Leveraging Privilege for Social Change Workshop
April 6th, 2008 10:30am-6:00pm
What does privilege mean to each of us? How can we use our lives, relationships, connections, opportunities and resources to live healthy lives and work collaboratively for social change? How do we build healthy, authentic and mutually respectful intergenerational partnerships? What would life be like if we could unleash all that we have and all that we are on behalf of all that we love?
If these questions (and more) intrigue you, then please join us!
To reserve your space email us here!
LPSC Workshop
DATE: April 6th, 2008
TIME: 10:30am-6:00pm
LOCATION: Center for Urban Peace 2584 Martin Luther King, Jr. Way
Berkeley, CA 94704
COST: $10-250 sliding scale
FOOD: A lovely vegan lunch will be provided by Herbivore Restaurant
RSVP: workshops@yesworld.org
What We Will Do
In this workshop we will explore the diverse kinds and experiences of privilege that exist in our lives and how we can use them as leverage to have a bigger impact in bringing about a healthy, just and sustainable world.
This is a unique opportunity to hear and engage with a diverse group of privileged and committed leaders on a level of uncommon depth, and to participate in an honest, galvanizing and inspiring conversation. We come together to build bonds of community, understanding and trust between people, generations and movements, to see the powerful connections between the diverse issues in our world, and to gain support and skills for the work to which our lives are committed.
"I was touched on many levels and learned some important lessons that are still working their way through me. The skill and presence of the facilitating team was incredible to behold. I think it was an inspired experiment to bring together the intergenerational group with the younger journeyers. We have so much to learn from each other, to touch the ageless place within each of us where wisdom and spirit reside, from which the elders can offer lessons learned and the youngers remind us of the courage to leap beyond our ideas and limits with the absolute knowledge that the hand of spirit will be there to catch us unerringly. What a cauldron of unimaginable power. You are blessed in being able to reach across the chasms that can at times separate the generations, with your specialness that touches so many of us."
- Jeff Grossberg, 59, Founder, Bridge Philanthropic Advisors, Boulder, CO
Who Is This Event For?
We're looking for diverse participants who desire to make a difference with their lives, who feel that they have some significant privilege (whether through earning, luck, inheritance, education, skills to share, public attention, or professional position), and who are willing to share honestly about some of the crucial issues in their lives and our world. We set no specific monetary or social impact yardstick for what privileged means. This workshop is a place for learning, growing, and deepening in our capacity to use the resources in our lives to make a difference in the world.
We intend for workshop participants to come from a range of backgrounds, including inheritors, musical artists, athletes, philanthropy professionals, donor organizers, non-profit leaders, actors and entrepreneurs. Participants should hold an intention to explore vital issues and to grow and learn together. We will come together to build bonds of community, understanding and trust between people and movements, to see the connections between the diverse issues in the world today, and to gain support and skills for the work to which we are committed. If this message speaks to you, and you feel that you are a "fit" with this programs intentions, then please join us.
Price
The workshop fee is on a sliding scale from $10-250. We appreciate all contributions, and intend to enable a diversity of perspectives and voices to be present, which will help create a richer learning experience for all who attend. We hope to create a truly accessible and open space for all to participate.
RSVP: workshops@yesworld.org
LOCATION:Center for Urban Peace-
transformative programs & practices for agents of social change
2584 Martin Luther King, Jr. Way (link to google map!)
Located between Parker & Blake Streets. Look for the red painted gate!
About the YES! to Life: Connecting People, Communities, and Movements Workshop Series
The YES! to Life: Connecting People, Communities, and Movements workshop series is designed to connect, inspire and empower changemakers of all ages who are committed to working towards a thriving, just and sustainable future. The workshops share tools and build community to support wellness and transformation on the personal, interpersonal and systemic level. Each workshop represents an opportunity to connect with peers on a level of uncommon depth, to gain tools and skills for a healthy life and expanded social impact, and to build partnerships with allies in the vital work of our times.
Meet Your Facilitators!
Ocean Robbins founded YES! in 1990 at the age of 16, and now serves as the organization's director. He is co-author of Choices for Our Future, has spoken in person to 200,000 people, and has facilitated 32 week-long events for young changemakers from 45+ countries. He has served as a board member for Friends of the Earth, The Turning Tide Coalition, and EarthSave International. He was honored in E Magazine's Kid Hero's Hall of Fame, was selected by Utne Reader as one of 30 Young Visionaries, and has been recognized by both Time and Audubon magazines as among the heroes of the new millennium.
Kalindi Attar lives in Oaxaca, Mexico where she dedicates her time to Marketing and Public Relations for Puente a la Salud Comunitaria, an organization that promotes the reincorporation of the indigenous grain amaranth into the local diet. She also works as the Co-Coordinator for the event Leveraging Privilege for Social Change with the organization YES! to connect young visionaries.
She is passionate about health, nutrition and holistic healing and has been independently studying these subjects for over 4 years. In 2005, she graduated from the University of Miami with a BA in Psychology.
Kalindi then worked in the areas of Development, Marketing and Communications for The Washington Area Women's Foundation in DC before moving to Oaxaca.
Austin Willacy is a critically acclaimed singer/songwriter who spends half his time on the road touring as a solo artist and as a member of The House Jacks. Austin has been signed to Warner Bros.' Tommy Boy Records and APG Records and his discography includes 6 albums with The House Jacks, 4 as a solo artist, and producer credits on 20 albums. Austin recently joined the board of Rainforest Action Network (RAN), he's been a member of the Board of the Freight Salvage for two years and has been an active volunteer for Bread Roses for 14 years, and donates his musical talent to a wide range of educational, social and environmental organizations.
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