George was a guest on the Sidewalk Talk Podcast, where he was interviewed by Traci Ruble, therapist and founder of Sidewalk Talk, a global movement where community members volunteer to listen to strangers on the street. In his interview, George elaborates on the link between life planning, mindfulness, and a Golden Civilization.
Golden Civilization Conversation: Traci Ruble and George Kinder
Yesterday, George was joined by Traci Ruble of Sidewalk Talk for a Golden Civilization Conversation via Facebook Live, the first in his second season of conversations via Facebook Live. Listen to their conversation about active listening, mindfulness, and how their organizations are changing communities around the world.
Golden Civilization Conversation: George Kinder and Pamela Siegle
Yesterday, George interviewed Pamela Siegle, a past Golden Civilization Conversation participant about her thoughts on the book A Golden Civilization and the Map of Mindfulness and the growing conversation movement.
Pamela opens with one of her favorite quotes from the book, “you learn to see reality clearly, and in order to see reality clearly, one must keep the mind open, alert, focused, passionate, naive, and engaged,” and the two delve into a conversation about the symbolism and function of open circles, the Quaker tradition of open honest questions, meditation and mindfulness, Parker J. Palmer's Five Habits of the Heart, and kindly speaking truth to power. They close with a discussion of the protest movement in Hong Kong and how social media has been used as a mode of listening.
Pamela is Executive Director of Courage & Renewal Northeast at Wellesley College. She co-developed Leading Together, the Center for Courage & Renewal’s program bringing principals and teacher-leaders together to learn reflective and mindfulness practices and build adult relational trust in their schools. Pamela founded Open Circle® at the Wellesley Centers for Women. Open Circle is a leading provider of evidence-based curriculum and professional development for social emotional learning. Since 1987, Open Circle has reached over two million students and 13,000 educators. Pamela has served on many nonprofit boards, including as a Trustee of the Boston Public Library.
You can read more about Pamela here: https://www.couragerenewal.org/facilitator-profile/?ID=23