12/12/22 WFS 2022: Session Nine: Stories for a Changing World with Rivera Sun

 

Session Nine: Stories for a Changing World with Rivera Sun

Music: "Love," Imagine Dragons, Playing for Change, Link to Site

 

Essential questions

• What is the New Story of a future based 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: 

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

• Alexander Ocasio-Cortez & Avi Lewis, "Message from the Future: Part I," The Leap/Intercept,  Link to Site

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

Resources:

• Metta Center Link to Site

• Rivera Sun, website Link to Site

• 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