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Dear John,

Thank you to all those who joined us for the Local Peace Economy meeting on Wednesday night!

We are grateful to have had the time to reground in what the local peace economy is all about and why we do this work in this moment of polycrisis. We especially loved hearing about what gifts you can offer to your community—the gifts that the war economy tries to hide and devalue. As you move through the next two weeks, continue to return to the reflection questions from last night:

What are three resources you have that are NOT money?

Choose one of the three resources. What is the quality of the flow of that resource? What’s the energy around the possibility of sharing that resource? (e.g., Is it blocked? Is there a feeling of stinginess, protection, or hesitance? Is it free flowing? etc.)

Does the flow of that resource, as it is right now, currently serve the future you want to create and live in? If not, what needs to shift for you to be able to offer that resource in a way that better aligns with that future?

As you return to these questions over time, what does your life reveal to you about how you already bring your gifts to community or how you can bring your gifts to community in new ways?

If you want to revisit the content from the meeting, or if you weren’t able to join us, you canwatch the recording <[link removed]>of this week's call.

If you want to deepen your reflection about your gifts and resources, you can find additional prompts beginning on page 117 of The Local Peace Economy Workbook <[link removed]>.

We'd love to hear what you're learning before our next call! You can share about your experience with our local peace economy listserv <[link removed]>. 

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Our next meeting will be Wednesday, <[link removed]> October 23th at 5:00pm PT/8:00pm ET. We're excited to welcome a special guest who has dedicated decades of her life to cultivating the peace economy. We hope to see you there!

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If you want to deepen into your peace economy learning with others beyond our bi-weekly calls, we recommend an upcoming offering from our friend Alixa García:A Course on the Imaginal: Cultivating the Visionary Self. <[link removed]> Explore your relationship with grief, creativity, and the earth as you "awaken the imaginal within" in community with people creating a more beautiful future!

Links and resources shared during the call:

- Local Peace Economy Learning Hour: Co-ops & the Path to Peace <[link removed]>
- Gaza genocide memorial video <[link removed]>
- The Message by Ta-Nehisi Coates <[link removed]>
- Community Care After Hurricane Helene <[link removed]>
- Local Peace Economy Padlet — add yourself and see who is near you! <[link removed]>
- Download The Local Peace Economy Workbook (free digital version) <[link removed]>
- Purchase The Local Peace Economy Workbook (physical copy) <[link removed]>
- The peace economy website <[link removed]>
- Tools for the Journey webinar (website introduction) <[link removed]>

Other supportive resources:

- Video introduction to the workbook <[link removed]>
- Local Peace Economy Wiki <[link removed]>
- CODEPINK Radio Ep. 242: The Local Peace Economy <[link removed]>
- CODEPINK Radio Ep. 256: What is the root of peace? <[link removed]>

If you have an idea for a local peace economy project and would like specific support bringing it to life, reach out to Emily at [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> to set up a time to talk!

We look forward to seeing you onOctober 23rd <[link removed]>!

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With care,

Jodie and Emily

P.S. Jodie is sharing The Local Peace Economy Workbook and the peace economy website on a book tour! If you'd like to invite Jodie to your community for a book tour event, please email Emily at [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>.

Making Peace
by Denise Levertov

A voice from the dark called out,
           ‘The poets must give us
imagination of peace, to oust the intense, familiar
imagination of disaster. Peace, not only
the absence of war.’

                        But peace, like a poem,
is not there ahead of itself,
can’t be imagined before it is made,
can’t be known except
in the words of its making,
grammar of justice,
syntax of mutual aid.

                                   A feeling towards it,
dimly sensing a rhythm, is all we have
until we begin to utter its metaphors,
learning them as we speak.

                                 A line of peace might appear
if we restructured the sentence our lives are making,
revoked its reaffirmation of profit and power,
questioned our needs, allowed
long pauses . . .

                  A cadence of peace might balance its weight
on that different fulcrum; peace, a presence,
an energy field more intense than war,
might pulse then,
stanza by stanza into the world,
each act of living
one of its words, each word
a vibration of light—facets
of the forming crystal.









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