A Public Talk on Awakening to the American Spirit Orland Bishop of Los Angeles, California Wednesday evening, August 31, 2005, 7:30 p.m. Unitarian Church Parish Hall, Main Street, Peterborough Cost: Adults: $10, Sr. Citizens and Students $5 Hidden Forces of the American Dream How do we create vital agreements to sustain the Spirit of America and its world task? Orland Bishop combines a deep dedication to human rights advocacy and cultural renewal with an extensive study of medicine, naturopathy, psychology and indigenous cosmologies. He was a research fellow with the Center for the Study of Violence and Social Change at Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science in Los Angeles and has consulted with many human development organizations. As director of Shade Tree Multicultural Foundation in Los Angeles, he has pioneered approaches to urban truces and mentoring at-risk youth that combine new ideas with traditional ways of knowledge. Shade Tree reaches into gang and drug cultures where many young people expect to die before the age of 20. “These young people feel that they are not welcome in the world, in the culture and in the future,” explains Mr. Bishop. Shade Tree employs a unique process that draws on both contemporary and ancient practices, particularly that of the South African tradition of Indaba or “deep talk.” Hidden Forces of the American Dream refers to the creative, still unused powers available to the American people and land that were released through tremendous sacrifices made over the course of American history by Native Americans, African slaves and waves of immigrants. Mr. Bishop will discuss the opportunity and necessity for Americans to perceive and manifest these unrealized, yet accessible, forces – gifts of peoples whose sacrifices wait to be worked with. Talk Sponsored by Global Network for Social Threefolding (GN3) GN3, initiated in 2000, is an international network promoting practical approaches to peaceful individual and institutional transformation leading to sustainable development. GN3 seeks to educate individuals and organizations in civil society, business and government to their potential to solve pressing social challenges. Orland Bishop’s talk is being given as part of GN3’s 2005 annual meetings, being held in this area. For more information on GN3’s annual meetings, see the GN3 website homepage, bottom left-hand corner, at: www.globenet3.org. A Public Talk on Awakening to the American Spirit Yeshayahu Ben-Aharon of Harduf, Israel Tuesday evening, September 6, 2005, 7:30 p.m. Unitarian Church Parish Hall, Main Street, Peterborough Cost: Adults: $10, Sr. Citizens and Students $5 The Role of the Feminine in the Liberation of the American Spirit The resurrection of the feminine in the human soul Dr. Yeshayahu Ben-Aharon teaches, writes and lectures on the evolution of human consciousness in the sciences, humanities, and spirituality. He is also a leader in social development projects with Arabs and Jews. His main goal is to combine spiritual research with social activism in Israel and in the world. He is the author of the book, America's Global Responsibility (Lindesfarne Press, NY, 2004). In 1980 Ben-Aharon co-founded the Harduf community in northern Israel near Nazareth, a center for diverse social, educational and curative activities. He has also co-founded two civil society networks: Activists for Israeli Civil Society (ICS), and Global Network for Social Threefolding (GN3). Born and raised on a kibbutz, Ben Aharon grew up in a family of revolutionaries. His father, Yitzhak Ben- Aharon, now 99, was one of the founders and leaders of the Labor Party and of the Kibbutz movement in Israel. Dr. Ben-Aharon’s topic on September 6 is based in part on his study of American legends that portray a historical trend that is beginning to reveal itself - the capacity of the awakening feminine in individuals to dramatically alter the course of American social life and its institutions. Talk Sponsored by Global Network for Social Threefolding (GN3) GN3, initiated in 2000, is an international network promoting practical approaches to peaceful individual and institutional transformation leading to sustainable development. GN3 seeks to educate individuals and organizations in civil society, business and government to their potential and ability to solve pressing social challenges. Yeshayahu Ben-Aharon’s talk is being given as part of GN3’s 2005 annual meetings, being held in this area. For more information on GN3’s annual meetings, see the GN3 website homepage, bottom left-hand corner, at: www.globenet3.org. .