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Changing Course: Windcall and the Art of Renewal
Susan Wells
Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-59714-071-3, $18.95
240 pages (7 x 10)
Innovative program helped cure compassion overload
What would happen if the leaders of our country’s social-justice movement no longer had the emotional or physical strength to do their critical work? Would civil rights, minimum-wage reform, and environmental protections vanish if those men and women fell victim to burnout?
These are questions that most of us don’t stop to ponder. But these non-profit leaders face a real threat. Seeing the need to help these leaders sustain their vision, balance and resilience, lifelong activists and philanthropists Albert and Susan Wells launched an experiment in the late 1980s. The couple converted their small Montana ranch into a place where community activists could address their symptoms of burnout, restore their energy and creativity, and return to their jobs with fresh hope and commitment. They called this inspiring, groundbreaking place Windcall.
Changing Course: Windcall and the Art of Renewal, Susan Wells narrates the couple’s journey as they grow Windcall into a highly respected and wildly successful endeavor. Aside from offering a history of the project, the book serves as a practical guide, not only for other nonprofit leaders who can learn from Windcall’s unique model, but for anyone who has ever experienced the debilitating effects of burnout. Changing Course shows readers how they can restore balance in their lives.
The book concludes with in-depth profiles of seven leaders who came to Windcall through the years. Through these profiles readers will meet a diversity of social-justice activists and organizers and better understand their invaluable contributions to our democracy. |
