<blockquote><strong>I AM NOT DONE.... I SHALL PERSIST.... I SHALL RETURN</strong><br />~ Alan Briskin<strong><br />Talmudic Commentary</strong>: &quot;<em>Pshh, Big shot.&#0160; I&#39;ll believe it when I see it</em>.&quot; </blockquote> <p>Dear Friends and Subscribers to Becoming Conscious of Capitalism,</p> <p>When I first began writing, I sought to discover new perspectives about our social and economic arrangements called capitalism.</p> <p>I wrote at the beginning:</

Call it a clan, call it a network, call it a tribe, call it a family:  Whatever you call it, whoever you are, you need one.   ~ Jane Howard One of the stories featured in The Power of Collective Wisdom is about the Center for Empowering Refugees and Immigrants (CERI) in Oakland, California.  Co-founded by Mona Afary, the center has been a tribe and network for Cambodian refugees and their families, many of whom escaped from the brutal regime of Pol Pot and the killing fiel

I will be speaking at the Unitarian Universalist Breakfast Forum in San Francisco on Sunday, March 11, 2012. My topic is "The Heart of Collective Wisdom". Come join me! Martin Luther King Jr. Room First Unitarian Universalist Church 1187 Franklin St. at Geary   Breakfast begins at 9:30, program begins at 9:45 and ends at 11:00

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