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February 20, 2015

Rosa Parks’ OTHER arrest—Feb. 22, 1956

Almost no one knows about the second time Rosa Parks was arrested, and that context changes her story significantly.

Filed Under: Peace Work, politics Tagged With: activist, activists, arrest, creative non-violence, hero, movement, narrative, nonviolence, organizing, Rosa Parks, story, Worldchanging, Worldchanging 101

May 21, 2014

Asheville artist, activist David LaMotte to publish book

By Carol Motsinger, Asheville Citizen-Times, May 20, 2014. Click here to read the original article. Black Mountain-based singer, writer, public speaker and activist David LaMotte is adding another project to his list of accomplishments. He plans to publish “Worldchanging 101: Challenging the Myth of Powerless” in August, with a book launch event at the White Horse […]

Filed Under: In the News Tagged With: Asheville Citizen-Times, Worldchanging 101

May 2, 2014

Worldchanging 101: Challenging the Myth of Powerlessness

As I write this, we are over half way through a Kickstarter campaign for my new book, arriving in August (assuming the Kickstarter effort works!). The book is called Worldchanging 101: Challenging the Myth of Powerlessness. It takes a look at some of the stories we tell about how change happens and how it doesn’t, and how […]

Filed Under: General Update, Peace Work Tagged With: kickstarter, Worldchanging 101

January 28, 2014

What I Learned From Pete Seeger

It’s late Monday night and I’m staying up by the wood stove trying to catch up on some work.  Or at least I was. My plans for the night just changed.  A few minutes ago I received a note from my friend Laura saying that Pete Seeger left us about an hour ago.  Apparently the […]

Filed Under: General Update, Music News, Observations Tagged With: activist, hero, justice, life lessons, Love Wins, music, Nelson Mandela, organizing, peace, Pete Seeger, September 11, social activism, social change, Worldchanging 101

October 7, 2013

Worldchanging in your town…

It’s been a whirlwind of a day with a few meetings related to releasing my new ‘Best Of’ CD, some writing for an online community, two connections with longtime friends, meetings with the folks at Kudzu, the design company I’m working with these days, to finalize this cool flier right here—–> …and a talk at […]

Filed Under: General Update, Music News, Peace Work Tagged With: David LaMotte, flier, keynote, social change, social justice, speaking, workshop, Worldchanging, Worldchanging 101

January 22, 2013

Worldchanging Weekends

For over fifteen years David has been offering Worldchanging 101 workshops and keynotes. In them, he challenges some common, but largely unexamined, ideas about how large-scale social change happens and how it does not. We have put together a new flyer for colleges and churches about various ways to organize a weekend event or a […]

Filed Under: General Update, Peace Work Tagged With: activism, booking, flyer, keynote, presentation, workshop, Worldchanging, Worldchanging 101

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Gareth Higgins and Brian Ammons are hosting The Po Gareth Higgins and Brian Ammons are hosting The Porch Gathering in March in Montreat, NC, just up the road from my place. It will be a beautiful time, with leadership from a bunch of folks I love and respect, including Micky ScottBey Jones, Anthony Smith, Dan Snyder, Tim Tyson, Jasmin Pittman Morrell, Laura Hope-Gill, Daneen Akers, Melvin Bray, Nancy Sehested, Suzanne Ross, Mark Yaconelli, Brian, Gareth, and me.

Great conversations, movies, music, and transformative storytelling. For real, friends, this would be an amazing gift to give to yourself and/or someone you love. Highly recommended, if you can join us. About 120 are already registered (close to capacity) and only 6 rooms are left for people who want to stay on site, so if that’s you, please reserve your room today. If you’re staying offsite or live nearby and haven‘t registered yet we‘d love to have you with us too. You‘ll find all the details you need at: theporchgathering.com
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Back On the Road … Near You?

November 18, 2022

As the world continues to gradually reopen, I’m so enjoying being back on the road. To facilitate that process, I’ve just begun working with not one, but two new booking agents to help me organize the … Read More

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"The cover art is by artist Scott Neely, who doodled this guitar drawing while actually sitting at a concert of mine, listening to me play my instrumental song Shadows."
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