HR!Day331 - Transforming Grief into Love / Education for Change
- --- Humanity Rising Day 331 - Monday Octobeer 1, 2021 (GoTo Bottom)
How do you get back up when your whole life is shattered by the loss of a loved one and your heart is tragically broken into pieces? How do you move from trauma to growth, transforming such painful, devastating energy into inner peace and loving service, to help make our world a better place, especially in these challenging times? In this interview we honour and take counsel from two individuals who have done exactly that. Azim Khamisa and Scarlett Lewis, both transformed grief into a truly hopeful and inspiring movement that is creating ongoing, positive social change in our world today.
Presenters
- Scarlett Lewis founded the non-profit Jesse Lewis Choose Love Movement in honor of her son, who was murdered during the Sandy Hook Elementary School tragedy in December 2012. Shortly after his death, Scarlett decided to be part of the solution to the issues that we're seeing in our society -- that also caused the tragedy -- and turned it into an opportunity to build a culture of love, resilience, forgiveness, and connection in our communities at a time when it is needed the most. Scarlett became an advocate for social and emotional learning (SEL) and character development that teaches children how to manage their emotions, feel connected, and have healthy, meaningful relationships. She created the Choose Love Formula schools program- a no cost, comprehensive, lifespan, next generation character and social emotional development (CSED) program that teaches children and adults how to thoughtfully respond with love in any situation by using the Choose Love Formula (Courage + Gratitude + Forgiveness + Compassion-in-Action), and teaches children how to handle adversity, have courageous conversations, and to respond with love. Choose Love extends beyond the classroom through additional no-cost programs, including Choose Love at Home, Choose Love for Communities, Champions Choose Love for athletic leadership, and multiple extension programs. Through its sister company, Choose High Performance, the Choose Love Formula now available in the workplace to help teams thrive. The Choose Love programs have been accessed in all 50 states and in more than 100 countries, reaching more than 1.9 million children.
- Azim Khamisa founded the Tariq Khamisa Foundation (TKF.org) following the murder of his son in 1995, which started a subsequent forgiveness movement that has reached millions globally. He has received numerous local, national and international awards. With a strong passion to share his message with the youth and to inspire nonviolent leaders become proactive as peacebuilders, Azim is an emissary of peace and an international inspirational speaker with over 600 keynotes and over 1,000 student presentations. He is the author of five books: Award-winning From Murder to Forgiveness, From Forgiveness to Fulfillment, From Fulfillment to Peace, The Secrets of the Bulletproof Spirit - How to bounce back from life’s hardest hits and Leadership for the Greater Good. Azim serves on the Board in the capacity of Vice Chair for the Institute of Noetic Science (www.noetic.org). IONS was founded 46 years ago by Edgar Mitchell who was the 6th man to walk on the moon and is a leading global institution on researching consciousness. Azim has been featured countless times in local, national and international media. In November 2018, Azim spoke for the TEDWomen conference that has been viewed by over 1 million viewers: go.TED.com/azimandples.
- Nadia Mejjati lives in France where she writes, translates and edits as well as hosting science workshops for children and growing a permaculture garden. She has long been involved in the environmental movement with organisations such as the Transition Network and 350.org, with the intention of participating in the acceleration of human evolution towards a more caring, sustainable and peaceful world.
Recommended Readings/Links
- Lewis, S (2014). Nurturing Healing Love: A Mother's Journey of Hope & Forgiveness. (1st ed.). USA: Hay House, Inc.
- Lewis, S (2009). Rose's Foal. USA: Independently published (available on Amazon and http://Chooselovemovement.org
- Khamisa, A (1998). From Murder to Forgiveness . (3rd ed.). USA: Waterside Press.
- Khamisa, A (2007). From Forgiveness to Fulfillment. USA: ANK Publishing, Self Published.
- Khamisa, A (2009). Secrets of the Bulletproof Spirit. (2nd ed.). USA: Waterside Press.
- Khamisa, A (2014). From Fulfillment to Peace. (Ist ed.). USA: ANK Publishing.
- Khamisa, A (2020). Leadership for the Greater Good . (Ist ed.). USA: Waterside Press. ::https://www.tkf.org/:: www.azimkhamisa.com
Convener:
- Jim Garrison, President, Ubiquity University
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