Kindred World Welcomes Andrea Brooks Dole as Parent Representative on Board of Directors
Kindred World is delighted to announce Andrea Brooks Dole has joined our board of directors. We welcomed Andrea as a parent representative this past spring. Andrea’s story has been featured in Kindred Magazine and she joined the first Nesting Ambassador’s Cohort this June 2025.
Andrea is a recognized advocate for families of children with complex medical needs. She has presented her insights into nurturing her son to Vanderbilt pediatricians and has been featured in the New York Times as part of a Little Lobbyists advocacy to Congress in June 2025.
“We are excited to welcome Andrea to the Kindred family. Her compassionate and dedicated leadership as a family wellness advocate and new story weaver provides empowering and uplifting guidance for all families,” said Lisa Reagan, Kindred World founder and executive director. “We are grateful for her participation in the Nesting Ambassador’s program, and we look forward to sharing her writing on Kindred Magazine.”
Andrea is serving as a Nesting Ambassador Program Beta-tester during the summer of 2025. She will be presenting her project from the program in fall 2025.
Learn more about Kindred World’s nonprofit work at www.KindredWorld.org.
About Andrea Dole
Andrea Brooks Dole is a singer, advocate, and restorative practitioner, who has been swimming upstream all her life, seeking to return children to a native habitat that is interdependent, diverse, joyful and expressive. Andrea has travelled around the world singing and teaching music from ancient singing traditions with Northern Harmony, and sung in community choirs and small ensembles from Maine to Miami, Chile to Spain, Boston, Bennington, and the Republic of Georgia.
Andrea’s advocacy for children and families, springs from a deep well of trust in the natural world, and from singing powerful songs from cultures worldwide. Andrea embodies a unique capacity to blend best practices from multiple disciplines and traditions to empower people and systems to thrive; she has the sensitivity to attune to unique individuals, and the intelligence to synthesize information from many sources to apply to effective clinical practice.
Andrea has built relationships with legislators, government officials, disability advocates, medical providers, journalists, community members, researchers and academics to help create policy and clinical solutions for children with complex medical needs. She loves to tend to plants in the garden and woods, and helps run Earthways Guide Service, teaching traditional skills and facilitating nature connection.
Andrea lives in an off grid solar timber frame home she and her husband Patrick built in Belfast, Maine, with their two incredible children James (9) and Rafe (7), who were both born at home.
About Kindred World
Kindred World is a Vision-holder for Welcoming a Wisdom-based (Heart-Mind Integrated) Human Family and Wellness-Informed Society.
You can discover more about our nonprofit’s history here, read our founder’s story here, and learn how our many initiatives help ourselves and our culture make the shift from a Dominator Worldview to a life-sustaining, Wisdom-based, Indigenous) Worldview.
Our Nonprofit Mission & Vision
To transform human potential by integrating neuroscience, psychology, and cultural evolution into everyday life. We promote nurturing caregiving, partnership-based societies, and conscious living as pathways to a thriving, sustainable, and equitable world.
Vision Statement
We envision a world where every child is raised in an environment that fosters creativity, intelligence, and compassion. A world where caregiving is honored as the foundation of a just society, where communities operate through partnership and cooperation, and where human potential flourishes in harmony with nature.
Core Values
- Wholeness & Integration – We honor the integration of science, wisdom, and culture in understanding human development.
- Nurturing Relationships – Secure attachments and responsive caregiving are the foundation of thriving individuals and societies.
- Holistic Intelligence – We support education and environments that cultivate emotional, cognitive, and creative intelligence.
- Sustainability & Regeneration – Social and ecological systems should operate in balance to sustain life and future generations.
- Partnership & Equity – Power structures should be cooperative, not oppressive, to create a society where all voices are valued.
- Conscious Evolution – Human potential is limitless, and we strive to create a culture that supports transformation and growth.
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