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I begin with a poem, poet Hafei says,

The subject tonight is love, and for tomorrow night as well.

As a matter of fact, I know of no better topic for us to discuss until we all die.

So, in that spirit, our subject is titled Revolutionary Love.

And my guest, Valerie Carr, is a Sikh activist, a filmmaker, civil rights, lawyer,

an author of several books, including Sino Stranger, and Sage Warrior.

The latter book, Sage Warrior, is considered a spiritual text for these times.

It draws on how Valerie's ancestors survived apocalyptic times with courage and how we can do the

same.

So Valerie's the founder of the Revolutionary Love Project, and she's a dear friend. She calls me

Big Sister, and we can feel it. There's so much resonance in what we write, what we teach.

So in talking, our time, we look today, we look at how we can center love and joy in the midst of a reactive,

violent world, and how we do that fully facing our own anger and fears, and how we can open to a

fresh vision for our unfolding world. Before starting, I want to say that at the grounds of these

themes that we cover is the understanding that to create a more loving world, we need to consciously

dedicate to awakening our hearts. I think we can feel that these times are calling for that. And we need to do it together.

So in that spirit, after the elections this November, I decided to offer a year-long program, and it

starts this January. It's called 20, 25, a year of courageous loving.

And for those that feel called, we'll be meeting together through the year to really learn

how in our day-to-day life can we live from love. So if you participate, you'll be

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