Here is a small but growing collection of videos that I hope you will take the time to watch. Among all the wonderfully creative short videos being produced these days, the ones I've selected for inclusion in my site are those that beautifully and poignantly express the beliefs, dreams, and difficult realities that also underpin my own work. I welcome your suggestions for other videos that have these same qualities.



How to Give a Fishing Lesson
A deeply moving video about a community worker in Guatamala captures the lessons and sensibilities that inspire those of us who work deep in community.
From http://soulbiographies.com

Playing for Change
A stunning, heart-opening video about the power of community as the only way to change the world from Bill Moyers Journal on PBS.org. This begins with Moyers speaking, but quickly moves on to featuring Playing for Change: Peace Through Music, 100 musicians around the world playing Stand By Me. It's pure joy to watch, and also to then listen to the creator of this who took 10 years making this and is now building music schools around the world. See also www.playingforchange.com

The Girl Effect
A witty and innovative description of why we need to support women and girls to change the world.
From http://girleffect.org

Creating Healthy Communities featuring Margaret Wheatley
Here are three brief sections on how to create healthy communities from a DVD Meg Wheatley recorded for an Australian group. Each segment focuses on a core principal. There are ten in total (and you can watch all ten on YouTube by clicking through to NDSQueensland.) The illustrations are taken from a ‘comic book’ drawn by Nancy Margulies. (Unfortunately, the quality of the art doesn’t come through in these videos.) This booklet and supporting materials will soon be available in a conversation starter kit being produced by Berkana on “Creating Healthy Communities” (www.berkana.org). The three principles included here are:

• Principle 6: Focusing on what is working gives us energy and creativity
• Principle 7: The solutions reside within us
• Principle 8: Everything’s a failure in the middle.

Women rank high in Rwanda's government
The women of Rwanda have endured more than any of us could possible imagine due to the genocide there several years ago. But now, in spite of watching their families murdered and being themselves raped, these women have stepped forward to govern and create change. Rwanda has the highest percentage of women Parliamentarians of any country, 56%.