This week:

“The best way to make your dreams come true is to wake up.”—Paul Valery

In Honor of Veteran’s Everywhere…
One Veteran’s Story of Surviving This Little-Known WWWII Tragedy with Courage and Dignity
The honor implicit in John Waller is palpable and this is a deeply touching story that I know you will enjoy
http://www.wbur.org/hereandnow/2018/11/12/leopoldville-tragedy-silent-soldier-john-waller

The complete documentary is fantastic and definitely worth watching!
The Silent Soldier and the Portrait:
One Man. Two Secrets. Seventy Years…
It had me crying several times during the movie which is available online
https://www.thesilentsoldier.com/

“Behind every exquisite things that existed, there was something tragic.” ~ Oscar Wilde

Something for the heart
9 Year old Doing All He Can to Help the Homeless:
https://www.facebook.com/NowThisNews/videos/1974304972653396/

Something for the head
Future Thinkers Podcast: Mitigating Existential Risks
This hour long podcast will really get your attention and make you think hard about our future
Make time for the vital not just the urgent!
https://civilizationemerging.com/future-thinkers-podcast-mitigating-existential-risks/

Thanks this week go to Barbara S/B, Marlaine C, Michael A, & those in service everywhere especially those willing to put their lives on the line for ours.

Please pay it forward!
Love,
Neville

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“If you’re scaling towards the power of gods, then you have to have the wisdom and the love of gods, or you’ll self-destruct.”

Start by enjoying this divine San Diego Sunset!

This week while counting our blessings:

May we remember to reach for those farthest behind first, and may you be that very person you needed most when you were younger

“Service to others is the rent you pay for your room here on earth.” – Muhammad Ali

Whatever your reason for being, whether your mission, passion, profession or calling supports it or not, what would happen if for just a short while we all actually focused on the fundamentals (purpose v. ego) and at the same time remembered to hold space for and reach out for those farthest behind first all the while striving to be that person you needed most when you were younger.

Remembering those farthest behind and serving as the voice for those that can’t raise their own is a small price to pay for elevating humanity and advancing the human condition. Depending on your worldview this might rightly include the whole animal kingdom as well as all living systems.

Striving to be that person you needed most when you were younger, ensures our present minded focus is rightly not just on our clear and present needs, but at the same time on future generations and the life we are leaving for them to inhabit and navigate, and on whose behalf we temporarily tend to this tiny blue planet.

 

Could a more conscious form of business change the outcomes?
The Conscious Capitalism movement globally, in alignment with the Chamber of Purpose work we are doing here in San Diego locally, gives voice and agency to the emergence of the next iteration of organized commerce, where a business’s fundamental reason for being is to serve as a force for good and make a positive contribution to society.

At a fundamental level conscious capitalism recognizes the transformative ability and ethical imperative of organizations to contribute to social good expressed far beyond just the single metric of profit.

At its highest manifestations, conscious capitalism behaves into the moral obligation business has to a quadruple bottom line of people, planet, profit AND purpose, where organizational values are not for sale and business leaders and stakeholders alike recognizes the critical role they play in positively shaping the future of our society and hold their organizations accountable to this noble standard.

Practicing at Work: The impact Conscious Capitalism has had on my organization
As a not-for-profit financial service organization, financial performance and social purpose have always defined our meaning of success. With the emergence of conscious capitalism, we now can affirm these values and expand the movement to include purpose-driven organizations of all stripes, as together we created the world we wish to see and in turn leave for future generations.

You’ve Got to Love It

This Was Just Named the Nicest Place in America!
A Syrian Refugee Falafel Shop in Tennessee…
https://www.upworthy.com/this-syrian-refugee-opened-a-small-falafel-shop-in-tennessee-it-was-just-named-the-nicest-place-in-america?c=upw1

I Am The Jewish Nurse:
The same one that people are talking about in the Pittsburgh shooting that left 11 dead. The trauma nurse in the ER that cared for Robert Bowers who yelled, “Death to all Jews,” as he was wheeled into the hospital. The Jewish nurse who ran into a room to save his life…
https://www.facebook.com/groups/parenting2.0/permalink/10155908829698061/

 

Common Sense, Uncommon Practice
How to Evade the Leading Cause of Death in the United States:
The good news is that there are some simple things you can do to avoid becoming a statistic, and they start right in your own home…
https://www.cnn.com/2018/10/29/health/unintentional-injuries-basic-safety/index.html

 

Scientists Just Laid Out Plans to Solve Climate Change. We Aren’t On Track to do Any of Them:
A landmark U.N. report offers both a glimmer of hope and a giant warning. Scientists and policymakers have the knowhow to address climate change and stave off some of the worst effects of the phenomenon, but political leaders are nowhere close to fully undertaking any of these steps, the report shows. Scientists on the Nobel Prize-winning Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) point to a global temperature rise of 1.5°C as a threshold the planet cannot cross without seeing the worst effects of climate change. Yet according to the U.N. organization’s latest report, temperatures have already risen 1°C as a result of human activity, and the planet could pass the 1.5°C threshold as early as 2030 if greenhouse gas emissions continue at the current rate. http://time.com/5418134/ipcc-climate-change-report-2030-crisis/

When is Enough is Enough when it comes to gun violence:
Maura Binkley, victim in Tallahassee yoga studio shooting, ‘just wanted to help other people’
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2018/11/03/victim-yoga-shooting-tallahassee-maura-binkley/1874148002/

“Holding onto anger is like drinking poison and expecting the other person to die” – Anonymous

 Yoga Has Healing Powers:
The more we learn about yoga, the more we realize the benefits aren’t all in the minds of the 20 million or so devotees in the U.S. Yoga helps people to relax, making the heart rate go down, which is great for those with high blood pressure. The poses help increase flexibility and strength, bringing relief to back pain sufferers. In the largest study of yoga that used biological measures to assess results, it seems that those meditative sun salutations and downward dog poses can reduce inflammation, the body’s way of reacting to injury or irritation.
https://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2014/02/140207-yoga-cancer-inflammation-stress/?fbclid=IwAR3XN-aUIkxkXgNk1dCvcJzGu-x3ucEHT5ZQLQNeBQopRQ9BzMTdA4Pog8g

Thanks this week go to Marlaine C, Barbara S-B, Charles B, and All of Yee Who Fight for What’s Right~

Please pay it forward with purpose!
Love,
Neville

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“Don’t cry because it is over, smile because it happened.” – Dr Seuss

This week:

Practicing Inclusion, Fighting Fair @ Home, Learning Disability/Difference Month, Being Sensitive is a Good Thing & Fostering a Love of Humanity

The Anne Frank Center Responds to the Pittsburgh Massacre:

HOPE, COURAGE, AND HUMANITY’S ROLE: ANNE FRANK’S VOICE STILL SPEAKS TO CURRENT TRAGEDY

(New York, NY, October 29, 2018) – The rhetoric since Saturday’s massacre has been unsurprising, as people naturally seek an explanation for the inexplicable violence that erupted in Pittsburgh.  For example, the president’s son, Eric Trump, lamented that “somebody has to point a political finger to absolutely everything,” with others calling for a softening of tone and divisiveness “on both sides.” There are not two sides to this. There is only one. And it is hate.

The Anne Frank Center responds that it’s hard to identify a human act that doesn’t have political import, and in this case an American citizen  blamed an entire ethnic group for a perceived – yet unfounded – political threat, fearing that Jewish people were committing genocide and that he must stop them.

Seventy-four years ago, Anne Frank observed that “there’s a destructive urge in people, the urge to rage, murder and kill.” That a 14-year-old observed such tragedy is heartbreaking. The massacre of 11 innocent people at the Tree of Life Synagogue is a devastating reminder of much we share with past generations.

Hatred still pits neighbor against neighbor; elected officials still speak of unity in one breath yet inspire aggression moments later; parents still struggle to shield our children from the horrors of evil and to teach them to maintain peace and respect for their fellow humans.

“I don’t believe that the war is simply the work of politicians and capitalists. Oh no, the common man is every bit as guilty,” Anne said. She called on individuals to recognize their role in either promoting or preventing hostility. Today, the Anne Frank Center for Mutual Respect calls on every individual to recognize their role and to see that we’re in the midst of a battle for our own humanity.

Condemning anti-Semitism is not enough, when the government codifies discrimination and fights for the right to deny protection from harm. Condemning violence is not enough, when we encourage it with criticisms of colleagues and opponents as “enemies.” Occasional words are not enough. We need consistency in leadership and a commitment to civility in every town, every classroom and every capitol building throughout the country.

If Anne Frank’s words have taught us anything it is that actions and language matter.

Volunteers and educators with the Anne Frank Center teach children and community members how to respect our differences, understand cultures, and resolve our conflicts peacefully. We must conquer intolerance through conversation and compassion. As Anne Frank said, “The final forming of a person’s character lies in their hands.”

How we respond to this hate lies in our hands.

We teach the dangers of intolerance through Anne Frank’s diary, educational workshops, performances, and exhibits, including outreach responding to the massacre in Pittsburgh. Visit https://www.annefrank.com/ for more information.

 

Why Practicing Inclusion in the Workplace is Important (and in life too!) with George R:
In light of the recent events in Pittsburgh, I felt compelled to share today’s post about inclusion.  The world is a crazy place and that’s why practicing inclusion and having compassion matter more than ever.  Not only do we set our own standards for our behavior, but we influence others including our co-workers, family, and kids.  Our behavior matters and can change lives…
https://careergladiators.com/2018/10/inclusion

 

October ended this week and was Learning Disability Awareness Month which raises awareness for the 1 in 5 students across the country who have a learning disability.  As of last year, 6.7 million students between the ages of 3-21 received special education with 34% of students being officially diagnosed.

Made By Dyslexia:

Dyslexic minds process information differently. Their divergent, lateral thinking has created some of the world’s greatest inventions, brands and art. Yet dyslexia is still perceived as a disadvantage.
Schools aren’t designed for dyslexic thinking, and most teachers aren’t trained in dyslexia, meaning many go through life without knowing they’re dyslexic.

high sensitivity

Dyslexic minds process information differently, creatively. Naturally curious, highly creative with an ability to unconventionally connect the dots and think laterally. But this different way of thinking often results in challenges with traditional learning and processing; with literacy, memorizing facts and organizing thoughts. So traditional benchmarks in both education and employment, often accentuate these challenges and miss the strengths.
But the world has changed.
The 4^th Industrial revolution with advanced technology and increased connectivity has created new industries, new business models, new jobs, and entirely new skills. We now need creative thinkers to make sense of the change and disruption. We need dyslexic thinking.
By taking this pledge, businesses, educators and governments are committing to value and support dyslexic thinking and recognize its importance in the fast changing world.

MADE BY DYSLEXIA PLEDGE:
(invite your workplace to take the pledge)

We will endeavor to:
Recognize dyslexia as a different and valuable way of thinking.
Understand the importance of identifying each dyslexic and their pattern of strengths and challenges.
Support which is targeted to enable dyslexics to harness their strengths and flourish.

 We’ll achieve this through:
Knowledge skilling up staff in schools and workplaces to recognize, understand and support dyslexia.
Discover using digital screeners which make it easy and cost effective to check if you’re dyslexic.
Adjustments in tests and assignments so dyslexics can demonstrate their full knowledge and skills.

8 Reasons Being Highly Sensitive Is Actually a Good Thing:

Don’t be so sensitive — it’s not that big of a deal. As someone who’s come to appreciate my sensitive side, I find it unfortunate that being sensitive is often equated with being weak or dramatic.

Sensitivity is wrongly depicted as an undesirable trait, while nonchalance is mistaken for a sign of strength. While I do agree it’s important to recognize your high sensitivity and find ways to make it work for you — rather than against you — it’s not inherently bad to be sensitive.

In fact, there are many overlooked benefits to being a highly sensitive person. Here are eight of them. https://highlysensitiverefuge.com/being-highly-sensitive-good-thing/

 

This Is the Best Way To Fight With Your Partner, According to Psychologists
TIME

When it comes to relationships, conflict is inevitable. But it doesn’t have to be emotionally distressing or callous. Couples can disagree and, yes, even fight while still showing compassion and respect for each other, according to psychologists. In fact, clinical psychologist Deborah Grody says, married couples who don’t have any conflict are often the ones who end in divorce. “Relationships that can’t be saved are relationships where the flame has completely gone out, or it wasn’t there in the Read the full story

 

Culture Report

Culture Report: What Arts Can Teach Scientists, and Vice-Versa

By Julia Dixon Evans on Oct. 23, 2018 | View in browser

U.S. Poet Laureate Juan Felipe Herrera with UCSD Arts and Humanities Dean Cristina Della Coletta. / Image courtesy of Farshid Bazmandegan, UC San Diego Division of Arts and Humanities

This year, UC San Diego’s Institute of Arts and Humanities received its largest-ever National Endowment for the Humanities  award. The $750,000 matching grant  will help fund the 2-year-old institute’s new home, which broke ground this past June. UCSD is one of the first institutions to receive this particular funding.

“They’re going to use our proposal as a model for others in the future,” said Cristina Della Coletta, dean of UCSD’s Division of Arts and Humanities, which encompasses the institute.

It’s hard to discuss the arts at UCSD without also questioning what it means for arts to exist in a science-centric institution, but Della Coletta wants to overcome that “either/or” assumption. Rather than pitting science against the arts, she hopes the institute will help UCSD to “educate the whole individual.”

“The arts and humanities have a lot to offer the sciences,” Della Coletta said. “We need more humanists.”

The new building will be the first endeavor in UCSD history to bring all the humanities together, and the hope is to not only proliferate a more cohesive curricula and collaboration among the faculty, but also stronger public programming. And with it, a unified approach to receiving funding.

It’s paying off so far.

Luis Alvarez, director of the Institute of Arts and Humanities and a professor of history, used additional UC funding to develop a new oral storytelling initiative, The Race and Oral History Project, dedicated to preserving San Diego’s diverse stories.

Launched this spring, the project engages undergrads from diverse communities in San Diego to document — and learn from — their oral histories. Working with community partners like Casa Familiar in San Ysidro, The New Children’s Museum, CHE’LU and United Women of East Africa, students learn technologies and skills required to collaborate, converse and record stories, archiving them  online.

From a parking lot to the new home for UCSD’s Institute of Arts and Humanities. / Photo by Anthony King

“Libraries are often driven to collect, preserve and disseminate forms of knowledge that are deemed ‘authoritative’ or ‘significant’ by institutional decision makers,” said Erin Glass, UCSD’s digital scholarship librarian who assists with the race and oral history project. “It’s an exciting example of the value of participatory, community-based archives that highlight perspectives often excluded by institutions.”

While culture thrives on San Diego’s university campuses, few community members bother to drive and park there, so it’s harder to engage the larger community. The Institute of Arts and Humanities aims to change that. “We’ve really tried to mark IAH as an institute that can put UCSD out in the communities of San Diego,” said Alvarez, “and bring those communities to UC San Diego in ways in which they may not always have done, historically.”

In addition to the race and oral history project, the institute is presenting these community programs in the fall:

• An Oct. 24 film screening and discussion: “Singing Our Way to Freedom,” with Paul Espinoza, on Chunky Sanchez and the music of San Diego’s Chicano civil rights movement

A Nov. 14 discussion: “Beyond the Wall: The Aftermath of Deportation in Mexico,” featuring members of Otros Dreams in Accion

If you are local…

 Please Remember to Vote Next Week!
Here is a resource to help you make sense of the mongo ballot…
https://www.kpbs.org/news/election/ 

Every day is National Philanthropy Day in San Diego but the Official Celebration is this coming Monday!
Hope to see you there…
Learn more about some of the honorees here and remember they represent all the great work we All are doing to make this America’s Kindest and most Purposeful Region

• https://www.insidersguidetospas.com/trudy-bronner-outstanding-philanthropist/
• http://thevistapress.com/vistans-named-as-afp-san-diego-2018-honorees-for-national-philanthropy-day/

Thanks this week go to George R, John C, Marlaine C, and advocates of Inclusion and Humanity Everywhere!
Please pay it forward
Love,
Neville

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‘The two most important days in your life are the day you are born and the day you find out why.’- Mark Twain

For Goodness Sake VOTE!!
Whatever your leanings, predilections, preferences or agendas, get informed and be sure to exercise your democratic right!
Here is a sampling of voter guides for San Diego county (you may have others too)…https://sandiegofreepress.org/2018/10/a-sampling-of-2018-voter-guides-for-san-diegans-progressive-activist-calendar-october-12-22-2018/
Vote with your pocketbook too, and support organizations that share your values

This week:
Rethinking Crime, Homelessness, Selfishness and Learning from the Culture of Bees

‘In My Father’s House’ Explores How Crime Spreads Through Generations:
Butterfield offers readers a startling statistic. He writes that findings by criminologists from the United States and other countries found 5 percent of families account for half of all crime.
https://www.npr.org/2018/10/22/656298537/in-my-father-s-house-explores-how-crime-spreads-through-generations

Homelessness: I Feel Your Pain or Do I?
“Empathy changes everything,” Mobley said. “It absolutely prevents me from ignoring or diminishing the value of another human being. And if everybody is of immense value, how can I ignore anybody and suffering? And if I can’t ignore anybody and suffering, well then, the whole world changes.”
https://www.kpbs.org/news/2018/oct/01/homelessness-i-feel-your-pain-or-do-i/

Is This Why You’re Acting Selfishly? – by Bea B:

A group of students is asked to walk to another building to deliver a speech. They encounter a man slumped in a doorway, coughing and groaning. The man is an actor hired by researchers. This Princeton University experiment found that students who possessed one particular thing were six times more likely to help than those who didn’t.

Did the helpers have religious faith? Extroversion? Stronger ethics? Two X chromosomes? Frosted donuts for breakfast?…

Continue reading. It takes under five minutes.

Keep on caring,

Bea

Bea Boccalandro
President, VeraWorks
www.VeraWorks.com
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Job purposing blog
@beaboccalandro
bea@veraworks.com
717-414-2885

 

Bees and Your Business with Steve M:

I’m a novice apiary—AKA a beekeeper. For the past couple of years, I’ve been tending hives, and I’m slowly learning about this practice and tradition that goes back to Egyptian times, and beyond.  I got into beekeeping because I wanted to help the plight of the honey bee, for both pollination and declining population (due to pesticide use) reasons. But, what I’ve learned goes well beyond merely how to care for these amazing creatures, and these learnings can be applied to benefit to your culture and your brand.

Learning from the culture of bees:

1. As above, so below. In the bee world, the queen rules the hive. She sets the tone for the collective, leads all growth, productivity, production, and even decides when it’s time to swam (the act of leaving the hive to find another home). If she is a happy, healthy, engaged queen, the colony follows suit. However, if she is agitated, nasty or unhealthy, the hive will follow that temperament. When this happens, chaos ensues. While this can sometimes be a good thing, because queens get replaced, it’s a delicate time for the survival of the hive. Some of the most susceptible times are when a colony is replacing its queen. Some hives survive, some don’t.
2. Know your role and do your There are lots of roles in the hive: the queen bee, drones, collectors, checkers, etc. Each bee needs to know and do their role. When they don’t the colony suffers, and the unproductive bee is usually ousted. While everyone has a role, knows their role, and does their role, they also help out in any other way that the collective needs when the hive needs it. Their role is not their job. Their job is to ensure that hive thrives. Every hive member looks out for what’s best for the collective hive—and they do their role.
3. Misbehavior is not tolerated. If a bee, in any role, including the queen is not doing their job, the hive turns on them, corrects their behavior or pushes them out the door. An extreme example of this is when drone bees lose their ability to incubate eggs; they are unceremoniously removed from the hive. There’s no room in the colony for those who don’t contribute.
4. Greet everyone at the door. A particular role within the hive is what’s called “greeters” or “checkers.” These bees inspect returning bees from the outside habitat for diseases, mites, or other potential invaders. They can also read where the bee has been and get a sense for the environment, like where nectar can be found, the change of weather and seasons. Checkers have a read on what’s happening outside the hive and ensure that the right bees are coming into the hive healthily. And, I’ve noticed that checkers are like greeters, they welcome the bees from the outside world back into the collective. They seem to clean them, nurture them, and welcome them.
5. Constant collection. The role of many of the bees in the hive is to collect nectar and return it to the colony for production into honey and wax. Honey feeds the bees. Wax creates the foundation for their home, including their meticulous and perfectly shaped cone. In the cone, each precisely the same size and shape, they lay and incubate eggs, store and cap honey and feed. To feed the hive and keep it growing constant nectar collection needs to take place. All bees continuously look out for the health and future of the collective.
6. Chaos is part of the evolution. Hives go through transitions and change. Queen bees that have gone beyond their productive time are replaced. The colony goes through growth spurts, seasonality changes, and swarming. They pull together to prepare for hard times by storing honey. These are all natural shifts in the world of hives. The bees adapt and collaborate in the chaos that comes from changes.
7. The pheromone factor. When a bee stings a predator or invader, for instance, it sends out sting pheromones, which alerts other bees to attack the identified weak spot. I know this from the experience of getting stung on my ankle, through my socks. Right after the sting, dozens of bees went after the same spot. Just like humans, bees sense things. The energy that’s given out is amplified. Just because it isn’t said, that doesn’t mean it’s not picked up on.

8.Health + adaptivity + collaboration = productivity. When a hive is healthy, it is managing chaos and dealing well with change. It adapts to the changes outside the hive and continues to collaborate to ensure the hive is productive. If two queens are fighting for leadership of the hive, the collective is not populating nor making honey. When hive health is in place the opportunity for more collaboration takes place. For hives and humans, the more collaborative they are, the more productive they are.

 

If you are local:
46^th National Philanthropy Day November 5^th 11 to 1:30pm at the Town and Country

Thanks this week go to NPR, KPBS, Bea B, Steve M & Keepers of Culture Everywhere!

Please pay it forward and “BEE” Yourself!
Love,
Neville

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‘The two most important days in your life are the day you are born and the day you find out why.’- Mark Twain

Happy Soul Food Friday!

This week: Fore-Caring with a Quadruple Bottom Line Focus on People, Planet, Profit and Purpose with:

• Our Huge Heart – where People are always at the center of the work
• The Best Science – reinforced by the wisdom traditions of 2,500 years ago and neuroscience from 2,500 milliseconds ago
• The Best Principles – that are timeless and universal
• Best/Next Practices – that inform how we can operationalize this work both in and in spite of current systems
• For the Greatest Good – where a quadruple bottom line of People, Planet, Profit and Purpose prevails
• & For the Longest Term

There is no playbook anymore for taking a stand, but that should not stop us!

In Gratitude to the People Who Strive for Equity:

Appreciation to all that served and were served at this year’s Cause Conference

Dear Sisters and Brothers in Purpose.

In the spirit of profound gratitude and joy, thank you all for your active participation in and commitment to creating a kinder and more purpose-filled community. This year’s Cause Conference was a powerful gathering of Service  to individuals and organizations!

Whatever your role – attendee, volunteer, student, speaker, content expert or sponsor – and whether you came as a passionate advocate or an informed skeptic, you were instrumental in our symphonic composition. Together we demonstrated that greatness is possible when a committed group of caring souls get together to make a difference of consequence and show up fully with courage (gut), love and compassion (heart) and collective wisdom (head).

On this 20th anniversary we honored our past and reached for the future. Our Inaugural Purpose Awards through our great partnership with the Sanford Institute of Philanthropy at National University honored Will Marre. Will was a local purpose luminary. Will’s positive spirit and loving impact is one of the spiritual forces shoring up our efforts and passions.

From our opening keynote with Patrick Combs to our closing keynote with Skyler McCurine we were collectively energized, inspired, and emboldened to take the necessary and available actions to leave the world a better place for the children and generations that follow.

We lived into our conference theme at the intersection of Cause + Commerce with our Connect, Coach and Champion elements. We have every confidence that you connected deeply with at least one other kindred spirit, learned at least one Purpose Practice you can activate at home or work, and both championed others as well as felt like the champion you really are in advancing this authentic and powerful way to show up in the world.

We worked hard to curate people and topics that reflected:

• Our Huge Heart – where People are always at the center of the work
• The Best Science – reinforced by the wisdom traditions of 2,500 years ago and neuroscience from 2,500 milliseconds ago
• The Best Principles – that are timeless and universal
• Best/Next Practices – that inform how we can operationalize this work both in and in spite of current systems
• For the Greatest Good – where a quadruple bottom line of People, Planet, Profit and Purpose prevails
• & For the Longest Term – with Scalable and Sustainable solutions that will make For Purpose the new normal

Whether you were able to attend the conference or not, if you would like to stay connected on this purpose journey and be apprised of other gatherings, do join us at: https://www.facebook.com/ChamberOfPurpose/

And visit us at our website at: ChamberOfPurpose.org

May we remember to reach for those farthest behind first, and may you be that person you needed most when you were younger.

With love and respect on behalf of the entire SDAMA and Chamber of Purpose teams

Your co-chairs,

Neville Billimoria, Eric Kaufmann & Larry Kesslin

 

In Service of Our Small Blue Planet with Environmental Stewardship:
Neighborhood Drop Off Programs for those Interested in Composting from Inika Small Earth: (Making community composting  easier)

In January 2018, City Council of San Diego unanimously passed an amendment to the solid waste ordinance allowing community scale composters to compost up to 1000 tons of vegetative food scraps anywhere in the city without requiring a franchise hauling license. This is path breaking and a first for any local government in the State of California and sets the stage for community composting.

As a result community compost hubs and food scrap drop off points are springing up all over our city. These compost hubs are keeping organics out of landfills, strengthening the spirit of community and regenerating our depleted urban soil. One such innovative social enterprise is Food2Soil which is building a network of decentralized, hyper-local loops connecting food waste generators, soil-farmers and urban gardeners thus ensuring that resources stay close to their generation points and benefit the local communities.

Residents and businesses in San Diego can now participate in a program that composts their food scraps for them. Each compost hub utilizes these scraps to teach the next generation of urban farmers to grow food for their communities in ways that regenerate the soil and preserve its capacity to naturally cycle nutrients. In doing so they make handcrafted compost that is humus rich, made entirely from fruit and vegetable scraps, transformed with the help of oxygen, water and billions of friendly micro-organisms that keep soil alive.

Food is for humans, animals and soil. Sending food to landfills contributes to climate change. More importantly it deprives animals and soil of the nutrients they need and increases our farmer’s dependence on corn and soy feed as well as nitrogen based fertilizers.

Food2Soil offers a weekly pickup of kitchen scraps for its member businesses.

Individuals and households interested in joining the drop off program can learn more and sign up online at http://www.dropoff.food2soil.net/.

Businesses Can Advance a Purpose Agenda Leveraging the Power of Economics:
Blue And Red Companies: How CEO Activism Is Reshaping Workforce Politics

“I knew I was going to get a lot of hate mail. I knew I was going to get threats. I knew my family was going to get threats, and all of that has happened,” he says. “But somebody’s got to have the courage to step up and say something needs to be done.”
https://www.npr.org/2018/10/15/656849460/blue-and-red-companies-how-ceo-activism-is-reshaping-workforce-politics?ft=nprml&f=1001

Thanks this week go to the entire Cause Conference team, Sarah B-M, Eric K and the Conscious Leaders Collective and everyone working on purpose!

Please pay it forward
Love,
Neville

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‘The two most important days in your life are the day you are born and the day you find out why.’- Mark Twain

“Be the Person YOU NEEDED When You Were Younger”

Let’s Elevate Issues of Social Justice, Equity, Inclusion, Global Consciousness, Mental Health & Self Care!

 

National Coming Out Day is celebrated every year on October 11th

It grows and becomes more well-known every single year. National coming out day is a time for those in the LGBT community to finally be open about who they are to their friends, family and the world! This day was actually founded way back in 1988 and since then it has hit the world by storm. Being out and proud as a lesbian person, a bisexual person, a gay person or a trans person is such a liberation and is sure to completely transform your life for the better.

This week:
Come Out
BE CAUSE Oct 11 and 12
UC San Diego HomeComing Oct 19-21

See the change you want to be. Be the change you want to see…
It’s Time to Measure Success Through a New Lens: San Diego Business Journal Op-Ed This Week
SDBJ Commentary Article_10.08.18

Last Call for Positivity of Epidemic Proportions:
A COMMUNITY COLLABORATION: We’re elevating the community—collectively. Some of San Diego’s finest mission-driven organizations have joined forces to co-create and co-curate the program and activities of Cause Conference THIS FRI, OCT 12. Combined with their expertise and participation, you can expect one the most impactful event experiences to date. JOIN US: http://bit.ly/2zS7PAQ

AMA San Diego, Conscious Capitalism San Diego, Business For Good San Diego, San Diego Social Venture Partners, PRSA San Diego, Mission Edge, San Diego Grantmakers, Sanford Institute of Philanthropy and more!
https://bit.ly/2C9PW2a

Nonprofits and Activism- Restoring Your Faith in Humanity
Curiously both Skyler and Patrick use balloons to weave their story and both are keynoting at Cause on Friday…

Selfishness is killing the human spirit -Skyler McCurine is redefining the standard of beauty in America:
Happiness research proves that if you perform random acts of kindness for two minutes a day, for 21 days, you can actually retrain your brain to be more positive.
So What? When you brain is more positive, you are 31% more creative, intelligent and productive. Selflessness through acts of kindness can actually make your work smarter and better! (see more at the 8:20 mark)
Skyler is one of keynote speakers at this Friday’s Cause Conference…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DqXLmL3OItA

Kids Are Inspired People- with Patrick Combs:
“You are the only person in the world looking out for your heart”
Patrick Combs, Bestselling Author, Hall of Fame and Opening Keynote at this Friday’s Cause Conference
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z52sgJSZdKs

 

In stark counterpoint…

How Much We Value Male Anger, and How Little We Rate Female Sadness:

The Kavanaugh hearing was a master class in misreading anger as honesty. The thing about male anger, no matter how pouty and infantile it is, is that people respect it. Female anger is not only disapproved of; it’s read as essentially wrongheaded, a sign of pathology and brokenness… This article, in short, is about the power of anger: who gets to use it, and how it’s misread.

https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2018/09/brett-kavanaugh-hearing-angry-shouting.html

For the complete recording on the fallacies we use to accept bad behavior, including “DARVO”, click on:  https://www.wnycstudios.org/shows/otm and pick The Victimhood episode. It is enlightening!

 

If you are local…

Tritons Unite! Everyone is Welcome!

UC San Diego is hosting a big Homecoming Weekend, and the start of a new tradition from Oct. 19-21! It’s going to be campus-wide fun over three days, with free soccer games and a beer garden on Friday night; a Saturday night Triton Tailgate music festival, featuring hit musician and surfer Donavon Frankenreiter; and a fun Brunch-with-a-Prof event on Sunday. Add to that numerous athletic games, arts events, and special campus tours and activities throughout the weekend. Friends and family of all ages are welcome! It’s going to be a great time to explore campus and connect with the community.

Even better: you can use discount code SWEET” for $5 off registration. Check out the lineup: alumni.ucsd.edu/homecoming.

There are over 45 events and activities from Friday, October 19 to Sunday, October 21, and EVERYONE you know – friends, family, neighbors, colleagues: alumni and non-alumni, alike — is welcome to attend! Events are filling up, so encourage your contacts to register today; feel free to share the “SWEET” promo code for $5 off any of the ticketed events.

A FUN OPPORTUNITY for the Sunday brunch crowd is “Brunch-With-A-Prof,” featuring a delectable menu of French toast casserole, avocado toast with heirloom tomatoes, breakfast hash, salted caramel bacon, and a mimosa bar, just to name a few items. The gourmet fare will be seasoned with opportunities to meet some of the alumni community’s favorite professors – a great opportunity to reconnect with campus….and for families to bring out tweens and teens already thinking about college!  To add even more brain to the brunch, there’s a special mini-lecture about social media and politics that will arm attendees with new insights in the run up to November election season. (Note: with the SWEET promo code, this event is just $5 per person!)

Get social on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Tag @ucsdalumni, #UCSDHomecoming

Thanks this week to all of you that make the world better!

Pay it forward with Purpose
Love,
Neville

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“Be the Person YOU NEEDED When You Were Younger”

This week:
First an antidote, then the diagnosis
The antidote- purpose
The diagnosis- the unrealized potential of humanity as expressed in social immobility

As Brandon so compelling puts it in the last piece in this week’s missive (see below),  “When leaders have rooted their identity in their purpose, transforming and overcoming the inner voices that keep them from taking risks, and creating a purpose-driven career plan, they take massive action rooted in their commitment to themselves and what they most care about in the world.” May we all manifest this for our greater selves and take the steps to make it real…

As you will see from this week’s links below, the American dream, Californian dreamin’, Equal pay and Gender parity remain unrealized opportunities in the US, California and here in San Diego.

That said, we can work towards the societal change we wish to see and this gathering next week is a consummate example so please consider joining us if you want to do something meaningful with people that share your values and viewpoint!

U/T Spotlight Podcast on wsRadio.com with Drew Schlosberg on The Power of Purpose:
The What behind the Why You Might Want to Invest a Day of Your Life with Your Peeps…
http://wsradio.com/10-02-18-mission-federal-credit-union-supports-the-cause-conference/

Join us Friday Oct 12^th and Be Part of the Change YOU Wish to See in the World:
It’s true. It’s good-hearted people like you who make Cause Conference a uniquely special experience. It would mean the world to us if you joined!
In just two weeks, hundreds of San Diego’s cross-sector leaders and influencers will convene to:

• Coach and provide practical tools to enhance a purpose-driven organizational model and mindset;
• Connect with like-minded people to share ideas, solve tough problems, and foster new, innovative partnerships that impact the community; and
• Champion and recognize momentous, collaborative partnerships and successes that make the San Diego region a better place for all.

We architected the 20^th annual Cause Conference with you in mind. With impact at its core, Cause Conference deliberately challenges the myth that cross-sector organizations have unique challenges that can’t be conquered with cross-sector expertise, collaboration, and passion. No matter where you are on your purpose journey, we think you’ll find the insight, connections, and inspiration to advance your mission while driving profits and improving ROI. Empower your purpose with:

• Collaboration-Focused Formats: This isn’t a sit-and-listen kind of conference. Roll up your sleeves and collaborate with participants and facilitators to ideate, solve problems, and develop plans to execute.  SEE SCHEDULE >
• Purposely Curated Program: Inspire the great work you do with workshops facilitated by purpose powerhouses, including Malin Burnham, Skyler McCurine, Patrick Combs, Christy Wilson, Karim Bouris, Anne Marbarger, and more.  SEE ALL 50+ FACILITATORS >
• A Community Collaboration: We’ve partnered with some of San Diego’s top values-driven organizations, like Business for Good SD, Conscious Capitalism SD, Mission Edge, Social Venture Partners SD, SD Grantmakers, to co-create conference content and attract even more, purpose-driven participants!  MEET OUR PARTNERS >
• Social Engineering: We’ve allocated more time and designed some fun, facilitated connection development activities. Come see your friends and meet some great new partners.  SEE WHO’S COMIN’ >

Hope you’ll join us Friday, October 12^th for Cause Conference and the evening before for the #CauseSD Kickoff Mixer. Tickets start at just $189. Please do REGISTER TODAY as prices will go up after next week. Spread the word, rally your friends, and save even more with ticket bundles.

Our collective outcomes will be much more impactful with you there!

Your friends,
NEVILLE BILLIMORIA
Co-Chair, Cause Conference 2018; Co-Founder, Chamber of Purpose; SVP Membership & Chief Advocacy Officer, Mission Federal Credit Union
ERIC KAUFMANN
Co-Chair, Cause Conference 2018; Executive Director, Chamber of Purpose; President & Founder, Sagatica
LARRY KESSLIN
Co-Chair & Sponsorship Director, Cause Conference 2018; Sustainability Chair, Chamber of Purpose; Chief Connector, Corporate Alliance
DAVID PALMER
Executive Board Member & Programming Director, Cause Conference 2018; Project Manager, Chamber of Purpose; Past President, AMA San Diego; Chief Innovationist, Integrix

For a day, I was one of the millions of Americans without a bank account. It was humbling – The San Diego Union-Tribune

http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/business/la-fi-emerge-finx-20180621-story.html#share=email~story

The Bottom 90 percent are Still Poorer than They were in 2007:
Indeed, according to numbers put together by researchers at the Federal Reserve, the top 10 percent of working-age households were the only ones who, adjusted for inflation, were richer on average in 2016 than they were in 2007. Everyone else, as you can see was somewhere between 17 to 35 percent poorer than they’d been almost a decade before.

(Source: Federal Reserve)

https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2018/10/01/bottom-percent-are-still-poorer-than-they-were/?utm_term=.e6dd424e97d6

 

California Economy Leaves Far Too Many Poor:
Behind California’s status as the fifth-largest economy in the world is the troubling reality that the Golden State is also one of the most impoverished in the nation.
https://www.ocregister.com/2018/07/30/california-economy-leaves-far-too-many-poor/

 

New Survey Shows California Dream Continues To Fade

Nearly half of working Californians are grappling with poverty, according to a new survey by the DC-based Public Religion Research Institute (PRRI). “These are people who are working and in many cases, multiple jobs and they’re still not able to make ends meet,”

https://www.kpbs.org/news/2018/aug/28/despite-working-californians-struggle-cover-housin/

 

How Women Get Paid What They Are Worth: The Inner Game of Purposeful Wealth

What underlies these common barriers, and moves leaders into confident, clear and effective action is developing their inner game. When leaders have rooted their identity in their purpose, transforming and overcoming the inner voices that keep them from taking risks, and creating a purpose-driven career plan, they take massive action rooted in their commitment to themselves and what they most care about in the world.

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/how-women-get-paid-what-worth-brandon-peele/?published=t

Thanks this week go to Drew S, Wade T, Eric K, Larry K, David P, Ron A, Brandon P, and all purposeful souls committed to elevating humanity

Please pay it forward!
Love,
Neville

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“The purpose of life is not to be happy.  It is to be useful, to be
honorable, to be compassionate, to have it make some difference that you have
lived and lived well.”  – Ralph Waldo Emerson

This week:

Join Me As We Protect Endangered Wildlife, Advance our Purpose, Respect and Protect Girls and Women & Eliminate Food Insecurity With Your Help

World Rhino Day:
World Rhino Day was last week and celebrates all five species of rhino: Black, white, greater one-horned, Sumatran and Javan rhinos.
World Rhino Day highlights efforts to debunk the myths and diminish the demand for rhino horn.
https://www.worldrhinoday.org/about/
Visit http://www.ourhorn.com/ to shop for a good cause

Chamber of Purpose Update + Cause Conference Details for the 20^th annual conference coming up Oct 12^th
Here is a short 4 minute video from Eric and I (two of the three co-chairs) as we advance a purpose practice and stand up the first Chamber of Purpose right here in San Diego along with the Cause Conference and the Purpose Awards. Thank you to the region’s purpose-driven community who’ve contributed their valuable time, treasures, and connections to stand up and co-create the Chamber of Purpose.
Vid: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sQ79PH3o3mw
To learn more about the event, the speakers the awards and to register for the Cause Conference:
https://www.causesd.org/

Here is Larry K the third co-chair along with Little Tommy of iHeart Radio

 iHeart Community Spotlight Segment with Little Tommy to Air this Sunday:
If you are local, listen for this on the iHeart radio stations in SD
Sunday                 6:30am                   KHTS FM (Channel 933)
Sunday                 6:30am                   KIOZ FM (Rock 105)
Sunday                 6:00am                   KGB-FM 101.5
Sunday                 7:00am                   KSSX-FM 95.7 (JAM’N)
Sunday                 6:30pm                   KOGO-AM 600
Sunday                 10:30pm                KMYI-FM (Star 94.1)
Sunday                 11:30pm                KLSD–AM 1360 (XTRA Sports)

Amid Kavanaugh Allegations, Re-Thinking The Common Refrain ‘Boys Will Be Boys’:
“The sorts of things and behaviors that we reinforce as manly to boys are not what we expect from good men,” says Leek, who argues that justifying misbehavior among young men by saying, “Boys will be boys,” spreads confusion about how boys and young men should act. “To even take it a step further, it almost frames it as if to imply that those behaviors are actually what make boys boys.”
http://www.wbur.org/hereandnow/2018/09/25/boys-behavior-kavanaugh-allegations

Locker Room Talk. “Says who?” TEDx Talk with Alexis Jones
Having spent the past three years working intimately with male athletes, Alexis Jones is redefining “manhood” one locker room at a time. After growing up a Texas tomboy with four older brothers and working in “the lion’s den of dudes” at Fox Sports and ESPN, Alexis takes an inspiring, hysterical and at times inappropriate approach to empowering young men to better respect and protect the girls and women in their lives with her exclusive locker room curriculum, ProtectHer. (Viewer discretion advised.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lCA6EF3y23k

Ready to do something about this?
Join Me:
I am doing a pre-conference workshop for the Global Empowerment Summit in a few weeks on Oct 5^th 2018
Here is the link to the summit on the 6^th:
http://socialimpact.ucsd.edu/summit.php

“IT’S TIME TO MAN UP”
Here is the link to the workshop(s) on the 5^th:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/pre-summit-annual-global-empowerment-time-to-rise-workshops-oct-5th-2018-tickets-49351014212
To register, one needs to click the “select a time” link
The workshop I am leading is the first one entitled; “IT’S TIME TO MAN UP”
Please share it with men who want to be part of the change…

Hunger Awareness Month and Food Insecurity in San Diego:
We are coming to the close of Hunger Awareness month but with 1 in 7 people in San Diego experiencing food insecurity, it is likely that we all know someone suffering from hunger throughout the year. With so many contributing factors to food insecurity, it’s important that our community work together to build awareness of the prevalence of this issue and work together to reduce hunger and its root causes.

Data collected by the San Diego Hunger Coalition estimates that 486,000 individuals in San Diego County experienced food insecurity in 2016. When looking at the number of children affected, the percentage rises to 1 in 5 children not having access to enough food. To put this into perspective, there are more people in San Diego County struggling with getting enough food to eat than there are residents in Vista, Escondido, San Marcos and Carlsbad combined!

There are a number of contributing factors to food insecurity, but one of the largest challenges unique to San Diego is the incredibly high cost of living. In an area that is experiencing an affordable housing crisis, more families are forced to make difficult decisions about whether to maintain a roof overhead or put food on the table.  Other rising costs, including the cost of healthcare, create decisions between paying for prescriptions or purchasing food.

There are also a number of social and economic factors which contribute to people’s inability to purchase food. Among them are limited access to education and employment that provide a living wage, but perhaps the most enduring root causes of food insecurity in the US are racial, ethnic and class-based inequities that span generations. This inequity has created a divide in the accumulation of wealth, including savings, home, or business equity, that historically disadvantages some populations. Low-income people, people of color, women, single mothers, people with disabilities, and other disenfranchised groups are more likely to experience food insecurity because of intergenerational inequality.

We recognize that these issues are larger than a single organization and it is critical for us to work collaboratively with other organizations that are working directly on these issues.  It’s important to promote an intersectional approach, in building awareness, creating partnerships, and sharing resources. Systemic challenges require systemic solutions, and collective impact is the most effective way to approach such a large scale issue.

The Hunger Coalition and the San Diego Food System Alliance are two examples of collective impact organizations in our community working to reduce food insecurity. To learn more, visit SDHunger.org or find them on social media.  If you’d like to help advocate for local, state, and federal changes, you can sign up to become a Hunger Free Activist with the Hunger Coalition by clicking here.

The San Diego Food System Alliance facilitates monthly Healthy Food Access Working Group meetings with the goal of making sure all San Diegans have access to healthy, affordable and culturally appropriate foods. Find out more at http://www.sdfsa.org/.

Hunger is still a huge challenge in our community, but one that can be addressed with the appropriate collaboration, education and resources.

For Love and Food,
Amanda Schultz Brochu, Senior Director of CalFresh and Advocacy, San Diego Hunger Coalition
Shannon Pavell, Development and Communications Manager, San Diego Food System Alliance

Thanks this week go to Ross G, Larry K, Galina M, Shannon P & Amanda SB for being the change we want to see

Please pay it forward!
Love,
Neville

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“There comes a time when the mind
takes a higher plane of knowledge
but can never prove how it got there”— Albert Einstein

This week:
Purposeful Work
The four Tenets of Conscious Capitalism include; Conscious Leadership, Conscious Culture, a Purpose orientation and engaging all Stakeholders in the work.

With regards to the culture piece we know structure impacts function and many are designing work environments to optimize culture.
Here is an interesting piece on Open Office Plans

Just How ‘Open’ Are Open Office Plans:
http://www.wbur.org/hereandnow

All of us in the world of work are cursed with meetings.
So, instead of complaining about the drain they place on organizations, here is something to make them better
9 Conscious Practices for Meetings that Shine:
Your meetings are the manifest expression of your culture. Slow down and take that in, because it’s important.
https://consciouscompanymedia.com/workplace-culture/better-business-meetings/

Harmonizing with Nature

In a far-flung corner of northern India, the region of Ladakh envelops a mystical “Moonland” of barren alpine desert, where Tibetan Buddhist monasteries hide among some of the world’s most impressive mountains. Long caught between powerful neighbors, the area only opened to tourists in the 1970s. Now photographers like Belgian Yuri Andries flock to this once impenetrable, otherworldly region to document its many contrasts in his series called Moonland.

Surreal Photos of Life in a Mystical Moonland

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/travel/destinations/asia/india/beautiful-photos-life-in-ladakh-moonland/

Hurricanes and the Most Beautiful Visuals of Atmospheric Circulation:
Hurricane season is upon us yet again. A hurricane is all about heat wanting to get to where it’s not. Hold an ice cube in your hand and it feels like the cold is coming into your hand. But it never works that way in this universe. It’s really the heat of your hand moving towards the ice cube. Same with a hurricane. It’s the excess heat in the ocean moving to the atmosphere, to where it’s not. As all that heat and water vapor rises, the earth’s spin puts a spin on the rising column. Voila! The ferocity of what comes next depends on how much heat is in the ocean, over what area, and the conditions aloft in the atmosphere.

A rather astonishing amount of excess energy is trying to find equilibrium in these objects. One good size hurricane like Florence is constantly releasing about 200 times our world’s electrical energy capacity.

Check out two things. First, what I think is the most beautiful representation of the complexity and aesthetic quality our atmosphere: https://bit.ly/2xCeJYQ

This first view is surface wind, and you’ll notice hurricanes in both the Pacific and three in the Atlantic – Florence, Isaac, and Helene. Click the earth button at lower left and you can show wind at various heights — the hpa numbers. It’s really air pressure at various heights with lower pressure being higher up in the atmosphere. 1000 hpa is near the surface. 250 hpa is at about 36,000 feet – the very top of the troposphere, the zone in which all weather takes place. Above that, you’ll notice that there is little or no sign of the hurricanes.

Second, I took a plane ride with the Hurricane Hunters a few years ago into Hurricane Gustav. Every bit of that adventure was exciting, but on reflection, one of my favorite memories is of the woman who piloted one of the most macho vehicles in the world – a WC-130 Hercules outfitted to fly into the eye of a Cat 5 hurricane. We men sometimes need a reminder that women can do anything and everything.

These amazing pilots, crew, and scientists are in these hurricanes at this very moment trying to figure out the details of how they work and where they might be headed.

Cheers, Charles

Thanks this week go to Eric K, Glenda O,  Charles S and Conscious Leaders Everywhere!
Stay conscious, purposeful, connected to nature and may you find your joy in the most unlikely places…

Please Pay it Forward
Love,
Neville

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“Intuition will tell the thinking mind where to look next.”
Dr. Jonas Salk

This week marked the 17^th Anniversary of 911, National Suicide Prevention Week, World Suicide Prevention Day and International Literacy Day.

Let’s honor our past, confront the brutal facts but always maintain hope, as well as behave into the values and world we want to see and leave for our kids.

I get that most of us don’t want to talk about sex trafficking, suicidal thoughts, and other social ills, but we are only as sick as our secrets!

Bringing Out Our Best Self
How Bamboo Trees Will Bring Out Your Best Self with Les Brown:
https://www.facebook.com/goalcast/videos/1410646852413688/

Research Suggests At Least 10% of the World’s Population Fully Shares the Same Values
The Good Country: Human Race First & Citizens of their Own Country Second, More Govt. Cooperation & Less Competing- If Only Humanity Could Learn To Work As One

The Good Country is now much more than an idea, more than a TED talk and more than an Index: the Good Country is becoming a country. We’re not doing this because we want to build a better country, but because we need a new country to build a better world. Four years after Simon Anholt launched the Good Country Index at TED, our research has shown that at least ten percent of the world’s population fully shares the values of the Good Country.

That’s seven hundred million people, the world’s third largest nation. These are the people who, like us and perhaps like you, think of themselves as members of the human race first, and citizens of their own country second; people who’d like governments to focus a lot more on collaborating and a little less on competing; people who don’t mistrust or dislike other people just because they come from a different background; people who see a great future for humanity if only humanity could learn to work as one.

In just seven days, the Good Country becomes a country.

20,000 of our followers from 178 countries have already been in touch to say they want to be part of the first cohort of citizens when enrolment opens on our new website on September 17^th. We really hope that you will be among them.

We’ll be welcoming just 200,000 citizens before closing again towards the end of the year. If each of our existing followers invites just 10 friends to enroll, we’ll reach our first target.

We’ll then spend the next nine months working with all of you to get everything ready for our main launch in September 2019, as well as planning and executing our first projects designed to “make the world work better.”

In the meantime, please keep an eye on our interim site for further information and downloads.

We look forward very much to welcoming you home to the Good Country next week.

With our warmest regards,

Simon and Madeline

 

National Suicide Prevention Week:

National Suicide Prevention Week
September 9-15, 2018

World Suicide Prevention Day
September 10, 2018

If your life has been touched by suicide, we are sorry for your pain.

If you or a loved one has ever contemplated suicide, please know that you are not alone.  We hope the six strategies below will be a reminder of the supports available around you and within you.

1.  Please Get Help as Soon as Possible
If you are experiencing suicidal ideations, please reach out to someone (including a mental health professional) as soon as possible.  Sometimes those that you reach out to won’t know how to support you in the way that you need, so you might have to figure that out together and/or reach out to a few different people.

The National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 1-800-273-TALK (8255) is available 24 hours a day.  If you get someone on the line you are not comfortable talking with, ask if you can speak to someone else.

2.  Create an Action Plan to Stay Alive

Create a realistic list of action items that you can follow in case the ideations intensify, and keep it readily accessible at all times.  Your list may include a few people you can try calling right away, a few places you can go where you can stay safe, and specific things you can do to try to deescalate the ideations.

Call 911 immediately if you are about to act on your suicidal ideations.
3.  Sustain Your Strength
Suicidal ideations can grow stronger when you don’t have the energy to counter them.  Even if you don’t want to eat, it’s crucial to give your brain and your body a consistent stream of nutrients found in fresh fruits, vegetables, and healthy high-protein foods.  Practice eating mindfully and adjust your diet to what helps you feel better and gives you the most energy.

4.  Shift Your Mood with Your Body and Breath
Our body language reflects our mood, and the way we breathe reflects our emotions.  If your posture is slumped, sit or stand tall in a way to remind you of your strength.  If your breath is shallow, breathe in and out deeply to increase energy and mental clarity.

Try this Dynamic Mindfulness Practice to increase your vitality with the movement and breath:

 

5.  Give Yourself a Break by Disrupting Rumination
The overwhelming emotions and thoughts that accompany ideations can feel unbearably intense and relentless.  Give yourself a mental break by going outside for a stroll, even for a few minutes, and every time you see something beautiful or uplifting, take three deep breaths as you take in the moment.

You can also try this simple Dynamic Mindfulness Practice:

6.  Begin to See Yourself in a New Light
When experiencing ideations, our view of ourselves can become distorted.  As you engage in practices that nurture self-awareness, you can reframe the words you use to describe your experience so that you are not defined by your emotions.  Some possibilities for reframing include:

Please share this E-mail with anyone that could benefit from the strategies above.

May we always remember to see the inherent goodness and infinite strength in ourselves and each other.

With Care,

Rosalind Lwin
Training Director

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Over the past 13 years, Niroga Institute has directly served 60,000 students in K-12 schools, and trained 12,000 educators from across the US in Dynamic Mindfulness, who have brought it to an additional 500,000 students. 
Join this community of leaders and build a movement.

 

Happy International Literacy Day!

Happy International Literacy Day!!!

Please join us as we celebrate the joy
and importance of literacy in the world and locally.

The San Diego Council on Literacy unites the community to
support literacy through advocacy, partnerships, coordination, and resources.
We represent a network of 27 literacy program partners
that annually serve 179,000 residents of all ages, at no cost.

If you are local…
Annual Global Empowerment Summit- Oct 6^th
Through the Annual Global Empowerment Summit, we hope to motivate and mobilize local and global change makers and utilize existing mechanisms to sensitize and create awareness for critical social issues, such as human trafficking. We believe involved people working together on issues of common concern can find pathways for change, build better caring and sustainable
communities, and inform our youth, women, and girls, enabling them to take positive action on societal issues.
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/annual-global-empowerment-summit-time-to-rise-tickets-48455209837

Pre-Summit Workshops including one I am facilitating: “Man UP!”- Oct 5^th
No more by-standing, it’s time for trans-formation…Redefining the role of men in eliminating violence against women.
If you are ready to model a new level of what it means to be a real man, build efficacy and agency around this new role, and be a part of the solution to eliminating the pervasive social ills of sexual assault, sex trafficking and other forms of violence and exploitation, this workshop is designed to help you honor, envision, and embody a new mindset, heart set, and skillset.
https://pre-summitworkshopstime-to-rise.eventbrite.com/

Power In Purpose: Advancing The New World Of Commerce + Cause- Oct 11^th and 12^th
Collectively, we deliver an impactful conference experience that inspires and empowers organizations to implement strategies for purposeful communities, businesses and growth.
https://www.causesd.org/

$1,000 Nonprofit Marketing Scholarship Available:
The San Diego Chapter of the American Marketing Association (AMA San Diego) and Chamber of Purpose will award $1,000+ to a San Diego County college student who has demonstrated exemplary application of business and marketing practices to help a local, regional or national nonprofit organization that is a legally recognized, 501(c)(3) tax-exempt charitable organization. This act of service should be related to the 2018 conference theme:
http://sdama.org/events/2018-cause-conference/#scholarship

Thanks this week go to Marlaine C, Elizabeth D, the Niroga Institute, the San Diego Council on Literacy, A4E, Chamber of Purpose and Cause Conference Volunteers!

Take care of Yourself and please pay if forward!
Love,
Neville

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