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Featuring keynotes by Jane Goodall, author of The Book of Hope
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November 4–7, 2021
November 4–7, 2021
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Welcome to the Activating Hope Summit
A once-in-a-generation online gathering aimed at sparking hope around the globe
This event begins in:
Welcome to the Activating Hope Summit
A once-in-a-generation online gathering aimed at sparking hope around the globe
This event begins in:
The Indomitable Human Spirit
Workshop #1
The Indomitable Human Spirit
Workshop #1
Cultivating a Hope-Filled Presence and From Hope to Joy
Explore how a basic trust in life gives rise to hope-filled presence. We’ll look at the two key pathways in meditation that nourish the grounds of hope: mindful presence and cultivating positive mind states by taking in the good. The session will end with a guided meditation called “Trusting the Gold” that awakens us to the sacred essence that shines through all of life.
Session Highlights
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Examine key biographical and societal forces that diminish the capacity for hope -
Explore the role of mindful awareness in cultivating the grounds of hope
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Learn how to develop beneficial traits by “installing” positive experiences like gratitude, wonder, compassion, and love
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Understand the importance of trusting basic goodness in cultivating a hopeful presence
Tara Brach
Tara Brach, PhD (she/her), has been teaching meditation since 1975, as well as leading workshops and meditation retreats at centers throughout North America and Europe. She has a PhD in clinical psychology, is the founder of the Insight Meditation Community of Washington (IMCW), and is the author of Radical Acceptance (2003), True Refuge (2012), and Radical Compassion (2019).
Jack Kornfield
Jack Kornfield, PhD, trained as a Buddhist monk in Thailand, Burma, and India and has taught worldwide since 1974. He is one of the key teachers to introduce Buddhist mindfulness practices to the West. He holds a PhD in clinical psychology and is the cofounder of the Insight Meditation Society and of Spirit Rock Center in Woodacre, California. He has written more than a dozen books including The Wise Heart, A Path with Heart, After the Ecstasy, the Laundry, and more.
Workshop #2
The Life Brief: A Life Practice for Transforming Hope into Action
Please have a pen and paper on hand for this workshop.
The Life Brief is the practice of leaning into curiosity, clarity, and creativity to drive personal change. This hands-on workshop uses intimate stories and penetrating questions to guide participants in boldly naming and declaring their hope. And since action is a by-product of clarity, getting clear about our hope is the first (and possibly most vital) action we can take towards realizing our vision for the future. This workshop will inspire people to unveil their truth, release their fears, and seize personal agency to act in service of hope and humanity.
Session Highlights
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Learn the practice of curious questioning, sharpened clarity, and intentional action to unlock your own indomitable spirit
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Harness the power of questions to help you name and define your hope
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Identify the limiting beliefs holding you back from acting on your hope
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Suspend and set aside your cynicism, skepticism, and “realism”
Bonnie
Wan
Bonnie Wan is creator, speaker, and author of The Life Brief: Creative Strategies for No-Regrets Living. As a career brand strategist and partner at Goodby, Silverstein & Partners, Bonnie has spent the last three decades working with brand titans to define and articulate the essence of who they are, why they exist, and what they believe. In 2010, during a crisis of meaning, she wrote a creative brief for her life and The Life Brief was born. Bonnie’s Life Brief not only saved her marriage but kicked off ten years of family adventure filled with unexpected twists and unimaginable gifts.
Beacons of Hope #1
All Is Never Lost: Hope in the Hardest of Times
Two moving discussions on the importance of hope during your darkest hours with remarkable survivors who have faced trauma and adversity unlike any other.
Session Highlights
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Poignant true stories of enduring the unjust and unthinkable
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Never underestimating the healing power of forgiveness
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The freedom of defining yourself as a survivor, not a victim
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Choosing to act with love, generosity, and kindness despite circumstances
Doug
Abrams
Doug Abrams (he/him) is the coauthor of The Book of Hope with Jane Goodall and the coauthor of The Book of Joy with Archbishop Desmond Tutu and His Holiness the Dalai Lama. He is the founder and president of Idea Architects, a literary agency and media development company helping visionaries to create a wiser, healthier, and more just world.
Edith Eger
Edith Eger, PhD, a native of Hungary, was just a teenager in 1944 when she and her family were sent to Auschwitz. Today, Edith is a prolific author and celebrated psychologist, helping her clients to free themselves from their own thoughts and ultimately choose freedom.
Anthony Ray Hinton
Anthony Ray Hinton is an American activist, writer, and author who was wrongly convicted of two 1985 murders. Hinton was sentenced to death and held on the state’s death row for 28 years, and was later released in 2015. Hinton now speaks widely on prison reform and the power of faith and forgiveness.
Beacons of Hope #2
Stubborn Optimism: Answering the Call of Our Times
A deep dive into the importance of meeting the fear and anxiety of humanity’s “Code Red” with equal parts optimism, hope, and determination.
Session Highlights
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Creating a shift inside and out
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Exploring what we can do as individuals, what we are in control of
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The motivation behind corporations and financial sectors for facing their responsibilities to our planet
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Becoming a generative society instead of one that depletes
Doug
Abrams
Doug Abrams (he/him) is the coauthor of The Book of Hope with Jane Goodall and the coauthor of The Book of Joy with Archbishop Desmond Tutu and His Holiness the Dalai Lama. He is the founder and president of Idea Architects, a literary agency and media development company helping visionaries to create a wiser, healthier, and more just world.
Christiana Figueres
Christiana Figueres is an internationally recognized leader on global climate change, credited with forging a new brand of collaborative diplomacy. Throughout her tenure as executive secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, she brought a range of opposing governments and communities together, culminating in the historic Paris Agreement of 2015.
Jane Goodall
Jane Goodall, PhD, DBE, is an ethologist and environmentalist, founder of the Jane Goodall Institute, and a UN Messenger of Peace. Her research into the lives of wild chimpanzees of Gombe, Tanzania, began in 1960 and continues today. She has redefined species conservation to include people and the environment, and empowers young people of all ages to make a positive difference in their world through Roots & Shoots. Her brand-new book—a New York Times bestseller, The Book of Hope—is available now!
Learn more at janegoodall.global and rootsandshoots.global.
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Many inspiring teachers! Thank you so much!!
It has been a amazing 4days so much positivity, hope which is heart lifting for the soul, giving birth for the new world of possibilities.. I thank you all from my heart.
So many amazing stories of people corporations governments deeply committed to creating a beautiful vibrant world of harmony balance and well being for our human family all sentient beings and our Mother Earth. Feeling so grateful for everyone’s dedication love and hope filled action! God Bless You Everyone. My next action step is to hold a giving thanks gathering to do joy filled ceremony for the Earth and Invocations of Impossible Glorious Possibility for our world. I am also inspired to create an on line course based on this summit ( especially for young people) to teach them how to harness the power of hope and use their brilliant inner resources to create a beautiful world from the inside out. Thank you so much. http://Www.gracemacleod.com
Thank you Jane, for providing this hope-filled forum of so many inspiring speakers. And thank you to each and every speaker for allowing your light to shine. May God/the force of the Universe be with each of you. Namaste
Thank you. I will engage in active hope – moving home so that I do not have a long commute to work every day and then cycling into work whenever possible. Growing more of our own food from saved seeds using compost to feed the plants. And protecting the land where I do have some control over what happens, not having a traditional garden.
To take at least one small step at a time in connecting with at least one person a day with positivity love and hopes for a bright future. Starting today. And repeated each day as often as possible.
Thank you for this inspiring program. I’m sorry I did not see all of the program but will review it after the fact. Thank you , all of you, for sharing your stories and wisdom with me. You have absolutely been a clear inspiration with this program and in many other ways over the years and a definite provider of much hope for a bright future for all. Today I am committed to start taking action to give/do whatever I can to be a part of the positive change our world needs and deserves. Yes Jane, “We can do this”.
Even as a floating blanket of CO2
thickens, Mother Earth is caring for us.
Oxygen floods our hearts and
the tiny fly dying in my bathroom sink
is a reminder of aln everlasting life force
as is walking from my bathroom
into my living room, or turning the ignition
key of my car. Mother Earth is lookiing after
the burning forests in America and
the paramedic ambulance workers
in my own drowning city.
My friend who is paralysed by
the trance of unworthiness
is being cared for by Mother Earth.
She sent a gift to him the other night
wrapped up in a dream. He remembers
a tortoise from long ago and how he’d place
Delight in a cardboard box filled
with scrunched up newspapers to keep him warm.
precious time spent listening and thinking through all interventions. gratitude to all who participated nd put it together. great sense of both responsibility and community. connection empowers. thank you
You give hope.thanksso much.for many years I feel so away from people.only my hope was my son.I now have a more higvision and I feel I’m not alone . I will action take caring of myself, my home, my life and my son.I am grateful because that message is really optimistic in Humanity.
This 4-day Hope summit truly inspirational. Gratitude to sponsors, all speakers, listeners and to Jane Goodall who models and encourages us to voice “together we can” and to act collectively “together we will”.
Very inspiring. This summit met me just in time. When I was in despair for personal reasons and for the dire global situation. It brought a glimpse of hope and light back into my heart, and I do intend to act upon it. So thank you all so very much.
One person alone cannot make a lot of change but everyone taking responsibility for what we can contribute personally will make all the difference in the world. I want that for my four great grandchildren and for all of mankind. We were granted such a majestic gift in this world. Let’s take care of it as it has taken care of us.
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I’m savoring today’s gifts slowly and have only seen Dr. Edith Eger so far. Some of my family were in concentration camps, too. Her spirit and hope that she’s developed are beyond inspiring! I’m so grateful for this session and I will hold her in my heart as the grandmother I didn’t get to have in biological life, but will adopt in spirit. Thank you! I’m going to buy her books.
Really inspiring, so beautiful. I especially love the last day. It is really amazing how positive thoughts and energy can stimulate healing .My hope is the same as many other people’s hope:
I hope for people to do the right thing and to not let greed take over their humanity
I hope that humans start to remember that they are human KIND and not human Cruel
I hope too that humans start to realize that animals are sentient beings and that any form of use, abuse, and exploitation needs to end. This includes so many ways that it is impossible to list. However, factory farming, breeding animals for murder must end now, all of which lead too to climate change and illness in our bodies.
Circuses must end, and zoos must close. No animal should be held in captivity and more and more sanctuaries need to open.
In addition, world wide we must stop animal experimentation, there are other means….the list goes on and on.
Probably one of the most important ways to change our world starts with the youth. Therefore Humane Education should be implemented in schools across the globe.
Thank you for a wonderful series. Thank you for caring
thank you all for helping me keep my head above ‘troubled’ waters
What a beautiful and inspiring 4 days! Deepest gratitude to everyone on the team. This free gift was so right on in this period of uncertainly, chaos and suffering. I hope many subscribers will support you by upgrading. I wish I could, but as a retired senior on a tiny SS check I can only send my thanks and blessings.
Jane Goodall gives me hope also!! She is so inspiring and has always been. What a beacon of light!
Ooh my goodness, thank you Bonnie Wan!!!! That was amazing, I have just spent 2 hours filling pages of reflections. More to do!
Seeing that Jane Goodall has not given up hope gives me hope. What an inspiration and light she is to our world.
Happy to be part of great talks