Get Involved With CICRCL

Get Involved in CICRCL’s Current Projects – BE the change you want to see in the world!

Become CICRCL’s Partner

One of CICRCL’s missions is to cooperate with other persons, organizations, and corporations to educate the public on the peaceful resolution of conflicts and creative living. CICRCL welcomes you, your organization or your company as a Partner working towards similar goals and projects to create a more peaceful world. Much of CICRCL’s focus during it’s 32 years has come from rich interactions and collaborations with its local, national, and international Partners.

To get involved, contact us at cicrcl@bellsouth.net.

Donate regularly to CICRCL

CICRCL’s tax status as a Foundation allows you to make tax-deductable donations. These donations are used to support our cross-cultural exchanges with Ukrainian individuals and organizations.

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The easiest way to donate regularly to CICRCL is to use smile.amazon.com each time you make a purchase at Amazon. When you’re setting your charity at smile.amazon, search for CICRCL.

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Participate in CICRCL’s cultural exchanges

CICRCL and Kiev Gestalt University in Ukraine plan annual exchanges between Americans and Ukrainians. The first exchange brought 8 Ukrainians to Manitou Springs in May 2018 for a two-week stay. This group participated in Manitou Springs’ 12 Days of Choosing Love and also two We Choose Love weekend events that focused on gender reconciliation.

Both American and Ukrainian participants in CICRCL’s cultural exchanges say they are life-changing. The East-West “chemistry” between the two cultural groups was amazing to both sides. A core group of Americans who participated in the May 2018 exchange continue to meet monthly to carry on the personal deepening that they experienced during the We Choose Love weekend events. Here’s the feedback that we received from a Ukrainian participant who came to the USA for the first time in May 2018.

It was a very powerful insight ...

This meeting was an excellent opportunity to debunk cultural stereotypes from both sides. You know, before this trip, I thought a lot about Janae’s words about the Ukrainians. It seemed to me that she exaggerated, and in fact we are not like that. I was embarrassed and ashamed, I felt a strong responsibility for not meeting her expectations.

Now, being back in Ukraine, I realized a very important thing about myself, as a representative of Ukrainian culture. It’s so hard for us to believe in good things about us and we agree with the bad respond so quickly and easily. We have a lack of self-sufficiency and self-confidence. But we are ready to doubt ourselves and devalue any compliments. This is part of our national culture and post soviet system.

I am so grateful that you, the Americans, helped us to see our sensitivity, empathy, compassion and depth. We used to depreciate and level it all. You were a mirror and big support for us to see and accept it. And I believed all of you. It was a very powerful insight for me. To accept our uniqueness next to the uniqueness of others.

- Host international guests from Ukraine.

CICRCL and KGU are exploring the possibility of a group of Americans visiting Ukraine in the summer of 2019. This cross-cultural exchange would involve some of the American participants in the We Choose Love weekends spending two weeks in Ukraine.

Visit Ukraine as a guest and experience the amazing synergy between our cultures. CICRCL can help you make contacts in Ukraine who will help you find your way around Kiev and the unique culture of Ukraine.

To get involved, contact us at cicrcl@bellsouth.net.