UPWARD CHANGE

About the Book

This poetry book engages readers to envision immediate and longer-term futures both domestically and globally. Presidential Leadership is changing plus Health Care during this coronavirus; Education, Business and Religions are communicating in diverse methods by Zoom, media and phones. International relations are adapting to advances in trade, global connections in Science, Technology and Governing Structures. Climate changes demand collective efforts to control global heating. As the Younger generations are deeply concerned about their future world. All these changes challenge humanity to constructively address current and future issues. We are facing catastrophes so that collective efforts are needed for both short-run and long-term issues. If we fail to take constructive action now and the next decades human and all life may face impairment or eventually extinction. This book addresses key issues that invites readers to participate in designing global futures in how to engage in these personal, social and political issues.

About the Author

Gerald Middents was a USAF Captain; Presbyterian Minister; Psychology Professor, invited to India to Mahatma Gandhi U., Manipal U. to Fill the Endowed UNESCO Peace Chair who published two of his books; U. of Texas at Dallas; 5 Medical Schools and 6 Seminaries. His poetry books: Personal Meaning DeMystified, Heating the Earth; GLOBAL WARMING, Earthlings and Spacelings; Connecting Asian and American; SPORTS and RELIGIONS TOGETHER. His special interests are Creativity, Policy-Making and Social Justice.