Against the cold running down of entropy, life is the energy that runs up, finds a way, expands into every possible crack, raises up a generation beyond itself.
Yet we mostly pay attention to 'death' — what harms, damages, or kills us.
Turning the lens around to focus, at least as much, on 'life' is potentially revolutionary.
The “Leading Causes of Life” ...
.... thus asks about what's generative for persons, communities, and our world.
Yet we mostly pay attention to 'death' — what harms, damages, or kills us.
Turning the lens around to focus, at least as much, on 'life' is potentially revolutionary.
The “Leading Causes of Life” ...
.... thus asks about what's generative for persons, communities, and our world.
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Click for the Leading Causes of Life: Statement
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3 THOUGHT-PROVOKING VIDEOS
____________________________________ Positive Deviance & Leading Causes of Life - A First Conversation - This video, curated by Chris Telles and Arvind Singhal, opens up explorations of the interface of “leading causes of life” (LCL) and “positive deviance” (PD). Between 75 people from a dozen countries —from India to South Africa to Nicaragua and the Netherlands -- participated. Creatively dited down, it is a great introduction to our Zooms. 🎥 click here for ☞ video |
______________________________ Pathfinder Interview Series - From Inequity to Equity: #1 - An Interview with Prof Kanwaljeet 'Sunny' Anand on a highly successful intervention in Memphis that addressed signifi-cant disparities in the treatment and care of Hispanic and other children. Kevin Barnett (Public Health Institute) and Lucia Dura (UTEP) respond. 🎥 click here for ☞ video |
Pathfinder Interview - From Inequity to Equity: #2 - Horst Kleinschmidt, multiply honoured South African activist, focuses on what one faces and what one can do in a highly iniquitous context - Masiphumelele in Cape Town - as a relatively privileged 'White' actor with all of its contradictions. Evance Kalula & Eva Moya respond, with others. 🎥 click here for ☞ video |
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The five 'causes' of life - innovative, dynamic, concretely relevant - a way of thinking differently about our-selves, our practices, organizations, institutions and societies.
Each 'cause' interacts with the others - reflecting the rich complexity of human action, helping us see where and how to act in life-giving ways. |
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EL PASO GATHERING
OF LCLI FELLOWS April 16-19 at the University of Texas in El Paso MEETING WAS CANCELLED BECAUSE OF THE IMPACT OF CORONAVIRUS SARS-CoV-2 Some 40 of 60 LCLI Fellows were to meet in El Paso, including some from South Africa & elsewhere, at the University of Texas El Paso (UTEP), hosted by Prof Arvind Singhal and his "Positive Deviance" (PD) team. Two Zoom 'UnConferences' have since taken place. The first is described above, where the curated, abridged video of its substance can also be found. Life is what it is about
I want no truck with death. – Pablo Neruda A wonderful example of emergent, dynamic complexity unexplained by inorganic or linear logic, only by life.
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