As some of you may already know, my life changed when I began working with adolescents with City@Peace in Santa Barbara, California years ago. This is a message I received today from Paul Griffin, founder of the National City At Peace Organization, which is known today as The Possibility Project. 

"Our foster care film KNOW HOW is competing for Project of the Year on IndieWire! Can you take a minute to vote for us? And can you share the link with your friends and get them to vote? We will need a lot of support to win. To vote, you click on the link below, vote for KNOW HOW, input your e-mail, and then confirm your vote when they send you an e-mail. If we win, it would be a HUGE help for our project!" 

If there is anything I believe in, and would support it is this project that is truly dedicated to helping adolescents who need the most help of all: Foster Care Children.

Please vote for this project: http://www.indiewire.com/vote-for-project-of-the-year

Please share this message!

Thank you.

Love
Jose

"LISTENING AND SOMETHING YOU REALLY FEEL IS HAPPENING BETWEEN PEOPLE" --- THE ART OF CONNECTING

Just before the 3:40 min. point in this video, which is extraordinary in its entirety, Peter Brook talks about how to avoid boredom in the drama: "In the theatre if there isn't life going on, in one subtle way or another… listening and something you really feel is happening between two people..." - Peter Brook

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Empathy: the heart of connecting

For educators on teaching empathy, the heart of connecting.

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(source: http://startempathy.org/sites/default/files/attachments/Empathy_Poster_Final.pdf)

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