Collaboration – The Convergence

Intentional Communities: The Unfolding Story

Convergence Program — Sun, 19 Aug 2018 22:36:33 +0000

A panel discussion on the intentional communities movement – past, present, and future.

Join us for a panel discussion on the future of the intentional communities movement. Where have we been, what is happening now, and how do we imagine the role of intentional communities into the future? Learn from community founders and network leaders. Bring your questions to this exploratory conversation.

Presented By: Cynthia Tina

Reimagining the Commons: GENNA Alliance

Convergence Program — Mon, 06 Aug 2018 02:48:00 +0000

This session will offer practical tools and frameworks for how we can collaborate – based on the recent development of GENNA Alliance.

Collaboration is happening! Explore new collaborative potential within our regenerative movement. GENNA Alliance is a growing platform of individuals and organizations for a thriving communities network in North America. Five organizations have partnered to reimagined the Commons for practical application – shared agreements, resources, projects, and technology. Learn how you can engage, explore similar initiatives around the world, and network with fellow participants during this interactive session.

GENNA Alliance initial partners: Global Ecovillage Network (GEN), Foundation for Intentional Community (FIC), VillageLab, NuMundo, NextGENNA

Presented By: Cynthia Tina

Makin’ It Happen, Cooperatively: Pathways for success in Intentional Communities, Worker Co-ops, and other collective projects and endeavors

Joshua Angelo Silva — Thu, 24 Aug 2017 00:21:27 +0000

We all know that creating a world that works for all people and the planet will take an unprecedented level of cooperation. Easier said than done when the dominant social and economic structures, not to mention our own condition, is geared against this. This workshop will explore the ins and outs of successful group endeavors and enterprises, including intentional communities, worker co-ops, and other collective and community based projects. We’ll look at the interwoven set of interpersonal, cultural, and structural issues that need to be addressed, identify common pitfalls, and discuss best practices.

Saturday Oct 7| 3:30pm| Zocalo

Presented By: Sky-Blue

The Art of Facilitation

Joshua Angelo Silva — Tue, 15 Aug 2017 22:21:11 +0000

In this workshop, we will build a toolbox of skills and practices for intentional and just facilitation of groups. The ways that we hold and move through our meetings can end up replicating on a micro scale the very systems of inequity and scarcity that we are working to change. But, just as powerfully, with intention and practical tools, meetings can serve as inclusive and accessible spaces in which to model and create practices of a just and thriving world. The voices that feel welcome in the room affect the world we will build. Fair share through facilitation is essential- and it’s also creative and fun! Participants will leave with activities, practices, and frameworks to apply in their own meetings, classes, and communities.

Learn and practice skills for modeling/embodying resilience and justice in the ways we lead our meetings, groups and classes.

Friday Oct 6| 2pm| Hops Tipi

Presented By: Rachel Economy

Rachel Economy

Joshua Angelo Silva — Tue, 15 Aug 2017 21:13:27 +0000

Rachel Economy is a writer, facilitator, artist, and permaculture educator and practitioner living in Berkeley, California. She has studied, practiced, and taught ecological gardening, sustainable farming, and permaculture practices in urban and rural environments across the country for almost a decade. In her work with students of all ages, Rachel focuses on social permaculture — re-writing the stories that create human and ecological systems, with an eye to justice and resilience. Rachel holds a Masters in Social Innovation and Sustainability from Goddard College, is a working poet and writer, and is currently attempting to grow an absurd number of plants in the space between her apartment and her neighbors’ driveway.