Wisdoms Edge Foundation Incorporated

USING PHILOSOPHY AS A MEDIUM TO THINK MORE CRITICALLY ABOUT DEEP SEATED BELIEFS, VALUES, AND LIFE PRACTICES, WISDOM'S EDGE FOUNDATION HELPS DIVERSE COMMUNITIES GAIN SELF-ESTEEM AND CULTIVATE SELF-CARE HABITS SO THAT THEY CAN HELP THEMSELVES FIND PURPOSE AND MEANING IN THEIR LIVES. THE COMMUNITIES DR. STONE SERVED IN 2021 WERE THE WOMEN AT THE LORD'S PLACE, THE NONPROFIT WOMEN'S COALITION, CLIENTS FROM A BETTER DAY THAN YESTERDAY, AND A SELECT SCHOLARLY COMMUNITY FROM THE SCHOOL OF SANSKRIT, PHILOSOPHY & INDIC STUDIES AT THE UNIVERSITY OF GOA. DR. STONE FACILITATED PHILOSOPHICAL DISCUSSIONS, MEDITATION SESSIONS AND TAUGHT MINDFULNESS PRACTICES FOR 18 PARTICIPANTS. DR. STONE HOSTED TWO ONLINE READING GROUPS. THE MATHEMATICS & PHILOSOPHY READING GROUP CONSISTED OF SCHOLARS AND RESEARCHERS IN LOGIC, PHILOSOPHY, MATHEMATICS, ENGINEERING, AND A NEUROSCIENCE/INVENTOR, AS WELL AS A HIGH SCHOOL SCIENCE TEACHER AND A LITIGATOR ATTORNEY. THE OTHER WAS A READING OF ERIC WEINER'S THE SOCRATES EXPRESS, WHOSE PARTICIPANTS INCLUDED A GROCERY CLERK FROM PUBLIX, A MINDFULNESS TEACHER, AND A REALTOR. DR. STONE SERVED AS CHAPTER LEADER FOR THE SOUTH FLORIDA SOCIAL ENTERPRISE ALLIANCE, A CONSORTIUM OF NON-PROFIT AND SOCIAL ENTERPRISE LEADERS COLLABORATING AND SUPPORTING ONE ANOTHER TO BETTER SERVE THE SOUTH FLORIDA AREA. IT IS THROUGH NETWORKING THAT WISDOM'S EDGE CAN IDENTIFY COMMUNITIES AT THE EDGES OF SOCIETY AND FIND STUDENTS WHO ARE SEARCHING FOR AN INTELLECTUAL COMMUNITY AND SUPPORT CIRCLE FOR ACHIEVING SELF-HEALING, MEANING AND PURPOSE IN THEIR LIVES. DR. HOUSTON IN ST. CLOUD, MINNESOTA, HAS TAUGHT THREE IN-PERSON CLASSES TO INTERGENERATIONAL STUDENTS, RANGING IN AGE FROM 12 TO 80 YEARS OLD, TEACHING A TOTAL OF 29 STUDENTS. THE COURSES HE DESIGNED WERE TITLED, "ANCIENT WISDOM FOR MODERN TIMES," "THE PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS," AND "APPLIED ETHICS," PARTNERING WITH THE ADULT ENRICHMENT COMMUNITY EDUCATION CLASSES OF DISTRICT 742 IN SAINT CLOUD, MINNESOTA. CURRENTLY DR. HOUSTON IS DESIGNING A COURSE ON "DEATH & DYING." EXPENSES INCLUDE: $3000 JOHN HOUSTON $231.30 MELISSA LANDIS $61.25 STATE OF FLORIDA FEE FOR SOLICITATION OF FUNDS CERTIFICATE $149.90 ZOOM SUBSCRIPTION $89.83 ART SUPPLIES $100 SEA SUBSCRIPTION