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Random Kindness Conference Audio

Random Kindness We invite you to listen to the audio recordings of our Random Kindness Online Conference, held in February, 2015, celebrating the 20th anniversary edition of Random Kindness and Senseless Acts of Beauty, which includes a new foreword by Desmond Tutu.

February 9th-15th, 2015, was National Random Acts of Kindness Week, and February 17th celebrated Random Kindness day. This year we have launched the 20th anniversary edition of Random Kindness and Senseless Acts of Beauty. The re-release of the book is accompanied by our global Random Kindness Community Resilience Project, building justice and resilience throughout vulnerable communities in the face of climate change. Book proceeds go to climate and nuclear refugees from Fukushima.   ccarl-anthony-paloma-pavel

Conference Hosts: Carl Anthony and Paloma Pavel, PhD

Post-production Media Team: Lauren Dahlberg-Seeth and Dennis Rivers

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Desmond Tutu on Random Acts of Kindness

On February 12, 2015, Retired Archbishop Desmond Tutu added his voice in celebration of National Random Acts of Kindness Week.  This year’s celebrations include events highlighting the 20th anniversary edition of the book, Random Kindness and Senseless Acts of Beauty, with a Foreword by Desmond Tutu


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National Random Kindness Week events


When: February 9th-17th

Where: All around the world.
February 9th-15th is National Random Acts of Kindness Week, and February 17th is Random Kindness day. This year we are launching the 20th anniversary edition of Random Kindness and Senseless Acts of Beauty,  with a new foreword by Desmond Tutu. The re-release of the book is accompanied by our global

Random Kindness Community Resilience Project, building justice and resilience throughout vulnerable communities in the face of climate change. Book proceeds go to climate and nuclear refugees from Fukushima.

  

In an age of climate crisis, this work is a call to community action to create a world we want, a world based on principles of sustainability and justice.
For more information about Random Kindness and the Community Resilience Project, visit: https://randomkindnessproject.org/
To purchase a copy of Random Kindness and Senseless Acts of Beauty (available in 10 languages), click here.
Thank you to all of our guests, friends and colleagues who attended and helped plan and coordinate Random Kindness book signing events!
-Sunday 2/8 10AM Talk @ Soul Center, Newport Coast Community Center
-Sunday 2/8 Newport Community Book Club (contact: Kathy Schlesinger kpschlesinger@yahoo.com)
-Weds 2/11 9AM City of Berkeley 100 Resilient Cities Meeting
-Fri 2/13 9AM UC Davis Book Launch Forum
-Tues 2/17 National Random Kindness Day event to honor Random Kindness Community Resilience s/heroes — event details TBD, stay tuned!
In solidarity,
Carl Anthony and Paloma Pavel Breakthrough Communities

Emerge California SoCal Reception

Support Women’s Leadership: You Are Invited
 
When: Saturday, Feb 7th, 6:30p – 8:30p
Where: Elevate Lounge, 811 Wilshire Blvd, 21st Floor 

Downtown Los Angeles.

 Come meet the new cohort of Democratic women leaders who will change the tone, tenor, and face of politics in California and beyond.
Emerge California is changing the face of California politics by identifying, training and encouraging women to run for office through an intensive, cohort-based seven-month training program. Despite being more than 50% of the population, currently, less than 30% of California state legislators are women, and California has yet to elect a female Governor. A pool of highly qualified Democratic candidates is being left untapped. Emerge California is changing that!
Dr. Pavel has been selected as a member of the Emerge California 2015 cohort. Please join us in this celebration! Register here.