From the World Peace Library Being Completely Connected
Rita Marie Johnson, creator of the BePeace practice and founding director of Rasur Foundation International, explains the steps of the BePeace practice — a synergistic skill that combines empathy and insight to help you respond to life from a position of strength. Rita gives real life examples of how the practice eliminates unnecessary suffering and enriches life.
During this transformational session, you'll discover:
- The steps of the BePeace practice
- Key skills to help you approach life with your strengths as your guide
- How children and youth are impacted when the BePeace practice is taught in both school & at home
Rita Marie Johnson
Educator, bestselling author, speaker, and award-winning innovator Rita Marie Johnson has a personal mission: eliminate unnecessary suffering and enrich life for people of all ages and from all walks of life. She has been sharing her message and her method worldwide for over a decade. The BePeace Practice she pioneered brought her the Ashoka Changemakers Innovation Award, chosen from 79 projects in 32 countries. Now the practice has impacted over 40,000 students in Costa Rica. In 2010, Johnson began teaching the Connection Practice Foundations Course at the United Nations-mandated University for Peace, a graduate school for international leaders. She serves as CEO of Rasur Foundation International (RFI). Her latest book, Completely Connected: Uniting Our Empathy and Insight for Extraordinary Results, was released in March 2015 and reached #2 on the bestseller list in the Conflict Resolution and Mediation category. Her method has been endorsed by Nobel Peace Prize laureate Oscar Arias and Eileen Rockefeller Growald, a leading advocate for social-emotional learning in schools.
