Bo Lozoff, founder, with Sita Lozoff, of Human Kindness Foundation and its internationally respected Prison-Ashram Project toured Maine in July and August, with Public Speaking Events in Portland, Belfast, Bangor, Ellsworth, and Blue Hill. There was no charge for these events and the public was invited. 

An award-winning singer-songwriter, Bo Lozoff also performed in Concert July 28th with Josh Lozoff's Deep Magic. 

           Announcing . . . Bo Lozoff visited Maine in July and August 2007. Here's a

summary of his workshops in our communities inside and

outside of Maine's prisons.  Though Bo's Maine tour is over,

                     this page remains as a record of a wonderful series of events.

                                             To learn about Bo's meetings in other states: www.humankindness.org

   

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Link to Audio:  Bo Lozoff interview on RadioActive WERU-FM 89.9, Blue Hill, ME

  "[Bo Lozoff] to Speak in Maine:  Human Kindness" --  Portland Phoenix

  "We're All Doing Time" -- Portland Phoenix

  "Time for Change:  Bo Lozoff  Suggests an Experiment in Truth" --  Ellsworth American

  "We're All Doing Time: Is it possible to be kind in a place where kindness is taken for weakness?"

                             - Free Press, Rockland ME

The cause of all our personal problems and nearly all the problems of the world

can be summed up in a single sentence:

Human life is very deep, and our modern dominant lifestyle is not.  

                                                                                                                 – Bo Lozoff

In addition to his public speaking engagements in Maine,  Bo Lozoff met with hundreds of Maine’s prisoners during eight workshops throughout the state corrections system --  for the men and women at Maine Correctional Center,  Bolduc, and Maine State Prison -- on July 24, 25, August 4 and 5.

Search the internet for the name Bo Lozoff and you’ll find thousands of websites quoting or honoring this unique, street-wise sage and activist whose fans range from the Dalai Lama to Outlaw Biker Magazine to Mister Rogers. Join us at one of these very special meetings and at the Concert and find out why.

Bo Lozoff’s books include  Lineage And Other Stories, Just Another Spiritual Book, It’s a Meaningful Life, Deep & Simple, The Wonderful Life of a Fly Who Couldn’t Fly, and the classic, We’re All Doing Time, hailed by The Village Voice as “one of the ten books everyone in the world should read.” He and his wife, Sita, have practiced intensively in the world’s Great Traditions since their marriage in 1966. Bo is currently on tour, speaking in prisons, public talks and singer/songwriter concerts across the US.

Sponsors for these Maine events included:

Peace Action Maine, Maine Council of Churches, Maine Alternatives to Violence,

Restorative Justice Project of the MidCoast, University of Maine Peace Studies Program,

Bangor Theological Seminary, Blue Hill Congregational Church Outreach Board,

Social Justice Committee of the Bangor UU Society,  First Parish (UU) Portland,

Peace & Justice Center of Eastern Maine, Belfast UU Social Justice Committee, Peace & Justice of Waldo County, and Volunteers for Hancock Jail Residents.

   For info, www.humankindness.org