Coaching, Leadership & Political Change
Vasconcellos, John
09/20/2003
Excerpts from a speech given to the Newfield Network

Toward the Politics of Trust: Our Only Way to a Healthy Hopeful Human Future!
Vasconcellos, John
12/01/2002
The late Sixties and early Seventies were times when many individuals and much of our society were engaged in radical personal, social and cultural transformation.

Politics of Trust in Action: 5 Things We Can Do To Build Trust in Our Community
Vasconcellos, John
12/01/2002
We hope by now you?re finding yourself asking "How can I help advance our POLITICS OF TRUST to become our mainstream politics?"

Personal Invitation: A Theoretical Glance into the Politics of Trust
Vasconcellos, John
01/15/2002
'I invite you - 'Come join me in inventing a whole new 'Politics of Trust.'

Holiday Wishes 2002: A Look Back & Ahead at the New Year
Vasconcellos, John
12/31/2001
I return to our state capitol this evening, to begin our new 2-year Legislative session tomorrow with the swearing-in of new legislators.

Tectonic Plates: Giving Rise to a Lasting Living Legacy
Vasconcellos, John
11/15/2001
Our basic assumptions regarding our own human nature and its inclinations and its potential serve as the 'tectonic plates' foundations for all of our expectations, regarding both our selves and each and every other human being we are going to approach. Our expectation regarding our selves and each other will lead us to choose how we are going to approach and behave with respect to both ourselves and every other human being.

Crossing the Chasm: A Musing on Negativity
Vasconcellos, John
11/08/2001
We've got to outgrow our negative reactions - and leap forward across that chasm into a worl of faith

Seven Revolutions: Inpirations for the Politics of Trust
Vasconcellos, John
10/15/2001
IN DESIGNING OUR PROPOSED NEW POLITICS, WE OWE IT TO OURSELVES TO BE UTTERLY REALISTIC AND SMART. FOR OUR NEW POLITICS TO HOLD PROMISE OF BECOMING RECOGNIZED AND POPULAR, EFFECTIVE AND SUCCESSFUL - WE MUST BE SURE WE GROUND IT IN THE REALITIES OF OUR TIMES AND OUR LIVES.

Analogous Pairs: A Musing on Complimentary Natures
Vasconcellos, John
10/01/2001
Recognized in collaboration with Daryl Eicher

Introduction to the New Politics: An Utterly New Politics of Trust
Vasconcellos, John
08/11/2001
Have you ever wondered what's wrong with politics? Have you ever wondered what you could do about that?

Maui Body Insights: A Musing on Energy and Spirit
Vasconcellos, John
04/12/2001
I GROW EVER MORE AWARE THAT MY NATURAL FLOW AND EXPRESSION OF SPIRIT IS PACKAGED

Introduction to 'Dean's Observations'
Vasconcellos, John
01/01/2003
As I rapidly approach retirement from, and as Dean of the California Legislature (representing the heart of Silicon Valley - I recognize a unique opportunity, and with that a special responsibility, to speak out publicly concerning the current State of our State of California, and the series of profound crises I see us facing now.

Seven Guidelines for Developing a Balanced California Budget
Vasconcellos, John
01/23/2003
I am proposing to identify the guidelines which altogether provide a foundation to enable us to come together and enact a State budget plan that carries the State and People of California through our budget crisis with a comprehensive plan that provides real hope for our future recovery and well-being.

The State of Our Budget for the State of California - An Emergency!
Vasconcellos, John
01/07/2003
Several weeks ago I received an Email from friend Michele Borba urging me to protect education from the 1st round of totaling $1.8 billion for K-12 education budget cuts proposed by Governor Gray Davis. I responded by calling to her attention the truth regarding the enormity of our state budget deficit, and advising her that if we were able to hold the K-12 schools cut to $1.8 billion, it'd almost constitute a miracle.

Our Expanding Human Agenda
Vasconcellos, John
06/15/2004
An extensive inventory of various laws & legislation, policies & programs, proposals & processes, statements & reports ? that demonstrate the Politics of Trust in action.

Trust - A New American Politics
Vasconcellos, John
01/01/1999
The organizing principle which we call the Politcs of Trust is utterly opposed to the cynicism that pervades and operates traditional Amercan politics of both major parties.

Basic Insight Underlying 'The Politics of Trust': Without A Vision the People Perish
Vasconcellos, John
03/21/2005
Our JV Legacy Project and our 'Politics of Trust' are committed to advancing into becoming our mainstream a politics (including all of our policies & programs & processes) a faithful vision of our selves, our human nature & potential, such that all else is calculated & designed toward realizing our entire human potential

An Open Letter To The Progressive Community
Vasconcellos, John
03/31/2005
In order for us progressives to become successful again in electoral politics, we must begin by fully recognizing & appreciating the most basic profound truth promulgated by the women?s' movement - 'the personal & the political are one!'

A Profound Vision for a Precious Choice For A Profound Future!
Vasconcellos, John
04/18/2005
The most basic issue of all: Whether and how much each of us believes in our own basic innate goodness, trusts ourselves to the core!