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Gay War Veteran Speaks Out for Equal Rights in Ukraine’s Military

By Margaryta Chornokondratenko — 2021

Viktor Pylypenko has become a role model for dozens of LGBT+ Ukrainian war veterans and their supporters since he organised their participation in Kyiv’s largest ever gay pride march. And he makes a direct link between his sexual orientation and the cause for which he says he was fighting—a free and sovereign Ukraine in which all enjoy equal rights.

Read on www.reuters.com

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Fighting with Another Purpose

Soldiers are always supposed to be thinking. That’s what West Point teaches its cadets, who are officers in training. You’re supposed to question the orders you’re given, to see whether they conform to the Geneva Conventions and the laws of war.

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It is Critical to Find Your Purpose First

The process to uncover your purpose after a career in military service takes great introspection.

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adrienne maree brown on Creating the Future

Renaissance thinker, creator, and author adrienne maree brown is best known for her work in social justice activism and facilitation alongside her ground-breaking books Emergent Strategy: Shaping Change, Changing Worlds (2017) and Pleasure Activism: The Politics of Feeling Good (2019).

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The Great Turning as Compass and Lens

The Great Turning identifies the shift from a self-destroying political economy to one in harmony with Earth and enduring for the future. It unites and includes all the actions being taken to honor and preserve life on Earth. It is the essential adventure of our time.

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Interview with Joanna Macy: Woman on the Edge of Time

For fifty-plus years, Joanna Macy has been helping us to face the Earth’s urgent and deepening crisis, to look without turning away, and to engage.

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