#218 iChange Justice Podcast - The Systems Revolution - Not All Values Serve Us All The Time

In this Season 5 Premiere, Whatcom's own Joy Gilfilen and community justice educator and activist Karen Ball (currently located in Texas). engage in a high-level dialogue with Kathryn Alexander, MA, founder of Bridge to Partnership. An early student of the Fifth Discipline and systems thinking, Kathryn brings decades of research into how "tacit values" shape our leadership and our culture.

The conversation explores the imbalance of Western culture and Kathryn’s shift to nature as the ultimate expert. She introduces the Resilient Values Set™ and her Birds of a Feather™ model—tools designed to move us out of the "Protective" value systems that fuel social and environmental fighting. We dive deep into the Biotic Pump and her work with SoilSmart-SoilWise, revealing how a scientific understanding of the Earth’s self-cooling systems provides a blueprint for human community health. This is a vital look at how we move from the noise of systemic crisis to a legacy of restorative action.