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Developing CosmoTeenz: We need the help of teens
Developing CosmoTeenz: We need the help of teens
Our CosmoKidz resources continue to grow. We now need to ask teens (13-17) what the issues are they want to be able to talk about so they can better engage in their social worlds. If you know of any teens who would be willing to anonymously answer some questions to guide us in our developments please share this link with them:
https://forms.gle/74oXLXstV26ynqWV7
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Special webinar: Moral foundations, moral conflict & moral injury
Special webinar: Moral foundations, moral conflict & moral injury
Wednesday November 4 2020, 12 noon to 1:30 pm EST
We are having a special webinar in November on how a communication perspective can be used to understand a number of moral issues. For more information and zoom links
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Ruth Bader Ginsberg: Living beyond difference
Ruth Bader Ginsberg: Living beyond differencewords
The death of Ruth Bader Ginsberg is a sad loss to the judiciary and to the American people. Beth Fisher-Yoshida reflects on one of RGB’s many virtues: her capacity to see beyond difference and show us all how to create a metanarrative and higher orders of context that can bring us together.
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When does a critical moment become an inflection point?
When does a critical moment become an inflection point?
Up until now, we have heard many stories about racial injustices, and systemic inequality. Yet, despite all the stories, personal and public, all the books, articles, lectures, podcasts, and movies available, there has not been systemic change. Ilene Wasserman reflects on the current critical moments we are all experiencing and wonders if it is enough now.
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Humanity Rising
Humanity Rising
Humanity Rising’s goal is to being communities together to empower young people to change the world, especially in matters to do with our climate crisis. Sergej van Middendorp describes his experience in participating in Humanity Rising and reflects on that from a CMM perspective.
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Reflecting on our year
Reflecting on our year
We are excited about how we have responded to significant social challenges this year. Our end-of year reflection highlights our activities and invites your contribution.
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Giving back…or paying it forward…in challenging times
Giving back…or paying it forward…in challenging times
Kim Pearce writes about an important cause that is animating the Institute in these challenging times: developing the leverage for systemic change by providing children the skills, abilities, and tools to co-create better social worlds.
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Learning exchange follow up space
Learning exchange follow up space
We have set up a special project space using Basecamp for all registered participants of the 2020 LE. You can watch recordings of the Learning Exchange and participate in unfolding developments from the LE.
For registrants https://3.basecamp.com/4201158/projects/18785882
To see the videos https://3.basecamp.com/4201158/buckets/18785882/messages/3048056817
IMPORTANT: Use the following passcode to access the videos in Zoom: CMMLE2020!
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Our first virtual LE: captured in words
Our first virtual LE: captured in words
Everyone felt our first virtual Learning Exchange was a great success. Our pictured word art above captures all the words participants used to sum up their experience and our resident muse, Rik Spann, captured the feel of the first day in a poem.
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Musing between the spaces
Musing between the spaces
Rik Spann uses music as a frame for understanding all manner of things. Here he offers some of his recent musings, provoked by the impact of the pandemic, on being, playing and talking in the spaces.
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