[WSCSS] Parker Palmer in WA

[Gary and Robyn Cressman]

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>>>   If you believe in the promise of democracy and lament the ways ours is
>>> falling short; if you want to rethink the meaning of citizenship at a time
>>> when divisiveness diminishes the power of ³we, the people² while other
>>> powers run the show; if you want to help our society renew a sense of the
>>> common good as an individual and in the institutions where you live and
>>> work, we¹d like you to join us.   ­Parker Palmer
>>>    
>>>   I¹m writing to invite you to attend and to pass the word to your network
>>> to attend a unique event: ³The Politics of the Brokenhearted,² a national
>>> conference led by Parker J. Palmer that will be held May 20-23, 2010, at
>>> Islandwood on Bainbridge Island.  The conference will be repeated October
>>> 21-24, 2010, in the Boston Area. Palmer, educator, activist and author of
>>> the best selling book, The Courage to Teach, is currently completing a book
>>> that addresses the tenuous state of American democracy, the role of
>>> citizenship and the importance of cultivating the habits of the heart that
>>> make citizenship and democracy thrive.
>>>   
>>>   Cultivating citizenship to sustain democracy lies at the heart of the
>>> mission of education. Yet how often is that purpose lost in the blizzard of
>>> issues that swirl around and in colleges and schools today?
>>>   
>>>   The May conference is intended for 100 people across the political
>>> spectrum who want to rekindle the mission of cultivating citizenship and to
>>> help heal the divides that threaten American democracy. The program will
>>> feature compelling presentations by Parker and others, in depth large and
>>> small group dialogues and performances by singer-songwriter Carrie Newcomer.
>>> Participants will leave with deeper understandings and practical approaches
>>> to bring back to their experience of public dialogue and civic engagement.
>>>    
>>>   Since 1997, the Center for Courage & Renewal has helped thousands of
>>> teachers and leaders in education and other professions across North America
>>> reclaim identity and integrity in the work they do‹renewing vocational
>>> commitments, deepening their capacity to serve, and calling the institutions
>>> in which they work back to their highest callings. The Center does much of
>>> its work in settings called Circles of Trust ®, and the conference will be
>>> grounded in such circles, a ³portable² form of community based on principles
>>> and practices that participants can use when they return home.
>>>    
>>>   You can find additional information about the program and register via the
>>> Center¹s web page: www.couragerenewal.org/parker/events
>>> <http://www.couragerenewal.org/parker/events>
>>> <http://www.couragerenewal.org/parker/events>
>>> <http://www.couragerenewal.org/parker/events>
>>>    
>>>    We expect this national program to fill rapidly, so please register and
>>> pass the word through your own contacts and networks to reach others
>>> concerned with democracy and the renewal of creative citizenship.
>>>    
>>>   Thank you!
>>>   
>>>   More about Parker Palmer¹s book-in-progress:
>>> http://www.couragerenewal.org/newsletter/fall2009/216-the-politics-of-the-br
>>> oken-hearted-healing-the-heart-of-american-democracy
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>>>   Bill Moyers interview with Parker Palmer:
>>> http://www.pbs.org/moyers/journal/02202009/watch2.html
>>> <http://www.pbs.org/moyers/journal/02202009/watch2.html>
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>>>   More about Carrie Newcomer: http://www.carrienewcomer.com/artist.html
>>> <http://www.carrienewcomer.com/artist.html>
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