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Arno Michaelis
Website:
Serve 2 unite
Country:
USA
Activity:
Activist
Keywords:
change, compassion, empathy, love, mindfulness, oneness, spirituality, violence
From the age of 17 Arno Michaelis was deeply involved in the white power movement. Today, he is a Buddhist and anti-violence activist.
Presentation
In the late 1980s and early 1990s, Arno Michaelis was a leader of a worldwide racist skinhead organization, a reverend of a self-declared Racial Holy War, and lead singer of the hate-metal band Centurion, which sold 20,000 CDs by the mid-nineties and is still popular with racists today. Single parenthood, love for his daughter, and the forgiveness shown by people he once hated all helped to turn Arno’s life around, bringing him to embrace diversity and practice gratitude for all life.
After spending over a decade as a successful information technology consultant and entrepreneur, Arno is now a speaker, author of My Life After Hate, co-author of The Gift of Our Wounds, and very fortunate to be able to share his ongoing process of character development as an educator working with Serve 2 Unite. Founded as an ongoing peaceful response to the August 5th 2012 Sikh Temple shooting in Oak Creek, WI, S2U engages students creatively with a global network of peacemakers and mentors in partnership with Against Violent Extremism, The Forgiveness Project, Search For Common Ground, and Parents for Peace.
Arno’s customizable keynotes and workshops leverage noble qualities of compassion, curiosity, and kindness to engage all human beings, building foundations for diversity appreciation and cultural agility. He also enjoys spending time with his daughter, art, music, and all forms of fearless creative expression, along with climbing things, being underwater, and the wonderful natural beauty of our planet Earth.
Interviews available from Arno Michaelis
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Changing our inner lenses
It sometimes sounds like science fiction but I truly believe that as human beings we can shape our own reality...
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Forgiveness – self-forgiveness and I can’t beat myself up
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How did I abandoned my hatred against black people?
How does empathy change the way I behave?
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Mindfulness doesn’t change the outer world
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No way that I’ll go back to hating people
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We can anchor ourselves in those noble human qualities
How does compassion and forgiveness play a role in peace making?
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innerpeace, you need to fall in love with