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Nine ways to help children engage democratic values. Children come naturally to some democratic values, like pursuit of happiness and love of freedom. Other ideals—like recognizing that we are all equal and seeking the common good—need practice. This guide encourages children's democratic engagement at home and in their communities.

Developed with Spirituality & Practice as part of the Practicing Democracy Project.

Explore the themes of law ≠ justice; slavery, freedom, and unfreedom; and resilience, courage, and voice in this guide to Colson Whitehead's The Underground Railroad. Part of the We the People Book Club, a year-long program contemplating America’s past and possibilities, this guide was created for individual and group use. Questions within each theme facilitate (1) your interpretation of the text, (2) your personal reflections inspired by your reading, and (3) practices for you to try that animate the novel’s democratic values.

Explore the themes of technological change, the necessity of connection, and resilience and creativity in this guide to John Steinbeck's The Grapes of Wrath. Part of the We the People Book Club, a year-long program contemplating America’s past and possibilities, this guide was created for individual and group use.

This facilitator and participant guide is designed to help you explore the power of compassion in your own and others' lives by providing tools for facilitating conversations about compassion in your community, organization, business, or school.

This resource is one of many developed in support of community-wide conversations and activities focused on love, forgiveness, and compassion--all a part of the Institute's Campaign for Love & Forgiveness.

This handbook supports four conversations about forgiveness. Three essays serve as background for the conversations, helping to explain why and how to practice forgiveness. Each conversation uses the essays and a film clip from The Power of Forgiveness, a PBS documentary that received major funding from the Fetzer Institute, to spark reflection and dialogue.

This resource is one of many developed in support of community-wide conversations and activities focused on love, forgiveness, and compassion--all a part of the Institute's Campaign for Love & Forgiveness.

This Facilitator Guide offers ways to explore the topic of forgiveness with small groups, including tools for facilitating conversations in your community, organization, or school.

This resource is one of many developed in support of community-wide conversations and activities focused on love, forgiveness, and compassion--all a part of the Institute's Campaign for Love & Forgiveness.

Through public television programming, targeted local activities and thoughtful conversations in communities across the country, we explore the mystery and meaning of love—how it's expressed and felt, and how it manifests differently for different people—and we'll consider the potential power of love to transform and heal our personal lives, our professional lives and our communities. In these conversations, we seek to explore the many forms love takes—from friendship and family bonds, to marriage, to carrying love into the larger community through altruism and volunteerism.

Through public television programming and thoughtful conversations, we explore the mystery and meaning of love—how it's expressed and felt, and how it manifests differently for different people—and we'll consider the potential power of love to transform and heal our personal lives, our professional lives and our communities. In these conversations, we seek to explore the many forms love takes—from friendship and family bonds, to marriage, to carrying love into the larger community through altruism and volunteerism.