Authored by Rabbi Dr. Paul Zeitz, Founder of #unify Movements
and a member of Rabbis for Ceasefire
WASHINGTON, May 1, 2024
/PRNewswire/ -- In his new handbook, Revolutionary
Optimism: 7 Steps for Living as a Love-Centered Activist, Dr.
Zeitz shares stories, wisdom, and practices for your personal
growth and our collective liberation. Revolutionary Optimism
is available to help you explore your life's purpose and how to
take love-centered actions with any group of friends, families,
co-workers, spiritual communities, schools, civic groups, etc.
On Revolutionary Optimism, Congresswoman Barbara Lee (D-CA) states: "Certain
periods in human history call for the revolutionary transformation
of our social, economic, and political systems. I
believe this is one of those times. Individuals seeking
pathways to channel anger and frustration into love-centered
activism are at the center of every justice-centered movement.
Revolutionary Optimism: 7 Steps for Living as a Love-Centered
Activist is a sacred storehouse of wisdom destined to serve all
of us on our journeys. As torchbearers of love seeking
illumination, we can draw upon the insights and principles of this
book, discovering an indispensable roadmap for personal and global
liberation: a clear, step-by-step guide—a timely remedy for the
challenges confronting our world."
On the War in Israel/Palestine,
Rabbi Dr. Zeitz states: "As Revolutionary Optimists, we
must face the painful root cause of this intractable conflict—a
tsunami of trauma, hate, and fear--that is drowning a sense of the
common humanity of two peoples living on one land. We must
rise to spark a peaceful revolution to end this tragic violent war
with a permanent ceasefire. Peacemakers from all sides of
this conflict can then manifest a new vision of peaceful
co-existence, where people can build trust, heal, repair, and
co-create a new reality. We must ensure that peaceful
protestors are met with a peaceful non-violent response by the
police and military forces."
About Rabbi Dr. Paul
Zeitz: Rabbi Dr. Paul
Zeitz is a preventive medicine physician, rabbi,
epidemiologist, author, and award-winning champion of global
justice and human rights. He has been on the front lines of the
call for a permanent ceasefire in the Israel / Gaza War. Last week, Dr. Zeitz
joined Rabbis for Ceasefire as they attempted to bring food
aid into Gaza on April 26th at the Israel/Gaza Erez border crossing
point.
Ordained by Rabbi Shefa Gold as a
Shir Hashirim (Song of Songs) Rabbi in 2023, Dr. Zeitz has worked
for decades as a love-centered policy expert and activist working
to build justice movements to end global AIDS, COVID-19, and other
pandemic threats, fighting the climate emergency, ending childhood
sexual violence, and achieving racial and gender equity, reparative
justice, constitutional renewal, and sustainable development.
Zeitz is the founder of www.unifymovements.org, a
movement-building platform dedicated to catalyzing new, social,
economic, and political systems committed to our collective
repair, justice, and peace.
Endorsements:
"My life revolves around asking people, 'What makes you
optimistic?' Revolutionary
Optimism by Dr. Paul
Zeitz embodies this quest, spotlighting the urgent need for
beacons of optimism through the zeitgeist of pessimism and fear.
Successful transformative change demands infectiously optimistic
leadership. Cultivating the great leader's magnetic optimism starts
with simple yet powerful acts: a genuine smile, a warm hello and a
boundless curiosity in others. These seemingly small gestures pave
the way for a revolution rooted in love, positivity, deep
connection and collaborative action."
–Victor Perton, Chief Optimism Officer,
The Centre for Optimism and author of Optimism: The How and
Why
"Revolutionary Optimism is
a comprehensive and insightful approach to the kind of social
change leadership so needed at this time. It offers inspiration as
well as practical tools for how to live and lead by 'being the
change we want to see happen in the world.'"
–Robert Gass, Co-Founder, Rockwood
Leadership Institute
"Revolutionary Optimism is a
powerful reminder that when we put love at the center, all things
are possible.
–Daniela Ligiero, CEO,
Together for Girls and Co-Founder of the Brave
Movement
"Revolutionary Optimism is
an amazing book. It gives hope and offers vision. It provides
compelling stories of people, including Dr. Zeitz himself, coping
with great difficulties and taking small steps every day to build a
healthier, better world. Well written and profound.
Don't walk, run and get your copy. It can change your
life."
–Sheila Rubin and Bret Lyon, Co-Directors of the Center of the
Healing Shame and co-authors of Embracing Shame
"So many of us are suffering with a sense of
powerlessness, despair, cynicism and hopelessness about our world.
By placing Love at the Center, Dr. Zeitz boldly guides us onto a
path of healing into wholeness. He shows us that by tapping into
the wellspring of love, we can be nurtured, healed, inspired and
empowered. Revolutionary
Optimism is exactly the medicine that we need
right now, showing us the practical yet profound way forward into a
new world where compassion and justice reign, where the deepest
yearnings of our collective heart can be realized."
–Rabbi Shefa Gold, author of Are We There
Yet? Travel as a Spiritual Practice
"Revolutionary Optimism is essential in
providing a pathway for all activists. It bids us to a higher
calling, no matter what cause we are fighting to change, it can
only be done holistically and with love for self and others. All
humans are interconnected, therefore all causes are, only when we
unify, can we change the world. Thank you Paul for reminding us of
our higher calling - Above all else, love your neighbor as
yourself."
–Dr. Tabitha Mpamira, Founder, Mutura
Global Healing
"Revolutionary Optimism is the book I
have longed to read during these truly polarizing times. This book
has shown me how to step in and address the injustices we face
today—to see how every person and their actions matter. I now
understand the mechanics of how peaceful political action makes a
difference. Dr. Paul is right–keeping love at the center of all we
do is now more important than ever."
–Kristine Carlson, co-author of Don't
Sweat the Small Stuff books
"Dr. Paul Zeitz offers a
deeply personal and inspiring blueprint around how we can embrace
and further live out a commitment
to Revolutionary Optimism.
With great vulnerability and deep insight, Paul draws upon his own
journey as a physician, public health expert, and longtime human
rights and peace activist to share practical wisdom on how we can
pursue both personal and societal transformation that then
transforms our communities and the world."
–Reverend Adam Russell Taylor, President,
Sojourners and author of A More Perfect Union: A
New Vision for Building the Beloved Community
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