NEW STORIES
924 EAST NINTH AVENUE, SPOKANE, WA 99202 www.newstories.org

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Organizations Filed Purposes: NEW STORIES HELPS INDIVIDUALS, ORGANIZATIONS, AND COMMUNITIES SHED OLD WAYS OF DOING AND THINKING AND STEP INTO THE NEW STORIES OF THEIR LIVES. OUR PURPOSE IS TO UTILIZE AND EXPAND THE FIELD OF STORY AS A PRIMARY TOOL FOR SOCIAL INNOVATION BY GATHERING, CO-EVOLVING, AND DISSEMINATING NEW IMAGES AND PRACTICES THAT INSPIRE, ENCOURAGE AND GUIDE CREATIVE RESPONSES TO THE UNPRECEDENTED CULTURAL TRANSFORMATION OF OUR TIMES.

EDUCATIONAL - TO PROMOTE IMPROVED UNDERSTANDING OF THE ENVIRONMENT, THE FUTURE, AND COMMUNITY AFFAIRS AS THEY RELATE TO CULTURAL, ECONOMIC AND HUMAN QUALITIES OF LIFE.

NEW STORIES INITIATIVES - NEW STORIES OFFERES SEVERAL PROJECTS UNDER THE INITIATIVES PROGRAM GROUP, THE TWO LARGEST DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: KUFUNDA LEARNING VILLAGE PROGRAM - KUFUNDA VILLAGE IS A LEARNING CENTER IN ZIMBABWE. NEW STORIES HAS BEEN IN RELATIONSHIP WITH KUFUNDA SINCE ITS BIRTH IN 2002 AND WE ARE DELIGHTED TO SHARE AND DEEPEN OUR LEARNING TOGETHER ABOUT BUILDING HEALTHY AND VIBRANT COMMUNITIES. WE BELIEVE THAT CHANGE BEGINS WITH CONSCIOUS AND CONFIDENT PEOPLE, COMING TOGETHER IN CONVERSATION TO EXPLORE WHAT MATTERS MOST TO THEM. THEN HEALTHY ACTION CAN FLOW. CONTINUED ON SCHEDULE O THROUGH THIS JOURNEY KUFUNDA LEARNS ABOUT THE ART AND CHALLENGE OF CREATING A CULTURE OF LEARNING, AND THE PRACTICES OF COMING TOGETHER TO FOSTER INNOVATION AND CREATIVITY IN COMMUNITY. THE GAIAFIELD PROJECT DEVELOPS SUBTLE ACTIVISM PRACTICES, THEORIES, AND PROGRAMS AND WORKS WITH LIKE-MINDED GROUPS TO CO-CREATE LOCAL, NATIONAL, AND GLOBAL NETWORKS OF SUBTLE ACTIVISTS TO SUPPORT A SHIFT TO A PLANETARY CULTURE OF PEACE. SUBTLE ACTIVISM INVOLVES HARNESSING THE POWER OF CONSCIOUSNESS-BASED PRACTICES LIKE MEDITATION AND PRAYER TO SUPPORT COLLECTIVE TRANSFORMATION, AS IN A GLOBALLY SYNCHRONIZED MEDITATION FOR PEACE. WE BELIEVE THAT IN OUR TURBULENT TIMES THERE IS A DEEP NEED FOR FOSTERING GREATER COHERENCE IN THE ENERGETIC FIELDS THAT UNDERLIE COMMUNITIES AT EVERY SCALE. THE GROUP OF 8-10 LEADERS IN THE FIELD EACH BRING SUBSTANTIAL INDEPENDENT EXPERIENCE IN FACILITATING SPIRIT-BASED APPROACHES TO SOCIAL CHANGE. THIS PROJECT HAS HELPED TO DEFINE AND ADVANCE THE FIELD OF SUBTLE ACTIVISM THROUGH CONVENING NUMEROUS COLLABORATIVE PUBLIC SUBTLE ACTIVISM EVENTS AND PROGRAMS, ESTABLISH HEALTHY WORKING RELATIONSHIPS WITH LEADERS IN THE FIELD, AND DEVELOP THE INTELLECTUAL FOUNDATIONS OF SUBTLE ACTIVISM.

NEW STORIES OFFERS PROJECTS UNDER THE PROGRAM GROUP OF PROJECTS, FOUR OF THE LARGEST OF THESE PROGRAMS ARE AS FOLLOWS: THRIVING RESILIENCE COMMUNITIES COLLABORATORY (TRCC) IS A COMMUNITY ACTION NETWORK THAT CONNECTS THE GROWING COMMUNITY RESILIENCE MOVEMENT TO MORE OF ITSELF IN SUPPORT OF LARGE-SCALE SOCIAL TRANSFORMATION TOWARDS A JUST AND THRIVING SOCIETY. TRCC HOSTS DEEP DIALOGUES AND GATHERINGS, SEEDS AND INCUBATES COLLABORATIVE PROJECTS, AND FOSTERS SYNERGY AMONG LEADERS. TRCC HIGHLIGHTS FOR 2014 INCLUDE TWO LEADERSHIP RETREATS AND FOUR COLLABORATIVE MINI-PROJECTS BUILDING RESILIENCE TOOLKITS FOR LOCAL COMMUNITIES. CONTINUED ON SCHEDULE O STORYDOME - THE STORYDOME IS A UNIQUE, STATE-OF-THE ART IMMERSIVE STORY- TELLING PLATFORM USING DIGITAL MEDIA TO CREATE COMPREHENSIVE, AWE-INSPIRING VISUAL STORIES OF ALL SCALES THAT SHIFT CONSCIOUSNESS TOWARD A MORE ECOLOGICAL WORLDVIEW. THE FLAGSHIP PRODUCTION "EARTH PORTAL, A GUIDED JOURNEY THROUGH THE UNIVERSE" PREMIERED FOR SIX MONTHS AT THE SEATTLE CENTER AND AN EIGHT-MONTH NGSS SCIENCE CURRICULUM WAS CREATED FOR ALL SIXTH GRADERS IN THE SOUTH WHIDBEY SCHOOL SYSTEM. THRIVING ISLANDS PROJECT - THE MISSION OF THE THRIVING SALISH SEA PROJECT IS TO SUPPORT AND ACCELERATE THE EMERGING MOVEMENT OF COMMUNITIES LIVING INTO NEW STORIES OF THRIVING AND RESILIENCE IN THE SALISH SEA BASIN. LEARNING JOURNEYS - LEARNING JOURNEYS TAKE PARTICIPANTS TO PLACES WHERE THEY CAN WITNESS THE EXTRAORDINARY WORK THAT ORDINARY PEOPLE ARE DOING TO BUILD THRIVING RESILIENT COMMUNITIES IN THE FACE OF AN UNCERTAIN FUTURE. WITH A GROUP OF 15-20, WE CREATE A INTIMATE LEARNING COMMUNITY, WHERE IT BECOMES POSSIBLE FOR PARTICIPANTS TO LEARN MORE ABOUT WHATS REALLY IMPORTANT TO THEM IN THEIR LIVES RIGHT NOW. LEARNING JOURNEYS ARE INTENDED TO DISRUPT OUR HABITUAL THOUGHTS AND EXPERIENCES BY ENCOUNTERS WITH OTHERS WHO ARE MAKING A DIFFERENCE IN THEIR COMMUNITIES. OUR JAPAN LEARNING JOURNEY IN NOVEMBER, 2014 WAS A HUGE SUCCESS AND WILL BE REPEATED IN 2015 ALONG WITH A JOURNEY TO THE KUFUNDA CENTER, AND THE KUFUNDA LEARNING CAMP IN 2016.

SPECIAL PROJECTS - NEW STORIES ENGAGES IN SEVERAL SPECIAL PROJECTS EACH YEAR. IN 2015 THERE WERE THREE UNDER THIS PROGRAM GROUP: WE ARE SUPPORTING THE WORK OF SFEDERATION WHICH IS REPLICATING THE SUCCESSFUL SOLAR START-UP INCUBATOR MODEL OF SFUNCUBE IN OAKLAND. IN PARTNERSHIP WITH NATURAL INNOVATION THE SFEDERATION EVOLVED AND ADAPTED THIS MODEL TO FIT DIFFERENT LOCAL CONTEXTS AND DEVELOPING MARKETS. THE SFUNCUBE CONTRIBUTED ITS EXTENSIVE EXPERIENCE IN SUPPORTING SOLAR START-UPS IN THE SF BAY-AREA AND NORTH AMERICAN MARKET. NATURAL INNOVATION BROUGHT A SOLID TRACK RECORD OF DEVELOPING INNOVATION LABS AND HUBS IN EUROPE, AFRICA AND NORTH AMERICA. CONTINUED ON SCHEDULE O WE CONTINUE TO SUPPORT PARTICIPATION IN "ART OF HOSTING CONVERSATION THAT MATTERS" TRAININGS BY MEMBERS OF DIFFERENT THRIVING RESILIENT COMMUNITIES. WE ARE SUPPORTING THE PUBLICATION OF THE ENGLISH EDITION OF BOB STILGER'S BOOK ABOUT JAPAN'S DISASTERS PUBLISHED IN JUNE 2015 IN JAPANESE BY EIJI PRESS OF TOKYO.

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