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During the pandemic, a powerful peer-learning platform has emerged within our ecosystem. What started as an unsuspecting experiment has now mushroomed into a wide ranging of offerings that await your participation!
Open Volunteer Positions
Awakin Talks Biographer, for Awakin Talks, India Learn the stories of our remarkable speakers’ lives, and help present their stories to the world from the lens of their inner transformation journeys! As part of this role, you will write 4-6... |
KindSpring Short-Story Reviewer, for KindSpring Our website allows its members to anonymously share stories about acts of kindness using a member alias/nickname. The Short-Story Reviewers read all the stories submitted before they can be... |
Biographer/Storyteller/Writer, for Global 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... |
Transcriber, for Global Awakin Calls Listen deeply to the wisdom of noted speakers, and help us transcribe a 5-10 minute segment of our Weekly Awakin Calls, which feature a conversation with a unique guest speaker each week. Work off... |
Copy Editor, for Global Awakin Calls Engage deeply with the wisdom of noted speakers, and help produce an edited transcript of our Awakin calls. Because our transcription is done by multiple team members who take 10-minute segments... |
Video editor, for Global Awakin Calls Help bring sacred conversations into the world. We produce recordings of our video Awakin calls, and then post those video recordings on our site. We are looking someone with good video editing... |
Awakin Talks Copy Editor, for Awakin Talks, India Engage deeply with the wisdom of noted speakers, and help produce an edited transcript of our Awakin calls. Because our transcription is done by multiple team members who take 10-minute segments. |
Video Editor , for Awakin Talks, India Help bring sacred conversations into the world. We produce recordings of our video Awakin talks, and then post those video recordings on our site. We are looking someone with basic video editing... |
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Our global team of editors process good news story suggestions, write a 1-paragraph summary for each, and publish it to the world. Editors ideally can publish two story summaries a day. |
Scribe, for Awakin Talks, India Those who help in transcribing the talks |
Upcoming Events
Awakin Circles
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 Awakin 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!
Volunteer Reflections
Dec 02: 8-Year-old On The Meaning Of Love :) Yesterday, while I was on a zoom call for a weekly writer's group, my 8-year-old daughter Afton spontaneously joined. When one of our groupmates asked her to share a poem, she spontaneously...
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Sep 03: Losing A Sense I love Mulla Nasrudin stories and would read them with my son when he was little. So this week's reading was very familiar-- funny and yet very profound.
It got me thinking about losing a...
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Sep 22: Living Theology At The Bottom [I was deeply touched by Chaz Howard's recent Awakin reading, and particularly, the recent conversation he had with Nipun. Below were my reflections for our local Awakin Circle.]
I wanted to...
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Dec 02: Someone's Smile At the tail end of last night's virtual Awakin Circle in Santa Clara, we were treated to a real-time zoom rendition of one of my favorite songs, "Kisi Ki Muskurahaton Pe" -- sung by...
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Jan 02: Donna: "My Father's Gifts" During last Wednesday's virtual Awakin Circle, Donna's heartfelt share warmed many of our hearts:
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Dec 31: 10 Insights From 2021 That Give Us Hope As 2021 dissolves into a new year, KarunaVirus editors reflect on what the past year of witnessing everyday people choose love over fear have taught us.
1. Unsung Heroes Are Right Under Our...
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