Did you know that Sedona is officially a city of Peace? Yes, it is and it’s thanks to Margaret Joy Weaver, a 25-year resident of Sedona. She, along with a few other locals who facilitated the process in 2012 made our town the 35th out of now more than 300 International Cities of Peace WORLDWIDE. The mission of this organization is to nurture, inspire and empower the community of Sedona to thrive and flourish while fostering a culture of peace. They celebrate courage, respect, compassion, connection, empathy, harmony, inner peace, and love.

This has been a passion of Margaret’s for years and she is one of the people who keeps the heart of Sedona alive with much to give those who live here and those who visit.  I’ve known Margaret through her many roles in Sedona from being a part of the Sedona International Film Festival to her current incarnation, pun intended, with the Sedona International City of Peace.

Something fabulous has manifested, again pun intended, which is truly a collaboration of love within this organization and that manifestation is the Sedona Arts for Peace Week with an entire week of events inspired by The Awesome Difficult Work of Love, an ensemble piece created by Adreinne Torf.

It’s a sweet conversation with lots of tidbits about Sedona, her current tribe, and the love they have for this town and the global community.

www.sedonacityofpeace.org

Facebook:  Sedona International City of Peace

Adrienne Torf is a composer and pianist well known for her solo career and her artistic collaborations with poet, activist and teacher June Jordan spanning nearly 20 years. June Jordan was one of the most widely published and highly acclaimed writers of her generation committed to the human rights movement and political activism.

Although June Jordon passed away in 2002, she left an amazing legacy of work and Adrienne has been a steward of June’s words with this project that you’ll learn more about shortly. I am one of the storytellers in the show, that took place here in Sedona, and I can tell you that it was excruciatingly difficult to share my own stories but it has also become one of the most therapeutic and cathartic experiences of my life.  The response of gratitude from the audience was overwhelming in a good way for all of the story tellers.  

I’m going to share the quote with you that is the entire basis of the production:

“We need, each of us, to begin the awesome difficult work of love, loving ourselves so that we can become able to love others without fear, so that we can become powerful enough to enlarge the circle of our trust and our common striving for a safe, sunny afternoon near to flowering trees and under a very blue sky.”

You can email Adrienne directly if you're interested in producing The Awesome Difficult Work of Love in your city or town.  She generously made this available to anyone who'd like to make an impact with meaning through this beautiful piece.  Email: [email protected]

To learn more about Sedona International City of Peace visit:  https://sedonacityofpeace.org/

We're new to the podcast universe and so excited to share the content we have created and the episodes to follow.  We're not gurus or spiritually superior to the point of being enlightened nor are we famous life coaches but we're people like you, working like everyone else on making it in the world.  

This podcast, R.evolution assists the global community in our common striving for positive change, by offering unscripted conversations from the heart of Sedona, Arizona.  We share inspiring stories from thought leaders and everyday people who are on a path of self-transformation by learning about what challenges and trauma's they've faced, what tools, teachers or methods they've used to overcome and heal themselves and how their journeys have shaped how they walk in this world as a result. Plus, we'll expand upon various subjects as we go along and in doing so perhaps you'll join in the conversations and share what you've learned with people close to you.  We'll be connecting you to people and resources that we've come to cherish and value in our own lives.  So you can consider this podcast to be your self-awareness and self transformation concierge service leading you to a community of support.

Thanks for checking us out!  You can learn more about us at www.trevisioproductions.com.