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New Facebook Group for CPS Alumni

New Facebook Group for CPS Alumni

Thanks to Partnership leader and social media consultant Julie Hanks, CPS has a new Facebook group for CPS program Alumni: Riane Eisler Center for Partnership Studies Alumni and Friends. If you are someone who's taken CPS online leadership workshops, webinars, or self-paced courses, or you are an active Partnership or Caring Economy leader ready to network and dive into dialogue on the issues you care about, please see the new Facebook page and request to join the group. This is "a closed group for alumni and friends supporting the work of Riane Eisler and Center…continue reading →
Partnership & Race – how do we create lasting change?

Partnership & Race – how do we create lasting change?

By Sharon Sund, MS This is the first in a series of monthly posts for the Center for Partnership Studies on the topic of Partnership, Race & Intersectionality During these turbulent times, there are hopeful movements, ‘Me Too’, ‘Never Again’, and ‘Black Lives Matter’. Many are asking, ‘how do we create lasting change?’ Let me suggest that lasting change will not happen unless America faces the violence and abuse it propagated and continues to administer against African American descendants of slave-workers and now toward anyone of color. When we consider how we move…continue reading →
Want to Change the World? Focus on Partnership Rather Than Domination

Want to Change the World? Focus on Partnership Rather Than Domination

April 26, 2018 In their blog this month, New Dream features the recent podcast with Brie Mathers and Riane Eisler: A Conversation with Riane Eisler.  The organization, which seeks to "transform the ways we consume to improve well-being for people and the planet" interviewed Partnership leader  Brie Mathers who speaks at high school assemblies teaching thousands of girls to resist messages that source their value in the mass-marketed body images, hyper-sexualization, objectification, and false rewards of overconsumption. Brie is also starting to do these assemblies with boys, helping to free them to express their full humanity…continue reading →
Brie Mathers interviews Riane Eisler -youth protests symptom of domination social systems

Brie Mathers interviews Riane Eisler -youth protests symptom of domination social systems

April 3, 2018 Partnership leader and founder of Love the Skin You're In Brie Mathers interviews Dr. Riane Eisler in this timely podcast. Brie: "A half-hour with my extraordinary mentor Dr. Riane Eisler, a voice of wisdom whose renowned work The Chalice and the Blade is now in 56 US editions and 26 foreign languages. Youth are rising and every protest is a symptom of the larger domination system unfolding. Riane teaches us how to not only deconstruct, but reconstruct a new partnership-based social order with ancient roots". "In modern history, looking through…continue reading →
Kate Duva working with Hand in Hand: The Domestic Employer Network

Kate Duva working with Hand in Hand: The Domestic Employer Network

March 29, 2018 Kate Duva, a 2015 Caring Economy Advocate, continues to champion America’s original department of defense: the millions of caregivers who hold people’s lives in their hands, and build peace on a daily basis. She is working on an exciting project with Hand in Hand: The Domestic Employer Network, creators of the Fair Care Pledge - think of it as a fair trade movement for care! We recognize that our dignity is linked with the dignity of the people who we depend on to clean and care for our homes and loved ones, and we…continue reading →
Solar Economy = Caring Economy

Solar Economy = Caring Economy

Jeanine Otte, Caring Economy leader in Chicago, has launched a Contractor Accelerator program for the nonprofit, Elevate Energy. The Accelerator, which she designed and fundraised for in collaboration with partners, will provide access to resources, relationships, and projects in the emerging solar economy in Illinois for contractor businesses with diverse ownership. In Jeanine’s words, “This project is about supporting the caretakers of our earth and our dwelling spaces whose labor has been traditionally overlooked. This project lifts up the women and people of color who are committed to building an equitable, caring, and…continue reading →
Knowing Nothing- a short story by Adam Chefitz

Knowing Nothing- a short story by Adam Chefitz

Adam Chefitz, a concert pianist and Partnership leader in Florida, shared a recent piece of writing he did that illuminates consciousness and new Partnership narratives: From Adam: "Knowing Nothing is a deep dive into a reality in which we are all literally one, a meditation on what underlies our drive towards partnership. It is my attempt to contribute to the fourth cornerstone of the Center for Partnership Studies: telling new stories; stories about a history that is not inherently antagonistic, and stories that visit the spiritual realm, not by escaping this world, but by…continue reading →
Make the pitch for Riane: On Being podcast

Make the pitch for Riane: On Being podcast

Expanding the outreach of CPS' vital world work is a primary focus for Partnership and Caring Economy leaders. Thanks to Heidi Bruce, Partnership leader and Managing Editor for the Interdisciplinary Journal of Partnership Studies, we've initiated  a call to action to support Riane Eisler to be chosen as a guest on the On Being podcast. Heidi, who attended a conference co-sponsored by The On Being Project, initiated a call to action to make the pitch to On Being curators to interview Riane Eisler on this respected podcast with Krista Tippett. Call to action:…continue reading →
WRITE! Call for submissions

WRITE! Call for submissions

What Partnership Waves are you making? Your voice is valued—here are some ways to contribute: We’re inviting blog posts related to the theme of Calling Men In. Send your blog submission (no more than 500 words) to Ann and we'll post it on the CPS site with a link to the Riane Eisler Center for Partnership Studies Facebook page. Contribute to the Partnership Community News: the submission date for the next newsletter is March 26. Keep us up to date on your Partnership and Caring Economy activities. Presenting a workshop? Creating a video? Publishing an article or book…continue reading →
Check out the March CPS Partnership Community News!

Check out the March CPS Partnership Community News!

March 8, 2018 The March, 2018 issue of the CPS Partnership Community News is hot off the press! Watch the video of the March 6 webinar with Riane Eisler (CPS) and Gary Barker of Promundo "Raising Caring Men: How Can #MeToo Bring a Revolution in Masculinities?", and check out "People Making Waves": Partnership and Caring Economy leaders in action, making a positive impact for a better world. Read and download: https://centerforpartnership.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/CPS-Community-Newsletter-March-2018.pdf Thank you to our Partnership leaders worldwide who responded to our call for submissions. Stay tuned for the April, 2018 CPS Partnership Community…continue reading →