Projects & Publications

The Shift Network

• Summer of Peace: First ever Worldwide Virtual and On the Ground events–Kicks off June 22nd thru International Day of Peace, September 21st, 2012.  
   
• Peace Ambassador Training Program:  A powerful online training certification program with lead faculty James O’Dea.
   
•  Youth Rising for Peace: The First Ever 24-Hour Global Telesummit – Completely Free to Attend – February 11-12, 2012.  Featuring Young Peace Leaders from Around the World; Every Hour for 24 Hours!

• Peace Week:  A week-long global tele-summit featuring over 60 peacebuilders from around the world!

Advisor to the Global Peace Initiative For Women: Participated in and/or Presented at the following:

• A Gathering of the Contemplative Alliance : A Call to Inner Reflection for Societal Transformation (Fall 2011)
• The Role of Contemplative Practice in Transforming Society (Fall 2010)
• The Inner Dimension of Climate Change: A Retreat for Young Contemplatives (Spring 2010)
• The Alliance of American Contemplatives: Raising a New Spiritual Voice for the Nation (Fall 2009)
• Gathering Spiritual Voices of America: To Deepen our Knowing of Oneness and of our Compassion as a Nation (2008)
• Making Way for The Feminine: For the Benefit of the World Community (Jaipur, Spring 2008)

 

Published Essays

• Fishing in Sierra Leone – Chicken Soup for the Fisherman’s Soul published alongside #1 NYT Bestselling authors Jack Canfield, Mark Victor Hansen, Ken & Dahlynn McKowen along with President George H.W. Bush, President Jimmy Carter and General H. Norman Schwarzkopf.
• Voice of the Future – Chicken Soup for the Soul: Stories that make a difference. Published alongside Archbishop Desmond Tutu, President Jimmy Carter, Azim Khamisa, Congressman Bob Filner, Thich Nhat Hanh, and Greg Mortenson.
• Assessment and Evaluation Methodologies, a chapter in The Power of the Media: A Handbook for Peacebuilders, published by European Centre for Conflict Prevention.
• A Peace Corps Volunteer’s Experience, published in The Washington Post (17 August 1991)
• Fishing Lures, a manual published by Peace Corps in 1993. 
• As the Worm Turns, a quarterly newsletter on Guinea worm eradication (1991-1994). 
• Edited Chamalu: Spiritual Teachings from the Andes for the publishing company Destiny Books (1994). 

 

Articles

• Love & Conflict: Insights on Africa in Transforming Self and Societies. The Love: Of The Fifth Spiritual Paradigm. Published alongside Maya Angelou, David Suzuki, Wendell Berry, Barbara Hand Clow, Mahatma Gandhi, Andrew Cohen, Archbishop Desmond Tutu  (Oracle Institute Press)

• Love & Conflict: Insights on Africa in Transforming Self and Societies (abridged), Kosmos Magazine (Winter Issue 2008) published alongside in same issue with Daniel Goleman and Lawrence Brilliant (E.D. of Google at the time)

• Love and Wisdom in Nepal, LifePositive Magazine (India, May 2009)

 

Presentations:  

• 7^th Ray Conferences – April 2007 & 2012
• Search for Common Ground — series of fundraising events and workshops in San Francisco Bay Area – 2006-2011
• University of Florida, Center for Spirituality and Health, Feb. 2008.  To see video presentation, click here.
• International Spirit at Work Awards – 2006 & 2007
• The Pachamama Alliance – May 2006
• The Institute of Noetic Sciences – May 2006 
• American University guest speakers series – April 2006
• Season of Nonviolence – Unity Church, Frederick, MD – January 2006  To read article, click here.
• International Conference on War-Affect Children in Winnipeg, Canada – Sept. 2000
• IMPACS round table in Vancouver, Canada – May 2000
• Media, Law and Justice Conference – Cape Town, South Africa, March 2000