The Compassionate Rebel Revolution: Ordinary People Changing the World

Published: Jan. 20, 2016, 1 a.m.

b'Compassionate rebels are the new real-life superheroes without the capes and the celebrity, with the super powers of compassion and courage and determination that can change the world in so many different ways that offer cause for hope in these troubled times. Their powerful stories, being told publicly for the first time, will encourage you to find and unleash the compassionate rebel that resides in all of us, guides us through tough times, helps us find solutions to our most pressing problems, and makes us all potential agents of social change.\\n\\nBurt Berlowe is an author, journalist, educator and social change activist. He has been writing and publishing people\\u2019s stories for more than four decades.\\n\\nHis current book: The Compassionate Rebel Revolution: Ordinary People Changing the World has been honored as a finalist for a Midwest Book Award and the international Reader\\u2019s Favorite award. It follows its predecessor The Compassionate Rebel: Energized by Anger, Motivated by Love, co-authored by Berlowe, and honored as a finalist for the nationally-prestigious Nautilus Award, presented during Book Expo America in Los Angeles.\\n\\nIn all of his work, Berlowe\\u2019s ultimate objective is to use storytelling as a way to transform our culture. \\u201cI believe that everyone has a compassionate rebel story waiting to be told,\\u201d he says. \\u201cI want to help people find and share that story and turn it into action that will positively change our society now and for years to come.\\u201d\\n\\nTracy CulbreathKing has a passion for conflict resolution that began after pursuing her Bachelors of Science degree from the University of Central Florida in Interpersonal Organizational Communication. Tracy is an Alternative Dispute Resolution Coordinator at the Maryland Mediation and Conflict Resolution Office (MACRO).'