The Campaign for Love & Forgiveness is a project of the Fetzer Institute that combines public television programming, community activities and events, and on-line discussions to encourage contemplation and conversation about how love and forgiveness can effect meaningful change in individuals and society.

White Bison, Inc., is an American Indian non profit organization based in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Through White Bison, it's Founder and President Don Coyhis, Mohican Nation, has offered healing resources to Native America since 1988. White Bison offers sobriety, recovery, addictions prevention, and wellness/Wellbriety learning resources to the Native American community nation wide. Many non-Native people also use White Bison's healing resource products, attend its learning circles, and volunteer their services.

Wellbriety for Prisons provides a network of supportive programs for individuals within the prison system, in treatment centers, half-way houses, pre-release centers and in the community. These programs provide resources, emotional, mental, physical, and spiritual support for Native Americans who are looking for a traditional alternative for recovery support and relapse prevention.

The facility, Crossroads, which will accommodate 125 residents, may be the only “green” homeless shelter built from the ground up. It has a solar-paneled roof, hydronic heating, artful but practical ceiling fans, nontoxic paint, windows that can be opened to let in fresh air, and desks and bureaus made from pressed wheat. (click to read more). Found this inspiring as there's beginning conversations around making our shelter 'green' as well.

Bill Strickland, President and CEO of Manchester Bidwell Corporation and its subsidiaries, Manchester Craftsmen’s Guild and Bidwell Training Center. Author of Making the Impossible Possible.

Rebuilding America, one slide show at a time: Bill Strickland on TED.com

Good overview of Vedanta and the contributions of Swami Vivekananda

This is one of the best - maybe the best place to stay up to date on issues and news about homelessness. Written by Steve in Nashville, TN - an outreach worker who knows his stuff.

OK, this is informative and fun. I just learned several interesting things from looking up words I hear on the street.