Family Activism. Empowering Your Community, Beginning with Family and Friends

Roberto Vargas

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Berrett-Koehler
01 January 2018

Sociology: family & relationships; Welfare & benefit systems

We live in a world that needs radical transformation if our children and grandchildren are to live healthy, peace-filled lives. But where to start? Activist Roberto Vargas says the answer lies surprisingly close- at home, with our family and friends. We can apply the practice of family activism to foster what he calls familia-warm, loving connections with our relatives and with those we choose to call family-and develop the skills and attitudes we need to tackle broader problems in our community, our nation, and the world. In Family Activism, Vargas draws from his own life to show how to apply tools such as copowering communication, family councils, and unity circles to create family and community cultures that empower all of us to become more committed and skillful agents of positive change.

By: Roberto Vargas
Imprint: Berrett-Koehler
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 154mm, Spine: 19mm
Weight: 385g
ISBN: 9781576754801
ISBN 10: 1576754804
Pages: 272
Publication Date: 01 January 2018
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Introduction Part I: The Family Perspective 1. Make Family Your Cause Family Activism Changes Lives (The Backyard Ceremony) Discovering the Obvious Sometimes Takes Time What is Most Important to Us? Activists are People Who Care 2. Make Transformation Your Vision Vision Inspires Energy for Change (Our New House) Healthy Families and a Society that Works for All Have You Heard of the Great Turning? Transformation Begins with Your Family The Five Family Principles 3. The Familia Approach – You Can Do This! Family is Being for All Your Loved Ones It’s All About Teaching Love Developing Your Family Power is Essential Living the Family Approach (Moving In with Mom) Our Strategy is the Familia Approach Part II: Tools for Family Power 4. The Family Council: A Story of Transformation and Action Organizing Our First Council The Family Retreat Developing Our Family Vision Using Council to Become More Familia 5. Preparation & Grounding: Get Your Act Together! Connect with Spirit Know You are Porvida Discover and Evolve Your Purpose Living Your Purpose Your Personal Success Path 6. Create Family Connection The Unity Principle Doing Conocimiento Facilitating Group Connection Creative Connecting 7. Co-Powering to Battle Negativity Our Worst Enemy: EL NO Transform EL NO Principles for Co-Powering Communication Patience and Perseverance 8. Love the Children: Communicate Start Communication Early Make Communication Meaningful Be the Uncle or Aunt to the Many (The Godchildren Retreat) It Is Never Too Late 9. Communicate & Teach The Four Big Reasons to Communicate To Connect To Convey Love Communication and Teaching Bring Home the Story Tellers 10. Be the Facilitator to Ensure Quality Family Time Make Meetings Happen! Convening with the Talking Stick The Family Council (Meeting to Support Dad) Wisdom for Great Councils 11. Unity Circles: Every Gathering Can Inspire Serve as the Circle Maker (Mario’s 30th Birthday) The Traditional Unity Circle Design Principles to Guide the Circle Maker Honoring the Dead (Maria’s Memorial Service) 12. Powerful Family Gatherings The Family Improvement Plan (John’s Family Meeting) Creating Family (The Ceremony to Recognize Godparents) Unity Circles Creates Miracles (Ceremony for the Young Men) Part III: Community Action 13. Mobilizing Your Family and Community From Friends to Being an Activist Family (The Parents Association) Transforming an Institution (The Oakland Museum of California) Mobilizing for Peace (The Oakland Family Network) A Retreat Center for Activists & 2000 New Voters (The Dana Street Family Network)

Roberto Vargas, principal consultant for New World Associates, is an educator, planning consultant, and ceremony leader. Nationally recognized for his skills in meeting facilitation and leadership development, Roberto has more than twenty-five years of experience providing consultations on community problem-solving, multicultural team-building, and strategic planning throughout the United States, Canada, Mexico, and Sweden. His focus is assisting proactive organizations to become their best, and his clients have included colleges, corporations, public institutions, Native American reservations, and more than 150 agencies and organizations dedicated to community service.

Reviews for Family Activism. Empowering Your Community, Beginning with Family and Friends

"“Roberto Vargas reminds us that the qualities that we most want to see in the world begin very close to home. By sharing parts of his personal journey Roberto Vargas provides us with important facilitation tools and insights that we can all use to create more caring, compassionate, and engaged families and communities.” —Danny Glover, activist and actor “I know from experience that Roberto Vargas’s is a wise and compassionate leader. His path of family engagement will save lives and help families to know true ‘family values,’ which start with love and support at home and spread to community involvement and social change.” —Don Hazen, Executive Editor, AlterNet ”Family Activism deepens our understanding of practices to inspire and support those closest to us to be better agents of love and change. The communication, ceremony, and facilitation tools that Roberto Vargas shares can make us all more loving family members and better activists and leaders within any of our organizations and communities."" —Akaya Windwood, President and CEO, Rockwood Leadership Program"