Mission statement is:
to build a just, sustainable, compassionate social order that fulfils the basic human needs of the community through individual and collective awakening.
They seem also to be split into different ‘units’ https://www.sarvodaya.org/units/
Seems like this would maybe be a ‘political model’ which relates to enabling ontological growth.
“The Sarvodaya Shramadana Movement of Sri Lanka consists of the main incorporated body officially known as Lanka Jathika Sarvodaya Shramadana Sangamaya (Inc.), a group of legally independent units catering to specific fields of development activities and the village level Sarvodaya Shramadana Societies (SSSs). In each SSS there are child members (aged 7-14), youth members (14-25), ordinary members (over 25 years), life members, and invited members (honorary members). From this is drawn an executive council of 25 members, 18 executive members (3 children, 3 youth, 3 mothers and 9 ordinary members) and 7 elders (selected from life and ordinary members). Sub-committees help to fulfil the needs of the village.”
2022-04-06 came via this reference to sri lankan activity
https://twitter.com/Richard_Flyer/status/1511262676457910276
There is an example of a 60 year old cultural change movement, Sarvodaya in Sri Lanka, that integrates what they call personality awakening with Bioregional ecosystem building. Curious why westerners who seek meta system change seem to dismiss it.
I think this short video gives the flavor. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4x37dsKUVAY This video doesn’t describe how they incorporate Buddhist universal values in this multidimensional community building process. Joanna Macy wrote the classic Dharma and Development in the 1970’s.
Connections
- Ecosystem mapping work.
- Examples of cultural and social change movements