John Calvi’s 2019 Year End Letter
Dear Friends,
It’s been a very busy year of travel work, home life, and publishing made possible by your kindness and support. Thank you. Along with teaching to 10 groups in 7 states, my second book, How Far Have You Traveled?, came out in June. It focuses on knowing one’s own goodness, an important aspect of living a full life and the work of healing one’s self and others.
My second book has been well received. The idea of knowing your goodness is a subtle, yet pivotal aspect of many accomplishments: one’s health and well being, one’s work to help others, and staying clear of pain and confusion in the world. My first book, The Dance Between Hope & Fear (2013), continues to be praised by professional caregivers and trauma survivors especially. Book #3, in process, is a memoir of my own healing and path to becoming a Quaker healer. Solitude is a necessary part of my staying balanced and continuing hard work, so this writing will be done in retreat.
On the home front, challenges have been substantial. Marshall was seriously ill last year. He is now recovered, thank goodness. Then in March he lost his job, due primarily to the U.S. denying international student visas. Both circumstances were fierce new realities to manage. Resourcefulness in times of unexpected critical change are tests we are fully engaged in.
The Quaker Initiative to End Torture - QUIT! continues out of necessity. As the founding convener, I teach about American torture and its policy, practice, and history. No, it’s not over. PLEASE be watching for The Report, a new movie due in November about the US Senate report on CIA torture and the fight to stop it. Have you seen QUIT’s new website? www.quit-torture-now.org
You have helped me along the way over these four decades. It’s good to see you on my travels and to receive your notes of care and support. In the current economic atmosphere, living on gifts is tough. I hope you will consider my work worthy of your continued support. Please consider sending a gift. If you should care to give me a raise, that would be more than wonderful. Thank you.
In the Light, John Calvi
PO Box 301 Putney 05346 johncalvi.com paypal.me/JohnCalvi
John Calvi’s 2019 Complete Calendar
February 3 San Francisco Friends Meeting- afternoon workshop San Francisco CA
March 2 Sacramento Friends Meeting- workshop Sacramento CA
March 3 Redwood Friends Meeting- new book reading Santa Rosa CA
May 17 – 19 Pendle Hill- weekend workshop Wallingford PA
May 31 – June 2 Great Plains Yearly Meeting- plenary, workshops Wichita KS
June 3 – 4 Seed House- workshops, individual sessions Wichita KS
June 31 – July 6 Friends General Conference Summer Gathering Grinnell IA
5 mornings of massage, energy work, Life Map, plus – QUIT & new book reading
July 25 – 28 Vermont People with AIDS Coalition Annual Retreat Stowe VT
Workshops and individual energy work sessions
August 3 – 8 New England Yearly Meeting- workshops Castleton VT
Sept 29 Farmington Friends Meeting- Quakers and Healing Farmington NY
2020 February 21 – 23 Powell House workshop massage, healing Old Chatham NY
2020 June 28 – July 4 Friends General Conference Summer Gathering Radford VA
Workshop 5 mornings of massage, energy work, meditation
2020 July 8 – 12 North Carolina Yearly Meeting Conservative keynote Greensboro NC
2020 July 23 – 26 Vermont People with AIDS Coalition retreat workshops Stowe VT
2020 August 1 – 6 New England Yearly Meeting workshops Castleton VT
Celebrating the release of my 2nd book
The Dance Between Hope & Fear (2013) AND How Far Have You Traveled? (2019)
available from - Quakerbooks.org and Amazon
JOHNCALVI.COM
My website has been redesigned with videos and new pictures.
On YouTube
“Undoing the Damage Done by Violence” QuakerSpeak 4:19 min Oct 2014
On the Radio
My radio interview on healing and torture. Listen free or purchase CD.
The Quaker Initiative to End Torture- QUIT! www.quit-torture-now.org
I continue as the founding convener of QUIT! Teaching about American torture history and present.
PLEASE SEND A GIFT TO MY ADDRESS BELOW OR paypal.me/JohnCalvi
Definitions- a donation carries the expectation of work for which I am taxed.
A gift is given out of respect, affection, or charity such as :
my birthday- May 14, my wedding anniversary- August 26, Christmas gift- December 25
P. O. Box 301 Putney VT 05346
Thanks for all your help & support. I’ve been on the road 37 years thanks to the care of many!
