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Creating a Community and Finding Purpose | Stephen Jon Thompson | TEDxCarsonCity

2016

As a successful executive recruiter in the software industry, Stephen is dedicated to finding and hiring some of the most unique and smartest people in the world.  His expertise extends from data scientists who help people make the right purchase when using the Apple. See more...

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Creating the World We Want to Live In: How Positive Psychology Can Build a Brighter Future

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The Power of Stories: A Guide for Leading Multi-Racial and Multi-Cultural Congregations

Most congregational leaders find it difficult to resist the dominant cultural expectation that different cultural and ethnic groups should stick to themselves -- especially when it comes to church.

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The Art of Community: Seven Principles for Belonging

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What College Students Really Think About Cancel Culture

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Inspiration, Not Charity: How Refugees from Bhutan thrived in Blacktown

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Beyond the Surface of Restorative Practices: Building a Culture of Equity, Connection, and Healing

In this book, Marisol Rerucha draws on Indigenous traditions, research-based frameworks, and the support of fellow educators and scholars in order to offer teachers and administrators vital tools for facing crises with compassion.

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America's Racial Karma: An Invitation to Heal

Immediate, illuminating, and hopeful: this is the key set of talks given by leading Zen Buddhist teacher Larry Ward, PhD, on breaking America's cycle of racial trauma. "I am a drop in the ocean, but I'm also the ocean. I'm a drop in America, but I'm also America.

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Only Bridging Can Heal a World of Breaking

Diversity can be a great strength, but it is susceptible to manipulation when not accompanied by community leaders from all backgrounds willing and able to bridge across difference.

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