If “change” is the mantra of our moment in history, Social Change 2.0 may be poised to become its bible. Drawing on his three decades in the trenches of large-scale societal transformation, David Gershon—described by the United Nations as a “graceful revolutionary”—offers an original and comprehensive roadmap to bring about fundamental change in our world.
So many of the assumptions we have been operating with as a human community have proven faulty that we must now literally re-envision them. And with the accelerating unraveling of our planet’s life support system and the deterioration of so many of our social systems, we are being called upon to create rapid transformative change. But the current social change tools at our disposal of governmental command and control, financial incentives, and citizen protest – Social Change 1.0 – were designed for slow-moving, incremental change.
Not only must we reinvent our world, but also the process by which we achieve this reinvention. If the current social change tools are not sufficient, what else do we have? Taking a page from Thomas Jefferson’s playbook, might we be able to motivate people to change because of a dream that inspires their imagination, enlivens their sense of possibility, and lifts their spirit as a human being? Or to ask this question in a more tangible way, how might we empower people to voluntarily adopt new behaviors that help them, their communities, and their organizations operate at higher levels of social value so we can realize more of our potential as a human species?
The book they don’t want you to read! Dave Lieber’s Watchdog Nation shares tips, tools and strategies to bite back when businesses and scammers do you wrong. Save hundreds, even thousands of dollars by learning how you can overcome the pickpockets that call themselves the electric company, the phone company, debt collectors, banks, scammers, door-to-door salesmen and countless others who want to harm you and your family. With real stories about real people — by the ultimate authority on the subject.
Dramatic with a splash of comic relief, The Declaration of White Independence: The Founding Documents of Transudationism by new author and social theorist Kyle McDermott provides a vision that gives all living things eternal meaning, purpose, and hope. Decidedly broad in scope, this important commentary is comprised of a series of articles which will make readers reevaluate how they feel about church, state, and the cosmos. An integral study for anyone searching for answers on the integrity and spiritual causations of existence, this exacting debut seeks to unveil the most primal laws of nature and irreducible genetic codes. Truly enlightening, readers embark on a journey that seeks to prove the existence of God, usher in the dawn of cosmic consciousness, and create a grand unified theory of absolutely everything. Saving Western Civilization and the European peoples of the world, inevitably and inadvertently the author offers constancy to all people and the whole of life!
Johnny Farrell can no longer ignore the suffering of his 7-year old neighbor, Dylan. Feeling helpless, he decides to at least befriend the boy. Then, one day the kid and his abusive father disappear. While dealing with the death of his mother, and his needy girlfriend's attempts to control him, Johnny follows a trail of evidence until he stumbles on the unthinkable. His quest is one of self-discovery and healing. Set in the world of child exploitation, Anyone's Child takes a daring look into one of our culture's most heartbreaking realities.
Child abduction and sexual exploitation is a global problem. This story was designed to raise awareness of this issue, in a gentle, yet provocative way. Raising awareness is one of the critical first steps to any kind of wide-spread and lasting change. This kind of change is very hard to accomplish if we don't acknowledge it, understand it, and contribute in some way.
In this alphabet soup of information, readers learn that between A is for Autism and Z is for Zoo exists a large population of children who do not fit in. Dr. Sherry L. Meinberg’s Autism ABC offers a fascinating and very compelling view into autism, both from the child’s viewpoint and that of the expert. For example, B is for Bullies elicits “Sometimes bullies bother me, because of the things they say and how they act” followed by the professional viewpoint “Prevention is always better than intervention.” It is this juxtaposition of the feelings, needs, and fears of the autistic child with the academic observations and suggestions that makes this book so important.
The Circle is the most important pattern of the cosmos.
All wisdom traditions point toward this fundamental truth. There is a pattern to the flow of the universe: it flows in a circle. It follows that when human activities flow in a circular manner, they receive tremendous support from the universe. Aligning with this flow is key to lasting happiness, success, and peace. This wisdom is applicable to business. The Circle can help us restructure businesses so that energy continuously flows through them, keeping them vital. It can help us build ethics and sustainable practices into their very foundation. It supports healthy relationships, fostering attitudes of acceptance, mutual respect, and co-operation. As a blueprint, the Circle is scalable, multi-faceted, and endlessly customizable. It's applicable to all stages of building, managing, and evolving a business. Never before has the Circle been written about as a tool for business management. For the first time, this book brings it into the world of modern commerce.
This book explains the origins of what we generally refer to as “Human Nature.” Despite the tremendous variation in human behavior, there are several distinct traits that are common to our species in general and, in fact, common to all species. These include dominance and submission, aggression, territoriality, altruism, loyalty to family and group, mistrust of strangers and sex drive along with all of our automatic bodily functions such as heartbeat and respiration.
These functions and traits can be all lumped together under one heading that we refer to as the “Instinct of Survival” and originate in a small and very ancient part of our brain often called the “Primitive Brain Stem.”
My purpose in exploring these facts relating to human behavior is to inform the reader as to the natural origins of what are often completely illogical, unreasonable and destructive emotions that result in war, hatred, violence, bigotry and destruction. The alternatives of peace, cooperation, reason and constructive action are simply decisions we all can make.
When children are kept in the dark regarding their origins, nobody wins Only rarely does a memoir come along that taps into the heart of the human condition. The Sound of Hope is such a story, told by Anne Bauer, an adoptee who cannot pretend that she had another life and another family before being adopted.Much of Anne's childhood was spent wondering about her other mother. She desperately wanted to know where she was, what she looked like and most importantly, why she placed her for adoption. Living in the closed adoption system, her questions were met with a wall of silence. This aura of secrecy only intensified Anne's quest to eventually discover her own story. Faced with anger and contempt, secrets and revelations, Anne sets out to uncover the truth. This powerful memoir traverses family and relationships and carries the unforgettable message that nobody should be cut off from their origins.
A wonderful read for all parents, teachers, counselors .... we need to open our eyes to child sexual assault and help put a stop to this silent epidemic. The sexual abuse of a child creates a devastating family crisis. Parents want to know what to do and say to help their child but they also want to know how to respond to and heal their own emotional turmoil. As a parent, you need to know it's okay and natural to act with disbelief and denial. This is my story, a mother's story, about the abuse of my daughter and my struggles to over come. I thought I could trust my family members. I thought I knew and could trust the legal system. I was wrong. As a parent, I couldn't find help for ME...what to expect on this journey with my daughter and her recovery. I didn't know how much pain I would suffer as well. This is my story and my struggle toward recovery. Some how, some way, I hope it gives you hope for your journey as well.
