agreements

Supporting Youth Initiative

<div xmlns:cc="http://creativecommons.org/ns#" about="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mystandardbreakfromlife/4057165095/"><a rel="cc:attributionURL" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mystandardbreakfromlife/">http://www.flickr.com/photos/mystandardbreakfromlife/</a> _cke_saved_href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mystandardbreakfromlife/">http://www.flickr.com/photos/mystandardbreakfromlife/</a> / <a rel="license" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.0/">CC BY-NC 2.0</a></div>Last March the Santa Cruz Monterey Bay Branch supported my going to the North American Class Holders’ Conference in Spring Valley, NY. On the way home, after already having spent a night in Salt Lake City because of a cancelled flight, I took the opportunity to be “bumped” and spend an extra couple of hours in the Salt Lake City airport in exchange for a travel voucher on Delta Airlines. I have had this voucher since last March and, when I suddenly realized it will run out this March 23rd, rather like Rudolf Steiner’s value-decreasing money, I decided to check in with Matthew Temple, former student and close friend, founder of NetworkM, now President of the Board of WeStrive. I thought WeStrive might be able to use the voucher—and sure enough, Matthew was very excited when I told him my idea. If you don’t know WeStrive, please take a look at www.westrive.org and discover what this community network is doing to support social renewal. Read more »

Essay Challenge Winner: I Give You My Word


In January 2010, WeStrive and Think OutWord teamed up to offer a unique opportunity for community network members to participate in an essay challenge. The following essay was selected as the winning essay, affording the winner a free flight and conference attendence to Think OutWord's conference on agreements.
 
“Thus you can see how in the human being the two great ideals, freedom and love, grow together.  Freedom and love are also that which man, standing in the world, can bring to realization in himself in such a way that, through him, the one unites with the other for the good of the world.” -Rudolf Steiner

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