ON BEING PROJECT
1619 HENNEPIN AVENUE SOUTH, MINNEAPOLIS, MN 55403 www.onbeing.org

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Organizations Filed Purposes: THE MISSION OF THE ON BEING PROJECT IS TO PURSUE DEEP THINKING AND MORAL IMAGINATION, SOCIAL COURAGE AND JOY, TO RENEW INNER LIFE, OUTER LIFE, AND LIFE TOGETHER. THROUGH CONTENT, EXPERIENCES, AND PRACTICAL TOOLS, WE TEND THE HUMAN CHANGE THAT MAKES SOCIAL TRANSFORMATION POSSIBLE. WE PRODUCE THE ACCLAIMED GLOBAL PODCAST AND U.S. PUBLIC RADIO SHOW "ON BEING WITH KRISTA TIPPETT AND A GROWING PORTFOLIO OF AUDIO AND DIGITAL CONTENT THAT ENGAGES AND NOURISHES THE GENERATIVE NARRATIVE OF OUR TIME. WE MENTOR AND ACCOMPANY INDIVIDUALS AND COMMUNITIES IN THE WORK OF CIVIL CONVERSATIONS AND SOCIAL HEALING TO INSPIRE AND TO AMPLIFY THE ADVENTUROUS CIVILITY, GENEROUS LISTENING, AND HOSPITALITY ARISING IN A TENDER, TUMULTUOUS GLOBAL MOMENT. THROUGH GATHERINGS LARGE AND SMALL, WE BRING PEOPLE TOGETHER TO INCUBATE NEW FORMS OF NAVIGATING DIFFERENCE AND SHARED LIFE. WE ENVISION A WORLD THAT IS MORE FLUENT IN ITS OWN HUMANITY - AND THUS ABLE TO RISE TO THE GREAT CHALLENGES AND PROMISE OF THIS CENTURY.

ON BEING PROJECT IS AN INDEPENDENT NONPROFIT MEDIA AND PUBLIC LIFE INITIATIVE.

ON BEING PROJECT CONTENT: THE ON BEING PROJECT HOLDS A DISTINCT PLACE IN THE MEDIA LANDSCAPE. OUR AWARD-WINNING CONTENT IS UNIQUE IN ITS APPROACH, DEPTH, AND PRODUCTION VALUE. OUR FLAGSHIP WEEKLY PROGRAM, "ON BEING WITH KRISTA TIPPETT," EXPLORES HOW THE ANCIENT, ANIMATING QUESTIONS OF MEANING ARE BEING REFRAMED IN 21ST CENTURY LIVES AND ENDEAVORS: WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO BE HUMAN, HOW DO WE WANT TO LIVE, AND WHO WILL WE BE TO EACH OTHER? "ON BEING" HAS BEEN PLAYED/DOWNLOADED OVER 250 MILLION TIMES, AND AIRS ON OVER 400 PUBLIC RADIO STATIONS AROUND THE U.S. IT IS USED IN A VARIETY OF SETTINGS FOR PERSONAL REFLECTION AND DISCERMENT, FOR TEACHING, FOR COMMUNAL NOURISHMENT AND CONVERSATION, AND FOR SOCIAL CONNECTION AND REPAIR. IN 2020, WE EXPANDED OUR PODCAST PORTFOLIO TO INCLUDE "POETRY UNBOUND", A NEW LISTENING RITUAL FOR IMMERSING IN THE UNIQUE WAYS POETRY GIVES VOICE TO THE DEPTHS OF OUR HUMANITY. WE ALSO OFFERED SPECIAL CONTENT, INCLUDING DIGITAL "CARE PACKAGES", TO PROVIDE NOURISHMENT AND PERSPECTIVE TO OUR AUDIENCES IN THIS YEAR OF GLOBAL PANDEMIC AND RACIAL RECKONING. THE ON BEING AUDIENCE CROSSES BOUNDARIES OF RACE, CLASS, GEOGRAPHY, AND GENERATION THAT HAVE BECOME CALCIFIED IN THE CULTURE AT LARGE. AUDIENCE RESEARCH AND TESTIMONIALS DOCUMENT AN EXTRAORDINARY DEPTH OF ENGAGEMENT IN THE WAY PEOPLE TAKE OUR CONTENT INTO THEIR LIVES AND COMMUNITIES. THE COUNTER-CULTURAL RANGE OF OUR AUDIENCE CONTINUES TO INSPIRE US, AND WE'RE DELIGHTED BY THE WIDE ARRAY OF PEOPLE AND PLACES CITING, RECOMMENDING, AND FEATURING OUR WORK. CIVIL CONVERSATIONS AND SOCIAL HEALING: OUR CIVIL CONVERSATIONS AND SOCIAL HEALING WORK IS THE AREA OF OUR SERVICE MOST CONCERNED WITH THE THIRD ANIMATING QUESTION THAT GUIDES OUR WORK: "WHO WILL WE BE TO ONE ANOTHER?" IT REPRESENTS THE ON BEING PROJECT'S PRESENCE IN THE WORLD AS IT INSPIRES, CALLS FORTH, AND CULTIVATES THE GENERATIVE VALUES THAT CONTRIBUTE TO SOCIAL HEALING. WE ACCOMPANY INDIVIDUALS, ORGANIZATIONS, AND COMMUNITIES AS THEY SEEK TO ENGAGE THE PRESSING MORAL AND ETHICAL ISSUES OF OUR TIME IN THE CONTEXT OF COMMUNITY AND RELATIONSHIP. IN 2020, WE INVESTED IN EXPANDING THIS TEAM TO MORE NIMBLY AND DEEPLY ENGAGE A WIDE ARRAY OF PARTNERS AND RAPIDLY GROWING INQUIRIES FROM INDIVIDUALS AND GROUPS SEEKING OUR RESOURCES, MENTORSHIP, AND ACCOMPANIMENT, AND TO INCUBATE MODELS OF SOCIAL HEALING AND REPAIR ACROSS THE COUNTRY.

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