Praxis Peace Institute

PRAXIS EVENTS

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"

The golden invitation of the 21st century is no longer to sacrifice the old for the new or the new for the old. We are moving into a both-and world, where the analytical mind and the intuitive mind can work together to create a synergistic third possibility that is greater than either polarity.

Angeles Arrien, Ph. D. is a cultural anthropologist and award-winning author of several books, including The Four-fold Way, The Second Half of Life, and The Nine Muses: A Mythological Path to Creativity. Originally from the Basque region of Spain, Dr. Arrien is noted for her understanding of indigenous wisdom from all parts of the world. Her work in mediation and conflict resolution has been used with the International Rights Commission and the World Indigenous Council. Dr. Arrien has taught at the University of California system at Berkeley, Los Angeles, Davis, and Santa Cruz, and she co-designed the Social and Cultural Anthropology Program at the California Institute of Integral Studies in San Francisco. She is the founder and president of the Angeles Arrien Foundation for Cross-Cultural Education and Research.

Tickets: $20� - ($15 for Praxis members). Tickets available from Praxis 707-939-2973, at the door, or to be sure of a seat, click below and Register online.

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Free Book Events:

Charlie and Linda Bloom

Thursday, February 11 - 7:00 p.m. - Readers' Books, 130 E. Napa St., Sonoma - Free Event

Praxis Board member, Charlie Bloom and his wife Linda Bloom will speak about their new book, Secrets of Great Marriages: Real Truth from Real Couples about Lasting Love.
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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.
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PAST EVENTS

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
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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
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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"

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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

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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.

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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

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Sunday, March 1st - Santa Rosa - 3:00 to 6:00 p.m.
Reclaiming our Local Economic Power - Rediscovering Cooperatives

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February 24 - Praxis Presentation at Bay Area Net Impact program
San Francisco, CA

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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.

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August 3 - 5, 2007 - ESALEN INSTITUTE, Big Sur, CA

CONFLICT TRANSFORMATION WORKSHOP

FACILITATORS: GEORGIA KELLY and KIM WEICHEL

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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"

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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.
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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.

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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"

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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

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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.
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November 12 - 17, 2006 - Esalen Institute, Big Sur

ConflictTransformation: Tools for Communicating and Resolving Conflicts in Everyday Life
Facilitators: Georgia Kelly and Kim Weichel
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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."

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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

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Sunday, July 16, 2006

Praxis Women's Tea - 4:00 to 6:00 p.m.
Westerbeke Ranch, Sonoma
Summer Refreshments and Goodies!
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Thursday, July 6, 2006

ANODEA JUDITH

"WAKING THE GLOBAL HEART"
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Thursday, June 29 - 7:30 p.m.

DAVID HARRIS
"Remembering the Sixties --- and the Lessons We Still Have to Learn From Them"
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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.
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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
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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.
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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
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Wednesday, March 22, 2006 - 7:00 p.m.
RICHARD HEINBERG
"Beyond Peak Oil: Averting Oil Wars, Terrorism, and Economic Collapse"
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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
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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.
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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
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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

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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

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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

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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."
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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
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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.
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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
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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

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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
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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
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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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