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Sunday, February 28, 10am - 5pm
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The Magic of Co-creation: Power, Process, and Conflict in Groups
All over the world people are coming together to create change, organizing without top-down leadership or hierarchies, working together to create everything from community gardens to media to new ways of living. Such circles can be enormously creative and empowering, but they can also be cumbersome and frustrating. We could have changed the world ten times over if we didn't have to do it together with other people, those irritating, self-righteous, controlling, fluff-brained, clueless idiots who are our friends and allies.
But we can do better. In her book The Empowerment Manual, A Guide for Collaborative Groups, Starhawk draws on four decades of experience in circles and collectives to show us how to foster connection, positive power, and clear communication in our groups and ourselves.
In this workshop and ceremony, we will use the tools of magic, meditation, trance, and ritual to explore issues of personal and social power. We'll look at ways to create nurturing and healing group structures, to deal with difficult people, and embrace constructive conflict. We'll raise and focus group energy to celebrate our connectedness and nurture resilient communities that can be joyful and effective agents of change.
Starhawk's books, including her latest City of Refuge, will be available for sale and she will be happy to sign them.
K is for Kitchen will serve us hearty, yet light fare, featuring gluten-free porridge with a choice of sweet and savory fixins to start and gluten-free pizza (cheese or vegan) at our mid-day break. All dishes have low to no allergen content. Plus: your choice of mint tea or bone broth.
Sponsored by Philly Reclaiming and SpiralHeart.
Starhawk is an author, activist, permaculture designer and teacher, and one of the most respected voices in modern Goddess religion and earth-based spirituality. She is the author or coauthor of thirteen books, including the classics The Spiral Dance and The Fifth Sacred Thing. Her latest nonfiction is The Empowerment Manual, and forthcoming in February, 2016 is City of Refuge, the long-awaited sequel to The Fifth Sacred Thing.
Starhawk directs Earth Activist Training, teaching permaculture design grounded in spirit and with a focus on organizing and activism.
She travels internationally, lecturing and teaching on earth-based spirituality, the tools of ritual, and the skills of activism.
See Starhawk's webpage and Follow her on Facebook and Twitter.
K is for Kitchen is a community kitchen that provides soulful, nourishing, delicious food to magical communities. Their cooking is rooted deeply in authentic expressions of culinary traditions from all over the world. Further, they cook with a profound respect for the sacred & the local stirring magic, and healing stories into everything they prepare
Cats: Four cats live on the premises.
Pricing: We are attempting to make this event accessible to people of all income levels. Please slide as high as you can on the sliding scale! All proceeds go to support Starhawk's work.
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LocationWest Central Germantown (View)
To Be Announced
Philadelphia, PA 19144
United States
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| Kid Friendly: No |
| Dog Friendly: No |
| Non-Smoking: Yes! |
| Wheelchair Accessible: No |
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