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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial> Terry <EM>et al:</EM></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial> The "Trans-establishment." That
is a word I haven't used in some time, and it is a word that reawakened me to
living the authentic life. It did the first time I heard it (Global Academy?),
and subsequently, every time I used it to illuminate the hope-less-ness
of both the "Establishment" and the Dis-Establishment;" never sell
your soul to either one. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial> The uniqueness is that I
can sit here 50 years post-academy and remember its usefulness. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial> Yes, the<EM> Journey to the East
</EM>continues; while wandering, I meet the damdest array of people who
exist in community.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial> "I once was lost but now am
found."</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial> </FONT><FONT size=2 face=Arial> Inner
peace, </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial> Bill </FONT></DIV>
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<A title=oe@lists.wedgeblade.net href="mailto:oe@lists.wedgeblade.net">Terry
Bergdall via OE</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=oe@lists.wedgeblade.net
href="mailto:oe@lists.wedgeblade.net">Order Ecumenical Community</A> ; <A
title=dialogue@lists.wedgeblade.net
href="mailto:dialogue@lists.wedgeblade.net">Colleague Dialogue</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Friday, July 31, 2015 3:18 PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Oe List ...] Is your
regular life on the right side of social justice or just your little "side
project"</DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Steve, </SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; FONT-SIZE: 12pt"></SPAN> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Your
question prompted by the Anand Giridhara video has reached me as I am reading
a much stronger exploration of the same theme, especially for nonprofit
organizations. It is a book recommended to me by Seva Gandhi, "The Revolution
Will Not Be Funded: Beyond the Non-Profit Industrial
Complex." </SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; FONT-SIZE: 12pt"></SPAN> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">I
find these questions particularly pertinent in the aftermath of having just
written an orientation handbook about the legacy and values of ICA. On the
surface, it highlights concerns that ICA has long expressed in its image of
the "trans-establishement." That clarity, however, gives no one a free pass.
Both the video and the book raise questions that can only be answered in a
confessional examination of one's actions and commitments -- individually and
institutionally. I appreciate your reminder about this.</SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; FONT-SIZE: 12pt"></SPAN> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Terry</SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; COLOR: #14a0c2; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">On Fri, Jul
31, 2015 at 12:53 PM, steve har via OE <<A
href="mailto:oe@lists.wedgeblade.net"><SPAN
style="COLOR: #386eff">oe@lists.wedgeblade.net</SPAN></A>> wrote:
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<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; COLOR: #14a0c2; FONT-SIZE: 12pt"></SPAN> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="COLOR: #1a1a1a; FONT-SIZE: 13pt">Is your
regular life on the right side of social justice or just your little "side
project"</SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; COLOR: #14a0c2; FONT-SIZE: 12pt"></SPAN> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; COLOR: #14a0c2; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Anand
Giridharadas: The Thriving World, The Wilting World, & You</SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; COLOR: #14a0c2; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">At the Aspen
Institute</SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; COLOR: #14a0c2; FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><A
href="https://youtu.be/IP7HajXJD3s"><SPAN
style="COLOR: #386eff">https://youtu.be/IP7HajXJD3s</SPAN></A></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; COLOR: #14a0c2; FONT-SIZE: 12pt"></SPAN> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; COLOR: #14a0c2; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">note the
reference in the talk to Ursula LaGuin's short philosophical</SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; COLOR: #14a0c2; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">fiction "The
Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas" was on the Institute</SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; COLOR: #14a0c2; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">shared reading
list at the conference.</SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; COLOR: #14a0c2; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">See: tps://<A
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Ones_Who_Walk_Away_from_Omelas"><SPAN
style="COLOR: #386eff">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Ones_Who_Walk_Away_from_Omelas</SPAN></A></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; COLOR: #757575; FONT-SIZE: 12pt"></SPAN> </P></DIV>
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