New Stories

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“A draft of the form 990 is provided to the board members for review prior to finalization and before it is mailed or filed with the irs.”

“The co-presidents monitor activities for conflicts of interest from and takes appropriate action when deemed necessary.”

“The board approves major contracts including independent consultant fees based on prevailing rates for similar services at similar organizations. Rates for services are competitive in the industry.”

“The board approves major contracts including independent consultant fees based on prevailing rates for similar services at similar organizations. Rates for services are competitive in the industry.”

“Documents subject to public disclosure are available upon request. The form 990 will soon be posted on the organization website.”

“New stories helps individuals, organizations, and communities shed old ways of doing and thinking and step into the new stories of their lives. Our purpose is to utilize and expand the field of story as a primary tool for social innovation by gathering, co-evolving, and disseminating new images and practices that inspire, encourage and guide creative responses to the unprecedented cultural transformation of our times.”

“Sch f - partner projects in zimbabwe, kufunda learning village sch f - there are no offices or employees in zimbabwe sch f - the program is related to building healthy & vibrant community sch f - see also program service accomplishments at 4b below”

“The significant program service activities as a whole have not changed from prior year, however new individual projects emerge periodically and the programs considered significant may have changed. The most time and funds spent on an activity has been classified as a significant activity for purposes of the form 990 reporting.”

“Through this journey kufunda learns about the art and challenge of creating a culture of learning, and the practices of coming together to foster innovation and creativity in community. The gaiafield project develops subtle activism practices, theories, and programs and works with like-minded groups to co-create local, national, and global networks of subtle activists to support a shift to a planetary culture of peace. Subtle activism involves harnessing the power of consciousness-based practices like meditation and prayer to support collective transformation, as in a globally synchronized meditation for peace. We believe that in our turbulent times there is a deep need for fostering greater coherence in the energetic fields that underlie communities at every scale. The group of 8-10 leaders in the field each bring substantial independent experience in facilitating spirit-based approaches to social change. This project has helped to define and advance the field of subtle activism through convening numerous collaborative public subtle activism events and programs, establish healthy working relationships with leaders in the field, and develop the intellectual foundations of subtle activism.”

“Storydome - the storydome is a unique, state-of-the art immersive story- telling platform using digital media to create comprehensive, awe-inspiring visual stories of all scales that shift consciousness toward a more ecological worldview. The flagship production "earth portal, a guided journey through the universe" premiered for six months at the seattle center and an eight-month ngss science curriculum was created for all sixth graders in the south whidbey school system. Thriving islands project - the mission of the thriving salish sea project is to support and accelerate the emerging movement of communities living into new stories of thriving and resilience in the salish sea basin. Learning journeys - learning journeys take participants to places where they can witness the extraordinary work that ordinary people are doing to build thriving resilient communities in the face of an uncertain future. With a group of 15-20, we create a intimate learning community, where it becomes possible for participants to learn more about whats really important to them in their lives right now. Learning journeys are intended to disrupt our habitual thoughts and experiences by encounters with others who are making a difference in their communities. Our japan learning journey in november, 2014 was a huge success and will be repeated in 2015 along with a journey to the kufunda center, and the kufunda learning camp in 2016.”

“We continue to support participation in "art of hosting conversation that matters" trainings by members of different thriving resilient communities. We are supporting the publication of the english edition of bob stilger's book about japan's disasters published in june 2015 in japanese by eiji press of tokyo.”

“Other projects that help research and name, tell and live into new possibilities for conscously co-creating a sustainable and thriving relationship with earth and one-another include: great transition stories offers live and internet based educational conferences, workshops,seminars, courses and gatherings for essential, leading-edge wisdom of transformative change. Great transition stories are core narratives, which frame experiences, are universally understandable and highly useful for navigating through unprecedented times. Resilient japan was birthed out of the triple disasters in japan of 2011- earthquake/tsunami/nuclear meltdown. Using art of hosting approaches to participatory leadership and future center structures from business, bob stilger began extensive work in the disaster area, inviting people into dialog to grieve, to dream, to find a way forward and to begin to develop new collaborative partnerships. In 2014, bob wrote and published a book on stories and learning from japan as well as numerous blogs and two major articles. Disaster as a springboard, published in december, 2013 in the reflections journal of the society of organizational learning and fukushima's future, published in february, 2014 on the open democracy: transformation website.”