Mental health Archives - Page 10 of 11

The Power of Outrospection

Video: Roman Krznaric on the concept of “outrospection” and how it could shape the 21st century—all illustrated with animated cartoons!

Feb 8, 2013

Video: Bringing Diversity to America’s National Parks

Take a journey to Yosemite National Park with the Amazing Grace 50+ Club, a Los Angeles-based church group that strives to bring more people of color to our national parks.

Jan 29, 2013

Health care

Eve Ensler: Freedom Starts With a “V”

The “Vagina Monologues” author on why knowing your body can shake up the world.

Madeline Ostrander | Aug 10, 2012

Jobs

Ex-Convicts’ Self-Help to Break the Prison Cycle

Ex-cons show each other the way out at San Francisco's Delancey Street.

James Tracy | Jun 25, 2011

In New Orleans, Kindness Trumped Chaos

Lessons of dedication, solidarity, love, and recovery, five years after Katrina.

Rebecca Solnit | Aug 27, 2010

Everyday Conversations to Heal Racism

5 steps to courageous conversations about race and culture.

Roberto Vargas | Mar 5, 2010

Heal the Warrior, Heal the Country

Breaking the cycle of war making: our country will not find peace until we take responsibility for our wars.

Edward Tick | May 20, 2008

Radio Soap Operas Teach Conflict Resolution

The work of peace building in South Africa and elsewhere is largely a rehumanizing process, calming fears by destroying dehumanizing stereotypes.

Carol Estes | May 3, 2006

It's not coincidental that throughout history the most violently despotic and warlike societies have been those in which violence, or the threat of violence, is used to maintain domination of parent over child and man over woman.

Riane Eisler | Nov 12, 2004

Finding Dignity in Exile

Fleeing the violence of Burma's military rulers, Shan women create a sanctuary and a power base by working together.

Ingrid Drake | May 21, 2004

Old Pain, New Hope

More than a hundred years after it helped overthrow the Queen of Hawaii, the Congregational Church musters the courage to face its past and apologized for the church's role in “the unprovoked invasion of the Hawaiian nation.”

Sheldon Ito | Feb 1, 2002

Just Listen

The Compassionate Listening Project is a reconciliation effort based on the ideas of Gene Knudsen Hoffman, a Quaker peacemaker. Participants are trained to listen respectfully to all sides of the conflict, with a goal to build the international constituency for Mideast peace while offering a practical tool for conflict resolution.

Leah Green | Nov 6, 2001