Activating the Activists

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Steve Chase originated and serves now as the director of the Environmental Advocacy and Organizing Program in the Dept of Environmental Studies of Antioch University New England, training future generations of change-makers of all sorts. Steve's early inspiration was Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr, but a transforming moment is when he got kicked out his Boy Scout troop and welcomed in by Quakers - at age 13.

Steve has written a number of papers, professional and non-professional, including:

Following the Way of Jesus
Creative Maladjustment: Activism as a Way to Heal Self, Society and Planet
Martin Luther King's Journey to Activism

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From Boy Scouts to Quakers
By the age of 13, Steve Chase was a serious guy, which led to a confrontation with his Scout troop leader and led him to Quakers and their pro-peace, pro-justice, pro-environment ways.
Feminist at the age of 13
Every 13 year old boy's favorite gift from his mom - The Feminine Mystique by Betty Friedan
Evicted from Civics, Free Speech and Principled Conservatives
Kicked out of Civics class from practicing free speech, Steve found another Civics teachers who was polar opposite to Steve's liberal leanings, but who gave Steve a vision of a larger community which includes principled conservatives and principled liberals.
The REAL Story Behind Rosa Parks
Steve's motivation behing becoming an activist trainer includes Rosa Parks who, he explains, did NOT simply refuse to move to the rear of the bus spontaneously - she was trained!
A Short History of Corporations vs The Public Interest
Part of the courses he teaches includes insights into what Corporations were originally in the USA, what they've become, and how.
An Amazing, Inspiring, Recruitment Story
A story about Lois Gibbs of Love's Canal Superfund site, and how she found a "teachable moment" with a $50 bet to recruit anyone in the bar.
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Jay Jordet (not verified) Mon, 01/17/2011 - 13:36
I am investigating how to include the syndicated show northernspiritradio on KPOV here in Bend, OR. The Community radio station has plenty of syndicated shows but needs LOCAL programing. I heard that Steve Chase was doing this in New Hampshire. Do you have any guidelines of what would work for northern spirit radio? Right now my thought is to edit from each show of the syndicated program and then include a short interview with local people and how they express their spirituality in social action. Would this work for Northern Spirit Radio or do you require a full hearing of the program without editing it? Jay Jordet Bend, OR 97701

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