New Ventures West is committed to alleviating suffering in the world. We are proud to partner with these organizations, supporting their endeavors to do the same.
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The Enneagram Prison Project
EPP offers group-facilitated programs for incarcerated men and women, using the Enneagram to inspire transformation—on both sides of the bars—through self-awareness, self-compassion, and self-regulation. Students learn to find their own voice, to articulate newfound self-awareness, and demonstrate life-changing insights. EPP holds the space for those incarcerated to become conscious of the ways they can begin to hold themselves and live their lives. Several NVW faculty and graduates are involved with the project, teaching in institutions around the world and coaching the program’s ambassadors.
New Pathways for Youth
With a mission is to empower youth to fulfill their potential through mentoring and life skill development, NPFY connects youth ages 12 to 21 with caring and dedicated adult mentors. Their practices are grounded in an evidence-based curriculum that focuses on social and emotional learning. The organization has transformed the lives of nearly 6,500 youth through the development of core social, emotional, and academic skills with the help of committed volunteers and community support.
Ashoka
Ashoka identifies and supports the world’s leading social entrepreneurs, learns from the patterns in their innovations, and mobilizes a global community that embraces these new frameworks to build an “everyone a changemaker world” where all citizens are powerful and contribute to change in positive ways. Since 1981, over 3500 Ashoka fellows from 92 countries have benefited from the organization’s expansive network of peers and partners, enabling them to achieve their vision and have even greater impact.
San Francisco Zen Center
The purpose of Zen Center is to express, make accessible, and embody the wisdom and compassion of the Buddha. Today, San Francisco Zen Center is one of the largest residential training Soto Zen Buddhist organizations outside of Asia. It is a practice place for a diverse population of students, visitors, lay people, priests, and monks guided by teachers who follow in Suzuki Roshi’s style of warm hand and heart to warm hand and heart. Zen Center programs also reach out to the community, helping prisoners, the homeless, and those in recovery; protecting the environment; and working for peace.