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Service Organizations

• American Friends Service Committee -- "works to transform conditions and relationships both in the world and in ourselves, which threaten to overwhelm what is precious in human beings. We nurture the faith that conflicts can be resolved nonviolently, that enmity can be transformed into friendship, strife into cooperation, poverty into well-being, and injustice into dignity and participation."
• Ashoka -- "to shape a citizen sector that is entrepreneurial, productive and globally integrated, and to develop the profession of social entrepreneurship around the world. Ashoka identifies and invests in leading social entrepreneurs - extraordinary individuals with unprecedented ideas for change in their communities - supporting the individual, idea and institution through all phases of their career. Once elected to Ashoka, Fellows benefit from being part of the global Fellowship for life. Ashoka's vision is that of a global society that is able to respond quickly and effectively to social challenges everywhere." Also listed in Select Catalog/Overview/Internships.
• Center for Contemplative Mind in Society -- "works to integrate contemplative awareness and contemporary life, to help create a more just, compassionate, and reflective society. The Center is grounded in the belief that contemplative awareness can assist individuals and groups in identifying the root causes of social problems and finding creative approaches to eliminating them. The Center’s Social Justice Program has been developed to help a diverse group of people representing all sectors of the social justice movement who are committed to creating a more just and equitable world. We hope to help discover and develop sources of inspiration, transformative practices and healthier work environments which value reflection, healing, balance, compassion, action, and awareness in order to support and sustain social justice activism."
• Global MindShift -- "promotes an expanded view of what it means to be human based on the knowledge of our evolutionary journey. Our mission is to provide information, networking resources, and tools for change so that people around the world can live happy, joyous, successful lives as active participants in the process of evolution as it continues to unfold for generations to come."
• International Society for the Systems Sciences -- "to encourage the development of theoretical systems which are applicable to more than one of the traditional departments of knowledge."
• Integral Institute -- "advancing integral approaches for personal, professional, and global development."
• Movement Strategy Center -- "a movement building intermediary that engages youth and adults across issues and regions - through a collective visioning and mapping process that encourages collaboration and joint strategizing in order to develop stronger, more effective movements for democracy, equity and social change."
• New Dimensions Radio -- "presents a diversity of views from many traditions and cultures, and strives to provide listeners with practical knowledge and perennial wisdom. New Dimensions fosters living a more healthy life of mind, body and spirit while deepening our connections to self, family, community, the natural world and the planet. New Dimensions plants seeds of transformation around the planet through our broadcasts, partnerships, community involvement, and educational endeavors."
• Orion Society -- "to inform, inspire, and engage individuals and grassroots organizations in becoming a significant cultural force for healing nature and community."
• Pace e Bene Nonviolence Service -- "invites individuals, small groups, and established organizations to explore, experiment with, and practice the vision and dynamics of creative nonviolence in their daily lives and in the effort to make their communities and the larger world more just and peaceful."
• Pegasus Communications, Inc. -- "Changing the world one system at a time - dedicated to providing resources that help individuals, teams, and organizations understand and address the challenges they face in managing the complexities of a changing world. Since 1989, Pegasus has served the community of systems thinking and organizational development practitioners through its conferences, newsletters and other publications, and audio and video materials. The company continues to develop new ways to communicate and apply the ideas, principles, and tools of systems thinking and related disciplines to an ever-widening audience of leaders, managers, and educators across industries and around the world."
• Positive Futures Network -- "an independent, nonprofit organization supporting people’s active engagement in creating a just, sustainable, and compassionate world."
• stone circles -- "a small organization working to bring big changes to the world. Our mission is to sustain activists and strengthen the work of justice through spiritual practice and principles. Social change is a lifetime commitment. But we've all seen what gets in the way of success and ease in our work. The burned out colleague who struggles to think clearly. The organization caught up in internal politics that has trouble working collaboratively. The losing strategy, born of despair at injustice that can't be ignored. There is another way."
• Tools for Change -- "a multi-cultural organization that promotes healing, leadership development, and sustainable democracy. Our programs, based in collective reflection, open the imagination, inspire dialogue, deepen relationships and empower people's work."

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