Additional Resources: Generation Millennials Reading

Generation Waking Up is a global campaign to ignite a generation of young people to bring forth a thriving, just, sustainable world:

http://generationwakingup.org/

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Pachamama Alliance is a global community that offers people the chance to learn, connect, engage, travel and cherish life for the purpose of creating a sustainable future that works for all:

http://www.pachamama.org/about

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Rite of Passage Journeys is a Seattle organization that takes youth (and adults) off on vision quests, and other rites of passage/initiation:

http://riteofpassagejourneys.org/

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“It’s Not About Sex. It’s About Self.” This six-part series of articles by Eric Francis offers an in-depth look into jealousy, self-esteem, compersion, intimacy and sexuality — and related topics:

http://www.planetwaves.net/compersion/series/01/index.html

Planet Waves’ index of sexuality/compersion resources:

http://www.planetwaves.net/compersion/

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Scarleteen is an inclusive, comprehensive and smart resource for sexuality information and help for people in their teens and 20s:

http://www.scarleteen.com/

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YesWorld.org is a site dedicated to connecting, inspiring and collaborating with young changemakers.

http://www.yesworld.org/

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The orphan wisdom school is a teaching house and learning house for the skills of deep living and making human culture. It is rooted in knowing history, being claimed by ancestry, working for a time yet to come.

http://orphanwisdom.com/

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Joanna Macy’s website opens doors to new bodies of thought, time-tested spiritual practices and pioneering group methods that are powerful inspirations for understanding and action including resources in service to the revolution of our time: the shift from the industrial growth society to a life-sustaining civilization. Scholarships are offered to youth who wish to attend trainings.

http://www.joannamacy.net/

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Lee Siegel’s thoughtful article about defaulting on his student loan: “Some people will maintain that a bankrupt father, an impecunious background and impractical dreams are just the luck of the draw. Someone with character would have paid off those loans and let the chips fall where they may. But I have found, after some decades on this earth, that the road to character is often paved with family money and family connections, not to mention 14 percent effective tax rates on seven-figure incomes.”

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/07/opinion/sunday/why-i-defaulted-on-my-student-loans.html?ref=opinion&_r=0

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