Last Friday’s “Shop. Learn. Connect.” film and community event was a.amaz.ing. We shopped the beautiful goods of Anoothi US and Bill Rohs Art, learned together through the screening of Honor Diaries and our treasured panelists, and cultivated rich and plentiful connections throughout the evening. Our opening and closing message last week is the same one we’d like to share in this story. In the […]
In the face of epic injustices like trafficking and slavery about which we’ve been sharing, do you ever and feel limited in your capacity to engage because of these questions: What about problems and struggles in our own country? We have plenty to focus on here. I don’t have bandwidth for anything more than what is already […]
We have a passionate purpose to create an experience within our kula {community} of Seeds of Exchange in which all are welcome at the table, at this feast, of life. How might we cultivate extravagant hospitality to the parts of ourselves – and in one another – that are afraid, repulsed, apathetic, overwhelmed or traumatized by the darkness, gut-wrenching pain and hatred […]
Several weeks ago, I was delighted and honored to participate on a panel following the screening of the remarkable film, Driving with Selvi, organized by The United Nations Association of Denver. Many beautiful and powerful RIPPLES have emerged to share. May they inspire and ignite you this day. Quick Glance. {This post is so full of […]
This is a story that can spark a change in someone’s life. -Zainab Salbi, Founder, Women for Women Int’l We are excited to share the film, Driving with Selvi, with you – a powerful story about South India’s first woman taxi-driver. It is a story of struggle, courage, hope, persistence and transformation. For those of you in Denver, […]
In the midst of the holiday season – many thing can push, pull and overwhelm. Possibilities fill up our inboxes, mailboxes, calendars from friends and family, organizations and work. For many years, at Seeds of Exchange, we have been keen to create ways to give to and receive from one another with celebration, compassion, joy and wisdom. In […]
Hello, dear ones. I’d like to share this article that was recently published about me. {Gulp.} {Breathe.} It feels a bit vulnerable, and yet, I’m excited to share these chapters of life full of joy, brokenness, hope, strength, the kula {community} + Love. The article link is here: One Woman Led by Love Moves Mountains or you […]
There are great injustices in the world. There is a cry rising in me. It is NOT right that anyone be held as a slave EVER. And, yet – it’s happening, in our city and around the world – by the millions. I do not want to – will not – sit by and look […]
We received these prayers, words of hope and blessing from our amazing Seeds kula {community} to share with Alisha, just days after her return home to Nepal after 21 years of being trafficked to and suffering atrocious abuse in the brothels of India. If you have anything you’d like to add to these words of love, send them to me […]
Breathtaking. Our friends from Nepal arrived on October 1 to a flood of gifts welcoming them to Denver. There was such a steady flow of extravagance, that they needed an extra suitcase for their departure from Denver to contain it all! {Ohhhhh, yeah! That’s what we’re talkin’ about, right, friends?} Here is one of the beautiful things […]
