Aug/09/10//Gibrán Rivera//Featured, Spiritual Activism
I did not make it to the US Social Forum, but I have been hit by its reverberations! Given my take on how change happens, I’ve been particularly excited by stories from the “transformation” track. I saw my friend Jodie Tonita just as she was returning from the USSF, and she handed me a copy of “framing deep change: essays on transformative social change,” produced by the Center for Transformative Change. We are really in motion here, and the deeper aspects of our works are calling more of out attention. Read the rest of this entry »
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Jul/06/10//Gibrán Rivera//Spiritual Activism
This past weekend Samantha and I went to what I would call a “movement wedding.” Our friends Justin Francese and Doyle Canning, who co-founded smartMeme, decided it was time to tie the knot. It was a beautiful event and there are many highlights to share, but there is something in particular that has stuck with me since. Towards the end of the ceremony they invited us to join them in praying “the liberation theology version of the Lord’s Prayer,” and I feel like I’ve been contemplating this line since – Read the rest of this entry »
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Jun/08/10//Gibrán Rivera//Spiritual Activism
Last week I wrote a raving review of the Movement Strategy Center’s report on organizers transforming the practice of social justice: “Out of the Spiritual Closet.” I really think it’s amazing. Here are nine themes that the report outlines as part of the emergent “new way:” Read the rest of this entry »
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Jun/01/10//Gibrán Rivera//Spiritual Activism
I’ve just read “Out of the Spiritual Closet,” a report out of the Movement Strategy Center, and it is one of the most exciting pieces I’ve read in a while. It is a timely read, in tune with a lot of the conversation we have been having here on the IISC Blog for the last few weeks. This persistent question of whether to take a “transformational” or a “structural” approach leads us to a false dichotomy – it really is “All two both!” Read the rest of this entry »
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Nov/24/09//Gibrán Rivera//Spiritual Activism
I am just returning from a weeklong spiritual retreat for which the central focus was selfless service. I literally spent the week gardening! (And yes, those of you who know me are right to find that funny!) I did chant and meditate every morning, noon and evening, but in this very special place selfless service is considered a spiritual practice on the same level as meditation.
I bring this up because it felt like as soon as I got there I had all sort of “stuff” come up. It was like the minute my life became a bit more silent all of the things that lie below the surface came bursting up in an overwhelming rush. I had real moments of emotional upheaval very early in my stay.
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