Consciousness-in-Action Presentations in US & PR
Since the publication in late April of my book, Consciousness-in-Action, I have been offering presentations on the principles and concepts of this approach to diverse audiences in the US. In June, I presented at the Spiritual/Global Psychology Summer Institute, held at Easton Mountain in upstate New York. This was a five-day conference for practitioners of Psychosynthesis and Spiritual Psychology organized by The Concord Institute. Other keynote presenters for this event were Zen teacher Bernie Glassman, founder of the Zen Peacemaker Order, and Alexander Badkhen and Mark Pevzner, co-directors of Harmony Institute in St. Petersburg, Russia. More than a conference, this event was a learning intensive of people seriously committed to understanding and the practice of psycho-spiritual healing and social action.
In August, I spoke about the book and ilé’s work on Radio Vieques. ilé has continued to support the struggle in Vieques well beyond the non-violent civil dissobedience actions between 1999 and 2003 that landed my partner and colleague, María Reinat-Pumarejo, and I—along with thousands of protesters—in federal prison. [In fact, María is currently in San Francisco with women from Vieques at a gathering of the East Asia/US/Puerto Rico Women Against Militarism Network.]
Just last week I was in southern California sharing this work with Latinos y Latinas en Acción, a group of community organizers in San Diego. We’re now talking about returning to offer the presentation (or workshop) to a broader audience of community members, service providers, students and scholars.
On October 20th, I’ll be offering an introductory Consciousness-in-Action workshop at the Center for Contemplative Mind in Society in Northampton, MA, an event co-sponsored by the C-Mind and the Community Partnership for Social Change at Hampshire College. If you are in the New England area you might want to come and learn more about this process. Click on the link above and register now!
Meanwhile, book sales continue to increase. Consciousness-in-Action is available at ilé|Publications Online Storefront, as well as on Amazon.com, Border.com and other online bookstores. I must say, though, that we prefer that you buy at ilé’s storefront, simply because we retain a significantly greater percentage of the sale—funds that, in turn, support our community organizing and leadership work.