Expanding Minds To Expand Society
Experiential empowerment training for responsible citizenship in a democracy
Expanding Minds To Expand Society
Experiential empowerment training for responsible citizenship in a democracy
Current Empowerment Courses
Burn Bright But Not Out - Mindfulness for Civic Change
Drawing inspiration from leaders like Martin Luther King Jr. and Mahatma Gandhi, this 8-week class explores how mindfulness can transform stress into resilience, fear into courage, and compassion into effective advocacy.
Whether you’re working for change in your neighborhood or beyond, this class will offer practical tools to help you
- · Build resilience and prevent burn out
- Turn fear into courage so that you can be a more powerful change agent
- · Strengthen capacities for hope and visioning so that you can be a beacon of light within your community
- · Deepen compassion and perspective taking-skills to be more influential
- · Experience the power of connection so that you’ll know you’re not in this fight alone
Thinking For Ourselves In Complex Times
Our nation was founded on the principle that we can govern ourselves because we can think for ourselves. This was the premise of the Enlightenment era in general, and it’s a core principle of self-governing societies even today.
The challenge we face today is that the human mind struggles to think for itself whenever the situation is chaotic, volatile or complex. Brains do better when the world is predictable. The good news is that there is a solution to this. Regardless of the level of chaos, we do better at thinking for ourselves when we strengthen the cognitive processes that help us make sense of the world. When these processes are strong, we make better choices on our own behalf, and we are better able to come together with a sense of collective agency to create the society we want. Today’s world reaches a level of chaos and complexity that demands a very high level of strength in these processes.
Democracy Mindset runs small-scale, experiential training courses that help people to strengthen their mind’s ability to make sense of chaos so that we can continue to govern ourselves both as individuals and as a society.
Our Team
Our Mission
Our Mission
Our founder, Judy Lubin, is a Civic Catalyst with Open Democracy Evanston. She has civics training from Citizen University and mindfulness training from IOSM (Institute of Organizational Science and Mindfulness). In addition, she has been coaching business and non-profit leaders to step into a self-actualizing mindset for over 20 years. W
Our founder, Judy Lubin, is a Civic Catalyst with Open Democracy Evanston. She has civics training from Citizen University and mindfulness training from IOSM (Institute of Organizational Science and Mindfulness). In addition, she has been coaching business and non-profit leaders to step into a self-actualizing mindset for over 20 years. With a PhD in Economics from the University of Chicago, she has a long-held interest in the tenants of democracy and a deep commitment to the connection between holistic human thriving and free societies.
Our Mission
Our Mission
Our Mission
We train and support the general populace to create an enlightened society that delivers the full promise of democracy to all people by helping people to stand in the full power of an enlightened Democracy Mindset.
Our Values
Our Mission
Our Values
We value an inclusive, participatory society where empowered individuals work together to build a society founded on the potential for holistic human thriving. We value responsible freedom and respect for all people.