<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xmlns:v="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office"><head><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml><o:OfficeDocumentSettings><o:AllowPNG/><o:PixelsPerInch>96</o:PixelsPerInch></o:OfficeDocumentSettings></xml><![endif]--></head><body><div class="ydp878f1a41yahoo-style-wrap" style="font-size: 16px; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false" style=""><span style="font-size: medium; text-align: center; white-space: pre-line;"><i style="">Can you help me answer this question?</i></span><br></div></div><div id="ydpf959b315yahoo_quoted_4177205363" class="ydpf959b315yahoo_quoted"><div style="color: rgb(38, 40, 42);"><div><div id="ydpf959b315yiv2824918589"><div class="ydpf959b315yiv2824918589ydp15083cedyahoo-style-wrap" dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr" style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><span><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:proxima-nova;font-size:medium;text-align:center;white-space:pre-line;"><br></span></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:proxima-nova;text-align:center;white-space:pre-line;"><font size="5" style="background-color:inherit;">What will it take to release large amounts of sustained human energy towards significant social (economic, political and cultural) change over the rest of this century?</font></span><br></div><div style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><br></div><div style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" dir="ltr">This question first came up for me in May of 2020. I was sharing some of the <a href="https://icaglobalarchives.org/collections/analyzing-social-dynamics/" class="ydpf959b315yiv2824918589enhancr_card_4181472655" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">historical work of ICA</a> related to social change in the last century.</div><div style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><br></div><div id="ydpf959b315yiv2824918589ydpa54f70a5enhancr_card_4181472655" class="ydpf959b315yiv2824918589ydpa54f70a5yahoo-link-enhancr-card ydpf959b315yiv2824918589ydpa54f70a5ymail-preserve-class ydpf959b315yiv2824918589ydpa54f70a5ymail-preserve-style" style="font-family: YahooSans, Helvetica Neue, Segoe UI, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; max-width: 288px; display: inline-block;" data-url="https://icaglobalarchives.org/collections/analyzing-social-dynamics/" data-type="YENHANCER" data-size="MINI"><a href="https://icaglobalarchives.org/collections/analyzing-social-dynamics/" style="text-decoration:none !important;color:#000 !important;" class="ydpf959b315yiv2824918589ydpa54f70a5yahoo-enhancr-cardlink" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><table border="0" class="ydpf959b315yiv2824918589ydpa54f70a5card ydpf959b315yiv2824918589ydpa54f70a5yahoo-ignore-table" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="288" height="80" style="border-width:1px;border-style:solid;border-color:rgb(224, 228, 233);width:288px;background-color:#fff;border-radius:2px;"><tbody><tr><td width="80px" style="width:80px;background-color:#000;border-radius:2px 0 0 2px;border-right:1px solid rgb(224, 228, 233);"><img src="https://s.yimg.com/lo/api/res/1.2/P8WNkWqIt7CMamg6ppTgtg--~A/Zmk9ZmlsbDt3PTgwO2g9ODA7YXBwaWQ9aWV4dHJhY3Q-/https://icaglobalarchives.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/2020/05/IMG_0248.jpg.cf.jpg" width="80" height="80" style="width:80px;vertical-align:middle;border-radius:2px 0 0 2px;" class="ydpf959b315yiv2824918589" data-inlineimagemanipulating="true"></td><td width="10px" style="width:10px;"></td><td><h2 class="ydpf959b315yiv2824918589ydpa54f70a5card-title" style="font-size:14px;line-height:16px;color:rgb(38, 40, 42);font-family:YahooSans, Helvetica Neue, Segoe UI, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;margin:4px 0px;max-width:186px;text-decoration:none !important;">Social Change – ICA Social Research Center</h2></td></tr></tbody></table></a></div><div style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><br></div><div style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><br></div><div style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">I found myself thinking: These days, there is a whole "industry" of social change -- movements, counter movements, initiatives, approaches, studies, projections, global and local -- and a flowing stream of media, websites, articles and books on change and transformation and lessons learned.</div><div style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" dir="ltr">At the same time, we seem caught up in a kind of "trench warfare" -- heroic efforts, small gains, dire/hopeful and hopeful/dire reports and predictions in the midst of what often seems to be slow progress.</div><div style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><font size="3" face="verdana, helvetica, sans-serif">Hence the question <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-align: center; white-space: pre-line;"><b>What will it take to release large amounts of sustained human energy towards significant social (economic, political and cultural) change over the rest of this century?</b> </span>and its follow up, "What are the implications?" (we'll get to this afterwards)</font></div><div style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" dir="ltr"><br></div><div style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">This question came up for me again, in May of this year, studying CHOOSING EARTH with a number of you. The author talks about a coming "Great Transition" as we move through the multiple challenges we face using the term "lift" to describe what is needed. Hence (again) the question: <span><b style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium; text-align: center; white-space: pre-line;">What will it take . . .</b></span> </div><div style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">There are several ways you can participate. </div><div style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" dir="ltr">1. First, of course, and simplest, is make your own list of answers and share them. Brainstorm 15-18 answers to the question on a piece of paper or on a note in your favorite device. I am most interested in your intuitions, based on your life experience, of what it will take. Pick the 8-10 from the list that you think are your best answers and send them to me in an email or <a href="https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/F8YQCMM" class="ydp1d87bdb2enhancr_card_4102544268" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">use this link</a> to share your answers.</div><div style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><br></div><div style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><br></div><div style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" dir="ltr">2. Join with others in one of two 90 minute Zoom sessions next week using a simplified ToP workshop process to work together at answering the question. Email me to reserve your spot<div><span id="ydpf959b315yiv2824918589ydpdac48bfadocs-internal-guid-c750cc43-7fff-3316-2423-2edc6ad483c6"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-left:35.45pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Liberation Serif;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Monday, October 18, 6 pm San Francisco time; </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-left:35.45pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Liberation Serif;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Thursday, October 21, 6 pm San Francisco time</span></p></span></div></div><div style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><br></div><div style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" dir="ltr">3. If these times don't work for you, make a suggestion and we'll try to set some additional times later in the month that would work. We hope to come back around in November with a report and to work on the second question of implications.</div><div style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" dir="ltr"><br></div><div style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" dir="ltr">4. Jan Sanders and Lauren Brika Liga are working with me on this, coordinating, getting the word out, figuring out steps, participation diversity and inclusion, tech production and facilitation. We could use some help. Again let us know.</div><div style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" dir="ltr"> </div><div style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" dir="ltr">This is a pilot initiative toward the creation of a Global Research Network. See here for a <a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1STyzWX-oGOaZoOY3NRO3iB0FskS1Ilq4aEwUXCXmDo8/edit?usp=sharing" class="ydpf959b315yiv2824918589enhancr_card_4896041277" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">1 page summary</a></div><div style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><br></div><div id="ydpf959b315yiv2824918589ydp8dd231acenhancr_card_4896041277" class="ydpf959b315yiv2824918589ydp8dd231acyahoo-link-enhancr-card ydpf959b315yiv2824918589ydp8dd231acymail-preserve-class ydpf959b315yiv2824918589ydp8dd231acymail-preserve-style" style="font-family: YahooSans, Helvetica Neue, Segoe UI, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; max-width: 288px; display: inline-block;" data-url="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1STyzWX-oGOaZoOY3NRO3iB0FskS1Ilq4aEwUXCXmDo8/edit?usp=sharing" data-type="YENHANCER" data-size="MINI"><a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1STyzWX-oGOaZoOY3NRO3iB0FskS1Ilq4aEwUXCXmDo8/edit?usp=sharing" style="text-decoration:none !important;color:#000 !important;" class="ydpf959b315yiv2824918589ydp8dd231acyahoo-enhancr-cardlink" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><table border="0" class="ydpf959b315yiv2824918589ydp8dd231accard ydpf959b315yiv2824918589ydp8dd231acyahoo-ignore-table" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="288" height="80" style="border-width:1px;border-style:solid;border-color:rgb(224, 228, 233);width:288px;background-color:#fff;border-radius:2px;"><tbody><tr><td width="80px" style="width:80px;background-color:#000;border-radius:2px 0 0 2px;border-right:1px solid rgb(224, 228, 233);"><img src="https://s.yimg.com/lo/api/res/1.2/PoYd2qZEyMeiYZXdLTbPKA--~A/Zmk9ZmlsbDt3PTgwO2g9ODA7YXBwaWQ9aWV4dHJhY3Q-/https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/wgYRko5bcL1jp1v-yTeh42M4jLiEVtsDDGozUlXdzdcinhzPD0gdrKnPBhVpeUq5R7dKjwFtSaoZuw=w1200-h630-p.cf.jpg" width="80" height="80" style="width:80px;vertical-align:middle;border-radius:2px 0 0 2px;" class="ydpf959b315yiv2824918589" data-inlineimagemanipulating="true"></td><td width="10px" style="width:10px;"></td><td><img class="ydpf959b315yiv2824918589ydp8dd231accard-object" src="https://s.yimg.com/lb/brands/80x80_google.png" width="24" height="24" data-inlineimagemanipulating="true"><h2 class="ydpf959b315yiv2824918589ydp8dd231accard-title" style="font-size:14px;line-height:16px;color:rgb(38, 40, 42);font-family:YahooSans, Helvetica Neue, Segoe UI, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;margin:4px 0px;max-width:186px;text-decoration:none !important;">The Global Action Research Network of t...</h2></td></tr></tbody></table></a></div><div style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><br></div><div style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><br></div><div style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" dir="ltr">For some additional background on this, <a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ANfpedq_FBmTATumfWHsZIhY2NeZIkmX/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=107096840983719440902&rtpof=true&sd=true" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">click here</a>.</div><div style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><br></div><div class="ydpf959b315yiv2824918589ydp15083cedsignature" style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><div style="font-family:Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:16px;"><a href="http://partnersinparticipation.com/?page_id=123" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Jim Wiegel</a> <br><p class="ydpf959b315yiv2824918589ydpa512fec3MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;" dir="ltr"> </p><div> <span><p class="ydpf959b315yiv2824918589ydp209e23c4MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;"><span>The
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