04 April 2013

Can religious believers positively disrupt the HIV/AIDS crisis?

Kathleen Caverny on HIV as a question of faith and other approaches to critical social justice issues. 


https://www.facebook.com/tedxchange/app_372343762873466

In introducing Kathleen Caverny, Melinda Gates reminded us that there are ways to search and question inside of a religion... and some of that searching will change societies at large.

Join us at TEDxChange TEDxDupontCircle this Friday 4/5
http://socialchangedesign.org/tedxdupontcircle/



20 March 2013

Poetry of Rabi'a




So that voyagers to God can rip the veils
And see the real goal.

19 March 2013

Plus One...

This fine HuffPo article left one very important woman off this list:  Rosalynn Carter.

First Lady Carter was the first to put mental health in the policy realm and continues to host an  annual symposium bringing together nationwide leaders in the mental health field.

24 January 2013

homo empathicus



One way is:

Each scale captures a different component of empathy.


Fantasy measures the tendency to imaginatively transpose oneself into fictional situations.

Perspective taking measures the reported tendency to spontaneously adopt the psychological point of view of others in everyday life.

Empathic concern assesses the tendency to experience feelings of sympathy and compassion for others.

Personal distress taps the tendency to experience distress and discomfort in response to extreme distress in others.


While there are many more exciting and robust ways, this is a fairly straight-forward, quick and easy diagnostic tool. 

18 January 2013

17 January 2013

Or not.


I'm just not sure where to begin while responding to this...

06 January 2013

Phrases I love to hear:

"Cruising altitude"
"Maximum depth"
"Seasonal work"


...I might need to reconsider my career ambitions. 

03 January 2013

New Year's Resolutions

Never before have my new year's resolutions been so public.  Perhaps that's because, somehow, I've come to understand 'public' nature, like so many things in life, to be highly dependent on the environment.  Bill Gates said "the internet is becoming the town square of tomorrow's global village."  Agreed and long story short, one of three things usually happens when a person does something in a town square:
  • A person gets arrested because what he or she did was offensive to someone or otherwise created hazard in the space.
  • A person gets applauded because what he or she is doing pleases passersby, who then - through the transformative power of belonging -  create an emergent community, the audience. 
  • A person gets ignored by most passersby, and if what he or she is doing is at all novel, they might get starred at, laughed at, whispered about, smiled at or photographed.
All that to say:  It's 2013, big woop.


No. 1:  Less e-clutter
I resolve to read emails from real people only.  This means knowing who is behind the listServ or letting mass media get to me through other channels than my inbox. 

No. 2:  Finish more than I start
I resolve to become a good finisher.  That means finishing more than I start or only starting what I might actually finish.

No. 3:  Sweat often
I resolve to move more.  This means walking, riding and jogging to my destination or stepping it up at TPS. 

No. 4:  Recognize my best
I resolve to always do my best.  This means giving it all I've got and accepting when I haven't got enough. 

No. 5:  Share what I'm working on
I resolve to be more public about the ideas that interest me.  This means developing my website or blogging regularly.

02 January 2013

A Scanner Darkly

If you haven't seen it already,  A Scanner Darkly Should Be On Your 2013 Watch List.