mission
stone circles is a small organization working to bring big changes to the world. Our mission is to sustain activists and strengthen the work of justice through spiritual practice and principles.
Social change is a lifetime commitment. But we've all seen what gets in the way of success and ease in our work. The burned out colleague who struggles to think clearly. The organization caught up in internal politics that has trouble working collaboratively. The losing strategy, born of despair at injustice that can't be ignored.
There is another way.
What does it take to create sustainable movements for lasting social change?
How can we engage with practices of liberation — both individually and collectively — that enable us to cultivate wisdom, build authentic relationships, and be successful in our work?
How do we speak, act, and live across spiritual lines of difference, while also claiming the particularities of our experiences?
This is what we're about.
This is why we're here.
vision
We work towards a world in which:
- activists and leaders achieve greater victory in their quest for justice and have access to the highest forms of internal freedom, health, and wisdom
- organizations, groups and other collectives have the tools and the will to integrate reflection into our daily lives, organizational forms, strategy and relationships
- people connect to each other through communities of learning and practice which allow for greater sustainability, happiness, and effectiveness
- we create effective strategies for organizing that are rooted in a deep understanding of transformation and an ability to meet challenges with equanimity
- a broad range of people consider themselves spiritual activists — whether their primary effort is in their homes, their organizations, their communities, or their bodies and minds.