Intentional Communities Newsletter: May 1, 2009

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Join us in just a few weeks for
the FIC's next Art of Community event
Community Building Day
May 16 near Philadelphia
An announcement from the event coordinator Ma'ikwe Schaub Ludwig.

We'll be gathering on Saturday May 16th at the Camphill Kimberton Community near Philadelphia PA for a special day of community, inspiration and networking.

In addition to being able to connect with kindred spirits from the region, here are a few of the workshops you could enjoy:

Consensus with the elder of community-based consensus, Caroline Estes
Special Sessions focusing on two of the most exciting branches of intentional communities:
    Cohousing (with Betsy Morris of Berkeley Cohousing) and
    Ecovillages (with Ma'ikwe Schaub Ludwig of Dancing Rabbit Ecovillage and
    Ecovillage Design Education) plus a session on
    Starting A Residential Intentional Community with Ma'ikwe
Several Sessions With The Fic's Executive Secretary, Laird Schaub include: Should I Start or Join a Community? and Conflict: Fight, Flight or Opportunity
And for folks interesting in neighborhood organizing and more casual creation of community wherever you are:
Guerilla Community with Harvey Baker of the FIC board.

We'll also be doing the first official showing at an FIC event of Geoph Kozeny's second volume of Visions of Utopia video.

Stay into the evening for a banquet, casual networking time and a benefit auction to support the work of the FIC. (You can also make a donation to the auction by contacting Laird at laird - - ic.org

Tickets are available here. Tickets are $50-100 sliding scale, with an early bird special of $45 if you register by April 20th. Tickets include vegetarian lunch and dinner.

And the full schedule appears here.

Questions about registration? Contact Jo at registration - - ic.org

For Facebook users, you can find the event here.

Help us spread the word! Pass on this email, invite friends via the Facebook page or download the flyer for the event here.

Information about the host community Camphill Kimberton Community is here

Join us also for the spring FIC organizational meeting:
FELLOWSHIP FOR INTENTIONAL COMMUNITY SPRING ORGANIZATIONAL MEETING
Wednesday-Friday, May 13-15, 2009
Hosted by Camphill Village Kimberton Hills near Philadelphia, PA

The FIC holds semi-annual organizational meetings at communities throughout North America. Newcomers are welcome to attend.

TO REGISTER for the meeting and to get more information contact:
Jenny Upton of Shannon Farm Community in central Virginia
434-361-1417 (after 5pm eastern time zone)
jenny - - ic.org

More information is available here

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