2020 Osher Virtual: "Stories for a Changing World: A conversation with Rivera Sun #10

 Music:  

Tracy Chapman, "Talking About a Revolution,"Link to site

Essential questions

• What is the New Story of a future basic on peace and justice?

 • What are the inner powers that we have to make us active in the world?

• How do we strengthen ourselves for the work of being a change agent?

Gathering: "A positive attribute about myself is..."

Rick's Rap

Speaker:  Rivera Sun

Exercise:  "Soul Force"

Exercise: "Beyond the Ordinary"

Closing: "Something that I learned today was..."

Readings: 

• Naomi Klein & others, "Message from the Future: Part I," The Leap/Intercept, 

• Naomi Klein & others, "Message from the Future: Part II, The Years of Repair," The Leap/Intercept,  Link to Site

• "The New Story," Metta Center for Nonviolence, Link to site

• Kate Aronoff, "With a Green New Deal, Here's What the World Could Look Like for the Next Generation," The Intercept, 12//5/18 Link to site

Rob Hopkins, "From What is to What If. A Walk through a day in 2030," Transition Towns, Link to Site

Resources:

• Rivera Sun, "Nonviolence News,"Li k to site

• Rivera Sun, "From What is to What if: Stories for a Changing World," talk, Transition US, 10/16/20Link to site

        "I wish that it not have happened in my time," said Frodo. "So do I," said Gandalf, " and so do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to  decide. All we have to do decide is what to do with the time that is given us."

J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring