If we attempt to act and to do things for others and for the world without deepening our own self-understanding, our own freedom, integrity and capacity to love, we will not have anything to give to others. We will communicate nothing but the contagion of our own obsessions, our aggressiveness, our ego-centered ambitions. — Thomas MertonUnderstanding the work:
- What is Transformational Change by Robert Gass
- Transformative Organizing: Towards Liberation of Self and Society by Social Justice Leadership
- framing deep change: essays on transformative social change by Center for Transformative Change
- Defining Transformation for Social Change: People’s Movement Assembly Resolution adopted at the US Social Forum 2010
- Spectrum of Transformation by Social Justice Leadership
- Somatics and Social Justice: Toward Personal and Political Transformation by Generative Somatics and Social Justice Leadership
- Organization Development for Social Change: An Integrated Approach to Community Transformation by Zak Sinclair with Lisa Russ (Movement Strategy Center)
- Wikipedia entry for Transformative Social Change established at the US Social Forum 2010
- Strategy Map by stone circles
Documentation and evaluation about the field:
- Out of the Spiritual Closet: Organizers Transforming the Practice of Social Justice by Kristen Zimmerman, Neelam Pathikonda, Brenda Salgado, and Taj James (Movement Strategy Center)
- Funding Spirituality: An Evaluation of the Angell Foundation’s First Organizational Spirituality Initiative by Leah Ersoylu
- Transformative Practices for Social Change: Lessons from the Field by Seasons Fund for Social Transformation
- Staff Leadership Development for Transformational Change: A Report on What We Learned by the Center for Community Change
- Evaluation and Learning Report for Rockwood Leadership, 2000 – 2009 by Shiree Teng for Rockwood Leadership Institute
On practice:
- Tree of Contemplative Practices by the Center for Contemplative Mind in Society
- The Transformative Power of Practice by Ng’ethe Maina and Staci Haines
- The Wheel of Change for Individuals and The Wheel of Change for Organizations
by Robert Gass
Articles:
- Transformative Leadership Employs Spirituality for Social Change by Michael Edwards
- Organizing with Love by Ai-jen Poo of National Domestic Workers Alliance
- Have Fun Do Good: Funding Personal and Social Transformation: Interview with Paula Sammons of Kellogg Foundation
- GEO Asks: Simon Greer of the Seasons Fund for Social Transformation: An Impact Article by Grantmakers for Effective Organizing
If we attempt to act and to do things for others and for the world without deepening our own self-understanding, our own freedom, integrity and capacity to love, we will not have anything to give to others. We will communicate nothing but the contagion of our own obsessions, our aggressiveness, our ego-centered ambitions.
— Thomas Merton