Living in the Fire of Change: Sacred Action & Social Transformation....was cofounded by James O'Dea and Mali Leach to create a new kind of conference and forum--one that engages all gathered and that reflects the truth that we each hold a unique key to the collective change.

It's a two-part project: first, the conference itself; second, an ongoing community collaborative "town hall" that continues and sustains long after the conference has come and gone. The conference team has developed a manual to share out with communities based on the Whole Systems model and Conscious Evolutionary work of Barbara Marx Hubbard and John Zwerver, and with the insights and tools that Andrew Harvey provides via his lifelong dedication to Sacred Activism and most recently his astonishingly important new book, The Hope. This local forum also derives materials from James O'Dea's upcoming book on Creative Stress and his teachings and observations from his lifetime of work in service to humanity.

2010 Tour:   

December 11-12, 2009 Kickoff -- Salt Lake City, UT  Salt Palace

April 2010 w/ Seeds of Compassion & CAN (Compassionate Action Network) Seattle, WA

June 2010 

September 2010

December 2010 

Suggest your city for the 2010 roadmap here

Related Workshops:

November 28, 2009 Calgary, Alberta @ the Talisman Centre: Living in the Fire of Change: Learn to support self and others through chaotic, troubled times.  A Workshop with James O'Dea & Sequoyah Trueblood. More information & registration

Friday, January 8th, 2010 Boise, ID VenueTBA: Creative Storytelling Workshop with James O'Dea. More information 

“I want you to realize that we are experiencing real time evolution right now! …We are the news!”   "What breaks your heart most?”

 _ Andrew Harvey engaging Boise, ID: June 12, 2009