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About Us What is Partnership? "Human Evolution is now at a crossroads. Stripped to its essentials, the central human task is how to organize society to promote the survival of our species and the development of our unique potentials. A partnership society offers us a viable alternative."
Riane
Eisler Partnership is a commitment to a way of living, it is a way of life based on harmony with nature, nonviolence, and gender, racial, and economic equity. It takes us beyond conventional labels to a future of flourishing untapped human potential. It is part of our human nature to be caring, sensitive, and creative, to seek pleasure and avoid pain. During much of our prehistory, humanity was rooted in the partnership model. This is our lost heritage. Through a cultural shift, history became the familiar tale of violence, injustice, and domination. We need to restore our Earth and renew our communities. We need social and economic inventions based on partnership. This is the mission of the Center for Partnership Studies. Based on the groundbreaking research and writings of authors, Riane Eisler and David Loye, CPS offers everyone a new hope for the future. What is the Center for Partnership Studies? The Center for Partnership Studies (CPS) is a 501c(3) nonprofit for public benefit corporation that conducts research and develops and disseminates education on the partnership model. It provides information and tools to promote the shift from domination to partnership in all aspects of society – from families and education to economics and politics. CPS is a member of the NGO (nongovernmental organization) section of the United Nations and supports the UN Millennial Goals. The mission of
the Center for Partnership Studies is to advance human
development by accelerating movement to the partnership model of
relations. The partnership model is a way of structuring
beliefs, institutions, and relations that supports the
realization of our enormous human capacities for consciousness,
caring, and creativity and promotes nonviolence, human rights,
justice, and a sustainable environment. The Center for Partnership Studies was founded in 1987 in response to the demand of readers of Riane Eisler’s The Chalice and The Blade: Our History, Our Future, the first book describing the partnership model and the domination model as two basic possibilities for structuring beliefs, institutions, and relations. Hailed by Princeton anthropologist Ashley Montagu as "the most important book since Darwin's Origin of Species" and a bestseller in its original U.S. edition, The Chalice and The Blade is now in 21 foreign editions (including Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Hebrew, and most European languages) and widely respected and used. Since 1987, CPS has worked with individuals and organizations to change consciousness, promote positive personal action, encourage social advocacy, and influence policy. Many CPS initiatives focus on equal partnership between women and men as a major component of the partnership model. CPS initiatives advance a way of life based on harmony with nature, non-violence, and gender, racial, and economic equity. CPS’s achievements include:
Riane Eisler, President. Internationally known as author of The Chalice and The Blade (Harper & Row, 1987), Eisler is a scholar, author, educator, organizer, and social activist. As an educator, she pioneered women’s studies programs at UCLA; as an organizer, she founded the first U.S. center on women and the law; as a women’s rights activist, she wrote The Equal Rights Handbook (Avon Books, 1978), as a human rights activist, she introduced a new model of human rights that includes both women’s and children’s rights; as a scholar and author, in addition to The Chalice and The Blade, she wrote Sacred Pleasure (Harper Collins, 1995), and the award-winning Tomorrow’s Children (Westview Press, 2000) and The Power of Partnership (New World Library, 2002). Her articles have been published in over 100 publications, ranging from Brain and Mind and the Human Rights Quarterly to the UNESCO Courier and World Encyclopedia of Peace. Eisler has addressed major conventions and universities in the U.S. and abroad. Her honors include the first ERA Alice Paul Award. She is a Commissioner of the World Commission for Global Spirituality and Consciousness. She was named in Macrohistory and Macrohistorians as one of the 20 most important macrohistorians of the last 300 years and identified by The Utne Reader as one of the world’s 100 most important social visionaries. David Loye, Vice President. A systems scientist and futurist, Loye is former faculty member of Princeton University and the UCLA School of Medicine. He is author of many books and scholarly articles, including the award-winning The Healing of a Nation (Norton, 1971) on race relations, The Leadership Passion (Jossey-Bass, 1977) on politics, The Sphinx and the Rainbow (Bantam Books, 1984) on how we predict and affect the future, and Darwin’s Lost Theory of Love (iuniverse.com 2002) on a holistic evolutionary perspective. He is co author with Eisler of the CPS study Women, Men, & the Global Quality of Life (Center for Partnership Studies, 1995) and The Partnership Way (Holistic Education Press, 1998). He is the editor of The Evolutionary Outrider (Adamantine, Praeger, 1998) and The Great Adventure (SUNY Press, 2003) containing writings by leading edge scientists on new evolutionary thinking. Bill Levis, Treasurer & CFO. A renowned expert on nonprofit financial management, Bill has extensive experience in the nonprofit field. He has published works on fundraising productivity and is a nationally recognized expert on the IRS Form 990. Alexandra Loeb. Former corporate vice president at Microsoft Corporation, Alexandra is on the board of Conservation Northwest and Climate Solutions, as well as an investor in Clean Energy technologies. Howard Lazar. Former Chair, LVI, Inc., a construction company listed on the NY Stock exchange, Howard is a real estate developer. Joe Rando. Developer and owner of software business and shopping centers; Joe is a well-known business and civic leader. Timothy Seldin, President Montessori Foundation and Founder of the Montessori Partnership Education Center Heide Banks. Psychotherapist, lecturer, author, radio and TV show host on partnership relations; CPS representative to the DPI-NGO of the United Nations. Patrick O'Heffernan. Social entrepreneur, strategic management nonprofit consultant CPS Advisory Council members include Professor Nel Noddings
of Stanford University and Professor M.G. Cline, advisor to
National Head Start Research since 1965; Marie Wilson, former
president of the Ms. Foundation and Raffi, internationally known
children’s songs composer and performer and advocate for a
child-honoring society. Riane Eisler,
President Chris Thomas,
Director of Programs Janice Jaworski, SAIV Director
Leadership of CPS's The SAIV Council
The SAIV Advisory Group
The Darwin Project Leadership David Loye, Project Founder and Director
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