Sharif Abdullah

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Shariff Abdullah (born Sherwood James Sanders; March 24, 1951) is an American attorney, academic, and writer.

He works in the field of social, cultural and spiritual transformation. He is a proponent of an inclusive global human society. Shariff Abdullah teaches groups and individuals how to understand and practice inclusivity – the connection with all beings.

Abdullah's writings include The Power of One: Authentic Leadership in Turbulent Times^[1] and Creating a World That Works for All.^[2] He is the founder and president of Commonway Institute,^[3] the originator of the Commons Café^[4] and the Common Society Movement.^[5]

Abdullah was born Sherwood James Sanders on March 24, 1951, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and reared in Camden, New Jersey.^[2][6]

Abdullah received a BA in psychology from Clark University and earned a Juris Doctor degree from Boston University School of Law.^[2][6]

Abdullah passed the bar exam in North Carolina in 1977^[7] and began practicing law with Legal Services of the Southern Piedmont (based in Charlotte, North Carolina).^[6]

Since 1996, Abdullah has worked with Sarvodaya Shramadana Sangamaya (Sarvodaya). He currently volunteers as a senior advisor to Sarvodaya.^[8]

• Adjunct faculty member at Marylhurst University.^{[citation needed][2]}
• Lecturer at the UC Berkeley.^{[citation needed][2]}
• Adjunct professor at Portland State University in the Philosophy/Conflict Resolution department.^[9]

• Abdullah, Shariff (1995). The Power of One: Authentic Leadership in Turbulent Times. Philadelphia: New Society Publishers. ISBN 0-9632184-0-9. OCLC 32392522.
• Abdullah, Sharif (1999). Creating a World That Works for All. San Francisco: Berrett-Kohler Publishers. ISBN 1-57675-062-0. OCLC 4572931. Winner of the 1999 "Book of the Year" award from the Independent Book Publishers Association (Current Affairs).
• Abdullah, Shariff. "The Soul of a Terrorist: Reflections on Our War with "The Other", Chapter Seven in The Psychology of Terrorism (Volume I of four volumes). Greenwood Press, 2002 ISBN 0-275-97771-4 WorldCat
• Abdullah, Shariff and Beegle, Donna. "The Class Continuum" Communication Across Barriers,^[10] 2006.