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

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)