Global Leaders

October 2018 by Lauren Jinshil Oliver, CPS Partnership Community 2018 is shaping up to be another Year of the Woman. I am confident as more women step into leadership, we will evolve a more caring and just world. My passion is to co-create the environment that elicits women’s leadership.  For many, self-confidence does not come easy. We see repeatedly how the patriarchal top-down power structure teaches women self-doubt and expects women to dampen our voices, our authority, our drive. Stepping into leadership in a setting designed for turn-taking in leadership functions promotes the teaching-learning…continue reading →

October, 2018 by Beth Wilson, CPS Partnership Community While working for the U.S. Congress, and later, for Silicon Valley start-ups, I came to realize how different my thinking was from the norm. While others recognized the value of my contributions and rewarded me generously, rarely could they articulate the “unique” approach I took as a leader, bridge-builder, innovator and problem-solver. Thankfully, after reading The Chalice and the Blade, what I did know was that the values with which I approached my work, my parenting, and my life were rooted in what Riane Eisler…continue reading →

October 2018 Amber Johnson, CPS Partnership Community “Keep the faith. Don’t get rattled by all of this. We’re going to plow right through it and do our job. In the very near future, Judge Kavanaugh will be on the United States Supreme Court.” Mitch McConnell’s pep talk to a crowd of conservative Evangelicals salivating at the prospect of judicial theocracy was on point. Senate Republicans did just that; plow right through human decency to achieve their end goal. Religious power and control. As a woman, and a former Evangelical, I am not alone…continue reading →

August 9, 2018 Angie Dabbs is a graduate of CPS' Changing Our Story, Changing Our Lives: Riane Eisler's Cultural Transformation Course."Angie and her colleague, Janet Ladd wrote in to share ther work in an innovative coaching/social justice community initiative that highlights the power of partnership values. Angie writes: In recent years, Baltimore, Maryland, has been facing an increasing homicide rate. In 2017, that number reached 343, its highest ever. The oldest victim? 97. The youngest? Just one. In 2015, Baltimore made worldwide news with an eruption of civil unrest after the death of Freddie…continue reading →

July 31, 2018 Liz Copeland, certified Caring Economy leader active in caring policy advocacy, will be teaching a 90-minute workshop on September 24th, 2018 through Albuquerque's Oasis educational program. In this class, "Paradigm Shift: The Work of Riane Eisler", Liz provides an introduction to the extraordinary cross-disciplinary thought of Riane Eisler, JD, PhD, human rights scholar, feminist, and author. Riane's contributions, including The Real Wealth of Nations: Creating a Caring Economics, provide a new lens for thinking about economics, social hierarchy, and the possibilities of human beings moving forward towards a more peaceful…continue reading →