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The Origins Story of a Proutist
On February 8th, 2025 Dada Maheshvarananda presented a life story about how he began to work on Prout activism and how he continues to find inspiration today. The event was hosted at the Story Parlor with the Asheville Storytelling Circle.
P.R. Sarkar's Centers for Prout Research and Activism
Roar Bjonnes shares how Prout Research Institutes began, how they can function in the Prout movement. As a person who started and served as the Executive Director of two PRIs, Dada Maheshvarananda will share an informative presentation about PRI’s around the world.
Organizing for Community: Wespac Social Forum
A report about the Westchester Social Forum for mobilizing community engagement and solidarity.
Creating Prototype Master Units via the Resilient Communities Project
P.R. Sarkar, who propounded Prout, referred to the importance of developing Master Units as model communities to serve as the nerve centers of society, which can provide needed services, particularly in the fields of education, culture, economics, agriculture and spiritual upliftment.
The Power of Storytelling to Change the World
Proutists are very few in number, yet we are trying to give a high quality of life to every human being and save the planet at the same time. Dada Maheshvarananda will show you how to share your stories in a compelling way that will inspire and empower everyone who listens.
Neohumanism and the Persevering Humanity of Oppressed People
Though only a recent member of Prout Alliance (PA), for two years, Japa worked as a proutist in the Los Angeles (LA) area in the late 70’s. This work included community outreach with the Socialist Workers Party for the Leonard Peltier Defence Committee. Japa also worked with the Progressive Labor Party in opposition to KKK organizing in the South Bay area of Los Angeles.
Building a Better World Together | Fundraising 2024
The Prout Research Institute is raising funds for the final stages of construction for its building in Asheville North Caroline. The building will serve as a community hub for organizers, trainings, workshops and seminars on economic systems change–inspired by the Progressive Utilization Theory.
Integrated Medicine around the World with Dr. Steven Landau
PROUT, the Progressive Utilization Theory propounded by P.R. Sarkar of India, has as its basis and goal “the welfare and happiness of all.” Accordingly, medical care is considered one of the minimal necessities of life to which all people are entitled.
OroqCoco - The Pride of Oroquieta City
From the pristine city of Oroquieta come the coconut products that make a difference! OroqCoco is a workers owned cooperative that produces all-natural, healthy, vegan products from local raw materials. OroqCoco provides high quality employment to women and coconut farmers in rural areas, and its founding was inspired by the principles of Prout.
Inequality and Depressions: The Proutist View of Economic Instability with Mark Friedman
Severe economic downturns, with their devastating human impacts, are common in modern market economies. Prout theory links most of these occurrences with economic inequality, also a feature of capitalism. Economist Mark Friedman explains how economic inequality increases instability, and how instability will be reduced with economic democracy.
Community Driven Recovery & Transition
While the Climate Crisis has given us much to worry about, it brings with it opportunities for systems change. Based on the research cited in “Humankind: A Hopeful History” by Rutger Bregman and elsewhere, Dr Pedroja will take you through the journey from systems change at a theoretical level to community engagement in the process to help prepare for the coming transition.
The Futures of the World System: Prout and the Grand Transition
The presentation will cover the following topics: Prama and Global Responses, Macrohistory, World Futures, and Causal Layer Analysis as Prout Practice. Professor Sohail Inayatullah, a student of PR Sarkar and a political scientist and futurist, is the UNESCO Chair in Futures Studies at the Sejahtera Centre for Sustainability and Humanity, IIUM, Malaysia.
Prout Research Institute Fundraiser
The Prout Research Institute shares a tour of the new building in Asheville, North Carolina. Fall 2023.
Bill Ayers: When Freedom is the Question Abolition is the Answer
A Conversation with Bill Ayers from the Prout Alliance Annual Gathering 2023.
Ecological Economics with James Quilligan
Watershed Worlds with Matt Oppenheim
How Do Humans Respond to Catastrophes: Myth & Fact
There are many presumptions about the answer to the title question – many of them incorrect and some of them dangerously inaccurate. The presentation will be a quick overview of the evolving science of Emergency Management which is the product of much professional focus and based on an ever-growing body of empirical experience and observation of people and authorities in such situations over many years and in diverse settings.
The Place of World Government & World Constitution in the Philosophy of Prout
Prabhat Ranjan Sarkar first shared his thoughts about Prout in the late 1950’s and continued to clarify that comprehensive socio-politico-economic system until his passing in 1990. After reviewing his ideas about the creation of a world government and a world constitution, the program will enable participants to explore how these ideas help in the creation of a PROUT social order. Participants will also be encouraged to develop ideas about how a world government can be implemented.