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Tools of Change - Outils de changement

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Who They Are

Tools for Change has been providing consulting,
training, mediation and facilitation services nationwide for over 15
years. Founder Margo Adair formed Tools
for Change to promote the integration of spiritual and
political perspectives to promote personal, spiritual and political
transformation to help bring about a just society. She and other
associates around the country,  have  forged multi-cultural
and multigenerational alliances in many different settings.

Principle Associate William (Bill) Aal has worked in social justice
and ennvironmental issues for 30 years. In addition to working with
Adair on the integration of the spiritual and political, he works with
groups and organzations on opening the imagination to change, looking
at issues of economic and social justice with creative and analytical
tools.

Adair, Aal and other Tools for Change associates are diverse in our skills,
class, race, ethnic backgrounds, sexual orientation and physical
ability.  Each of us have a long history in social change work,
fighting the radical right, queer organizing, anti-racism work, the
environmental and anti-nuclear movements, women’s health
issues.

Tools for Change helps
organizations  and individuals to develop and implement
innovative policies and practices that advance cooperation,
creativity, trust, democracy and accountability. Our associates have
extensive experience in personal and community empowerment,
communication skills, diversity issues, leadership development,
mediation and facilitation.

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Applied Meditations

Includes applied meditations available only on the web and meditations excerpted from Tools for Change books.

Creating Shared Intent for Perilous Times
Useful for any highly charged situation, designed for demonstrations. Excerpted from the book Meditations for Everything Under the Sun   Download PDF

Principles of Applied Mediation
Excerpted from the book Meditations for Everything Under the Sun.   Download PDF

Visioning Future Time
Only available online    Download PDF

Faith in The Future
Excerpted from the book Working Inside Out. This meditation can be found on tape number seventeen.   Download PDF

 

Exercises for organizational transformation

Handouts and exercises to help develop your organization.

The Playing Field
A physical exercise where participants step forward or step back as they answer a list of questions.    Download PDF

Helpful Approaches to Conflict
Conflict
is a natural and inevitable part of life, not a reflection of something
gone ‘wrong’. This handout discusses healthy ways to approach conflict.  Download PDF

The Dynamics of Tokenism
Creating a Multicultural Setting   Download PDF

Creating an Atmosphere Where Everyone Participates
Organizations
striving to create democratic relations usually function with the
notion that everyone can and should participate equally. Yet patterns
of social interaction form currents below the surface, directing how we
view ourselves and each other.
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Concepts for Creating Justice
Looking at Power Relationally   Download PDF

Shining the Light on White
Excerpted from the workshop Challenging White Supremacy: A Workshop for Activists and Organizers    Download PDF

Patterns of Power
Common Behavioral Patterns that Perpetuate Relations of Domination  Download PDF

Conflict Resolution
Problem Solving, Conflict Resolution, and Constructive Feedback  Download PDF

Consensus Decision Making  Download PDF

To Equalize Power Among Us
Despite
our best intention we find, more often then not, that we duplicate the
patterns of power we find so abhorrent in dominating culture. This
pamphlet has some helpful guidelines to help us equalize relations.
Excerpted from the pamphlet Breaking Old Patterns Weaving New Ties.    Download PDF

 

Articles for Justice

The Intersection of Racism, Classism & Gender Oppression In Addressing Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault    View HTML

Overcome Liberalism    Download PDF

 

Pamphlets

To Equalize Power Among Us
Despite
our best intention we find, more often then not, that we duplicate the
patterns of power we find so abhorrent in dominating culture. This
pamphlet has some helpful guidelines to help us equalize relations.
Excerpted from the pamphlet Breaking Old Patterns Weaving New Ties.
Download PDF

 

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