Dear Friends and Colleagues As this dreadful war continues, anger and frustration rise. And worse, if worse is possible, the sense of powerlessness to affect events seemingly now out of control -- increases. True, I cannot change the misguided policies and actions of my president in the moment, but I firmly believe we have the ability to mitigate the disastrous results in the present, and lay the ground work for a more peaceful world in the future. And with that ability comes the responsibility to try. Will we be successful? Who knows, but the alternatives are too awful to contemplate. I have attempted to assemble the almost 20 year experience with Open Space Technology as a basis for a practical approach to Peace, which I have called The Practice of Peace. Clearly this is not THE answer, still less the only answer, but after a minimum of 20,000 "Open Spaces" in some 75 countries around the world, we do have a collective experience which says that destructive conflict can be dealt with creatively, and that Peace, in the deepest sense of that word, can be a present experience, should we choose to make it so. I invite you to make that choice and assay the attempt. My colleagues in the Open Space Institutes around the world have joined together in the publication of my latest book. All proceeds, including whatever royalty I might have received, will go towards supporting the development of the knowledge and practice of Open Space. The details follow.
Harrison ******************************************** From the Open Space Institutes It's here. Harrison Owen's most recent book is now available through the Open Space Institutes around the world. Inspired by his Open Space work with Israelis and Palestineans, Harrison reflects: Peace is infinitely more than the cessation of hostilities. And Peacemaking neither starts nor ends at the negotiating table, for the objective is not just a set of treaty terms acceptable to all parties, but rather the renewal of meaningful and productive life for the planet, nations, organizations, and each one of us. The search for peace is critical and universal, and there are approaches available to assist our search and they work. It is called, The Practice of Peace. All proceeds from the sale of this book will go to support the use and practice of Open Space around the world. Harrison has waived all rights to royalties, and others have donated their services. Only direct costs for printing and distribution will be taken from the proceeds. DISCOUNTS are available for large quantity orders or in the case of special needs. If you need this book, and money is a problem, please let us know. To Order in the USA To order using a credit card (through the U.S.), you can purchase online at https://johnaeverett.com/osiproducts/orderform.html. You may also use a credit card by contacting Shannon Lee Alexander-Everett at mailto:sa...@openspaceworld.org or 360-441-1218. To buy by check in different places in the world, contact: Australia / Brian Bainbridge mailto:bria...@mira.net (AU$20, includes shipping and handling) Austria / Eric Kolenaty mailto:e.kolen...@transformation.at Canada / Raymonde Lemire mailto:raymondelem...@videotron.ca ($25CDN, $8CDN shipping) Order form available from the Open Space Institute of Canada at http://www.openspacecanada.org/books.htm Denmark, Netherlands / Gerard Muller mailto:g...@openspace.dk Germany / Michael M Pannwitz mailto:mmpa...@snafu.de Haiti / John Engle mailto:englej...@hotmail.com (250 Haitian gourdes, shipping 50 Haitian gourdes) Israel / Tova Averbuch mailto:averb...@post.tau.ac.il Sweden / Thomas Herrmann mailto:tho...@openspaceconsulting.com Taiwan / Gail West mailto:icat...@ms69.hinet.net United States / Peggy Holman or Shannon Lee Alexander-Everett mailto:sa...@openspaceworld.org ($20USD, plus $7.85 shipping) To see more of the book, visit http://www.openspaceworld.com/intro%20to%20pop.htm. Harrison Owen 7808 River Falls Drive Potomac, MD 20854 USA phone 301-365-2093 Open Space Training www.openspaceworld.com Open Space Institute www.openspaceworld.org Personal website http://mywebpages.comcast.net/hhowen/index.htm osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives of osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu Visit: http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html * * ========================================================== osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu ------------------------------ To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives of osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu, Visit: http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html