Resolution Revolution

Who can keep the colors and the causes straight for all those post-Livestrong bracelets? Apparently, the 6 million people wearing Will Bowen’s purple Complaint Free gear can. Bowen, lead minister of One Community Spiritual Center, started the movement in 2006 by giving members of his Kansas City congregation purple bracelets meant to remind them not to complain — about the weather, about the world, about their family. The point was not for people to suffer silently but to direct their energies into positive change rather than actionless nagging. A book followed, along with a Web site (acomplaintfreeworld.org ) and the free distribution of those millions of bracelets, including one for Maya Angelou. Bowen signs his follow-up book, Complaint Free Relationships, at 7 tonight at Unity Temple on the Plaza (707 West 47th Street), following a screening of the film A Complaint Free Revolution. The event is free, but call 816-606-3668 to register.

Tue., Dec. 29, 7 p.m., 2009