John Perkins to address Founding Mothers Movement
Thursday, 20 February | 9am PT ( 12 noon ET/5pm GMT/ 6pm CET)
Join our partner organisation The Founding Mothers’ for their forthcoming Connect Fest event.
ConnectFest unites like-minded individuals passionate about global gender equality and ending war and takes place on the third Thursday of each month.
This month featured speaker is John Perkins.
About John Perkins
As Chief Economist at a major consulting firm, John Perkins was advisor to the World Bank, UN, IMF, Fortune 500 corporations, and government and business leaders in Africa, Asia, Latin America, the Middle East, and the United States.
Before that, he apprenticed with shamans when he lived in the Amazon rainforest from 1968 to 1971 and has since studied with shamans from many different cultures.
His eleven books on economics, shamanism, and transformation include the Confessions of an Economic Hit Man trilogy (Abre numa nova janela), Shapeshifting, The World Is as You Dream It, and Touching the Jaguar.
They have been on the New York Times bestseller list for more than 70 weeks, sold millions of copies, and are published in at least 38 languages.
John’s awards include the Lennon Ono Grant for Peace (honored along with Lady Gaga and Pussy Riot) and the Rainforest Action Network Challenging Business as Usual Award.
He is a founder and board member of the Pachamama Alliance (Abre numa nova janela) and Dream Change.
