Helpful Resources: Reports, Books, Videos
Except for The Activist's Ally, our publications are available as free .pdf downloads.
Printed copies may be purchased online through our online store.
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The Activist's Ally: Includes a 13-track companion CD of music and practice instructions.
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A Powerful Silence: The Role of Meditation and Other Contemplative Practices In American Life and Work by Maia Duerr |
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Creating the Contemplative Organization: Lessons from the Field by Maia Duerr |
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Inviting the World to Transform: Nourishing Social Justice Work with Contemplative Practice by Maia Duerr |
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Building a Community of Change: A Report on the Social Justice Gathering by Maia Duerr |
Case StudiesOur case studies are available as seperate web pages: Case Study: Charles Lief of Greyston Foundation |
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Or, collected together in a .pdf file: The Contemplative Net: Profiles (by Maia Duerr; 18 pages, 222 KB) |
Books We Like
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Awakening Through Love: |
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Being Black: Zen and the Art of Living with |
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Brave Hearts, Rebel Spirits |
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Civil Society |
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Consciousness-in-Action: Toward an Integral Psychology of Liberation & Transformation |
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The Direct Path: Creating a Journey to the Divine Using the World’s Mystical Traditions |
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The Intuitive Way: A Guide to Living from Inner Wisdom |
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The Intuitive Writer: Listening to Your Own Voice |
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The Long Road Turns to Joy: A Guide to Walking Meditation |
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The Love That Does Justice: Spiritual Activism in Dialogue with Social Service |
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Meditations on Everything Under the Sun |
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The Spiritual Activist: Practices to transform Your Life, Your Work, and Your World |
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Turning to One Another: Simple Conversations to Return Hope to the Future |
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The Way of Council |
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Wherever You Go, There You Are: Mindfulness Meditation in Everyday Life |
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Working Inside Out |
Videos
This video, created by Dan Edwards, the Center's former Youth Program Director, features interviews with some of the Social Justice Program Mentors. At our mentoring retreats, these experienced teachers help activists bring a contemplative perspective to their social justice work.
Veterans of Hope is a series of interviews with religious leaders, activists, artists, educators and others who are veterans of movements for justice reflecting on the role religion/spirituality in their life and work.