MAP of Social Transformation Brochure

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everyday practice: practicing change everyday

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MAP of social transformation

socialjusticesitting Social Justice Sitting Circles (sojustsit) are 6-week practice group sessions designed in collaboration with trusted social justice organizations in different regions throughout the country. What each organization has in common is a commitment to seeing society transformed from the ground up by having inner-awareness become synonymous with effective, skillful work for change in the world.

The circles provide safe, community-based contexts for exploring inner-awareness practices without having to negotiate or adhere to any religious framework.

Your organization or community can become a sojustsit partner site. We provide training, support and technical assistance.

sojustsit collaborations are planned for:!

New York City, Los Angeles, North Carolina, Miami and more.

Interested? Contact us and learn more:

www.transformativechange.org

fearlessMEDITATION 3-part series of instruction in a nonsectarian, universal meditation, taught in a social justice context. Emphasis is placed on the practical application of experience and insights to social change impact. " " "

fm I: practice of the body fm II: practice of the breath fm III: practice of the mind fearlessYOGA

Far from focusing on acrobatic feats or welldefined abs, this yoga instruction is geared toward illuminating aggression and over-doing that leads to conflict and burnout. fearlessFORM Align. Balance. Center. Incorporate body, breath, energy and centering practices in movement. Remain in relationship with what matters to you in the world.

Bring inner awareness to your organization: [510] 549 3733 Center for Transformative Change 2584 MLK Jr. Way Berkeley, CA 94704 fearless@transformativechange.org

individualMINDFULNESS True change necessarily begins with the individual. We must be committed to change on a personal level in order expect change at a larger scale. Our individual choices, communication and behaviors plant the seeds of the future. Without attention to what motivates our thoughts, words and actions, they can be seeds of oppression… or seeds of change.

What we do is brought into view.

Mindfulness practices help us develop the skill of concentration, which lets us notice, in fine detail, unconscious patterns of behavior.

The intention to pay attention gently reveals us. Peace arises as inner-conflict is released.

communityAWARENESS

socialPRESENCE

Having discovered our own personal patterns, we begin to notice the impact we

With increased clarity about the world we wish to see and the skills to create it, we can

have on the community and world around us. We are empowered with new levels of information that allows us to make more informed choices. Experiences of the past no longer dominate our present and dictate our future.

leverage our social impact with greater effectiveness than ever before. “Doing” is balanced with “being,” resulting in integrity in all of our choices and actions.

How we show up can be changed.

Awareness practices help us to self-interrupt unwanted behaviors at their very core. Putting judgement aside, healing begins and we can create space for new possibilities. From here, we welcome challenge and learn to approach difficult situations with increased grace and skill. Power arises through true relationship.

Who we are is what we wish to see.

Presence is the continuous, moment-tomoment practice of being in relationship with every aspect of our lives. It is a capacity that our movements for change and justice can be neither viable nor sustainable without. With the root causes of imbalance, oppression and aggression removed from the work for change.

Practice gives way to irrevocable change.

Real transformation begins.