Pacific Risk Management ‘Ohana (Primo) Annual Meeting

Posted on March 30, 2012 by David Blumenkrantz

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 David Blumenkrantz and Kalani Souza welcomes the PRIMO group to song at the 2010 Pacific Partners Meeting

David Blumenkrantz and Kalani Souza welcomes the PRIMO group to song at the 2010 Pacific Partners MeetingNational security is dependent upon our education and youth development policy and practices. Youth & community development through rites of passage is one focus of the March annual meeting of PRIMO.

The Center’s Founder and Executive Director and member of the Traditional Knowledge and the Environment Hui, David Blumenkrantz along with the Olohana Foundation’s founder an IKE Hui Steersperson M. Kalani Souza serve as host & convener of conversations at the PRIMO’s annual meeting in Hawaii, March 13-15, 2012. (more…)

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Paradigm Shift Blog

Posted on February 12, 2012 by David Blumenkrantz
[fbls] The PARADIGM SHIFT Blog will be launched in Spring 2012. Meanwhile, we invite you to read David's initial blog posts on this website page below. If you would like to be notified when the blog goes live and about new blog posts, please contact us. February 2012 David G. Blumenkrantz, Ph.D. M.Ed. Paradigm Shift © ¹ A knight returned from battle and went directly to the nursery to see his infant son. Upon entering the nursery he found blood all over. The walls and floor were covered. He ran to the bassinet. A quick look revealed a mass of blood. He looked over at his dog lying in a corner. Over come with grief and anger he took out his sword and slay his dog, figuring it killed his baby. He returned to the bassinet and upon closer inspection saw a wolf lying on top of his infant son. When he lifted the wolf from his son he realized his son was alive. It then came to him that his dog had killed the wolf and saved his son. He had killed the dog that saved his son. (more…) Posted in ROPE

Helping Children To Heal The World ©

Posted on January 15, 2012 by David Blumenkrantz
[fbls] January 2012 David G. Blumenkrantz, Ph.D. M.Ed. The second element in the architectural structure for youth & community development through rites of passage is values & ethics (E-2). What are your values and ethics for 2012? What would our actions be if we valued education as the greatest resource? The Greatest Resource – Education. That is the first chapter in Part II of E. F. Schumacher’s 1972 seminal work: Small Is Beautiful. The first two paragraphs offer key insights into his courageous thought provoking questions. They are worth remembering here. (more…) Posted in ROPE