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2912 149 PMlove letter to a president | transform | february 2012

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welcomeTheres a fairly old joke among Black folks that says we were givenFebruary to celebrate our heritage because its the shortest monthof the year Meaning of course thats about as much as we couldexpect

I often consider the juxtaposition of Black History Month and StValentines Day When I think about the ill-mended and brokenhearts of Black folks through slavery sharecropping Civil Rightsand now I think February is oddly appropriate there is StValentines Day on the 14th the day of love and relationship andtheres Black History Month

For me February reflects the unspoken complex relationshipAmerica tends to have with Black people an imbalance of love andaversion which reflects Americas own imbalanced relationship withitself This month transform is focusing on both relationship(especially our relationship with ourselves) and Black HistoryMonth

This month also celebrate LGBT History Month (UK) Independenceof Sri Lanka amp Dominican Republic (Feb 4 amp Feb 27) and in thePhilippines People Power Revolution (Feb 25)

heart stones personal offering

love letter to a presidentthis time we willINcite with angel Kyodo williams

Valentines Day is upon us so it seemsappropriate to reaffirm my love mostespecially in those places in which I have

whats newThe Metrics of MovementBuilding A GuideUniversity of Southern California(USC) has a report out thataddresses the value oforganizing especially as a way to

build movements further and in substantialtransformative ways In tandem they look at howfunders have begun looking to movements as ways tobroaden their capacity to support social change

Read more Download Transactions Transformations and

Translations

in SIGHTDave Moore | Ageless Warrior

No video Click httpyoutubetzt5fI97guA

Dave Moore born in 1912 marched and was anorganizer for civil rights and working people Duringthe 1930s he helped organized the Ford Hunger strikeagainst Ford Motor Company in Detroit an event thatchanged his life He was also part of a delegation thathelped get Black pilots and Black stewardesses jobs inthe 1950s This video recounts the many triumphsagainst oppression he participated in during his life

Watch Ageless Warrior Subscribe to CXC on YouTube

in TIME

2912 149 PMlove letter to a president | transform | february 2012

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[image Zochi]

been least clear Just over three yearsago I wrote a short essay called finallyamerican It was a love letter of sorts inwhich I expressed my relief in being ableto claim my nationality with dignity andpride instead of shame and disdain I usedhope in some form no less than three

times

Since then like many others Ive watched that hope wane underthe most relentless onslaught of political pounding of a Presidentany of us has ever seen Because I was so disappointed by thechasm between that hope and the reality I stopped professing mylove I sit here now realizing all is not lost My feelings havebeen hurt and I have felt betrayed but in the end I still not onlybelieve in but hold love for not Barack Obama Savior but myPresident Barack Obama the man

I know many of us may still believe he failed and owes us Maybewell even be tempted to punish him by staying home pouting thiselection year I suggest we leave the childish crush of 2008 behindand this year invest in a grownupmdashand mutually supportivemdashlove

Dear Mr President

From the first time I laid eyes on you I knew I was in love I didntwant to be so I hid it from myself by saying you couldnt winElectrifying the DNC was one thing but They wouldnt allow it wesaid You were too young Too inexperienced With too Muslim aname And yes too Black

But you kept wowing us with your fantastic smile unflinchingconfidence and unequivocal Yes We Can And so we did Youwere Presidential I believed you And so did many others So wegot hitched and got behind you and win you did

I remember it like it was yesterday Hunkered down around thetelevision we clung to every word as you swept the nation off itsfeet in a resounding victory In triumph we poured into thestreets dancing into the night as if Liberation herself had finallycome

We carried you across the threshold into the White House on adelirious wave of excitement brimming with expectation andoverwhelmed by the potential that lay before us in this greatunion Hope Progress Change

And then we left you there

No sooner than when you took your seat they began to wrenchthe legs out from underneath you We looked on with dismay asthey took everything you had We sat aside in horror as they madeyou fight for anything or anyone you wanted We recoiled indisbelief as they turned the things that could have been yoursweetest victories into bitter fruit The ugliness of it all was toomuch to bear

So we turned away

Then there was that Tea Party a terrible event that shocked us toour core Not only were we not invited but brazenly remindedthat we never belonged Our naiumlveteacute about the depth andnakedness of hate was laid bare The coded language didnt even

WEST COAST fearlessMeditation I |

Practice of the Body Rockwood Leadership | Art

of Leadership Black History Month

Presentation | Michelle Alexander

EAST COAST Voices of a Womens Health Movement Zionophobia | Debasing the Ideals of the Arab

Spring | Dr Judea Pearl amp Steve Kroft

NORTHWEST Finding the Genius in Your Life | Michael Meade

SOUTHEAST HKONJ6 | March for Justice

INTERNATIONAL Training for Change | Training for Social Action

Trainers

in the MONEYLets Work Together | FordFoundationThe Ford Foundation supportsa broad number oforganizations particularlythose that support social

change and have trustees all over the world As afoundation they believe all people should have theopportunity to reach their full potential contribute tosociety and have a voice in the decisions that affectthem

Read more Learn more about Twelve Grantees Learn more about Ford Foundation Learn more about Program Areas

in the CENTERKado | Way of the FlowerMyself and three othercommunity members signed upto take Norma Wong Roshisclass on kado the way of theflower a 2000-year-oldChinese art form often

practiced by folks on a spiritual path Read more Learn more about kado

from the FIELD

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[image Shadia Fayne-Woods]

[image Karen MuktayaniVillanueva]

[image Jen Grantham]

[imageJulien Tromeur]

nakedness of hate was laid bare The coded language didnt evenseek to mask the righteous indignance of racial superiority Wewere not real Americans and they wanted us to leave so theycould Take Back America

We were so delighted with ourselves for having you we forgot toshow up for you We set forth our demands and desires but werenot flexible enough to see where you needed our support Webrought our challenges and critiques but did not express theunconditional love you deserve for your willingness to continue toshow up every day they tried to beat you down In short we didnot give you what you needed to be your best and blamed onlyyou for coming up short But we were the ones that walked awayfrom you

The limitation of our childish love was suffered by us all and ourlessons hard won

We now realize that this marriage is not a sprint its amarathonWe see that compromise is necessary and we cant just turnour backs whenever things dont go our wayWe recognize that this system of checks and balances canbe used to hold a President hostage and that by letting Fearand Hate win we tied your hands ourselves

So we ask for your forgiveness Mr President I ask for it I mayhave strayed but my intention is clear My resolve is firm My loveis true

Give us one more chance This time we will

dedicated to the people in my life that i haven not sufficientlyexpressed my unconditional love for may i be forgiven and mayyou know that you were are and always will be for me both sourceand subject of great abiding unwavering love

angel Kyodo williams the change angel is FounderEmeritus of Center for Transformative Change She nowserves as a Senior Fellow and Director of Vision A social visionaryand leading voice for transformative social change she is theauthor of the critically-acclaimed Being Black Zen and the Art ofLiving With Fearlessness and Grace

Blog new Dharma live love amp lead from the heart Facebook Like angel here Twitter Follow angel for tweets of wisdom on Change Web httpangelkyodowilliamscom

angel Kyodo williams next public talk Thursday March 1 CXC

newDharma TalkWholeness Through RelationshipIn this dharma talk were asked to focus onwhats hiding in the closets we call compassionrelationship friendliness and joy Using

adrienne maree brown |without manipulationFor the rest of 2012 andhopefully beyond we will befeaturing a floating columnwith contributions fromadrienne maree browns

Luscious Satyagraha blog in various sections of thejournal

I was journaling this morning about the kind of spaces Iwant to create in the world and it occurred to me that Iwant to create spaces people long to be

Read more Read more blog posts on The Luscious Satyagraha

inner PRACTICEI Will Tell You if Youre anAsholeIts important to give attentionto the quality of people that wechoose to spend our time with Ilive in an intentional practicecommunity where we have

agreements to hold each other to our agreements Thiskind of living is not for the faint of heart

Read more

outer ACTIONEnd of OccupyOccupy woke us up to theblatant truth about therelationship between the havesand the have nots And althoughthe tents are gone as ScottNeuman writes in this article

the movement itself continues What surfaced last fallwill not be forgotten or dismissed What we saw wasthe beginning of transformation

Read more

social CHANGEHow to Be a Racial JusticeSuperHeroOriginally written around theMLK holiday this piece ispriceless and timeless It invitesus to use everything weve gotmdashbody and soul pocketbook

voice etcmdashto resist racial injustice because thats howthe job will get done

Read more

2912 149 PMlove letter to a president | transform | february 2012

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[image Dani Simmonds]

[image Ostill]

relationship friendliness and joy UsingPatanjalis Yoga Sutra as a platform this talk asksif we are truly connecting with others or hiding

behind a faccedilade of actions and words and therefore living out ofbalance with ourselves and others

If we dont do this [cultivate balance]mdashnot in a cave but out therewith the rest of the worldmdashwe have not a single chance of havingany real relationship because when a relationship is out of balanceit simply cannot be sustained Any relationship that has imbalancewill eventually fall apart On the one hand one person will beresentful and on the other hand the other person will feeldisrespected

And all relationships can go out of balance all of them for someperiod of time but they must find balance in order to besustained Imbalance in relationship cannot be sustainedImbalance in yourself cannot be sustained If you are out ofrelationship with yourself you will be out of relationship witheverything and everyone around you If you are out of relationshipwith everyone and everything around you well you know you justmight as well go home

Read Wholeness Through Relationship Listen to Wholeness Through Relationship

activists allies amp agents of changeVictor Lewis | The Mysteries of Radical Wisdom HealingJustice amp Resilience

Victor Lee Lewis MA is the Founder andDirector of the Radical Resilience Institute andRadical Resilience Coaching and Consulting Heis a Progressive Life Coach trainer speakerand social justice educator Victor providesindividual and group life coaching training

and keynote lectures His work supports transformative changeagents in improving and maximizing their emotional resilience

Victor Lewis is one of those unassuming folks that you might runinto at the bank or at a coffee shop and not think twice about itHes got good even energy and a kindliness about him so muchso you can almost imagine him placing a hand on your shoulderand offering heartfelt advice which works out well because hesdeep in the healing business

Read more Learn more about Victor Lewis Learn more about Radical Resilience

in the MINDPrejudice in the BrainMost of us suspect or realizethat our brains have more to dowith our behaviors than weknow And even if were cluelessabout that science is alwaysoffering us new evidence to

prove Read more Watch video on Prejudice in the Brain

fearless Meditation is a 3-part signature series thatteaches practical meditation within a social justiceframework Its offered for no charge for agents ofsocial changethe best workshop ive ever taken radically changedmy work

fearless Meditation IFeb 10 2012 amp every 1st Friday | 7pm note February fMI will be held on the 2nd Friday

in the BODYThe Beauty of ImperfectionEditors Note Written by KimKing a new contributor totransform

My arms were shaking The back of my shirt wasdrenched in sweat I was seriously regretting lastnights 2 for 1 Happy Hour

Read more

fearlessYoga at CXCSundays | 930 - 1100amEvery Body welcomeFree for agents of social change Donations welcome

wellness amp being wellStop a Cold in Its TracksTis the season for colds andflu In recognizing the signs andsymptoms of imbalance andthen following through withgood self-care you are

honoring your bodys wisdom and communication Read more

february wallpaper

2912 149 PMlove letter to a president | transform | february 2012

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facebook twitter YouTube

Learn more about Radical Resilience Learn more about EFT Video from the Color of Fear Clip One

resources for changehellipThis article by yoga teacher Kino MacGregor focuses on thechallenges and practice of finding love sharing love andmaintaining a healthy self-awareness while giving yourself freelyKino MacGregor is one of a select group of people to receivecertification to teach Ashtanga Yoga by its founder Sri K PattabhiJois in Mysore India

Loves Self-Reflective Test

This article is essentially Chapter 9 of the book Psychological SelfHelp by Dr Clayton E Tucker-Ladd which begins with severalgeneral descriptions of human personality and the stages of itsdevelopment Theres a discussion on relationships includinggames family relationships and long-term affects of childhoodexperiences The last section revisits common interpersonalproblems the difficulties we have keeping relationships togetherand the continuing conflicts between men and women Chapter 10covers love and sex The entire book can be read online ordownloaded for free

Understanding Ourselves amp Our Relationships

Manning Marables biography of Malcolm X introduces newinformation that could reshape widely held beliefs about the CivilRights leader Taking two decades to research and write MalcolmX A Life of Reinvention culminated in an act of scholarship forMarable a writer and professor at Columbia University who diedApril 1 2011 just 3 days before the book was publishedMarables book broke news for mainstream readers by offering atheory on Malcoms 1965 assassination and naming the allegedconspirators

Malcolm X A Life of Reinvention

quote of the month

All paths lead nowhere so it is important to choose a path thathas heart

Carlos Castaneda anthropologist amp author Learn more

support deep change

transform is published by the Center for TransformativeChange (CXC)

CXC is the first national center entirely dedicated to bridging theinner and outer lives of social change agents activists and allies tosupport a more effective more sustainable social justicemovement

We name frame and advance Transformative Social Change by

the returnCymbidium or boat orchids are coveted the world overfor their robust flowers that explode into a wide arrayof colors Hearty and forgiving they dont require muchmaintenance but instead unflaggingly express theirresilience and willingness to show up Best of all theybloom in dead of winter taking on the cold to returnagain and again very much like love itself lifting ourspirits to brighten the darkest months photo copyright 2012 angel Kyodo williams

Download this image as wallpaper with or withoutcalendar for your desktop

Download with calendar Download without calendar View Photo Gallery

connect | subscribe | shareConnect

Subscribe get your own monthly issues of transform

Forward send this issue via email to a friend now

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We name frame and advance Transformative Social Change byboth developing practices and programs for agents of socialchange and working in collaboration with leading organizations tohelp shape this emerging movement Most importantly CXCreflects the field and the movement back to itself by publishingthe transform blog and monthly journal thus strengtheningour collective identity community and shared vision

This long-term vision for shifting the paradigm of work for justicechanging the WAY change is done will fundamentally alterbroad-based social change at its very coremdashfrom inner to outermdashresulting in a more just equitable society for all

Great vision takes great action and our work is not possiblewithout the generous support and partnership of individuals likeyou The publication of transform is made possible by your directcontribution No amount is too smallhellipso make your contributionto deep change today

Donate to CXC Visit the Centers website What is Transformative Change Find out HERE

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2912 149 PMlove letter to a president | transform | february 2012

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[image Zochi]

been least clear Just over three yearsago I wrote a short essay called finallyamerican It was a love letter of sorts inwhich I expressed my relief in being ableto claim my nationality with dignity andpride instead of shame and disdain I usedhope in some form no less than three

times

Since then like many others Ive watched that hope wane underthe most relentless onslaught of political pounding of a Presidentany of us has ever seen Because I was so disappointed by thechasm between that hope and the reality I stopped professing mylove I sit here now realizing all is not lost My feelings havebeen hurt and I have felt betrayed but in the end I still not onlybelieve in but hold love for not Barack Obama Savior but myPresident Barack Obama the man

I know many of us may still believe he failed and owes us Maybewell even be tempted to punish him by staying home pouting thiselection year I suggest we leave the childish crush of 2008 behindand this year invest in a grownupmdashand mutually supportivemdashlove

Dear Mr President

From the first time I laid eyes on you I knew I was in love I didntwant to be so I hid it from myself by saying you couldnt winElectrifying the DNC was one thing but They wouldnt allow it wesaid You were too young Too inexperienced With too Muslim aname And yes too Black

But you kept wowing us with your fantastic smile unflinchingconfidence and unequivocal Yes We Can And so we did Youwere Presidential I believed you And so did many others So wegot hitched and got behind you and win you did

I remember it like it was yesterday Hunkered down around thetelevision we clung to every word as you swept the nation off itsfeet in a resounding victory In triumph we poured into thestreets dancing into the night as if Liberation herself had finallycome

We carried you across the threshold into the White House on adelirious wave of excitement brimming with expectation andoverwhelmed by the potential that lay before us in this greatunion Hope Progress Change

And then we left you there

No sooner than when you took your seat they began to wrenchthe legs out from underneath you We looked on with dismay asthey took everything you had We sat aside in horror as they madeyou fight for anything or anyone you wanted We recoiled indisbelief as they turned the things that could have been yoursweetest victories into bitter fruit The ugliness of it all was toomuch to bear

So we turned away

Then there was that Tea Party a terrible event that shocked us toour core Not only were we not invited but brazenly remindedthat we never belonged Our naiumlveteacute about the depth andnakedness of hate was laid bare The coded language didnt even

WEST COAST fearlessMeditation I |

Practice of the Body Rockwood Leadership | Art

of Leadership Black History Month

Presentation | Michelle Alexander

EAST COAST Voices of a Womens Health Movement Zionophobia | Debasing the Ideals of the Arab

Spring | Dr Judea Pearl amp Steve Kroft

NORTHWEST Finding the Genius in Your Life | Michael Meade

SOUTHEAST HKONJ6 | March for Justice

INTERNATIONAL Training for Change | Training for Social Action

Trainers

in the MONEYLets Work Together | FordFoundationThe Ford Foundation supportsa broad number oforganizations particularlythose that support social

change and have trustees all over the world As afoundation they believe all people should have theopportunity to reach their full potential contribute tosociety and have a voice in the decisions that affectthem

Read more Learn more about Twelve Grantees Learn more about Ford Foundation Learn more about Program Areas

in the CENTERKado | Way of the FlowerMyself and three othercommunity members signed upto take Norma Wong Roshisclass on kado the way of theflower a 2000-year-oldChinese art form often

practiced by folks on a spiritual path Read more Learn more about kado

from the FIELD

2912 149 PMlove letter to a president | transform | february 2012

Page 3 of 6httptransformtransformativechangeorgfilesjournal201202html

[image Shadia Fayne-Woods]

[image Karen MuktayaniVillanueva]

[image Jen Grantham]

[imageJulien Tromeur]

nakedness of hate was laid bare The coded language didnt evenseek to mask the righteous indignance of racial superiority Wewere not real Americans and they wanted us to leave so theycould Take Back America

We were so delighted with ourselves for having you we forgot toshow up for you We set forth our demands and desires but werenot flexible enough to see where you needed our support Webrought our challenges and critiques but did not express theunconditional love you deserve for your willingness to continue toshow up every day they tried to beat you down In short we didnot give you what you needed to be your best and blamed onlyyou for coming up short But we were the ones that walked awayfrom you

The limitation of our childish love was suffered by us all and ourlessons hard won

We now realize that this marriage is not a sprint its amarathonWe see that compromise is necessary and we cant just turnour backs whenever things dont go our wayWe recognize that this system of checks and balances canbe used to hold a President hostage and that by letting Fearand Hate win we tied your hands ourselves

So we ask for your forgiveness Mr President I ask for it I mayhave strayed but my intention is clear My resolve is firm My loveis true

Give us one more chance This time we will

dedicated to the people in my life that i haven not sufficientlyexpressed my unconditional love for may i be forgiven and mayyou know that you were are and always will be for me both sourceand subject of great abiding unwavering love

angel Kyodo williams the change angel is FounderEmeritus of Center for Transformative Change She nowserves as a Senior Fellow and Director of Vision A social visionaryand leading voice for transformative social change she is theauthor of the critically-acclaimed Being Black Zen and the Art ofLiving With Fearlessness and Grace

Blog new Dharma live love amp lead from the heart Facebook Like angel here Twitter Follow angel for tweets of wisdom on Change Web httpangelkyodowilliamscom

angel Kyodo williams next public talk Thursday March 1 CXC

newDharma TalkWholeness Through RelationshipIn this dharma talk were asked to focus onwhats hiding in the closets we call compassionrelationship friendliness and joy Using

adrienne maree brown |without manipulationFor the rest of 2012 andhopefully beyond we will befeaturing a floating columnwith contributions fromadrienne maree browns

Luscious Satyagraha blog in various sections of thejournal

I was journaling this morning about the kind of spaces Iwant to create in the world and it occurred to me that Iwant to create spaces people long to be

Read more Read more blog posts on The Luscious Satyagraha

inner PRACTICEI Will Tell You if Youre anAsholeIts important to give attentionto the quality of people that wechoose to spend our time with Ilive in an intentional practicecommunity where we have

agreements to hold each other to our agreements Thiskind of living is not for the faint of heart

Read more

outer ACTIONEnd of OccupyOccupy woke us up to theblatant truth about therelationship between the havesand the have nots And althoughthe tents are gone as ScottNeuman writes in this article

the movement itself continues What surfaced last fallwill not be forgotten or dismissed What we saw wasthe beginning of transformation

Read more

social CHANGEHow to Be a Racial JusticeSuperHeroOriginally written around theMLK holiday this piece ispriceless and timeless It invitesus to use everything weve gotmdashbody and soul pocketbook

voice etcmdashto resist racial injustice because thats howthe job will get done

Read more

2912 149 PMlove letter to a president | transform | february 2012

Page 4 of 6httptransformtransformativechangeorgfilesjournal201202html

[image Dani Simmonds]

[image Ostill]

relationship friendliness and joy UsingPatanjalis Yoga Sutra as a platform this talk asksif we are truly connecting with others or hiding

behind a faccedilade of actions and words and therefore living out ofbalance with ourselves and others

If we dont do this [cultivate balance]mdashnot in a cave but out therewith the rest of the worldmdashwe have not a single chance of havingany real relationship because when a relationship is out of balanceit simply cannot be sustained Any relationship that has imbalancewill eventually fall apart On the one hand one person will beresentful and on the other hand the other person will feeldisrespected

And all relationships can go out of balance all of them for someperiod of time but they must find balance in order to besustained Imbalance in relationship cannot be sustainedImbalance in yourself cannot be sustained If you are out ofrelationship with yourself you will be out of relationship witheverything and everyone around you If you are out of relationshipwith everyone and everything around you well you know you justmight as well go home

Read Wholeness Through Relationship Listen to Wholeness Through Relationship

activists allies amp agents of changeVictor Lewis | The Mysteries of Radical Wisdom HealingJustice amp Resilience

Victor Lee Lewis MA is the Founder andDirector of the Radical Resilience Institute andRadical Resilience Coaching and Consulting Heis a Progressive Life Coach trainer speakerand social justice educator Victor providesindividual and group life coaching training

and keynote lectures His work supports transformative changeagents in improving and maximizing their emotional resilience

Victor Lewis is one of those unassuming folks that you might runinto at the bank or at a coffee shop and not think twice about itHes got good even energy and a kindliness about him so muchso you can almost imagine him placing a hand on your shoulderand offering heartfelt advice which works out well because hesdeep in the healing business

Read more Learn more about Victor Lewis Learn more about Radical Resilience

in the MINDPrejudice in the BrainMost of us suspect or realizethat our brains have more to dowith our behaviors than weknow And even if were cluelessabout that science is alwaysoffering us new evidence to

prove Read more Watch video on Prejudice in the Brain

fearless Meditation is a 3-part signature series thatteaches practical meditation within a social justiceframework Its offered for no charge for agents ofsocial changethe best workshop ive ever taken radically changedmy work

fearless Meditation IFeb 10 2012 amp every 1st Friday | 7pm note February fMI will be held on the 2nd Friday

in the BODYThe Beauty of ImperfectionEditors Note Written by KimKing a new contributor totransform

My arms were shaking The back of my shirt wasdrenched in sweat I was seriously regretting lastnights 2 for 1 Happy Hour

Read more

fearlessYoga at CXCSundays | 930 - 1100amEvery Body welcomeFree for agents of social change Donations welcome

wellness amp being wellStop a Cold in Its TracksTis the season for colds andflu In recognizing the signs andsymptoms of imbalance andthen following through withgood self-care you are

honoring your bodys wisdom and communication Read more

february wallpaper

2912 149 PMlove letter to a president | transform | february 2012

Page 5 of 6httptransformtransformativechangeorgfilesjournal201202html

facebook twitter YouTube

Learn more about Radical Resilience Learn more about EFT Video from the Color of Fear Clip One

resources for changehellipThis article by yoga teacher Kino MacGregor focuses on thechallenges and practice of finding love sharing love andmaintaining a healthy self-awareness while giving yourself freelyKino MacGregor is one of a select group of people to receivecertification to teach Ashtanga Yoga by its founder Sri K PattabhiJois in Mysore India

Loves Self-Reflective Test

This article is essentially Chapter 9 of the book Psychological SelfHelp by Dr Clayton E Tucker-Ladd which begins with severalgeneral descriptions of human personality and the stages of itsdevelopment Theres a discussion on relationships includinggames family relationships and long-term affects of childhoodexperiences The last section revisits common interpersonalproblems the difficulties we have keeping relationships togetherand the continuing conflicts between men and women Chapter 10covers love and sex The entire book can be read online ordownloaded for free

Understanding Ourselves amp Our Relationships

Manning Marables biography of Malcolm X introduces newinformation that could reshape widely held beliefs about the CivilRights leader Taking two decades to research and write MalcolmX A Life of Reinvention culminated in an act of scholarship forMarable a writer and professor at Columbia University who diedApril 1 2011 just 3 days before the book was publishedMarables book broke news for mainstream readers by offering atheory on Malcoms 1965 assassination and naming the allegedconspirators

Malcolm X A Life of Reinvention

quote of the month

All paths lead nowhere so it is important to choose a path thathas heart

Carlos Castaneda anthropologist amp author Learn more

support deep change

transform is published by the Center for TransformativeChange (CXC)

CXC is the first national center entirely dedicated to bridging theinner and outer lives of social change agents activists and allies tosupport a more effective more sustainable social justicemovement

We name frame and advance Transformative Social Change by

the returnCymbidium or boat orchids are coveted the world overfor their robust flowers that explode into a wide arrayof colors Hearty and forgiving they dont require muchmaintenance but instead unflaggingly express theirresilience and willingness to show up Best of all theybloom in dead of winter taking on the cold to returnagain and again very much like love itself lifting ourspirits to brighten the darkest months photo copyright 2012 angel Kyodo williams

Download this image as wallpaper with or withoutcalendar for your desktop

Download with calendar Download without calendar View Photo Gallery

connect | subscribe | shareConnect

Subscribe get your own monthly issues of transform

Forward send this issue via email to a friend now

Feedback editortransformativechangeorg

Contribute how are you changing the WAY change is done

Transformative Change2584 MLK Jr WayBerkeley CA 94704 middot USA+15105493733

Google the Center

2912 149 PMlove letter to a president | transform | february 2012

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We name frame and advance Transformative Social Change byboth developing practices and programs for agents of socialchange and working in collaboration with leading organizations tohelp shape this emerging movement Most importantly CXCreflects the field and the movement back to itself by publishingthe transform blog and monthly journal thus strengtheningour collective identity community and shared vision

This long-term vision for shifting the paradigm of work for justicechanging the WAY change is done will fundamentally alterbroad-based social change at its very coremdashfrom inner to outermdashresulting in a more just equitable society for all

Great vision takes great action and our work is not possiblewithout the generous support and partnership of individuals likeyou The publication of transform is made possible by your directcontribution No amount is too smallhellipso make your contributionto deep change today

Donate to CXC Visit the Centers website What is Transformative Change Find out HERE

Center for Transformative Change is a project of Transformative Change (formerly urbanPEACE) a 501(c)(3) nonprofit educational organization whosemission is to inform incite and empower a broad-based presence-centered transformative social change movement

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[image Karen MuktayaniVillanueva]

[image Jen Grantham]

[imageJulien Tromeur]

nakedness of hate was laid bare The coded language didnt evenseek to mask the righteous indignance of racial superiority Wewere not real Americans and they wanted us to leave so theycould Take Back America

We were so delighted with ourselves for having you we forgot toshow up for you We set forth our demands and desires but werenot flexible enough to see where you needed our support Webrought our challenges and critiques but did not express theunconditional love you deserve for your willingness to continue toshow up every day they tried to beat you down In short we didnot give you what you needed to be your best and blamed onlyyou for coming up short But we were the ones that walked awayfrom you

The limitation of our childish love was suffered by us all and ourlessons hard won

We now realize that this marriage is not a sprint its amarathonWe see that compromise is necessary and we cant just turnour backs whenever things dont go our wayWe recognize that this system of checks and balances canbe used to hold a President hostage and that by letting Fearand Hate win we tied your hands ourselves

So we ask for your forgiveness Mr President I ask for it I mayhave strayed but my intention is clear My resolve is firm My loveis true

Give us one more chance This time we will

dedicated to the people in my life that i haven not sufficientlyexpressed my unconditional love for may i be forgiven and mayyou know that you were are and always will be for me both sourceand subject of great abiding unwavering love

angel Kyodo williams the change angel is FounderEmeritus of Center for Transformative Change She nowserves as a Senior Fellow and Director of Vision A social visionaryand leading voice for transformative social change she is theauthor of the critically-acclaimed Being Black Zen and the Art ofLiving With Fearlessness and Grace

Blog new Dharma live love amp lead from the heart Facebook Like angel here Twitter Follow angel for tweets of wisdom on Change Web httpangelkyodowilliamscom

angel Kyodo williams next public talk Thursday March 1 CXC

newDharma TalkWholeness Through RelationshipIn this dharma talk were asked to focus onwhats hiding in the closets we call compassionrelationship friendliness and joy Using

adrienne maree brown |without manipulationFor the rest of 2012 andhopefully beyond we will befeaturing a floating columnwith contributions fromadrienne maree browns

Luscious Satyagraha blog in various sections of thejournal

I was journaling this morning about the kind of spaces Iwant to create in the world and it occurred to me that Iwant to create spaces people long to be

Read more Read more blog posts on The Luscious Satyagraha

inner PRACTICEI Will Tell You if Youre anAsholeIts important to give attentionto the quality of people that wechoose to spend our time with Ilive in an intentional practicecommunity where we have

agreements to hold each other to our agreements Thiskind of living is not for the faint of heart

Read more

outer ACTIONEnd of OccupyOccupy woke us up to theblatant truth about therelationship between the havesand the have nots And althoughthe tents are gone as ScottNeuman writes in this article

the movement itself continues What surfaced last fallwill not be forgotten or dismissed What we saw wasthe beginning of transformation

Read more

social CHANGEHow to Be a Racial JusticeSuperHeroOriginally written around theMLK holiday this piece ispriceless and timeless It invitesus to use everything weve gotmdashbody and soul pocketbook

voice etcmdashto resist racial injustice because thats howthe job will get done

Read more

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relationship friendliness and joy UsingPatanjalis Yoga Sutra as a platform this talk asksif we are truly connecting with others or hiding

behind a faccedilade of actions and words and therefore living out ofbalance with ourselves and others

If we dont do this [cultivate balance]mdashnot in a cave but out therewith the rest of the worldmdashwe have not a single chance of havingany real relationship because when a relationship is out of balanceit simply cannot be sustained Any relationship that has imbalancewill eventually fall apart On the one hand one person will beresentful and on the other hand the other person will feeldisrespected

And all relationships can go out of balance all of them for someperiod of time but they must find balance in order to besustained Imbalance in relationship cannot be sustainedImbalance in yourself cannot be sustained If you are out ofrelationship with yourself you will be out of relationship witheverything and everyone around you If you are out of relationshipwith everyone and everything around you well you know you justmight as well go home

Read Wholeness Through Relationship Listen to Wholeness Through Relationship

activists allies amp agents of changeVictor Lewis | The Mysteries of Radical Wisdom HealingJustice amp Resilience

Victor Lee Lewis MA is the Founder andDirector of the Radical Resilience Institute andRadical Resilience Coaching and Consulting Heis a Progressive Life Coach trainer speakerand social justice educator Victor providesindividual and group life coaching training

and keynote lectures His work supports transformative changeagents in improving and maximizing their emotional resilience

Victor Lewis is one of those unassuming folks that you might runinto at the bank or at a coffee shop and not think twice about itHes got good even energy and a kindliness about him so muchso you can almost imagine him placing a hand on your shoulderand offering heartfelt advice which works out well because hesdeep in the healing business

Read more Learn more about Victor Lewis Learn more about Radical Resilience

in the MINDPrejudice in the BrainMost of us suspect or realizethat our brains have more to dowith our behaviors than weknow And even if were cluelessabout that science is alwaysoffering us new evidence to

prove Read more Watch video on Prejudice in the Brain

fearless Meditation is a 3-part signature series thatteaches practical meditation within a social justiceframework Its offered for no charge for agents ofsocial changethe best workshop ive ever taken radically changedmy work

fearless Meditation IFeb 10 2012 amp every 1st Friday | 7pm note February fMI will be held on the 2nd Friday

in the BODYThe Beauty of ImperfectionEditors Note Written by KimKing a new contributor totransform

My arms were shaking The back of my shirt wasdrenched in sweat I was seriously regretting lastnights 2 for 1 Happy Hour

Read more

fearlessYoga at CXCSundays | 930 - 1100amEvery Body welcomeFree for agents of social change Donations welcome

wellness amp being wellStop a Cold in Its TracksTis the season for colds andflu In recognizing the signs andsymptoms of imbalance andthen following through withgood self-care you are

honoring your bodys wisdom and communication Read more

february wallpaper

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Learn more about Radical Resilience Learn more about EFT Video from the Color of Fear Clip One

resources for changehellipThis article by yoga teacher Kino MacGregor focuses on thechallenges and practice of finding love sharing love andmaintaining a healthy self-awareness while giving yourself freelyKino MacGregor is one of a select group of people to receivecertification to teach Ashtanga Yoga by its founder Sri K PattabhiJois in Mysore India

Loves Self-Reflective Test

This article is essentially Chapter 9 of the book Psychological SelfHelp by Dr Clayton E Tucker-Ladd which begins with severalgeneral descriptions of human personality and the stages of itsdevelopment Theres a discussion on relationships includinggames family relationships and long-term affects of childhoodexperiences The last section revisits common interpersonalproblems the difficulties we have keeping relationships togetherand the continuing conflicts between men and women Chapter 10covers love and sex The entire book can be read online ordownloaded for free

Understanding Ourselves amp Our Relationships

Manning Marables biography of Malcolm X introduces newinformation that could reshape widely held beliefs about the CivilRights leader Taking two decades to research and write MalcolmX A Life of Reinvention culminated in an act of scholarship forMarable a writer and professor at Columbia University who diedApril 1 2011 just 3 days before the book was publishedMarables book broke news for mainstream readers by offering atheory on Malcoms 1965 assassination and naming the allegedconspirators

Malcolm X A Life of Reinvention

quote of the month

All paths lead nowhere so it is important to choose a path thathas heart

Carlos Castaneda anthropologist amp author Learn more

support deep change

transform is published by the Center for TransformativeChange (CXC)

CXC is the first national center entirely dedicated to bridging theinner and outer lives of social change agents activists and allies tosupport a more effective more sustainable social justicemovement

We name frame and advance Transformative Social Change by

the returnCymbidium or boat orchids are coveted the world overfor their robust flowers that explode into a wide arrayof colors Hearty and forgiving they dont require muchmaintenance but instead unflaggingly express theirresilience and willingness to show up Best of all theybloom in dead of winter taking on the cold to returnagain and again very much like love itself lifting ourspirits to brighten the darkest months photo copyright 2012 angel Kyodo williams

Download this image as wallpaper with or withoutcalendar for your desktop

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We name frame and advance Transformative Social Change byboth developing practices and programs for agents of socialchange and working in collaboration with leading organizations tohelp shape this emerging movement Most importantly CXCreflects the field and the movement back to itself by publishingthe transform blog and monthly journal thus strengtheningour collective identity community and shared vision

This long-term vision for shifting the paradigm of work for justicechanging the WAY change is done will fundamentally alterbroad-based social change at its very coremdashfrom inner to outermdashresulting in a more just equitable society for all

Great vision takes great action and our work is not possiblewithout the generous support and partnership of individuals likeyou The publication of transform is made possible by your directcontribution No amount is too smallhellipso make your contributionto deep change today

Donate to CXC Visit the Centers website What is Transformative Change Find out HERE

Center for Transformative Change is a project of Transformative Change (formerly urbanPEACE) a 501(c)(3) nonprofit educational organization whosemission is to inform incite and empower a broad-based presence-centered transformative social change movement

Having trouble reading this email Go to httptransformtransformativechangeorgfilesjournal201202html

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2912 149 PMlove letter to a president | transform | february 2012

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[image Dani Simmonds]

[image Ostill]

relationship friendliness and joy UsingPatanjalis Yoga Sutra as a platform this talk asksif we are truly connecting with others or hiding

behind a faccedilade of actions and words and therefore living out ofbalance with ourselves and others

If we dont do this [cultivate balance]mdashnot in a cave but out therewith the rest of the worldmdashwe have not a single chance of havingany real relationship because when a relationship is out of balanceit simply cannot be sustained Any relationship that has imbalancewill eventually fall apart On the one hand one person will beresentful and on the other hand the other person will feeldisrespected

And all relationships can go out of balance all of them for someperiod of time but they must find balance in order to besustained Imbalance in relationship cannot be sustainedImbalance in yourself cannot be sustained If you are out ofrelationship with yourself you will be out of relationship witheverything and everyone around you If you are out of relationshipwith everyone and everything around you well you know you justmight as well go home

Read Wholeness Through Relationship Listen to Wholeness Through Relationship

activists allies amp agents of changeVictor Lewis | The Mysteries of Radical Wisdom HealingJustice amp Resilience

Victor Lee Lewis MA is the Founder andDirector of the Radical Resilience Institute andRadical Resilience Coaching and Consulting Heis a Progressive Life Coach trainer speakerand social justice educator Victor providesindividual and group life coaching training

and keynote lectures His work supports transformative changeagents in improving and maximizing their emotional resilience

Victor Lewis is one of those unassuming folks that you might runinto at the bank or at a coffee shop and not think twice about itHes got good even energy and a kindliness about him so muchso you can almost imagine him placing a hand on your shoulderand offering heartfelt advice which works out well because hesdeep in the healing business

Read more Learn more about Victor Lewis Learn more about Radical Resilience

in the MINDPrejudice in the BrainMost of us suspect or realizethat our brains have more to dowith our behaviors than weknow And even if were cluelessabout that science is alwaysoffering us new evidence to

prove Read more Watch video on Prejudice in the Brain

fearless Meditation is a 3-part signature series thatteaches practical meditation within a social justiceframework Its offered for no charge for agents ofsocial changethe best workshop ive ever taken radically changedmy work

fearless Meditation IFeb 10 2012 amp every 1st Friday | 7pm note February fMI will be held on the 2nd Friday

in the BODYThe Beauty of ImperfectionEditors Note Written by KimKing a new contributor totransform

My arms were shaking The back of my shirt wasdrenched in sweat I was seriously regretting lastnights 2 for 1 Happy Hour

Read more

fearlessYoga at CXCSundays | 930 - 1100amEvery Body welcomeFree for agents of social change Donations welcome

wellness amp being wellStop a Cold in Its TracksTis the season for colds andflu In recognizing the signs andsymptoms of imbalance andthen following through withgood self-care you are

honoring your bodys wisdom and communication Read more

february wallpaper

2912 149 PMlove letter to a president | transform | february 2012

Page 5 of 6httptransformtransformativechangeorgfilesjournal201202html

facebook twitter YouTube

Learn more about Radical Resilience Learn more about EFT Video from the Color of Fear Clip One

resources for changehellipThis article by yoga teacher Kino MacGregor focuses on thechallenges and practice of finding love sharing love andmaintaining a healthy self-awareness while giving yourself freelyKino MacGregor is one of a select group of people to receivecertification to teach Ashtanga Yoga by its founder Sri K PattabhiJois in Mysore India

Loves Self-Reflective Test

This article is essentially Chapter 9 of the book Psychological SelfHelp by Dr Clayton E Tucker-Ladd which begins with severalgeneral descriptions of human personality and the stages of itsdevelopment Theres a discussion on relationships includinggames family relationships and long-term affects of childhoodexperiences The last section revisits common interpersonalproblems the difficulties we have keeping relationships togetherand the continuing conflicts between men and women Chapter 10covers love and sex The entire book can be read online ordownloaded for free

Understanding Ourselves amp Our Relationships

Manning Marables biography of Malcolm X introduces newinformation that could reshape widely held beliefs about the CivilRights leader Taking two decades to research and write MalcolmX A Life of Reinvention culminated in an act of scholarship forMarable a writer and professor at Columbia University who diedApril 1 2011 just 3 days before the book was publishedMarables book broke news for mainstream readers by offering atheory on Malcoms 1965 assassination and naming the allegedconspirators

Malcolm X A Life of Reinvention

quote of the month

All paths lead nowhere so it is important to choose a path thathas heart

Carlos Castaneda anthropologist amp author Learn more

support deep change

transform is published by the Center for TransformativeChange (CXC)

CXC is the first national center entirely dedicated to bridging theinner and outer lives of social change agents activists and allies tosupport a more effective more sustainable social justicemovement

We name frame and advance Transformative Social Change by

the returnCymbidium or boat orchids are coveted the world overfor their robust flowers that explode into a wide arrayof colors Hearty and forgiving they dont require muchmaintenance but instead unflaggingly express theirresilience and willingness to show up Best of all theybloom in dead of winter taking on the cold to returnagain and again very much like love itself lifting ourspirits to brighten the darkest months photo copyright 2012 angel Kyodo williams

Download this image as wallpaper with or withoutcalendar for your desktop

Download with calendar Download without calendar View Photo Gallery

connect | subscribe | shareConnect

Subscribe get your own monthly issues of transform

Forward send this issue via email to a friend now

Feedback editortransformativechangeorg

Contribute how are you changing the WAY change is done

Transformative Change2584 MLK Jr WayBerkeley CA 94704 middot USA+15105493733

Google the Center

2912 149 PMlove letter to a president | transform | february 2012

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We name frame and advance Transformative Social Change byboth developing practices and programs for agents of socialchange and working in collaboration with leading organizations tohelp shape this emerging movement Most importantly CXCreflects the field and the movement back to itself by publishingthe transform blog and monthly journal thus strengtheningour collective identity community and shared vision

This long-term vision for shifting the paradigm of work for justicechanging the WAY change is done will fundamentally alterbroad-based social change at its very coremdashfrom inner to outermdashresulting in a more just equitable society for all

Great vision takes great action and our work is not possiblewithout the generous support and partnership of individuals likeyou The publication of transform is made possible by your directcontribution No amount is too smallhellipso make your contributionto deep change today

Donate to CXC Visit the Centers website What is Transformative Change Find out HERE

Center for Transformative Change is a project of Transformative Change (formerly urbanPEACE) a 501(c)(3) nonprofit educational organization whosemission is to inform incite and empower a broad-based presence-centered transformative social change movement

Having trouble reading this email Go to httptransformtransformativechangeorgfilesjournal201202html

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2912 149 PMlove letter to a president | transform | february 2012

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facebook twitter YouTube

Learn more about Radical Resilience Learn more about EFT Video from the Color of Fear Clip One

resources for changehellipThis article by yoga teacher Kino MacGregor focuses on thechallenges and practice of finding love sharing love andmaintaining a healthy self-awareness while giving yourself freelyKino MacGregor is one of a select group of people to receivecertification to teach Ashtanga Yoga by its founder Sri K PattabhiJois in Mysore India

Loves Self-Reflective Test

This article is essentially Chapter 9 of the book Psychological SelfHelp by Dr Clayton E Tucker-Ladd which begins with severalgeneral descriptions of human personality and the stages of itsdevelopment Theres a discussion on relationships includinggames family relationships and long-term affects of childhoodexperiences The last section revisits common interpersonalproblems the difficulties we have keeping relationships togetherand the continuing conflicts between men and women Chapter 10covers love and sex The entire book can be read online ordownloaded for free

Understanding Ourselves amp Our Relationships

Manning Marables biography of Malcolm X introduces newinformation that could reshape widely held beliefs about the CivilRights leader Taking two decades to research and write MalcolmX A Life of Reinvention culminated in an act of scholarship forMarable a writer and professor at Columbia University who diedApril 1 2011 just 3 days before the book was publishedMarables book broke news for mainstream readers by offering atheory on Malcoms 1965 assassination and naming the allegedconspirators

Malcolm X A Life of Reinvention

quote of the month

All paths lead nowhere so it is important to choose a path thathas heart

Carlos Castaneda anthropologist amp author Learn more

support deep change

transform is published by the Center for TransformativeChange (CXC)

CXC is the first national center entirely dedicated to bridging theinner and outer lives of social change agents activists and allies tosupport a more effective more sustainable social justicemovement

We name frame and advance Transformative Social Change by

the returnCymbidium or boat orchids are coveted the world overfor their robust flowers that explode into a wide arrayof colors Hearty and forgiving they dont require muchmaintenance but instead unflaggingly express theirresilience and willingness to show up Best of all theybloom in dead of winter taking on the cold to returnagain and again very much like love itself lifting ourspirits to brighten the darkest months photo copyright 2012 angel Kyodo williams

Download this image as wallpaper with or withoutcalendar for your desktop

Download with calendar Download without calendar View Photo Gallery

connect | subscribe | shareConnect

Subscribe get your own monthly issues of transform

Forward send this issue via email to a friend now

Feedback editortransformativechangeorg

Contribute how are you changing the WAY change is done

Transformative Change2584 MLK Jr WayBerkeley CA 94704 middot USA+15105493733

Google the Center

2912 149 PMlove letter to a president | transform | february 2012

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We name frame and advance Transformative Social Change byboth developing practices and programs for agents of socialchange and working in collaboration with leading organizations tohelp shape this emerging movement Most importantly CXCreflects the field and the movement back to itself by publishingthe transform blog and monthly journal thus strengtheningour collective identity community and shared vision

This long-term vision for shifting the paradigm of work for justicechanging the WAY change is done will fundamentally alterbroad-based social change at its very coremdashfrom inner to outermdashresulting in a more just equitable society for all

Great vision takes great action and our work is not possiblewithout the generous support and partnership of individuals likeyou The publication of transform is made possible by your directcontribution No amount is too smallhellipso make your contributionto deep change today

Donate to CXC Visit the Centers website What is Transformative Change Find out HERE

Center for Transformative Change is a project of Transformative Change (formerly urbanPEACE) a 501(c)(3) nonprofit educational organization whosemission is to inform incite and empower a broad-based presence-centered transformative social change movement

Having trouble reading this email Go to httptransformtransformativechangeorgfilesjournal201202html

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2912 149 PMlove letter to a president | transform | february 2012

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We name frame and advance Transformative Social Change byboth developing practices and programs for agents of socialchange and working in collaboration with leading organizations tohelp shape this emerging movement Most importantly CXCreflects the field and the movement back to itself by publishingthe transform blog and monthly journal thus strengtheningour collective identity community and shared vision

This long-term vision for shifting the paradigm of work for justicechanging the WAY change is done will fundamentally alterbroad-based social change at its very coremdashfrom inner to outermdashresulting in a more just equitable society for all

Great vision takes great action and our work is not possiblewithout the generous support and partnership of individuals likeyou The publication of transform is made possible by your directcontribution No amount is too smallhellipso make your contributionto deep change today

Donate to CXC Visit the Centers website What is Transformative Change Find out HERE

Center for Transformative Change is a project of Transformative Change (formerly urbanPEACE) a 501(c)(3) nonprofit educational organization whosemission is to inform incite and empower a broad-based presence-centered transformative social change movement

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