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Welcome to the Activism is Medicine on-line course. This experience is designed for seasoned or aspiring activists seeking a whole-life approach to engagement. As you’ll see, activism is far more than isolated resistance to particular circumstances or individual events; it’s fundamental to successful and effective living. Ideal for climate and ecological activists, therapists, teachers, coaches, trainers, parents, students, and anyone who’s trying to make a difference, this course is dedicated to both inner and outer forms of activism. It’ll help you live a life of relevance, meaning, and effectiveness.

Each segment is roughly 60 minutes long.

Presented by Frank Forencich, Jonathan Logan, and John Hagar.

Upcoming series:

Part 1: Predicament and trajectories: June 5, 5:30 pm pacific time

Part 2: Activism and the body: June 12, 5:30 pm pacific time

Part 3: Martial artistry, strategies and tactics: June 19, 5:30 pm pacific time

Part 4: Activism as a spiritual practice: June 26, 5:30 pm pacific time

Eventbrite sign up link for June 2023 4-Part Activism is Medicine Collection:

https://www.eventbrite.com/cc/activism-is-medicine-june-2023-4-part-program-2155129

On completion of training, each participant will receive a digital certificate, suitable for posting on websites or social media. May also be used to petition for continuing education credits with your professional organization.

content and curriculum

  • The primacy of climate truth, and the importance of the precautionary principle.

  • The reality of ecological overshoot

  • Linear v. exponential models of climate collapse

  • Recognizing bullshit: why climate lies continue

  • How to live a relevant life

  • Aldo Leopold: “…a world of wounds”

  • You are not diseased

  • The perils of alienation

  • The power of integration; unifying the kludge

  • Viktor Frankl: Man’s Search for Meaning

  • Ikigai, meaning and purpose

  • Hedonia v. eudamonia

  • Avoiding burnout: fundamentals of stress education

  • The importance of engagement/relationships

  • “Don’t fight, don’t lose” Our educational vacuum

  • The who, what, where, when, why and how

  • Curiosity and inquiry

  • What makes a good action?

  • Hard style v soft style

  • Ambidexterity

  • Treat people like animals

  • Secular “knowledge” vs. inner and outer activism

  • Root causes and the call to change ourselves

  • Colonialist attempts to dismiss spiritual activism

  • Activism and the call to creativity

  • The nature of complex systems

  • Implications and life lessons: we just don’t know the ultimate effects of our actions.

  • The world is changed by how we show up

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