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Open Volunteer Positions
Content Scout, for Seeds + Transformation The role is to look for deep articulations about people, organizations, books or media coverage related to sustainability of the soil and soul. |
Awakin Call Biographer, for Awakin Calls Learn the stories of our remarkable speakers’ lives, and help present their stories to the world from the lens of their inner transformation journeys! This volunteer will write a 3-5 paragraph... |
KarmaTube Tweeter, for KarmaTube We are looking for an active Tweeter to help post KarmaTube content on Twitter and keep the community engaged with the portal. |
Transcribe Inspiring Conversations and Journeys, for Awakin Call Help us take our Weekly Awakin Calls, which feature a conversation with a unique guest speaker each week, and edit it into a transcript (with some context about the topic), so it can be shared... |
Translate Awakin Wisdom Readings, for Awakin Wisdom Readings Weekly readings are often translated in other languages like Hindi. If you are proficient in another language, and are able to translate few paragraphs every week, please let us know and we would... |
Good News Scout, for Open Good/Positive History We are looking for a volunteer who can help us build up a database of good news. It will requires researching stories on particular day, writing a couple sentence description summary, and adding... |
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After each call, we post an edited transcript. This blog post has the potential to spread quite far, from ServiceSpace blog to DailyGood.org, so we would like to have them reviewed by a copy... |
Live-Tweeting Social Media Volunteer, for Awakin Call Every Saturday, Awakin Calls feature conversations with very inspiring guests. This volunteer position is about tuning into the live conversation and crafting up short tweets and FaceBook updates... |
Propoor Content Manager, for Propoor.org We are looking for a dedicated volunteer who is passionate about development work in South Asia. The role will entail maintaining the database of NGOs and making sure the content is accurate. You... |
KindSpring Story Editor, for KindSpring.org The KindSpring kindness portal has a social networking component called Smile Groups, which enables members to anonymously share stories about acts of kindness (they use nicknames). Our global... |
Upcoming Events
Awakin Meditation Gatherings
Join for an hour of meditation, followed by a circle of sharing and dinner in silence. They happen in varying frequencies in different cities but always a joy to catch one!
WHERE: Santa Clara NYC Oakland Ahmedabad London, Singapore, More...
Upcoming Forest Calls
Call into our weekly conference call, every Saturday, as a few Service Space coordinators share inspirations from the previous week and interview an inspiring guest speaker!
Karma Kitchen Sundays
Imagine a volunteer-run restaurant where all guests pay forward for people after them. While frequency is different at different locations, you can volunteer any week.
WHERE: Berkeley Washington DC Chicago Hayward Tokyo ...
Volunteer Reflections
Sep 06: Yesterday, We Were On A 5 ... Yesterday, we were on a 5 hr flight home and the flight attendants asked if any doctors were on board as a lady had collapsed. My wife and I responded and luckily were able to diagnose and treat...
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Sep 11: I Receive A Daily Quote From ... I receive a daily quote from "Peace on the Inside". The quote and reflections questions made me think of Awakin Circles and the companions I have found through this special space:)
"Sharing food...
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Sep 08: Galway Kinnell On Reteaching A Thing Its Loveliness "The bud
stands for all things,
even for those things that don't flower,
for everything flowers, from within, of self-blessing
though sometimes it is necessary
to reteach a thing its...
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Sep 07: A Small Light From Firefly ...even the misapprehension
of meditation is all part of the lesson.
There are some journeys we all have to make
before we can come home to ourselves.
Virginia May-Schiros
What have...
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Sep 17: Laddership News: Laddership News: Intuition, Creativity This month's 'Laddership Newsletter' was just posted online. Alfred Tolle and Melissa Stephens bring us their stories from different sides of the world. In sharing their perspectives with depth and...
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Sep 11: 🕊🌍🕊 9/11.............
~ From Tricycle Magazine: Along ... 🕊🌍🕊 9/11.............
~ From Tricycle Magazine: Along with the great sadness of 9/11 came a feeling of powerlessness. But as Thanissaro Bhikkhu wrote in our 2001 special section,...
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Sep 09: Kindful Kids: "Why We Love Being A Mom " This week's 'Kindful Kids' newsletter is on "Why We Love Being a Mom ". Take a look."Motherhood is messy and challenging and crazy and sleepless and giving. And still unbelievably beautiful" -...
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Sep 14: Anil Ananthaswamy: Explorations In The Edge Of Self This week's Awakin Call guest: 'Anil Ananthaswamy: Explorations In The Edge Of SelfReflection questions: Our guest this week is an award-winning science writer who uses neuroscience to examine the...
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Sep 10: Maitri Tune By Nooran Sisters This week's 'Maitri Tunes' newsletter is a song by Nooran Sisters: Ali Ali.
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Sep 06: Diane Ackerman's Secular Prayer What counts as prayer? What counts as spirituality for that matter? Are there ways into the mystery of the divine other than traditional religion? This article, from Maria Popova's website Brain...
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