"Relationship between money and the search for ourselves has an electricity that results from removing barriers between two fundamental and fundamentally opposed motivations: the quest for transcendence and the need to function well in the everyday world," remarks Jacob Needleman in his seminal book, Money and the Meaning of Life.​

On Sunday, June 21st, few community organizers are convening to share thoughts on our relationship with money-- its role in life, society, and potential to unlock deeper ways of operating and connecting, both within ourselves and the world.  Our intention is to start a dialogue and then build on the emergence (as we have done with business, music, technology and most recently education).

The circle will be hosted by a remarkable crew of local folks, including philosopher Jacob Needleman, founder of RSF Social Finance and chairman of New Resource Bank Mark Finser, founder of Kalliopeia Foundation Barbara Sargent, renowned Gandhian scholar Michael Nagler, and local acupuncturist Thuy Nguyen who practices gift-economy health.  It will all be anchored by impact investor Birju Pandya and social entrepreneur Min Xuan Lee, who designs games to change children's relationship to money.

Some of the questions we'll hold together -- can money be a tool for transformation? How do you engage with money in a way that supports your inner growth? What do you think about research that says we become stingier as we become richer? At what point does affluence stop supporting well-being? More broadly, do markets fundamentally crowd out morals? Is it possible to design projects with a mindset that honors multiple forms of capital?

Join us for an evening that explores these and related questions. Simply RSVP below, and we'll send you the details as we get closer.