The Arrow Journal
A Journal of Wakeful Society, Culture & Politics
Programs and results
What we aim to solve
The Arrow Journal addresses two simultaneous needs: On the one hand, there is a need for discussions of the challenges of our time to be informed by deeper contemplation and wisdom about our relationships to one another and to the earth. On the other hand, there is a need for the growing number of people interested in mindfulness and contemplative practices to be well educated in the systems and structures of society in order to confront oppression, violence, and suffering in a meaningful way. The Arrow addresses these needs by providing space for critical engagement among contemplative practitioners, academic scholars in the social sciences, and activists working in these systems.
Our programs
What are the organization's current programs, how do they measure success, and who do the programs serve?
Promoting Discussion of Contemplative Practice and Social Transformation
The Arrow publishes high quality essays that investigate how contemplative wisdom and mindfulness practices can be employed to meaningfully address pressing current issues of climate injustice, racism, gender inequality, and violence.
Promoting Scholarship on Contemplative Practice and Politics
The Arrow makes important space for publishing rigorous, peer-reviewed scholarship on the applications of contemplative practice to politics, economics, and ecology.
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Goals & Strategy
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Charting impact
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What is the organization aiming to accomplish?
The Arrow seeks to help practitioners, activists, and scholars apply insights from wisdom traditions and meditative practices to addressing pressing political, economic, and environmental issues. At present, there are few intellectual spaces in which to examine the relevance of contemplative practice to social engagement. Crucially, no major publications exist that explore these topics with the depth required to support the activities of social movements, policy-makers, and nonprofits. The Arrow fills a critical niche left unexplored by other publications in the milieu of social, political, and spiritual commentary—namely, the direct relationship between contemplative practice and transforming violent social systems. Thus, a long-term goal of The Arrow is to change the terms of the mainstream discussion about spirituality from individual wellbeing to social wellbeing and critical awareness of power and politics. We envision The Arrow as becoming a leading publication in this emerging field.
What are the organization's key strategies for making this happen?
At The Arrow, we believe that if we are to create enlightened society, contemplative insight into human nature and analytical inquiry into the organization of society must be combined. The journal provides a critical intellectual space for doing so by curating and publishing high-quality essays and academic articles that draw on the wisdom of contemplative traditions and the analytical tools of academic disciplines in order to generate insight into the roots of systemic suffering.
Through studying the relationship of mind and society, The Arrow investigates different perspectives on confronting oppression in our world and pursuing social, political, and ecological well-being. Our fundamental theory of change is that providing this publication will create a fount of resources that contemplative practitioners, scholars, and activists can use to transform violent and unjust social structures into institutions of sanity that nurture collective well-being.
What are the organization's capabilities for doing this?
Through a growing network of scholars and intellectual writers, the Arrow curates essays, forums, and special issues on the topics named above. Our dynamic teams of Academic Advisors and Associate Editors support our Chief Editor in generating ideas for thematic issues, magnetizing writers to contribute, and editing submissions.
What have they accomplished so far and what's next?
Since our founding in 2014, our all-volunteer editorial team has published nearly three dozen standalone essays, three special issues, and one academic peer-reviewed issue. In 2017, we engaged in a first year-end fundraising campaign, which garnered enough funds to contract with some of our recurring authors to provide material on a regular basis. Thanks to articles published in 2018 that resonated with many readers, particularly an essay by one such recurring author, our monthly website traffic grew by an order of magnitude and our reader list grew substantially.
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The Arrow Journal
Board of directorsas of 01/06/2022
Gabriel Dayley
Michael Gayner
Laurie Amodeo
Aarti Tejuja
Greg Lubkin
Sharon Owyang
Rosalyn Avent
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