Ken Grossinger has written a compelling new book about the synergy and power possible between art and organizing. His book is Art Works: How Organizers and Artists Are Creating a Better World Together and it brings together many social change efforts of the recent decades and the various forms of art that empowered dramatic movement toward change.
Spirit in Action
Each week, Spirit In Action brings you stories of people living lives of fruitful service, of peace, community, compassion, creative action and progressive efforts. We will trace the spiritual roots that support and nourish them in their service. Above all, we will seek out Light, Love and Helping Hands, being shared between our many neighbors on this planet, hoping to inspire and encourage you to sink deep roots and produce sacred fruit in your own life.
Spirit In Action is an hour of interviews with those providing leadership in peace, justice and "good works", interspersed with relevant music. The theme music is "The Turning of the World" performed by Sara Thomsen (written by Ruth Pellham).
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Truth, Art & Reimagining To Fight Climate Changed
Today's guest-hosts from the Climate Changed Podcast of the BTS Center share the fruits of their second season, first episode.
Primer for Paradigm Shift, Part 1, Jan Spencer
Jan Spencer is guest-host today, his third time on Spirit In Action. Jan has a rich vision for a better world, what he calls Creating A Preferred Future.
Led by Mother Jones - Si Kahn, Vivian Nesbitt, John Dillon, Joe Jencks - Part Two
Part 2 of a visit with Si Kahn, Vivian Nesbitt, John Dillon, and a special guest, Joe Jencks, where we will looking at the musical written by Si Kahn cal
Led by Mother Jones - Si Kahn, Vivian Nesbitt, John Dillon - Part One
Si Kahn is joining us today for Spirit In Action along with two other folks, Vivian Nesbitt and John Dillon, and this week's show is part one where we will looking at the musical written by Si Kahn called Mother Jones in Heaven.
Friendly Forests, Our Hope in the Face of Climate Change: Citizen's Climate Radio
Guest-host Peterson Toscano of Citizen's Climate Radio is sitting in today, and he brings with him a wealth of connections to world-healing work. In this episode, host Peterson guides us through exploring the role forests play in addressing the causes and impacts of climate change, both in urban and rural settings.
Slavery to Jim Crow to Mass Incarceration to Greed: In Pursuit of Freedom For All
Healing in Burundi: Orphans, Widows, Prisoners, Gays - Through Voice of Hope
Vision, Utopia, & Big Questions - Martin Schoenhals & Jeremy Lent
Featuring 2 great thinkers mapping a better future for us all by looking deep within not only the human mind, but the mind of the Earth & Cosmos. Jeremy Lent, of Berkeley, CA, is the author of The Patterning Instinct: A Cultural History of Humanity's Search for Meaning and of The Web of Meaning: Integrating Science & Traditional Wisdom to Find Our Place in the Universe.
Sweeter Life with Less Sugar
Dr. Nicole Avena didn't start out to specialize in her concern for how added sugar is affecting our well-being, but was led there by the data. Nicole is assistant professor of neuroscience at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York City and she's also a visiting professor in health psychology at Princeton University.