Global Research Assemblies, Councils and …
Annual meetings of the Spirit Movement held in Chicago from 1964-1986
Did You Know?
Starting in the summer of 1965, Institute staff and colleagues gathered in Chicago each July to build themselves as a global movement. Beginning in 1970 these events were called Global Research Assemblies and provided a way for a broad cross section of people to help shape the focus, methods and spirit of the Institute and its network of colleagues. Beginning in 1966, decision-making gatherings called Councils brought together folks to make / formalize decisions on directions and allocation of resources. These, combined with Local Collegiums, Weekend Problem Solving Units (PSU’s), Weekly Ecclesiolas and periodic Retreats and Training Schools created and sustained momentum across the globally dispersed network of contacts.
There is now incontrovertible
evidence that mankind
has just entered upon the greatest
period of change the world has
ever known.
The ills
from which we are suffering have had their seat
in the very foundations of
human thought.
But today something
is happening
to the whole structure of
human consciousness.
A fresh kind of life
is starting.
Teilhard de Chardin
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Training the Spirit Movement Summer 1965-1969
Social Research / The Great Turn Summer 1970-1974
Practical Implementation Summer 1975-1979
The Decade of the 80’s
The Decade of the 90’s
The Decade of the 00’s
The Decade of the 10’s
And Now: What IS a . . .
Global Research Assembly?
Council?
Problem Solving Unit (PSU)?
Collegium?