FROM THE BOOK JACKET

"A Simple, Down-to-Earth Guide to Doing Good and Giving Back"

Social change takes commitment and effort. Community activists, teachers, volunteers, religious leaders, social workers, artists, and anyone who is trying to make a difference in their world need strategies to both guide and sustain their work. Claudia Horwitz, who has more than fifteen years of experience working for social justice, believes that faith and spiritual practice play vital roles in the ongoing struggle for change.

"Spiritual practice helps us take care of ourselves. A daily practice brings us back to the center and gives us a powerful way just to be in the world."

"The Spiritual Activist" is a practical guide to individual and social transformation. It will help you create opportunities to slow down, build stronger relationships at home and at work, and embrace the world around you. Each chapter contains:

• easy activities to help you reconnect with your core values and beliefs
• questions for reflection
• resources
• stories from socially conscious leaders discussing their lives and their spiritual practices

Horwitz shows you how to use mindfulness, ritual, art, silence, movement, and the happenings of daily life to help you find unity between your inner journey and your outer commitments.