Ravenna Kibbutz will be hosting this gathering focused on Food as Celebration. Watch for additional details!
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Do you long to recapture a sense of true community, where friends know and help one another? Learn why intentional communities are attracting increasing interest as models of cooperation, friendship and sustainable living. Tonight, members of NICA (Northwest Intentional Communities Association) from local communities share experiences and perspectives on the benefit of community life and touch on topics such as decision making, problem solving, structure, income and ownership. You’ll leave with inspiration and practical techniques for sustainable living wherever you live, serve or work! The panel will consist of representatives from the following communities:
Date: Wednesday, March 10, 2010 Map powered by MapPress
About 25 people representing five northwest intentional communities from as far as Olympia attended the NICA Fall Gathering, hosted by the Ananda Community. You might recognize a few of the attendees in the slideshow above. While the theme of the event was, “What makes your community hum?”, the overall experience was celebrating the harvest of our lives together through song, a terrific vegetarian chili prepared by Ananda residents, Dances of Universal Peace, and sharing focused on the distinctive journeys of each community. Thanks to our panelists for opening the pathway to deeper conversations:
And special thanks to these folks who helped create a safe and joyous environment:
Here’s a slightly more detailed report: NICA Fall Gathering 2009. If you participated in the event, please feel free to add your own observations and reflections as comments to this post. And if you weren’t able to join us, please add your own reflections in response to the question, What makes your community hum? as well as any other thoughts you would like to share in response to the notes from the gathering. The next gathering will be in spring, so watch for more information! Here is the agenda for this Saturday’s gathering at the Ananda Community in Lynnwood, WA. Click here for a printed agenda. 9:30 – Sign-in and gathering time with tea/coffee and juice 12:30 – Lunch 1:30 – Singing/ Dance of Universal Peace 2:00 – Panel presentation and discussion: 3:00 – Open Space Dialogue – selected topics Directions to Ananda Community in LynnwoodFrom the SouthTake I-5 North to Exit 181A. Stay in the far right lane of the exit, and go straight across 44th Ave. at the light to wind around onto 204th St. SW. In about ¼ mile, take the first right which is Larch Way. Go about ¼ mile and turn left into the Ananda Community (look for the white sign). Stay left at the fork in the drive and head to the back of the Community until you see the sign and building for Hansa Temple on your left. Park in any space without a number. From the NorthTake I-5 South to Exit 181. Stay in the LEFT lane of the exit (196th EAST), and following the curve of the exit enter onto 196th St. SW. Stay in the right lane, crossing over I-5, and take the first right onto Poplar Way. Turn right onto 204th St. SW at the 2nd light, go about ¼ mile and turn left onto Larch Way. See above (“From the South”) for remaining directions to the Branch Center. Once you turn into the community take the left fork in the driveway and head around the back side where you will see a sign for Hansa / Yoga. Here’s more information on the Ananda Community. The NICA October Gathering is just 10 days away, and Ananda, the hosting community, has offered to provide lunch for all participants. We are also suggesting a $10 donation. Agenda details will be available soon, but tentative activities include a tour of Ananda, sharing around the theme of “What makes your community hum?” with the subtitle, “What creates and sustains the cultural life of our communities?” and other activities for stretching and extending our relationships, imagination, and physical well-being. Bring colleagues from your community or invite folks interested in what intentional community is all about. Here are some questions to prime the pump for the NICA Fall Gathering, to be hosted by the Ananda Community in Lynwood, WA:
Feel free to provide your thoughts as comments to this message. Add your comments to this message to present issues, concerns, or opportunities related to the establishment or ongoing operation of intentional communities as places of ecological and cultural sustainability. Selected topics will be pulled out for expanded conversation depending on interest. Set the date to join us for a day of community stories, singing and Universal Dances of Peace as well as a tour of Ananda, our hosting community. Ananda is located at: 20715 Larch Way, Lynnwood, WA. Guided by the theme, “What makes your community hum?,” we will explore together the question, “What creates and sustains the cultural life of our communities?” Watch for more information soon! |
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