PRAXIS EVENTS
September 12 - 18, 2010 - Mondragón, Spain
Seminar and Tour at the Mondragón Cooperatives in the Basque Country of Spain A $500 deposit is required to hold a space. Full description of the seminar and tour is available by clicking the link below.
For details, click here! ______________________________
October 1 -3, 2010 - Esalen Institute, Big Sur, CA
Communication and Conflict
Transformation for Everyday Life Workshop Facilitator: Georgia Kelly
This workshop includes * Practical tools for clear and non-threatening communication * Active Listening skills * How to establish effective ground rules for difficult communication * How to deal with challenging people and situations * Practice exercises in communication and conflict situations * Material for post-workshop study and development of a personal plan.
Georgia Kelly is the founder and director of Praxis Peace Institute. She has organized cross-cultural dialogues in the Balkans, and has produced several conferences, seminars, and workshops for Praxis Peace Institute in the U.S. and in Europe. She completed a program in Conflict
Resolution at Sonoma State University and has mediated disputes in small claims court.
To Register, click here to reach Esalen Institute's homepage. _______________________________ _______________________________ PAST EVENTS
July 23 - 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. Come for dinner and lecture/discussion at Murphy's Irish Pub's backroom 464 First St. E., Sonoma John Bloom speaks about his book The Genius of Money -----------------------------------------
SUNDAY, MAY 23, 2010 Praxis
Peace Institute's 10th Anniversary Celebration! Place: The Lodge at
Sonoma,1325 Broadway, Sonoma, CA 95476 Featured Speaker: GEORGE LAKOFF --------------------------------------------------------- Sunday, March 28 - 4:00 p.m. -
Readers' Books, 130 E. Napa St., Sonoma - Free Event
Corinne McLaughlin and
Gordon Davidson discuss their new book, The Practical Visionary: A New World Guide
for Spiritual Growth and Social Change. ----------------------------------------------------------
Thursday, February 25 - 7:30 p.m. Burlingame Hall, First Congregational Church, 252 W. Spain St., Sonoma ANGELES ARRIEN "The Braided Way: Universal Practices of Wisdom" -------------------------------------------- Sunday, January 24, 2010 - 4:00 p.m. - Sonoma Community Center, Sonoma JEREMY RIFKIN The Empathic Civilization: The Race to Global Consciousness in a World in Crisis --------------------------------------------- Praxis Peace Institute and RSF Social Finance present THE ECONOMICS OF PEACE Conference October 18 - 23, 2009 - Sonoma, CA Transforming Money * Rebuilding Community * Redefining Wealth Tuesday, October 20 Speakers: James Galbraith, Vandana Shiva, Sam Keen, Jacob Needleman, Judy Wicks, Andrew Kimbrell, Ellen Brown, Tom Greco, David Korten, A.T. Ariyaratne, Mikel Lezamiz, Fred Freundlich, and Stephanie Rearick. Emcees: John Bloom and Georgia Kelly Artist-in-Residence: Osprey Orielle Lake -------------------------------------------------------------------- SUNDAY, JULY 19 AT 4:00 P.M. - Free Event Readers' Books, 130 E. Napa St., Sonoma DIANA ALSTAD & JOEL KRAMER "The Passionate Mind Revisited" ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Wednesday, April 22 - Sebastopol The Story of Mondrag�n Presentation Location: French Garden Restaurant, 8050 Bodega Ave., Sebastopol Cafe Ekonomica Series - Buffet is available at 6:30 - program begins at 7:45 p.m. Evening Presenters: Philip Beard and Georgia Kelly -------------------------- March 30, 2009 Sonoma Community Center, 276 E. Napa St., Sonoma WILLIAM GREIDER Prominent journalist, best-selling author and Foreign Affairs Correspondent for The Nation Magazine. -------------------------- Tuesday, March 10 - San Francisco - 8:00 p.m. - Free The Magic of Mondrag�n Pe�a Pachamama Restaurant, 1630 Powell St., San Francisco A Pachamama Alliance/Praxis program ------------------------------ Sunday, March 1st - Santa Rosa - 3:00 to 6:00 p.m. Reclaiming our Local Economic Power - Rediscovering Cooperatives -------------------------------- February 24 - Praxis Presentation at Bay Area Net Impact program San Francisco, CA ------------------------------- Dec. 11 - 6:00 to 9:00 p.m. - The Institute of Noetic Sciences, Petaluma The Magic of Mondrag�n with Philip Beard, Sergio Lub, and Georgia Kelly --------------------------- Annual Praxis Benefit Lunch Saturday, December 6, 2008 in Sonoma The Lodge at Sonoma, 1325 Broadway, Sonoma 95476 Special Guests MIMI KENNEDY and SWAMI BEYONDANANDA ------------- Nov. 20 - 7:30 p.m. - Sonoma Community Center, Sonoma The Magic of Mondragon with Philip Beard, Julianne Maurseth, Georgia Kelly and slides by Sergio Lub ----------------- FATHER MICHAEL LAPSLEY, SSM Monday, November 10 - 7:30 p.m. - Berkeley The Healing of Memories From the Institute for Healing of Memories, South Africa. STEPHEN DUCAT Tuesday, June 17 - 7:30 p.m. - Mill Valley "Gender Gaps, Holy Wars and the Politics of Anxious Masculinity" WILFORD WELCH, Author Sunday, June 8 at 4:00 p.m. - FREE Event - Sonoma "The Tactics of Hope: How Social Entrepreneurs are Changing our World" NORMAN SOLOMON Tuesday, April 29 - 7:30 p.m. - Sonoma "The Media Politics of War" SAM KEEN Tuesday, April 8, 2008 - 7:30 p.m. - Santa Rosa "The Lasting Appeal of War and the Quest for a Moral and Erotic Equivalent" DANIEL SOLNIT Sunday, March 16, 2008 - 3:00 p.m. - Mill Valley "Real Solutions for a Sustainable Future" SAM KEEN Sunday, February 10, 2008 at 3:00 p.m. - Sonoma "The Lasting Appeal of War and the Quest for a Moral and Erotic Equivalent" RIANE EISLER Sunday, December 2, 2007 at 4:00 p.m. - Sonoma Burlingame Hall, 252 W. Spain St. "The Real Wealth of Nations: Creating a Caring Economics" PRAXIS PEACE INSTITUTE Annual Benefit and Lunch Sunday, December 2, 2007 - 12:30 p.m. The Lodge in Sonoma, 1325 Broadway, Sonoma 95476 With Congresswoman LYNN WOOLSEY & Author RIANE EISLER GEORGIA KELLY Saturday, December 1 - 10:00 - 5:00 Conflict Transformation workshop sponsored by the Institute of Imaginal Studies, Petaluma, CA FRANCES MOORE LAPPE Tuesday, November 27 at 7:30 p.m. in Sonoma JOHAN GALTUNG Tuesday, November 6, 2007 - 9:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Burlingame Hall, 252 W. Spain St., Sonoma, CA 95476 Transforming Conflict by Peaceful Means -------------------------------------- SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 23 - PRAXIS POTLUCK Free Event - 3:30 - 6:30 - Sonoma Hosted by Marilyn Goode and Patty Westerbeke with Praxis Peace Institute at the pool and gardens of Marilyn Goode. --------------------------------------- August 3 - 5, 2007 - ESALEN INSTITUTE, Big Sur, CA CONFLICT TRANSFORMATION WORKSHOP FACILITATORS: GEORGIA KELLY and KIM WEICHEL ---------------------------------------- Wednesday, July 25 at 7:00 p.m. - FREE Community event! DVD of RIANE EISLER'S "The Real Wealth of Nations, Creating a Caring Economics" -------------------------------------- JUNE 3 - 9, 2007 - DUBROVNIK CONFERENCE "Transforming Culture: From Empire to Global Community" A detailed Report and Photos will be available on this website in the late summer. DVDs of conference presentations will also be available, and price list will be posted on this website in July. Speakers: Tom Hayden, Frances Moore Lappe, Thom Hartmann, Riane Eisler, David Korten, Hazel Henderson, Mikel Lezamiz (Mondragon Cooperatives, Spain), Georgia Kelly, James O'Dea, Aftab Omer, Ivo Banac, Stephen Ducat, Erion Veliaj, and panels. Portions of Johan Galtung's workshop may be available. -------------------------------------- MAY 10 - 8:00 p.m. PAUL HAWKEN Andrews Hall, Sonoma Community Center 276 E. Napa St., Sonoma Paul Hawken discussed his new book, Blessed Unrest,which explores the diversity, ideas, strategies and hidden history ofthe revolutionary movement to restore the environment and foster socialjustice. Register for this event online! ----------------------------------------- APRIL 22, 2007 ERVIN LASZLO Reception with Ervin Laszlo - 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. at The Institute of Noetic Sciences, 101 San Antonio Rd., Petaluma "The Hypothesis of the Akashic Field: Coherence and Memory in Cosmos and Consciousness" ---------------------------------------- MARCH 2, 2007 ANGELES ARRIEN THE BRAIDED WAY: UNIVERSAL PRACTICES OF WISDOM Friday, March 2, 2007 - Sonoma - 7:30 p.m. Burlingame Hall, First Congregational Churh 252 W. Spain St., Sonoma ------------------------------------------------------- Praxis Think Tank Project November 30 - December 3, 2006 Berkeley, CA "The Sixth Extinction Round Table to Avert the Loss of Biodiversity" Thisevent is co-sponsored with the Sustainable Planet committee of theThreshold Foundation and is an invitational meeting. We are developinga campaign that will address the issue of Mass Species Extinction insocial and cultural contexts. Our goal is to raise awareness regardingthe urgency of species extinction and to create a strategy that willcut through the de facto denial surrounding species extinction. Inaddition to leading scientists in the field, we are inviting experts inmedia, marketing, language framing, the recovery movement, andreligious leaders. Thisinvitational meeting is co-sponsored by the Sustainable PlanetCommittee of the Threshold Foundation and the Praxis Think Tank. Ourpurpose is to develop and implement strategies that address the issuesof mass species extinction in social and cultural contexts. Our goal isto raise awareness regarding the urgency of species extinction. Inaddition to leading scientists in the field, the meeting also included experts inmedia, marketing, language framing, the recovery movement and religiousleaders. A full list of participants is posted on the Praxis Think Tank pages. ___________________________________________ November 12 - 17, 2006 - Esalen Institute, Big Sur ConflictTransformation: Tools for Communicating and Resolving Conflicts in Everyday Life Facilitators: Georgia Kelly and Kim Weichel _______________________________________ Sunday, October 8, 2006 - RICHARD TARNAS Sonoma - 3:30 to 5:30 p.m. Praxis Study Group meets with Richard Tarnas, author of "Cosmos and Psyche" and "The Passion of the Western Mind." _______________________________________ ARIANNA HUFFINGTON "On Becoming Fearless!" Saturday, September 30, 2006 8:00 p.m. Sonoma Community Center 276 E. Napa St., Sonoma 4:00 to 6:00 p.m. - Reception with Arianna Huffington and Fifth Anniversary Celebration and Fundraiser for Praxis Peace Institute at the home of author Sam Keen in Sonoma ________________________________________ Sunday, July 16, 2006 Praxis Women's Tea - 4:00 to 6:00 p.m. Westerbeke Ranch, Sonoma Summer Refreshments and Goodies! _________________________________________ Thursday, July 6, 2006 ANODEA JUDITH "WAKING THE GLOBAL HEART" _____________________________________________ Thursday, June 29 - 7:30 p.m. DAVID HARRIS "Remembering the Sixties --- and the Lessons We Still Have to Learn From Them" __________________________________________ Co-Sponsored Event: Free Public Forum co-sponsored with the Living Wage Coalition A Living Wage for Petaluma Wednesday, June 28 - 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. _______________________________________________ Saturday, May 20, 2006 CONFLICT TRANSFORMATION WORKSHOP: Innovative Tools for Communnicating and Resolving Conflicts in Everyday LIfe Facilitated by GEORGIA KELLY 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. - Sonoma _________________________ TUESDAY, MAY 16, 2006 - 7:30 p.m. DAVID KORTEN Place: Andrews Hall, Sonoma Community Center 276 E. Napa St., Sonoma Tickets: $15.00 "The Great Turning: From Empire to Earth Community" May 17 - 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon David Korten meets with Praxis Think Tank group in Sonoma. __________________________ Thursday, April 20, 2006 - 7:30 p.m. RABBI MICHAEL LERNER "The Left Hand of God: Taking Back our Country from the Religious Right" Place: Burlingame Hall, First Congregational Church 252 W. Spain St., Sonoma ______________________________ Wednesday, March 22, 2006 - 7:00 p.m. RICHARD HEINBERG "Beyond Peak Oil: Averting Oil Wars, Terrorism, and Economic Collapse" _______________________________ SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 2006 - 2:00 p.m. RICHARD TARNAS "Cosmos and Psyche: Intimations of a New Worldview" FREE Event at Readers' Books, 130 E. Napa St., Sonoma ___________________________________ SUNDAY, JANUARY 29, 2006 SPECIAL MEETING in SANTA CRUZ, CA of Praxis members and conference alumni at the home of Linda and Charlie Bloom, Santa Cruz. __________________________________________ Sunday Afternoon, December 18, 2005 A Festive Holiday Tea with Thoughtful Lecture and Discussion JAMES O'DEA, president of the Institute of Noetic Sciences "In the Season of Lights: Creation and Destruction of the World as We Know it" 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. The Institute of Noetic Sciences campus 101 S. San Antonio Rd., Petaluma _____________________________________ SUNDAY, OCTOBER 30, 2005 Praxis Peace Institute and Spirit Rock Meditation Center present "The Soul of Democracy: Integrating Spiritual Vision with Active Citizenship" Place: Spirit Rock Meditation Center 5000 Sir Francis Drake Blvd., Woodacre Time: 9:30 a.m. - 6:00 p.m. SPEAKERS: Jack Kornfield, Sylvia Boorstein, Tom Hayden, Congresswoman Lynn Woolsey, Matt Gonzalez, Pam Torliatt and Cosmic Comedy with Swami Beyondananda! Special presentation by Mayors Larry Barnett (Sonoma) and Larry Robinson (Sebastopol). Moderators: Georgia Kelly and James Baraz ------------------- SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 18 - Half-day workshop Limited to 30 people "Communicating & Framing Core Progressive Values" Time: 1:30 to 6:00 p.m. Place: Sonoma - exact location and directions sent upon registration ------------------- SATURDAY, JULY 30 - 10:00 AM to 5:00 PM TRANSFORMING CONFLICT: Innovative Tools for Communicating and Resolving Conflicts in Everyday Life Facilitators: Georgia Kelly and Kimberly Weichel Sonoma ------------------ WEDNESDAY, JUNE 22, 2005 - 7:30 p.m. RIANE EISLER "Empowering Women and Changing the World: From Domination to Partnership" (Author of "The Chalice and the Blade" and "The Power of Partnership") Following Riane's talk will be a dialogue with MEDEA BENJAMIN, co-founder of Code Pink and Global Exchange and co-editor of "Stop the Next War Now." ---------------------- Wednesday, May 25, 2005 - 7:30 p.m. TOM HAYDEN "American Culture: The Myths and the Possibilities" Also - Pre-event Buffet Reception with TOM HAYDEN at a private home in Sonoma. Address and directions given upon registration. Thursday, May 26, 2005 - a Morning Workshop with Tom Hayden ____________ Saturday, May 14, 2005 - 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Conflict Transformation Workshop Facilitators: Kim Weichel and Georgia Kelly This interactive workshop will focus on an in-depth exploration of ways to understand and transform conflict in our daily lives. ------------------------ TUESDAY, APRIL 5, 2005 DAVID COBB 2004 Green Party Presidential candidate and initiator of the Ohio recount. "Everything You Wnat to Know About the Ohio Recount and Election Reform."Andrews Hall, Sonoma Community Center, 276 E. Napa St., Sonoma --------------------- FRIDAY, MARCH 25, 2005 - 7:30 p.m. - A Praxis Think Tank Event GEORGE LAKOFF and SAM KEEN "Language, Propaganda, and Imagery" SATURDAY, MARCH 26, 2005 - 9:30 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. Workshop with George Lakoff and Sam Keen Language, Imagery and Propaganda - Part II - Workshop ----------------------- Friday, February 18, 2005 - 7:30 p.m. ANGELES ARRIEN Tracking the Emerging Stories - Praxis Think Tank Event Location: Andrews Hall, Somona Community Center, 276 E. Napa St., Sonoma, CA Saturday, February 19, 2005 - 10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Workshop with Angeles Arrien "Bridge Building: Essential Practices for Change, Conflict Resolution, and Communication" Sonoma ---------------- DANNY SHEEHAN Date: October 21, 2004 Time: 7:30 Place: United Methodist Church (Epworthian Hall) 500 North Main St., Sebastopol WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 2004 SWAMI BEYONDANANDA "Shift Happens" Place: Andrews Hall, Sonoma Community Center, 276 E. Napa St., Sonoma THURSDAY, AUGUST 12, 2004 MATT GONZALEZ - President, San Francisco Board of Supervisors will speak on "Progressive Values and Authentic Politics" SATURDAY, APRIL 24th - CAFE DISCUSSION, Sonoma (place to be announced) Time: 2:00 0 4:00 PM THURSDAY, APRIL 1, 2004 JOHAN GALTHUNG, Ph. D. -- "Winning the War on Terror Without Violence" Sonoma Congregational Church, Sonoma -------------- FRED LUSKIN, Sunday, Nov. 2, 2003 - Napa Valley Lunch, Talk and Discussion.Dr. Luskin is the founder and director of the Stanford Forgiveness Center. BERNARD LIETAER - OCT. 20, 2003 (Monday) - "The Future of Money"- 3220 Sacramento St., San Francisco OCT. 16, 2003 (Thursday) - Sonoma Community Center "AN EVENING WITH CAROLINE CASEY" CONGRESSMAN DENNIS KUCINICH - (D-OH Date: Saturday, March 29, 2003 Time: 8:00 p.m. Place: Marin Center Veterans Memorial Auditorium, San Rafael, CA ARIANNA HUFFINGTON Date: Tuesday, February 11, 2003 Time: 7:30 p.m. Place: Sonoma Veterans Hall, 126 First St., West, Sonoma, CA ERION VELIAJ (Albania) and LARA PETRICEVIC (Serbia) Of Balkans Youth Link, a US-based non-profit organization SUNDAY, JANUARY 12, 2003 - Lunch/Discussion event 1:00 p.m., Napa Valley Location DANIEL ELLSBERG Author of "The Pentagon Papers" and the recently published "Secrets." Co-Sponsored with Readers' Books, Sonoma, CA DATE: Wednesday, November 20, 2002 STEVEN HILL - Saturday, November 2, 2002 Author of "Fixing Elections," Also co-wrote "Whose Vote Counts?" and is co-founder of the Center for Voting and Democracy in San Francisco. HELEN CALDICOTT Wednesday, April 10, 2002 web site - www.nuclearcommonsense.org RIANE EISLER Thursday, April 11, 2002 web site - www.partnershipway.org CHRISTOPHER BACHE October 28, 2001, Lunch/Discussion event in Oakville, CA - Director of Transformative Learning at The Institute of Noetic Sciences, author, and teacher of philosophy and religious studies DANIEL SHEEHAN - September 27, 2001, Evening event in Sonoma, CA Renown civil rights attorney, Chief counsel for the Christic Institute LARRY ROBINSON Mayor of Sebastopol, CA August 12, 2001, Lunch/Discussion event in Oakville, CA PAUL RAY AND SHERRY ANDERSON Authors of "The Cultural Creatives" April 1, 2001, Lunch/Discussion event in Sonoma, CA This was the Inaugural Lunch of Praxis Peace Institute ANGELES ARRIEN (author, anthropologist) and SAM KEEN (author, philosopher) December 3, 2000, Lunch/Discussion event in Sonoma, CA
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