You Were Born For Such A Time As This! Collective Wisdom of Transformation

(4/03-04 Seattle) Explore this historic moment and its meaning for you and others with Phil Lane Jr., James O'Dea, Sarah van Gelder, Gloria Burgess, David Spangler, Norma Timbang.

http://www.transformativegroups.com/bornflyer.pdf

What if you could have a conversation on the wisdom of change with 6 teachers of transformation who represent diverse communities and know how to navigate personal and cultural change?

What if you could really stand on the frontiers of change with the knowledge of how to work with your fear, deal with scarcity, overcome challenge, and balance conflict.

What if you could really know yourself as a force to move change and had concrete tools to help you bring the best part of you forward into the future?

On Friday, April 3

Grasp this opportunity to gather the wisdom of change with 6 global transformation teachers and a large Seattle community. Learn not only how to effectively navigate crisis, but look into the transformational potential emerging from global challenges and opportunities as we explore this historic moment and its meaning for you and others.

James O'Dea follows the next day (April 4) with an all day workshop on Navigating Personal Transition and Evolutionary Stress.

Date: April 4, 2009, Time: 9 am-9 pm, Seattle Unity, $125 (includes meals, student & member discounts, 9 continuing education credits)

* SARAH VAN GELDER, A FACILITATOR WHO HERSELF REPRESENTS A COLLECTIVE VOICE OF CHANGE INTRODUCES A PANEL OF 5 TEACHERS OF CHANGE

Sarah van Gelder (Executive Editor, Founder Yes! Magazine - Youth for Environmental Sustainability), representing a collective voice of global change, facilitates a community dialogue stimulated by this panel:

1) GLOBAL TEACHER OF CONSCIOUSNESS AND SCIENCE AS IT RELATES TO HEALING, ORGANIZATIONAL SYSTEMS, SOCIAL HEALING
--James O'Dea: former IONS President former Executive Director of the Seva Foundation, former Director of Amnesty International, WA.

2) TRANSFORMATIONAL LEADERSHIP, LIFE WORK FROM THE AUTHENTIC SELF, AND EMPOWERING WOMEN OF COLOR
--Gloria Burgess: Jazz, Inc, Lead Faculty LIOS/Saybrook Graduate Institute, author of Dare To Be), transformational coach empowering women of color

3) AUTHOR AND SPIRITUAL TEACHER ON LIVING FULLY THROUGH THE PRACTICAL ART OF BEING
--David Spangler: The Lorian Association & Incarnational Spirituality, author on manifestation and other works, former founder of legendary Findhorn community)

4) NON PROFIT ORGANIZING, CONSULTING, EMPOWERING ASIAN WOMEN, TRANSCENDING VIOLENCE
--Norma Timbang: New Transitions Consulting - Non-Proft & Grassroots Organizing , former board member National Asian Pacific Women's Forum

5) A TRANSFORMATIONAL VOICE FOR NATIVE AMERICANS AND INDIGENOUS PEOPLES, A PATH THOURGH CONFLICT, AND DIGITAL LITERACY
Phil Lane Jr, Indigenous Leader and Chairman of Four World International Institute and The Fourth Way, a principle-centered path for transcending conflict)

Sponsored by: Seattle Unity, Yes! Magazine, Jazz, Inc!, The Lorian Association, Four Worlds International Institute, New Transitions Non Profit Consulting, Seattle IONS, NICO-CAN. Cosponsored by The Foundation for Conscious Evolution, Wisdom Traditions, and a growing list of Northwest organizations. See www.transitiontools.com for the growing list.

For more information, see: www.transitiontools.com or contact Susan Burns at info@transitiontools.com or 425 881-9000.