Spirit in Action’s News Blog

Spirit in Action was built in response to activists’ call for change in the social justice movement.  Our programs and trainings have developed from listening to these activists and exploring how to begin to do things differently. Community organizing can’t be done in a vacuum disconnected from people’s lives, struggles and inspirations. We must create a different culture in our organizing—a culture of positive vision, connection across traditional barriers, and diversity of voice—all united in heart and spirit.  Spirit in Action trains people to: 

• Connect with Spirit. Acknowledging spirit is a conscious recognition of our wholeness, interdependence, and interconnection to all life on earth. Integrating this understanding of spirit into social justice work brings forward what inspires and sustains us.

• Heal from Divisions: Build a Diverse Movement. Being in diverse community is essential to making broad-based change in the U.S. To enjoy the privilege and responsibility of being in diverse community, people are called to recognize that we share both a common humanity and particular social identities, which accord power in unbalanced ways. Bridging this power divide is at the heart of healing divisions.

• Envision a Positive Future Collectively. Vision is a foundation for action. The work of collective visioning has an intrinsic connection to action for change—a continuum that includes personal change work, relationship and community building, and strategic political action to enact systemic change. As we work to change ourselves, create our concrete images of a positive future, and vision collectively, we are taking steps toward change enacted on a broad scale.

• Act for Deep and Lasting Change. Action for change includes organizing and strategic political action, as well as supporting the psychological, physical, and spiritual health of activists and our movement as a whole. Spaces are needed for doing the less dramatic forms of activism, such as self-care, trust and relationship building, and the examination of strategy and development of new social change tools.