I came to the Occupy Cafe to see if anyone had posted the sad news. Cheryl Honey died on April 25 of an apparent murder/suicide. It is still under investigation. Cheryl's work of Community Weaving was a gift to the world and her community. I'm very sad to hear of her death.

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Eric and I have been happy to host a monthly conversation for the Vital Conversations on Occupy Cafe. We've enjoyed working with Ben Roberts and Jitendra Darling.

We are scheduled for an Ownership Conversation on July 16.  But, in the meantime...

If you are interested in learning more about the Peter Block based A Small Group conversation process we use, and can’t get to the in-person monthly meetings in Cincinnati, you're invited to join us at the   “In the Clouds with ASG. ”…

Peter pointed me to this one from

Edgar Cahn, ‘I think we’re learning that money isn’t what we thought it was, that bankers aren’t what we thought they were, and that the monetary system is not enabling us to get to where we need to get to,’ he says. ‘Money that depends upon repayment of interest requires that we have to keep producing more and more in a world that’s having to learn how to become sustainable.’

And this, 

"For while the market economy locks out those not…

I realize what I am about to post may not seem directly related to the Occupy movement - BUT for me it is.  

This morning I watched a video, "No More Shooting and Crying"  that affirms all that I think about why war and military occupation is not the answer. 

I appreciate that these young people in Israel have found a way to share the message of what war and military occupation…