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We live in a time of unprecedented risk to human life on earth as a result of human-made climate change, and we face enormous and growing social, political, and international challenges and threats. At the same time, we are struggling to cope with a technological landscape that is radically outpacing our biological and social capacity to evolve with it. These multiple realities converge to create a crisis: we both need skilled and resourceful change leadership, and many of the techniques we have been using to convince others to change their behavior or join in the effort of creating change are at best ineffective, and at worst, work against our success. In addition, most approaches to change work focus narrowly in scope: for example, on community organizing or running a successful social media campaign.
This project is designed in two parts. The primary material is presented in a self-guided educational website: www.changecrafting.org, which articulates a whole-life process of working for change. It includes technical information and skill building, focusing on the power and impact of storytelling; guided personal reflection on core values and mission-crafting and why they are essential, and places these in the context of radical self-care, which includes rest, joy, spiritual practice, and the necessity of community. The secondary material is this paper, which provides insight into the process which led to the project and the ChangeCrafting website, the theological and practical understandings which guide it, and reflection on how this work may be used in the future.
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