calling for a world without wars or violence. Ribbons are given to all the UN Missions. Mayors for Peace through Inter-city Solidarity learn of the Ribbon.

1997: Estonia uses Ribbons to celebrate peace. Ribbons are taken to Haiti to promote a culture of peace. In Magdeburg, Germany, the Mayor inspires the city’s population to create and display panels for Human Rights Day and other occasions. The Bonadssamlingen Museum in Stenstorp, Sweden exhibits Ribbons.

1997 Stenstorp - several panels

1998: Ribbons are displayed at the UNESCO Culture and Developement conference in Stockholm, Sweden. *1998 is the UNITED NATIONS INTERNATIONAL YEAR of the OCEANS. Show on your Ribbon the beauty of our never ending oceans.

1999: Ribbon panels are displayed for Human Rights Day in Copenhagen, made in China, are exhibitied at the Hague Appeal for Peace (HAP99) in the Netherlands and created for the International Year of Older Persons.

2000 – 2006: Ribbons are given to all U.S. Congressmen for the UN Culture of Peace Year. Lake Havasu City, AZ, USA creates and display Ribbons for UN Day. Africans and Cubans receive Ribbons for peace. A Ribbon is given to Pope John Paul II in Rome in honor of the Decade for a COP and Non Violence for the Children of the World. 9/11 annually Ribbons are carried from the UN to the World Trade Center, NY with an Interfaith litany read.

2001 – 2010: The United Nations International Decade for a Culture of Peace and Non-violence for the Children of the World. Show on your panel a “Culture of Peace.” Church Women United (CWU) initiates the Ribbon as part of their celebrated days of prayers for peace such as World Community Day.

Pope John Paul II greeting ribbon participants.

Founder Justine Merritt and Michele Peppers present Ribbon panel to Pope John Paul II, in honor of the United Nations resolution for the Decade for a Culture of Peace and Non Violence for the Childrend for the World (2001-2010), October 17, 2001

Aug
7
Fri
2020
The Interfaith Leadership Institute – for Students and Educators – 2020
Aug 7 – Aug 9 all-day

Interested in joining us in 2020? Fill out our early interest form and be the first to know when registration opens and save $50 off your registration.  We’ll make sure you’re the first to know when registration opens for our August 7-9, 2020 ILI in Chicago. Bonus: you’ll receive $50 off when you register!

See the ILI in action

The Interfaith Leadership Institute (ILI) is the largest gathering of students and educators with a commitment to American religious pluralism. Each year, hundreds of people who care about the future of our religiously diverse society converge in Chicago to learn, train, share, and get inspired to bring the movement for interfaith cooperation back to their campuses and communities.  Over the course of three days, participants learn to bridge divides and forge friendships across lines of religious and worldview differences. Come to the ILI with the passion to bring people together and leave equipped with the knowledge and skills to make it happen.

Interested in joining us in 2020? Fill out our early interest form and be the first to know when registration opens and save $50 off your registration.

 

Training Tracks

Introductory and advanced training tracks are designed to support those new to this work by laying the foundation for interfaith leadership, and providing advanced skills in topics ranging from strategic planning to navigating tricky challenges and more.

Plenary Sessions

Plenary sessions will feature conversation with experienced leaders and their stories of engaging religious difference and disagreement in American life. During the Unconference, attendees will have the power to guide these conversations by choosing discussion topics and important questions at the beginning of the gathering.

Discounts & Scholarships

As we do not want cost to be a hindrance to engaging with interfaith leadership, we have a number of discounts, as well as registration scholarships available.

Interfaith Youth Core
141 W. Jackson Blvd, Suite 3200, Chicago, IL 60604
Phone: (312) 573-8825
Email: info@ifyc.org

Nov
1
Sun
2020
2020 TCS NYC Marathon Application: Human Rights Campaign Foundation-DUE MARCH 13 @ NYC
Nov 1 all-day

Join HRC’s TCS New York City Marathon Team

Run On The Right Side Of History!

Athletes for equality

It’s time to take our fight for LGBTQ equality to the pavement and we need

2020 TCS NYC Marathon Application: Human Rights Campaign Foundation

The Human Rights Campaign Foundation (HRCF) is proud to announce that we have joined the 2020 TCS New York City Marathon’s Charity Partner program and have been awarded 10 bibs! We are thrilled about the opportunity to have 10 runners represent the HRCF in one of the world’s most notable races. If you want to join our fight for equality while pushing yourself like you’ve never thought possible, please apply to be on our team! We are now accepting applications for runners who want to participate in the NYC Marathon on

Sunday, November 1, 2020!

Benefits include: guaranteed marathon entry, experienced coaching, a training plan (for all levels that can be redesigned to meet your needs), your own personal fundraising page, and Athletes for Equality running gear.

The Human Rights Campaign Foundation improves the lives of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) people by working to increase understanding and encourage the adoption of LGBTQ-inclusive policies and practices. We build support for LGBTQ people among families and friends, co-workers and employers, pastors and parishioners, doctors and teachers, neighbors, and the general public. HRC works to enhance the lived experiences of LGBTQ people and their families by changing hearts and minds across America and around the globe. For more information on our specific programs, visit www.hrc.org.

Completing an application does not guarantee a spot. The application will be live until Friday, March 13, 2020.

Our 10 runners are required to raise a minimum of $3,500 for the Human Rights Campaign Foundation–but should actively and enthusiastically work towards a goal of $5,000 or more!

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Apply here by March 13th at 5 p.m. EST. Check out the Athletes for Equality page for more details!

Whether you are a seasoned runner or have never done a marathon before, we’re thrilled to have you run alongside HRC as we work together to fulfill our mission to bring full equality to each and every LGBTQ person.

See Shelly & Ronan’s Personal Journey

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