BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Foundation for Intentional Community - ECPv6.1.4//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://www.ic.org X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Foundation for Intentional Community REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Chicago BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:CDT DTSTART:20220313T080000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:CST DTSTART:20221106T070000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20220518T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20220518T140000 DTSTAMP:20230814T085758 CREATED:20220429T160352Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220504T000338Z UID:10000768-1652875200-1652882400@www.ic.org SUMMARY:Unleash the Power of our Differences Series: Exploring My Power and Privilege DESCRIPTION:May 18th | 1:00-3:00pm Eastern \nUnleash the Power of our Differences Series \nExploring My Power and Privilege\n\nREGISTER NOW\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe series continues with an exploration of your vision and purpose and how to live in solidarity across differences with others.\n\nJoin presenter\, Elliott Butler-Cisneros for another powerful workshop in the Unleash the Power of Our Differences series. In this workshop\, you will explore personal power and privilege\, and strategize ways to work with both within a community and your life. \n \n\nIn this session you will:\n\nExamine the ways you have power and privilege\, and the ways you do not.\nExplore internal dynamics and payoffs of maintaining power and privilege.\nUncover the impacts of unexamined power and privilege on community\, relationships\, and systems generally.\nStrategize the transformation of power and privilege from a poison to a balm.\n\n\n\nREGISTER NOW\n\n\n\n\n\nWorkshop Presenter\n\n\n\n\n\n\nElliott Butler-Cisneros \nElliott comes from a bi-cultural\, multi-racial background. He taught in special education on the Navajo reservation and directed a transition program serving students with disabilities. He worked as an administrator at predominantly Latino elementary and an experiential school in Colorado. He taught multicultural classes at Naropa University and directed the Human Rights Office for the City of Fort Collins. \n \nIn 2006\, Elliott founded The Sum and moved to Charlottesville\, VA after the Unite the Right Rally in 2017 to support the communities’ cross-racial process. With The Sum\, he has developed the Power of Difference Model\, Assessment and Certification; Solidarity Circles and Protocols; and the Welcome Circle–a faith community that gathers in the sacredness of welcome itself. \n \n \n \n\n\n\n\n\nRegistration\n \n \n\n\n \n\n\n\n\nThe Online Event Experience\n\n  \n\n\n\n\n\nLive Zoom Sessions\nNothing pre-recorded here! When you sign-up for an event with FIC\, you’ll have the opportunity to join a live session on Zoom with the event presenter/facilitator and other participants. \n\n\n\n\n\nAffordable and Accessible\nAll our events are run on a sliding scale basis. Generous donations cover the costs for low-income attendees. FIC is committed to making our programs accessible to people of all walks of life. \n\n\n\n\n\nWatch the Recording\nYou’ll receive the recording of your event to view for up to one month (unless otherwise noted). So don’t worry if you can’t attend a live session. Watch or listen whenever it is convenient for you. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLoved by Community Builders\n\nWhat a beautiful gift to our intentional community builders and leaders! FIC’s programs provide a way for thinking and concerned people to collaborate for solutions to our multitude of global crises. Thank you FIC! – Terri Garcia \nI am constantly impressed by the down-to-earth practicality of the FIC workshops combined with the philosophical questions that are so vital for us to explore. I’m grateful for the excellent planning and delivery of the workshops by skilled and inclusive presenters\, who create a space that is both welcoming and invites participants to challenge existing ideas and world views. Well done and thank you FIC. – Claire Ogden URL:https://www.ic.org/event/exploring-privilege-workshop/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.ic.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/Exploring-My-Power-and-Privilege-Product-Image.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20220513T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20220513T150000 DTSTAMP:20230814T085759 CREATED:20220321T204737Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220331T191541Z UID:10000753-1652450400-1652454000@www.ic.org SUMMARY:The Key to Creating Trust & Connection in Community DESCRIPTION:May 13th | 3:00-4:00pm Eastern \nThe Key to Creating Trust & Connection in Community\n\nREGISTER NOW\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJoin facilitator Aaron Kahlow to learn how to create trust and connection in community through Conscious Circles. \n\nAaron will share the steps and essential elements of creating containers of safe space to help participants connect and go deeper together. \n \nThe key to creating trust and connection is the container of holding safe space. Small group work\, in circles or otherwise\, is a fundamental ingredient to allowing the process and depth of connection and inner work to unfold in a way not often seen in everyday life\, even in the most intentional of communities. \nWe will explore the fundamental ingredients for facilitating safe space\, how to start and grow a small group for such work\, and all the tips\, tools and pitfalls to avoid. \n\nDuring this session you will learn:\n\nHow to make people feel welcome and comfortable to saying yes to small group or circle work\n3 easy steps to creating safe space in any group\nThe essential agreements all groups must establish\nWays to continue depth and momentum to allow participants to go deeper\n\n\n\nREGISTER NOW\n\n\n\n\n\nWorkshop Presenter\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAaron Kahlow \nAaron is a well recognized facilitator and educator on social health\, emotional well-being\, mindful living and spiritual counseling. His personal passion is around creating more meaningful human connection\, especially in small group work that he calls Conscious Circles – a safe and soulful space for all to have a place to ground\, clear and be witnessed…a transformative life experience. \n \nHe founded the Society of Social Health and Well-Being\, a cause-based initiative to support professionals dedicated to creating more meaningful connections and community (aka Social Health)\, that solves societal disconnect and loneliness. Aaron is a successful serial entrepreneur\, product & marketing executive\, and community leader. His past leadership roles include: BusinessOnline\, Online Marketing Institute\, Conscious Business World Summit\, Conscious Company Media\, Mindbody\, Fabriq\, Institute for Professional Excellence in Coaching\, EVRYMAN\, and more. \n \nAaron’s combination of facilitation skills\, Zen practice\, entrepreneurial success and real world approach to changing our behavioral health is not only inspirational\, but also highly practical for all those trying to manage the chaos of living in today’s busy connected world. \n \n\n\n\n\n\nRegistration\n \n \n\n\n \n\n\n\n\nThe Online Event Experience\n\n  \n\n\n\n\n\nLive Zoom Sessions\nNothing pre-recorded here! When you sign-up for an event with FIC\, you’ll have the opportunity to join a live session on Zoom with the event presenter/facilitator and other participants. \n\n\n\n\n\nAffordable and Accessible\nAll our events are run on a sliding scale basis. Generous donations cover the costs for low-income attendees. FIC is committed to making our programs accessible to people of all walks of life. \n\n\n\n\n\nWatch the Recording\nYou’ll receive the recording of your event to view for up to one month (unless otherwise noted). So don’t worry if you can’t attend a live session. Watch or listen whenever it is convenient for you. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLoved by Community Builders\n\nWhat a beautiful gift to our intentional community builders and leaders! FIC’s programs provide a way for thinking and concerned people to collaborate for solutions to our multitude of global crises. Thank you FIC! – Terri Garcia \nI am constantly impressed by the down-to-earth practicality of the FIC workshops combined with the philosophical questions that are so vital for us to explore. I’m grateful for the excellent planning and delivery of the workshops by skilled and inclusive presenters\, who create a space that is both welcoming and invites participants to challenge existing ideas and world views. Well done and thank you FIC. – Claire Ogden URL:https://www.ic.org/event/key-to-trust/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.ic.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/The-Key-to-Creating-Meaningful-Connection-Trusting-Community-Product-Image.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20220512T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20220512T133000 DTSTAMP:20230814T085759 CREATED:20220406T230446Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220509T192629Z UID:10000761-1652356800-1652362200@www.ic.org SUMMARY:Intro to Intentional Communities around the Globe DESCRIPTION:2nd Thursday of every month | 12-1:30pm Eastern \nIntro to Intentional Communities around the Globe\n\nREGISTER NOW\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAre you looking to learn about intentional communities and get inspiration for your own future community? You’ve come to the right place!\n\n\nThis 90-min webinar will cover all the basics about intentional communities — where to find them\, why they matter\, and how to join the one that’s right for you. Get your questions answered and leave with practical tips. This is also a great opportunity to meet fellow community seekers from around the global. \n \nCynthia is the Co-Director of the FIC and will offer a virtual tour of some of the hundreds of community projects she has visited or worked with worldwide. She helps people connect to intentional communities as a matchmaker for seekers and as a consultant for growing community projects. She’ll guide you through the ins and outs of life in community… and how to find the best match for you! \n\nDuring this session you will gain:\n\nan overview of the 10 different types of intentional communities\ntop online resources for finding communities worldwide\na global tour of some popular and lesser-known communities\nkey steps for identifying the one that is right for you\nideas for how to build a lasting community relationship\n\n\nREGISTER NOW\n\n\n\n\n\nMeet the Presenter\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCynthia Tina\nCynthia is the “community matchmaker” helping people join the hundreds of intentional communities she has visited and worked with around the globe. She is a speaker\, educator\, and co-director of the Foundation for Intentional Community (ic.org). Her mission is to strengthen the bridge between sustainable communities and mainstream society. After a decade of travel\, Cynthia now lives at an ecovillage in Vermont where she’s building a passive solar home\, tending a garden\, and guiding yoga classes. She has a B.A. in Sustainability from Goddard College\, as well as certifications in Ecovillage and Permaculture design. Learn more and book a community matchmaking session with Cynthia at www.cynthiatina.com. \n  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n“This is a wonderful workshop to give you an overview of finding intentional community. Cynthia breaks down all the concepts and inspires you find the community you’re looking for through resources and insightful advice from her own experience.” \n—Molly McKinney \n\n\n“Cynthia proved to be an excellent ally in assisting me in my search for ecovillages and communities. She was super-knowledgeable\, thorough\, kind\, thoughtful\, and an excellent listener. She recommended several sites that I had not heard of\, many of the which she had visited personally. I felt very inspired and hopeful after our session — her enthusiasm for the regenerative movement is very infectious and genuine\, which combined with her experience and commitment made her a great helper for finding the best next steps forward for myself.” \n—Adam Morrison \n\n\n“Cynthia has a wealth of information about IC’s around the world\, and presented in a way that felt welcoming and inclusive. The breakout group helped me get a sense of the diversity of the backgrounds of people  interested in intentional community.” \n—Allison S. \n\n\nRegistration\n \n \n\n\n \n\n\n\n\nThe Online Event Experience\n\n  \n\n\n\n\n\nLive Zoom Sessions\nNothing pre-recorded here! When you sign-up for an event with FIC\, you’ll have the opportunity to join a live session on Zoom with the event presenter/facilitator and other participants. \n\n\n\n\n\nAffordable and Accessible\nAll our events are run on a sliding scale basis. Generous donations cover the costs for low-income attendees. FIC is committed to making our programs accessible to people of all walks of life. \n\n\n\n\n\nWatch the Recording\nYou’ll receive the recording of your event to view for up to one month (unless otherwise noted). So don’t worry if you can’t attend a live session. Watch or listen whenever it is convenient for you. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLoved by Community Builders\n\nWhat a beautiful gift to our intentional community builders and leaders! FIC’s programs provide a way for thinking and concerned people to collaborate for solutions to our multitude of global crises. Thank you FIC! – Terri Garcia \nI am constantly impressed by the down-to-earth practicality of the FIC workshops combined with the philosophical questions that are so vital for us to explore. I’m grateful for the excellent planning and delivery of the workshops by skilled and inclusive presenters\, who create a space that is both welcoming and invites participants to challenge existing ideas and world views. Well done and thank you FIC. – Claire Ogden URL:https://www.ic.org/event/intro-to-ics-2022-05-12/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.ic.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Intro-to-ICs-2.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20220504T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20220506T170000 DTSTAMP:20230814T085759 CREATED:20220404T212444Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220406T184614Z UID:10000759-1651676400-1651856400@www.ic.org SUMMARY:Decolonizing Nonviolent Communication [2-part Training] DESCRIPTION:May 4 & 6 | 3-5pm Eastern \nDecolonizing Nonviolent Communication\n\nREGISTER NOW\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDeepen your emotional vocabulary and expand your self-awareness by decolonizing non-violent communication. \n\nJoin us and workshop facilitator Meenadchi to learn how to deepen your emotional vocabulary and expand self-awareness through decolonizing nonviolent communication (NVC) practices. You’ll learn how to better understand conflict and what your body is saying during communication. \n \nThis training offers a framework of speaking in ways that feel true while acknowledging and unpacking how systems of oppression may be built into the ways we speak to each other. This intro-level training will provide tools for deepening your emotional vocabulary\, understanding conflict as it emerges in your most intimate relationships\, and practical exercises for expanding your self-awareness and ability to offer empathy towards self and others. \n\nKey outcomes of this training:\n\nA clear framework for exploring and understanding conflict\nA more intuitive sense of your body’s sensations and what they mean\nAn expanded emotional vocabulary\nPractices to build empathy for self and others\n\n\n\nREGISTER NOW\n\n\n\n\n\nTraining Faciliator\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMeenadchi\nMeenadchi (pronouns: they/she) is a facilitator and somatic practitioner whose work centers the softness of our shadows as we deepen into our light. Meenadchi’s movement work began first as a performer and dancer\, shifting into the mental health and trauma sector through suicide prevention\, rape crisis advocacy\, and daily functioning/skill-building for folks with serious mental illness and complex trauma histories. Meenadchi’s primary modalities are Non-Violent Communication\, Family Constellation Therapy\, and craniosacral therapy. Meenadchi is the author of Decolonizing Non-Violent Communication. \n \n \n\n\n\n\n\nRegistration\n\n \n\n\n \n\n\n\n\nThe Online Event Experience\n\n  \n\n\n\n\n\nLive Zoom Sessions\nNothing pre-recorded here! When you sign-up for an event with FIC\, you’ll have the opportunity to join a live session on Zoom with the event presenter/facilitator and other participants. \n\n\n\n\n\nAffordable and Accessible\nAll our events are run on a sliding scale basis. Generous donations cover the costs for low-income attendees. FIC is committed to making our programs accessible to people of all walks of life. \n\n\n\n\n\nWatch the Recording\nYou’ll receive the recording of your event to view for up to one month (unless otherwise noted). So don’t worry if you can’t attend a live session. Watch or listen whenever it is convenient for you. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLoved by Community Builders\n\nThis course was a great way to connect with others and feel less isolated in my experiences. It also offered insights into identities I don’t inhabit that will help me understand others more and be a better ally. – Fatima H.  \nWhat a beautiful gift to our intentional community builders and leaders! FIC’s programs provide a way for thinking and concerned people to collaborate for solutions to our multitude of global crises. Thank you FIC! – Terri Garcia \nI am constantly impressed by the down-to-earth practicality of the FIC workshops combined with the philosophical questions that are so vital for us to explore. I’m grateful for the excellent planning and delivery of the workshops by skilled and inclusive presenters\, who create a space that is both welcoming and invites participants to challenge existing ideas and world views. Well done and thank you FIC. – Claire Ogden URL:https://www.ic.org/event/decolonizing-nvc-training/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.ic.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/Decolonizing-NVC-Product-Image.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20220428T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20220428T133000 DTSTAMP:20230814T085759 CREATED:20220331T155203Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220419T170130Z UID:10000756-1651147200-1651152600@www.ic.org SUMMARY:Virtual Tour of Communities DESCRIPTION:April 28 | 1-2:30pm Eastern \nVirtual Tour of Intentional Communities\n\nREGISTER NOW\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThinking about joining an intentional community? Curious to learn about communities from them directly? Want to peak inside community living and get your questions answered? \n\nThe Virtual Tour of Intentional Communities is the event experience for you! Each month we bring together a variety of new and established intentional communities — ecovillages\, cohousing\, shared homes\, coliving spaces and more — to present about about their community in an interactive setting. You’ll experience photos\, videos\, captivating stories\, and insightful dialogue among the presenting communitarians. Plenty of time is included for you to ask your burning questions about community living. Come travel to communities around the world without leaving your armchair! \n\nWhat you’ll get from the Virtual Tour experience:\n\nDeeper insight into the lives of communitarians and the places they live\nInspiration to get you excited about your own community journey\nInformation about housing and membership opportunities\nNetwork building with presenters and fellow participants\nA sense for what’s alive in the communities movement right now\n\n\n\nREGISTER NOW\n\n\n\n\n\nThis Month’s Presenting Communities…\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\nDancing Waters Permaculture Co-op\nDancing Waters Permaculture Co-op is a rural community located in Gays Mills\, Wisconsin. Their mission is to live cooperatively in healthy\, respectful relationship with each other and in reverent\, sustainable partnership with the land. Their members make decisions using a consensus based model. Their current group projects include shared annual and perennial gardens\, firewood\, meat animals\, wildcrafting\, and food processing. \n  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nL’Arche Portland\nL’Arche Portland transforms the lives of people with and without intellectual disabilities by working together to create home\, share life\, and build community. They have three homes and monthly gatherings that provide people with opportunities to discover and build relationships across differences. L’Arche Portland cultivates an extended community of friends\, volunteers\, and supporters in Oregon\, as well as across the country and world. L’Arche Portland is part of an international movement of 149 communities and 20 projects in 35 countries around the world. \n  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nChrysalis Community\nChrysalis has two houses side-by-side in a wooded setting just outside of Washington\, DC. Chrysalis is committed to building a sustainable\, violence-free culture through intimacy\, compassion\, radical honesty\, freedom of choice in intimate relationships\, ecological sensitivity\, transparency\, and the power of community. Social change and personal transformation are central to our vision. They use many techniques\, including sacred touch\, non-violent communication\, being in the moment\, and more. Their goal is to love the world through loving oneself. \n  \n\n\n\n\n\nRegistration\n \n \n\n\n \n\n\n\n\nThe Online Event Experience\n\n  \n\n\n\n\n\nLive Zoom Sessions\nNothing pre-recorded here! When you sign-up for an event with FIC\, you’ll have the opportunity to join a live session on Zoom with the event presenter/facilitator and other participants. \n\n\n\n\n\nAffordable and Accessible\nAll our events are run on a sliding scale basis. Generous donations cover the costs for low-income attendees. FIC is committed to making our programs accessible to people of all walks of life. \n\n\n\n\n\nWatch the Recording\nYou’ll receive the recording of your event to view for up to one month (unless otherwise noted). So don’t worry if you can’t attend a live session. Watch or listen whenever it is convenient for you. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLoved by Community Builders\n\nWhat a beautiful gift to our intentional community builders and leaders! FIC’s programs provide a way for thinking and concerned people to collaborate for solutions to our multitude of global crises. Thank you FIC! – Terri Garcia \nI am constantly impressed by the down-to-earth practicality of the FIC workshops combined with the philosophical questions that are so vital for us to explore. I’m grateful for the excellent planning and delivery of the workshops by skilled and inclusive presenters\, who create a space that is both welcoming and invites participants to challenge existing ideas and world views. Well done and thank you FIC. – Claire Ogden URL:https://www.ic.org/event/virtual-tour-apr-2022/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.ic.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/Virtual-Tour-Featured-Image.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20220422T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20220422T150000 DTSTAMP:20230814T085759 CREATED:20220331T174250Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220331T191321Z UID:10000757-1650636000-1650639600@www.ic.org SUMMARY:Space for Everyone at the Table: Making Meetings Accessible DESCRIPTION:Apr 22 | 3-4pm Eastern \nSpace for Everyone at the Table | Making Meetings Accessible\n\nREGISTER NOW\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJoin author and coach\, Crystal Farmer\, for a FREE 1-hour interactive webinar on how your community can enhance your meetings to be more inclusive and accessible. \n\nMeetings are an essential part of community building\, and in order to be inclusive\, meetings should help people feel comfortable and included. Meeting accessibility goes beyond ADA — it involves thinking about culture\, language\, and even time of day. Join this workshop for practical advice on how to set up meetings so that all types of people can participate. \n\nDuring this session you will learn:\n\nHow to find a physical meeting location that is accessible in terms of disability as well as socioeconomic status and race.\nHow to establish norms such as the use of pronouns\, nonverbal signals like twinkle fingers\, and nonviolent communication.\nHow to welcome newcomers without overwhelming them.\nHow to use free resources to caption or transcribe Zoom calls.\nHow to prepare for communication differences over Zoom\, especially for disabled people.\nHow to recognize and accommodate cultural differences such as being on time\, showing emotion\, and interrupting.\nHow to schedule meetings for shift workers\, parents\, and other people with limited free time.\n\nIf you are ready to dig deeper into fostering an inclusive community\, this session is also a great introduction to Crystal’s 5-week Fundamentals of Anti-Oppression in Community course. \n\n\nREGISTER NOW\n\n\n\n\nTraining Faciliator\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCrystal Byrd Farmer \nCrystal is the author of The Token: Common Sense Ideas for Increasing Diversity in Your Organization. She is a North Carolina native active in the cohousing and polyamorous communities. An engineer turned educator\, she speaks and writes about ways communities can be more welcoming to people of all kinds of backgrounds. \nCrystal is the former website editor for Black & Poly\, an organization promoting healthy polyamorous relationships for people of color. She serves on the Board of the Foundation for Intentional Community and on the Editorial Review Board of Communities Magazine. \nCrystal is passionate about encouraging people to change their perspectives on diversity\, relationships\, and the world. \n \n \n\n\n\n\n\nRegistration\n\n \n\n\n \n\n\n\n\nThe Online Event Experience\n\n  \n\n\n\n\n\nLive Zoom Sessions\nNothing pre-recorded here! When you sign-up for an event with FIC\, you’ll have the opportunity to join a live session on Zoom with the event presenter/facilitator and other participants. \n\n\n\n\n\nAffordable and Accessible\nAll our events are run on a sliding scale basis. Generous donations cover the costs for low-income attendees. FIC is committed to making our programs accessible to people of all walks of life. \n\n\n\n\n\nWatch the Recording\nYou’ll receive the recording of your event to view for up to one month (unless otherwise noted). So don’t worry if you can’t attend a live session. Watch or listen whenever it is convenient for you. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLoved by Community Builders\n\nTeri’s presence\, warmth\, poise\, experience and clarity. I quickly felt at ease and confident that she knew what she was talking about\, and could share the material effectively\, while also managing the group format. – Jeffrey B \nWhat a beautiful gift to our intentional community builders and leaders! FIC’s programs provide a way for thinking and concerned people to collaborate for solutions to our multitude of global crises. Thank you FIC! – Terri Garcia \nI am constantly impressed by the down-to-earth practicality of the FIC workshops combined with the philosophical questions that are so vital for us to explore. I’m grateful for the excellent planning and delivery of the workshops by skilled and inclusive presenters\, who create a space that is both welcoming and invites participants to challenge existing ideas and world views. Well done and thank you FIC. – Claire Ogden URL:https://www.ic.org/event/accessible-meetings/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.ic.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Making-Meetings-Accessible-Product-Image.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20220420T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20220420T150000 DTSTAMP:20230814T085759 CREATED:20220324T223408Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220420T122256Z UID:10000755-1650459600-1650466800@www.ic.org SUMMARY:Unleash the Power of our Differences Series: Solidarity Across Differences\, What Lights You Up\, & How They Go Together DESCRIPTION:Apr 20th | 1:00-3:00pm Eastern \nUnleash the Power of our Differences Series \nSolidarity Across Differences\, What Lights You Up\, & How They Go Together\n\nREGISTER NOW\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe series continues with an exploration of your vision and purpose and how to live in solidarity across differences with others.\n\nJoin presenter\, Elliott Butler-Cisneros\, in another workshop in the Unleash the Power of Our Differences series. Explore the power of your vision and purpose in life and learn how to join in solidarity with others and their differences. \n \n\nDuring this session:\n\nWe’ll explore how to move through grief and shame\, guilt and blame to find freer ways of living in solidarity across differences that are personally fulfilling.\nWe’ll examine how our sense of solidarity across differences helps us define and cultivate community as a place where all aspects of all people are honored.\nWe’ll look at\, and work on\, your vision for yourself and your life…why you “came here” and how this purpose is clarified and launched by your connection to others.\n\n\n\nREGISTER NOW\n\n\n\n\n\nWorkshop Presenter\n\n\n\n\n\n\nElliott Butler-Cisneros \nElliott comes from a bi-cultural\, multi-racial background. He taught in special education on the Navajo reservation and directed a transition program serving students with disabilities. He worked as an administrator at predominantly Latino elementary and an experiential school in Colorado. He taught multicultural classes at Naropa University and directed the Human Rights Office for the City of Fort Collins. \n \nIn 2006\, Elliott founded The Sum and moved to Charlottesville\, VA after the Unite the Right Rally in 2017 to support the communities’ cross-racial process. With The Sum\, he has developed the Power of Difference Model\, Assessment and Certification; Solidarity Circles and Protocols; and the Welcome Circle–a faith community that gathers in the sacredness of welcome itself. \n \n \n \n\n\n\n\n\nRegistration\n \n \n\n\n \n\n\n\n\nThe Online Event Experience\n\n  \n\n\n\n\n\nLive Zoom Sessions\nNothing pre-recorded here! When you sign-up for an event with FIC\, you’ll have the opportunity to join a live session on Zoom with the event presenter/facilitator and other participants. \n\n\n\n\n\nAffordable and Accessible\nAll our events are run on a sliding scale basis. Generous donations cover the costs for low-income attendees. FIC is committed to making our programs accessible to people of all walks of life. \n\n\n\n\n\nWatch the Recording\nYou’ll receive the recording of your event to view for up to one month (unless otherwise noted). So don’t worry if you can’t attend a live session. Watch or listen whenever it is convenient for you. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLoved by Community Builders\n\nWhat a beautiful gift to our intentional community builders and leaders! FIC’s programs provide a way for thinking and concerned people to collaborate for solutions to our multitude of global crises. Thank you FIC! – Terri Garcia \nI am constantly impressed by the down-to-earth practicality of the FIC workshops combined with the philosophical questions that are so vital for us to explore. I’m grateful for the excellent planning and delivery of the workshops by skilled and inclusive presenters\, who create a space that is both welcoming and invites participants to challenge existing ideas and world views. Well done and thank you FIC. – Claire Ogden URL:https://www.ic.org/event/solidarity-across-differences/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.ic.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Solidarity-Across-Differences-Product-Image.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20220419T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20220419T180000 DTSTAMP:20230814T085759 CREATED:20220320T231733Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220331T191437Z UID:10000752-1650387600-1650391200@www.ic.org SUMMARY:7 Membership Questions All Cooperative Groups Need to Address DESCRIPTION:April 19 | 5-6pm Eastern \n7 Membership Questions All Cooperative Groups Need to Address\n\nREGISTER NOW\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJoin Laird Schaub for a webinar unpacking the essential questions about membership in an intentional community — who\, how\, when\, and why people join your group. \n\nWhile most cooperative groups do not discuss all these questions or even any of them\, all groups should. The important thing to keep in mind is not so much what is the right answer — there are many of them — as it is to avoid the price of ambiguity down the line. \n \nGet clear on the membership questions your community should be asking now in this short\, FREE webinar. Ultimately\, it’s far cheaper to wrestle with these questions before you’re in trouble than to attempt to establish guidelines once you’re in the soup. \n \n If your group already has agreements or at least a working understanding about how you want to handle these basic areas\, great! If you haven’t gone there yet\, you’ll be returning with homework from this session. \n \nSo\, here’s what we’ll address: \n \n\nWhat is it exactly that members are joining? \nWhat are the rights & responsibilities of a member?\nWhat are the rules of engagement?\nWhat is expected level of engagement of a member?\nHow do members want to recieve feedback?\nHow will conflict be resolved?\nWhat are the exit paths for members?\n\n\nKey outcomes of this webinar:\n\nA deeper understanding of what it means to be a member of cooperative groups\nWhat membership questions groups should anticipate discussing\nHow to be a savvy shopper when considering whether to join a cooperative group\n\nThis is a one-hour teaser for an upcoming 5-week course\, Designing a Community Membership Process. This immersive program will include a comprehensive mandate for the membership team and why it’s work is never done\, how to screen prospectives for a good fit\, what it takes to effectively orient and integrate new members\, and much more. \n\n\nREGISTER NOW\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMeet the Facilitator\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLaird Schaub \nLaird’s specialty is up-tempo inclusive meetings that engage the full range of human input\, teaching groups to work creatively with conflict and diversity—all the while being ruthless about capturing as much product as possible. Laird lived for four decades at Sandhill Farm\, an income-sharing rural community that he helped found. He also helped found the Foundation for Intentional Community\, where he served as the main administrator for 28 years. In 1987 he created a self-insurance fund for healthcare among income-sharing communities called PEACH (Preservation of Equity Accessible for Community Health) that he ran for 22 years. In addition to his expertise in community living\, he’s parlayed his passion for good process into a consulting business focused on cooperative group dynamics\, styled CANBRIDGE (Consensus And Network Building for Resolving Impasse and Developing Group Effectiveness)\, since 1987. \n \n \n\n\n\n\n\nRegistration\n\n \n\n\n \n\n\n\n\nThe Online Event Experience\n\n  \n\n\n\n\n\nLive Zoom Sessions\nNothing pre-recorded here! When you sign-up for an event with FIC\, you’ll have the opportunity to join a live session on Zoom with the event presenter/facilitator and other participants. \n\n\n\n\n\nAffordable and Accessible\nAll our events are run on a sliding scale basis. Generous donations cover the costs for low-income attendees. FIC is committed to making our programs accessible to people of all walks of life. \n\n\n\n\n\nWatch the Recording\nYou’ll receive the recording of your event to view for up to one month (unless otherwise noted). So don’t worry if you can’t attend a live session. Watch or listen whenever it is convenient for you. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLoved by Community Builders\n\nTeri’s presence\, warmth\, poise\, experience and clarity. I quickly felt at ease and confident that she knew what she was talking about\, and could share the material effectively\, while also managing the group format. – Jeffrey B \nWhat a beautiful gift to our intentional community builders and leaders! FIC’s programs provide a way for thinking and concerned people to collaborate for solutions to our multitude of global crises. Thank you FIC! – Terri Garcia \nI am constantly impressed by the down-to-earth practicality of the FIC workshops combined with the philosophical questions that are so vital for us to explore. I’m grateful for the excellent planning and delivery of the workshops by skilled and inclusive presenters\, who create a space that is both welcoming and invites participants to challenge existing ideas and world views. Well done and thank you FIC. – Claire Ogden URL:https://www.ic.org/event/7-membership-questions/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.ic.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Membership-Intro-Session.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20220419T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20220419T150000 DTSTAMP:20230814T085759 CREATED:20220405T214042Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220419T013306Z UID:10000760-1650376800-1650380400@www.ic.org SUMMARY:The Future of Cohousing DESCRIPTION:April 19 | 2-3pm Eastern \nThe Future of Cohousing\n\nREGISTER NOW\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJoin Bryan Bowen of Caddis Collaborative to learn how the traditional model of cohousing in the US is being cleverly adapted to reflect emerging community needs. \n\nAn idea originally imported from Denmark\, cohousing has taken root and evolved in the US and Canada as well as other countries around the world. There are many great examples of the tried-and-true model of 24-36 privately owned homes organized around meaningful common spaces with the design intent of creating community through participation and sharing. \n \nThere are so many examples of how this model has been successfully adapted to suit non-traditional (more inclusive) community needs. \n \n\nIn this session\, we will explore:\n\nExamples of new “cohousing-like” or “adaptive cohousing” models\nHow particular adaptations reflect the communities and individuals they serve\nDifferent needs for different communities: LGBTQ+\, foster families\, neuro-diversity\, homeless transitional\, veterans and more\nInnovation in co-housing and how they address real individual and collective community needs\nHow opportunity (land\, context\, community) influences how the cohousing model is applied\nYour thoughts\, ideas and feelings about these co-housing innovations\n\nThis is a one-hour teaser for an upcoming 5-week course\, Cutting Edge Cohousing: Pushing the Boundaries of Community Development. This immersive program is meant to help you deepen your understanding of cohousing and give you constructive and practical strategies to get your forming community moving ahead constructively\, implementing strategies that adapt the model to your own needs and opportunities. \n\n\nREGISTER NOW\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMeet the Facilitator\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBryan Bowen \nA New Mexico desert kid\, Bryan Bowen has been a practicing architect since graduating from Carnegie Mellon University in 1995. He is dedicated to the design of sustainable structures of all scales that serve client needs and that create thriving neighborhoods that are great to live in. He approaches this work with a sense of humility\, humor\, and professionalism. \nBryan founded Caddis Collaborative in 2002\, a multidisciplinary design collaborative that explores ways of living more lightly upon our earth in beautiful\, healthy environments. In addition to our skills in architecture and entitlement\, Caddis’ expertise in grassroots community engagement is essential for cohousing\, mutlifamily housing\, new-urbanist neighborhoods\, resort related development\, and institutional projects.   \nBryan served two terms as a member of the City of Boulder Planning Board\, sat on the Design Advisory Board\, Landmarks Board\, and Housing Advisory Board as well as participating in several major initiatives like the Missing Middle\, Form Based Code\, and Downtown Design Guidelines\, the Co-op Ordinance\, and advocated for increases in inclusionary housing. He and his family lived in Wild Sage Cohousing for 17 years and Caddis offices in Studio Mews\, both in the heart of Holiday Neighborhood in north Boulder. \n \n \n\n\n\n\n\nRegistration\n\n \n\n\n \n\n\n\n\nThe Online Event Experience\n\n  \n\n\n\n\n\nLive Zoom Sessions\nNothing pre-recorded here! When you sign-up for an event with FIC\, you’ll have the opportunity to join a live session on Zoom with the event presenter/facilitator and other participants. \n\n\n\n\n\nAffordable and Accessible\nAll our events are run on a sliding scale basis. Generous donations cover the costs for low-income attendees. FIC is committed to making our programs accessible to people of all walks of life. \n\n\n\n\n\nWatch the Recording\nYou’ll receive the recording of your event to view for up to one month (unless otherwise noted). So don’t worry if you can’t attend a live session. Watch or listen whenever it is convenient for you. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLoved by Community Builders\n\nTeri’s presence\, warmth\, poise\, experience and clarity. I quickly felt at ease and confident that she knew what she was talking about\, and could share the material effectively\, while also managing the group format. – Jeffrey B \nWhat a beautiful gift to our intentional community builders and leaders! FIC’s programs provide a way for thinking and concerned people to collaborate for solutions to our multitude of global crises. Thank you FIC! – Terri Garcia \nI am constantly impressed by the down-to-earth practicality of the FIC workshops combined with the philosophical questions that are so vital for us to explore. I’m grateful for the excellent planning and delivery of the workshops by skilled and inclusive presenters\, who create a space that is both welcoming and invites participants to challenge existing ideas and world views. Well done and thank you FIC. – Claire Ogden URL:https://www.ic.org/event/future-of-cohousing/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.ic.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Cohousing.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20220415T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20220415T130000 DTSTAMP:20230814T085759 CREATED:20220323T233206Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220331T190528Z UID:10000754-1650024000-1650027600@www.ic.org SUMMARY:Moving Money: A Financial Activist Playbook for Racial Justice DESCRIPTION:Apr 15th | 1:00-2:00pm Eastern \nMoving Money: A Financial Activist Playbook for Racial Justice\n\nREGISTER NOW\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJoin presenter Jasmine Rashid for an interactive discussion on how to move money in line with racial justice. \n\nYou will learn how to influence the flow of money away from institutions in support of private prisons and the immigrant detention industry and toward companies and causes dedicated to social and racial justice. \n \nWe all have the power to influence the flow of money in our communities. Join Jasmine Rashid\, of Oakland-based impact investing firm Candide Group\, for this interactive workshop on how you can take actions\, big and small\, for moving money in line with racial justice. From influencing millions out of the private prison / immigrant detention industry\, to directing investments into social impact companies\, to changing who you buy from and bank with\, this workshop is designed to be valuable to everyone regardless of how much money you have (or don’t have) in the bank. \n\nDuring this session you will learn:\n\nHow to make everyday decisions with your money that align with your values — where you spend\, bank\, invest\, and donate\nHow to influence the flow of money from institutions and organizations you’re connected to\nLive examples of how intentional communities are leveraging mission-aligned finance and financial activism\n\n\n\nREGISTER NOW\n\n\n\n\n\nWorkshop Presenter\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJasmine Rashid \nJasmine Rashid is a New York-raised\, Oakland-based financial activist. After graduating from Swarthmore College with a special major in Peace and Conflict Studies\, Jasmine’s national organizing work was instrumental in influencing big banks to commit to ending their financing of the private prison and immigrant detention industry. \n \nIn her role as the Director of Impact for impact investment advisory firm Candide Group and its Olamina Fund\, she supports her team in directing millions of dollars annually\, via loans and equity investments\, to majority women and BIPOC-led social impact companies and funds. \n \nJasmine is an alum of the Congressman John Lewis fellowship through the Humanity in Action network\, and a current Just Economy Institute fellow. Her upcoming book\, The Financial Activist Playbook\, aims to be an accessible\, actionable guide to strategies (big and small) that everyday people can take in their communities to move money in line with racial and social justice. \n \n \n \n\n\n\n\n\nRegistration\n \n \n\n\n \n\n\n\n\nThe Online Event Experience\n\n  \n\n\n\n\n\nLive Zoom Sessions\nNothing pre-recorded here! When you sign-up for an event with FIC\, you’ll have the opportunity to join a live session on Zoom with the event presenter/facilitator and other participants. \n\n\n\n\n\nAffordable and Accessible\nAll our events are run on a sliding scale basis. Generous donations cover the costs for low-income attendees. FIC is committed to making our programs accessible to people of all walks of life. \n\n\n\n\n\nWatch the Recording\nYou’ll receive the recording of your event to view for up to one month (unless otherwise noted). So don’t worry if you can’t attend a live session. Watch or listen whenever it is convenient for you. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLoved by Community Builders\n\nWhat a beautiful gift to our intentional community builders and leaders! FIC’s programs provide a way for thinking and concerned people to collaborate for solutions to our multitude of global crises. Thank you FIC! – Terri Garcia \nI am constantly impressed by the down-to-earth practicality of the FIC workshops combined with the philosophical questions that are so vital for us to explore. I’m grateful for the excellent planning and delivery of the workshops by skilled and inclusive presenters\, who create a space that is both welcoming and invites participants to challenge existing ideas and world views. Well done and thank you FIC. – Claire Ogden URL:https://www.ic.org/event/financial-activist/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.ic.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Moving-Money-A-Financial-Activist-Playbook-for-Racial-Justice-Product-Image.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20220413T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20220413T143000 DTSTAMP:20230814T085759 CREATED:20211008T161353Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220106T040131Z UID:10000660-1649854800-1649860200@www.ic.org SUMMARY:Intro to Intentional Communities around the Globe [Webinar] DESCRIPTION:2nd Wednesday of every month | 1-2:30pm Eastern \nIntro to Intentional Communities around the Globe\n\nREGISTER NOW\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAre you looking to learn about intentional communities and get inspiration for your own future community? You’ve come to the right place!\n\n\nThis 90-min webinar will cover all the basics about intentional communities — where to find them\, why they matter\, and how to join the one that’s right for you. Get your questions answered and leave with practical tips. This is also a great opportunity to meet fellow community seekers from around the global. \n \nCynthia is the Co-Director of the FIC and will offer a virtual tour of some of the hundreds of community projects she has visited or worked with worldwide. She helps people connect to intentional communities as a matchmaker for seekers and as a consultant for growing community projects. She’ll guide you through the ins and outs of life in community… and how to find the best match for you! \n\nDuring this session you will gain:\n\nan overview of the 10 different types of intentional communities\ntop online resources for finding communities worldwide\na global tour of some popular and lesser-known communities\nkey steps for identifying the one that is right for you\nideas for how to build a lasting community relationship\n\n\nREGISTER NOW\n\n\n\n\n\nMeet the Presenter\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCynthia Tina\nCynthia is the “community matchmaker” helping people join the hundreds of intentional communities she has visited and worked with around the globe. She is a speaker\, educator\, and co-director of the Foundation for Intentional Community (ic.org). Her mission is to strengthen the bridge between sustainable communities and mainstream society. After a decade of travel\, Cynthia now lives at an ecovillage in Vermont where she’s building a passive solar home\, tending a garden\, and guiding yoga classes. She has a B.A. in Sustainability from Goddard College\, as well as certifications in Ecovillage and Permaculture design. Learn more and book a community matchmaking session with Cynthia at www.cynthiatina.com. \n  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n“This is a wonderful workshop to give you an overview of finding intentional community. Cynthia breaks down all the concepts and inspires you find the community you’re looking for through resources and insightful advice from her own experience.” \n—Molly McKinney \n\n\n“Cynthia proved to be an excellent ally in assisting me in my search for ecovillages and communities. She was super-knowledgeable\, thorough\, kind\, thoughtful\, and an excellent listener. She recommended several sites that I had not heard of\, many of the which she had visited personally. I felt very inspired and hopeful after our session — her enthusiasm for the regenerative movement is very infectious and genuine\, which combined with her experience and commitment made her a great helper for finding the best next steps forward for myself.” \n—Adam Morrison \n\n\n“Cynthia has a wealth of information about IC’s around the world\, and presented in a way that felt welcoming and inclusive. The breakout group helped me get a sense of the diversity of the backgrounds of people  interested in intentional community.” \n—Allison S. \n\n\nRegistration\n \n \n\n\n \n\n\n\n\nThe Online Event Experience\n\n  \n\n\n\n\n\nLive Zoom Sessions\nNothing pre-recorded here! When you sign-up for an event with FIC\, you’ll have the opportunity to join a live session on Zoom with the event presenter/facilitator and other participants. \n\n\n\n\n\nAffordable and Accessible\nAll our events are run on a sliding scale basis. Generous donations cover the costs for low-income attendees. FIC is committed to making our programs accessible to people of all walks of life. \n\n\n\n\n\nWatch the Recording\nYou’ll receive the recording of your event to view for up to one month (unless otherwise noted). So don’t worry if you can’t attend a live session. Watch or listen whenever it is convenient for you. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLoved by Community Builders\n\nWhat a beautiful gift to our intentional community builders and leaders! FIC’s programs provide a way for thinking and concerned people to collaborate for solutions to our multitude of global crises. Thank you FIC! – Terri Garcia \nI am constantly impressed by the down-to-earth practicality of the FIC workshops combined with the philosophical questions that are so vital for us to explore. I’m grateful for the excellent planning and delivery of the workshops by skilled and inclusive presenters\, who create a space that is both welcoming and invites participants to challenge existing ideas and world views. Well done and thank you FIC. – Claire Ogden URL:https://www.ic.org/event/intro-to-ics-2022/2022-04-13/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.ic.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Intro-to-ICs-2.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20220401T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20220401T150000 DTSTAMP:20230814T085759 CREATED:20220223T023700Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220331T190526Z UID:10000750-1648821600-1648825200@www.ic.org SUMMARY:Budget Fluency: How to Manage Your Community's $$$ DESCRIPTION:Apr 1st | 2:00-3:00pm Eastern \nBudget Fluency: How to Manage Your Community’s $$$\n\nREGISTER NOW\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJoin this 60-min webinar to learn about all things budgeting! \n \nOne of the keys to your community’s success is smooth\, transparent\, fiscally responsible budgeting. But it can be tricky to create a budget within a non-capitalist ownership structure\, such as a non-profit\, co-op\, or intentional community. \n \nThis session is designed to help you ⁠— as well as your group\, donors\, staff\, and/or board members ⁠—understand the impact of budgets on your community. You’ll also learn about the powers and limitations of various roles in creating a budget that includes multiple stakeholders. \n\nDuring this session you will learn:\n\nThe basics of how to read a budget\nVarious roles in the budgeting process\, especially the Board\nHow to talk about the budget with your community’s constituents\nHow to make the budgeting process smooth and transparent\n\n\nREGISTER NOW\n\n\n\n\n\nMeet the Presenters\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLiz Anderson\nLiz (they/them) is the Director of Education for the North American Students of Cooperation (NASCO). They were first introduced to cooperatives as a worker-owner at Rose City Coffee Co-operative at Earlham College. They majored in Business and Nonprofit Management with a minor in Women’s\, Gender\, and Sexuality studies. Before working at NASCO\, LIz’s time working with the U.S. Federation of Worker Cooperatives spurred their dedication to grassroots movement-building in the cooperative sector. \n\n  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDaniel Miller\nHaving worked with co-ops at various stages of development as a volunteer\, board member\, and staff member for over 20 years\, Daniel (he/him) now serves as the Director of NASCO Properties. As liason to the board\, he works to coordinate maintenance\, governance\, and budgeting for co-ops in the NASCO Properties system. Daniel also helps co-op organizers in the initial stages of development\, give guidance to co-ops on how to operate successfully\, identifies potential co-op development projects and assesses their feasibility\, and helps co-ops improve their management. Daniel is the staff liaison to the NASCO Properties Board. \n\n  \n\n\n\n\n\nRegistration\n \n \n\n\n \n\n\n\n\nThe Online Event Experience\n\n  \n\n\n\n\n\nLive Zoom Sessions\nNothing pre-recorded here! When you sign-up for an event with FIC\, you’ll have the opportunity to join a live session on Zoom with the event presenter/facilitator and other participants. \n\n\n\n\n\nAffordable and Accessible\nAll our events are run on a sliding scale basis. Generous donations cover the costs for low-income attendees. FIC is committed to making our programs accessible to people of all walks of life. \n\n\n\n\n\nWatch the Recording\nYou’ll receive the recording of your event to view for up to one month (unless otherwise noted). So don’t worry if you can’t attend a live session. Watch or listen whenever it is convenient for you. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLoved by Community Builders\n\nWhat a beautiful gift to our intentional community builders and leaders! FIC’s programs provide a way for thinking and concerned people to collaborate for solutions to our multitude of global crises. Thank you FIC! – Terri Garcia \nI am constantly impressed by the down-to-earth practicality of the FIC workshops combined with the philosophical questions that are so vital for us to explore. I’m grateful for the excellent planning and delivery of the workshops by skilled and inclusive presenters\, who create a space that is both welcoming and invites participants to challenge existing ideas and world views. Well done and thank you FIC. – Claire Ogden URL:https://www.ic.org/event/budget-fluency/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.ic.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/Co-op-budgeting-webinar.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20220324T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20220324T143000 DTSTAMP:20230814T085759 CREATED:20220316T174133Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220317T003712Z UID:10000751-1648126800-1648132200@www.ic.org SUMMARY:Virtual Tour of Communities DESCRIPTION:March 24 | 1-2:30pm Eastern \nVirtual Tour of Intentional Communities\n\nREGISTER NOW\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThinking about joining an intentional community? Curious to learn about communities from them directly? Want to peak inside community living and get your questions answered? \n\nThe Virtual Tour of Intentional Communities is the event experience for you! Each month we bring together a variety of new and established intentional communities — ecovillages\, cohousing\, shared homes\, coliving spaces and more — to present about about their community in an interactive setting. You’ll experience photos\, videos\, captivating stories\, and insightful dialogue among the presenting communitarians. Plenty of time is included for you to ask your burning questions about community living. Come travel to communities around the world without leaving your armchair! \n\nWhat you’ll get from the Virtual Tour experience:\n\nDeeper insight into the lives of communitarians and the places they live\nInspiration to get you excited about your own community journey\nInformation about housing and membership opportunities\nNetwork building with presenters and fellow participants\nA sense for what’s alive in the communities movement right now\n\n\n\nREGISTER NOW\n\n\n\n\n\nThis Month’s Presenting Communities…\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\nPort Townsend Ecovillage\nPort Townsend EcoVillage\, located in Port Townsend\, WA\, is a multigenerational EcoVillage dedicated to living in harmony with each other and with the earth\, exploring together ways to live more sustainably and joyfully. Their areas of focus include permaculture\, non-violent communication\, consent/sociocracy\, growing food\, sustainability\, harmony\, diversity\, and social justice. Residents share ample common gardens\, fields\, woods\, and a large 3\,600 square foot shop/art/recreation center. \n  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nGreen Acres Permaculture Village\nGreen Acres Permaculture Village\, located in Bloomington\, IN\, is a small\, retrofit\, intergenerational intentional community in a core suburban college town. They offer workshops\, work days\, weekly community dinners\, and seasonal celebrations. They extend the meaning of permaculture to include permaculture of the body\, and interpersonal permaculture. They also have plans to expand by a refreshing their next door neighbor’s abandoned garden bed\, and establishing a permaculture garden in its place. \n  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nGlomus Commune\nGlomus Commune at East Brook Farm\, located in Walton\, NY\, is an income-sharing community on 92 acres of beautiful land in the western foothills of the Catskill mountains. Their community has about two acres of no-till permaculture gardens\, chickens\, ducks\, cats\, and perennial fruit and nut trees. They practice regenerative agriculture and holistic land management. They are members of the Federation of Egalitarian Communities. \n  \n\n\n\n\n\nRegistration\n \n \n\n\n \n\n\n\n\nThe Online Event Experience\n\n  \n\n\n\n\n\nLive Zoom Sessions\nNothing pre-recorded here! When you sign-up for an event with FIC\, you’ll have the opportunity to join a live session on Zoom with the event presenter/facilitator and other participants. \n\n\n\n\n\nAffordable and Accessible\nAll our events are run on a sliding scale basis. Generous donations cover the costs for low-income attendees. FIC is committed to making our programs accessible to people of all walks of life. \n\n\n\n\n\nWatch the Recording\nYou’ll receive the recording of your event to view for up to one month (unless otherwise noted). So don’t worry if you can’t attend a live session. Watch or listen whenever it is convenient for you. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLoved by Community Builders\n\nWhat a beautiful gift to our intentional community builders and leaders! FIC’s programs provide a way for thinking and concerned people to collaborate for solutions to our multitude of global crises. Thank you FIC! – Terri Garcia \nI am constantly impressed by the down-to-earth practicality of the FIC workshops combined with the philosophical questions that are so vital for us to explore. I’m grateful for the excellent planning and delivery of the workshops by skilled and inclusive presenters\, who create a space that is both welcoming and invites participants to challenge existing ideas and world views. Well done and thank you FIC. – Claire Ogden URL:https://www.ic.org/event/virtual-tour-mar-22/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.ic.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/Virtual-Tour-Featured-Image.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20220323T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20220323T130000 DTSTAMP:20230814T085759 CREATED:20220223T012337Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220316T211117Z UID:10000749-1648033200-1648040400@www.ic.org SUMMARY:Resolving Conflict & Achieving Inner Harmony [2-part Training] DESCRIPTION:Mar 23 & 25 | 11am-1pm Eastern \n2-Part Training\n\nResolving Conflict & Achieving Inner Harmony \n\nREGISTER NOW\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJoin author and wholebody facilitator\, Alex Maunder\, for a 2-part interactive training on Conflict Resolution.\n\nExperiencing conflict in your community? Relationships? Inner world? It’s time to drop into the body to connect with new possibilities that are surrounding you all the time. Possibilities you may have been unable to see due to the stress and trauma of conflict. \n \nNo community can thrive unless each individual member feels seen\, heard\, and integrated within the circle as a whole. No individual can be at peace and feel whole until conflicted and excluded parts of the personality have been seen\, heard\, and integrated within the whole person. \nThis cannot be done with the cognitive mind alone. Only through the ability to sense inside the body and get the “felt sense” of the whole thing can the inner wisdom be activated that will lead to a “felt shift”. This is the inner guidance that leads to deep inner transformation and integration. \n \nJoin this two-part training and learn how to connect with unique parts of yourself to enable genuine conflict resolution within your community. \n\nThrough this two-part session\, you will:\n\nLearn how to drop inside your body container and connect with the “Felt Sense” of the whole situation\nDiscover how to find the words\, phrases or images to help articulate that inner felt sense\nLearn how to connect with different parts within yourself and to understand how they view the situation\nDiscover how to allow your body wisdom to give you a “felt shift” and reintegrate conflicted parts\nPlan any action steps that need to follow within your community\n\n\n\nREGISTER NOW\n\n\n\n\n“What a relief it is to get away from all the contortions of the cognitive mind and to realise that if we can just open up to the wisdom of the body\, all the issues are held there and all the answers can emerge from within. Just give the process space and time and new possibilities emerge from the living connections within.” \n-Chris R. \n\n“It was such a pleasure to work with Alex. His sensitivity and inner awareness enables him to follow my inner process with total clarity.” \n-Liz S. \n\n\n\n\nTraining Facilitator\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAlex Maunder\nAlex has been a professional Alexander Technique Teacher for the last 34 years and also a Focusing Trainer with the Focusing Institute in New York. He taught week-long workshops in Wholebody Focusing at the Findhorn community from 2013 – 2018. Participants were delighted and enthusiastic about their new-found ability to sense inside their body containers and to find the words to articulate what was going on for them. This added depth and clarity to interpersonal communications and helped in the smooth running of the community. \nHe has written two books: “Let Your Life Flow” (C W Daniel\, 2002) on the Alexander Technique; and “Wholebody Focusing” (www.lulu.com\, 2017). \n \n \n\n\n\n\n\nRegistration\n\n \n\n\n \n\n\n\n\nThe Online Event Experience\n\n  \n\n\n\n\n\nLive Zoom Sessions\nNothing pre-recorded here! When you sign-up for an event with FIC\, you’ll have the opportunity to join a live session on Zoom with the event presenter/facilitator and other participants. \n\n\n\n\n\nAffordable and Accessible\nAll our events are run on a sliding scale basis. Generous donations cover the costs for low-income attendees. FIC is committed to making our programs accessible to people of all walks of life. \n\n\n\n\n\nWatch the Recording\nYou’ll receive the recording of your event to view for up to one month (unless otherwise noted). So don’t worry if you can’t attend a live session. Watch or listen whenever it is convenient for you. URL:https://www.ic.org/event/resolving-conflict/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.ic.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/Resolving-Conflict-training.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20220322T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20220322T183000 DTSTAMP:20230814T085759 CREATED:20210907T164120Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220113T030233Z UID:10000637-1647968400-1647973800@www.ic.org SUMMARY:Community Connect — an online networking event! DESCRIPTION:Monthly on the 4th Tuesday \nCommunity Connect — an online networking event!\n\nREGISTER NOW\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJoin us for a fun and informative virtual gathering for people interested in intentional community.\n\nImagine a sweet gathering in the common house\, but online and with communitarians across the world. Welcome to Community Connect — a monthly networking experience all about intentional communities. There will be opportunities for you to meet new friends and staff in the FIC\, share about your project\, and network in breakout sessions. \nThe majority of the event will be spent in breakout groups organized around topics that you propose. Move around to the different rooms to join the conversations that most interest you\, à la Open Space Technology. \nReady to connect and build community? We hope to see you there on the 4th Tuesday of every month! \n\nREGISTER NOW\n\n\n\n\n\nPraise for Community Connect\n\n\n\n\n\n\nIt was uplifting to feel connected to communities all over the world who are doing something that is a version of what we are also trying to achieve. \nI absolutely loved the community of communities sharing their diverse locales\, challenges and successes. It was truly inspiring to see so many committed people working together. \nI loved the vibe of the facilitators and the shared connection/warmth in the breakout calls.  \nBeing with all the people from intentional communities was amazing. I thought the leadership team organized well and made us all feel welcome. I enjoyed the breakout groups and the connections made. I enjoyed the poetry and meditations. I thought it was helpful when people spoke about the challenges they were having during this crisis. \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\nRegistration\n \n \n\n\n \n\n\n\n\nThe Online Event Experience\n\n  \n\n\n\n\n\nLive Zoom Sessions\nNothing pre-recorded here! When you sign-up for an event with FIC\, you’ll have the opportunity to join a live session on Zoom with the event presenter/facilitator and other participants. \n\n\n\n\n\nAffordable and Accessible\nAll our events are run on a sliding scale basis. Generous donations cover the costs for low-income attendees. FIC is committed to making our programs accessible to people of all walks of life. \n\n\n\n\n\nWatch the Recording\nYou’ll receive the recording of your event to view for up to one month (unless otherwise noted). So don’t worry if you can’t attend a live session. Watch or listen whenever it is convenient for you. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLoved by Community Builders\n\nWhat a beautiful gift to our intentional community builders and leaders! FIC’s programs provide a way for thinking and concerned people to collaborate for solutions to our multitude of global crises. Thank you FIC! – Terri Garcia \nI am constantly impressed by the down-to-earth practicality of the FIC workshops combined with the philosophical questions that are so vital for us to explore. I’m grateful for the excellent planning and delivery of the workshops by skilled and inclusive presenters\, who create a space that is both welcoming and invites participants to challenge existing ideas and world views. Well done and thank you FIC. – Claire Ogden URL:https://www.ic.org/event/community-connect-6-730pm/2022-03-22/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.ic.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Community-Connect-1.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20220318T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20220318T120000 DTSTAMP:20230814T085759 CREATED:20220223T002620Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220226T192557Z UID:10000748-1647601200-1647604800@www.ic.org SUMMARY:Saving Local Environments with Trios of Cooperatives [Webinar] DESCRIPTION:Mar 18th | 12:00-1:00pm Eastern \nSaving Local Environments with Trios of Cooperatives\n\nREGISTER NOW\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLearn about how to mitigate climate change with a unique model of interaction among a trio of local cooperatives.\n \nJoin author Carol Manetta for this 60-minute webinar on a new\, dynamic model for saving local communities’ environments while establishing rainwater harvesting techniques\, food forestry for the commons\, and clean water reservoirs for both people and local wildlife. \n \nTrios of Cooperatives is an experimental social and environmental model is in the early stages of testing on parched land in southern Arizona\, and is under the international spotlight with European presentations garnering supportive responses. This presentation will explain the work so far and the intended outcomes of the collection of evidence based practices. \n \n\nDuring this session you will learn:\n\nHow to mitigate food insecurity in your local community\nHow to forge environmentally aware cooperatives of mixed aged groups locally\nHow to have a continuous supply of fresh water through rain capture and ground or tank storage\nHow to prioritize high nutrition permaculture foods for both people and local protected wildlife\nHow to clean rainwater locally to prevent pollution runoff into rivers and oceans\n\n\nREGISTER NOW\n\n\n\n\n\nMeet the Presenter\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCarol Manetta\nCarol has traveled extensively to research Virtual Reality in its early stages. This allowed her to form research protocols for other topics including worker owned cooperatives\, farming organically\, hydroponic food production and more. Her master’s degree in instructional design\, development and testing prepared her for community work after her tenure at Ford Motor company and its subsidiary\, Ford Credit\, was completed. This degree and work brought her experience to other topics: airline personnel training\, prisoners returning to society\, hydroponics tower production\, worker owned cooperatives functioning\, and more. \nHer current path emphasizes the capability of trios of worker owned cooperatives to restore large swaths of earth in a hurry by combining forces to capture and manage rainwater\, grow permanent food sources within food forests\, and clean up waters form roadside ditches\, ponds and other land waters for the safety of humans and all beings into perpetuity. \nCarol’s current book publications include Worker Cooperative People Skills; Worker Cooperative Technical Skills; Saving Earth: Regenerated Land\, Clean Water\, Food for All; and a contributing chapter in the book developed for the COP26 United Nations Climate Summit\, Climate Adaptation: Accounts of Resilience\, Self-Sufficiency and Systems Change. She is Executive Director of Reap Goodness. \n\n  \n\n\n\n\n\nRegistration\n \n \n\n\n \n\n\n\n\nThe Online Event Experience\n\n  \n\n\n\n\n\nLive Zoom Sessions\nNothing pre-recorded here! When you sign-up for an event with FIC\, you’ll have the opportunity to join a live session on Zoom with the event presenter/facilitator and other participants. \n\n\n\n\n\nAffordable and Accessible\nAll our events are run on a sliding scale basis. Generous donations cover the costs for low-income attendees. FIC is committed to making our programs accessible to people of all walks of life. \n\n\n\n\n\nWatch the Recording\nYou’ll receive the recording of your event to view for up to one month (unless otherwise noted). So don’t worry if you can’t attend a live session. Watch or listen whenever it is convenient for you. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLoved by Community Builders\n\nWhat a beautiful gift to our intentional community builders and leaders! FIC’s programs provide a way for thinking and concerned people to collaborate for solutions to our multitude of global crises. Thank you FIC! – Terri Garcia \nI am constantly impressed by the down-to-earth practicality of the FIC workshops combined with the philosophical questions that are so vital for us to explore. I’m grateful for the excellent planning and delivery of the workshops by skilled and inclusive presenters\, who create a space that is both welcoming and invites participants to challenge existing ideas and world views. Well done and thank you FIC. – Claire Ogden URL:https://www.ic.org/event/trios-of-cooperatives/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.ic.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/Trios-of-Cooperative-webinar.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20220316T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20220316T133000 DTSTAMP:20230814T085759 CREATED:20220222T235810Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220301T233353Z UID:10000747-1647432000-1647437400@www.ic.org SUMMARY:Unleash the Power of our Differences Series: My Identity - Who I Am\, Believe I Am\, Want to Be and Why it Matters [Workshop] DESCRIPTION:Mar 16th | 1:00-2:30pm Eastern \nUnleash the Power of Our Differences Series\n \nMy Identity: Who I Am\, Believe I Am\, Want to Be and Why it Matters\n\nREGISTER NOW\n\n\n\n\n\n\nIf we define community as a place where no one feels the need to leave a part of themselves at the door\, then our communities need to be safe places where everyone thrives.\n\nJoin us for a new monthly workshop series focused on going deep with Diversity\, Equity & Inclusion (DEI). \n \nEach month The Sum’s Elliott Butler-Cisneros will probe challenging community questions\, models\, and tools for internal exploration and external support. Topics will include: identity\, solidarity across differences\, power and privilege\, white fragility\, cross-cultural communication\, solidarity protocols\, gender and sexual orientation\, race\, and socioeconomic power. \n**Note that each workshop is offered as a stand-alone presentation. While we hope you’ll consider joining us for the entire series\, you will gain a great deal from each one even if you can’t attend them all. \n\n\n\nWe’re continuing this series by diving into personal identity and why it matters.\nWe can’t live in solidarity with others if we are not aware of how we fail to live in solidarity with ourselves. \n \nIn this session\, we’ll do the personal work of exploring our identities: from group membership (racial\, cultural\, religious\, gender\, sexual orientation\, disability\, class) to personal history (personality\, intelligences\, roles). Including: \n\nLooking at the intersectionality of our identities\nExamining our “internal systems” of governance\n\nWho has power and who does not? Who is welcome and who is not?\n\n\nAnd gathering our learnings to strengthen our vision and sense of purpose – in solidarity\n\n. \n\n\nREGISTER NOW\n\n\n\n\n\nWorkshop Presenter\n\n\n\n\n\n\nElliott Butler-Cisneros\nElliott comes from a bi-cultural\, bi-racial background. His diverse background has led to a diverse life! He began a teaching career on the Navajo reservation in special education and directed a school district transition program serving students with disabilities for 8 years. \nLater in life\, he worked as a school principal both at a predominantly Latino elementary school and at a progressive\, experiential middle school. Elliott has also taught social justice classes at Naropa University and directed the Human Rights Office for the City of Fort Collins. \nIn 2006\, Elliott founded The Sum\, an organization focused on building solidarity across differences. \n \nDuring his time at The Sum\, he has worked with businesses\, healthcare organizations k12 and higher educational institutions\, HR departments\, government agencies\, law enforcement personnel\, and faith communities. \n \n \n\n\n\n\n\nRegistration\n \n \n\n\n \n\n\n\n\nThe Online Event Experience\n\n  \n\n\n\n\n\nLive Zoom Sessions\nNothing pre-recorded here! When you sign-up for an event with FIC\, you’ll have the opportunity to join a live session on Zoom with the event presenter/facilitator and other participants. \n\n\n\n\n\nAffordable and Accessible\nAll our events are run on a sliding scale basis. Generous donations cover the costs for low-income attendees. FIC is committed to making our programs accessible to people of all walks of life. \n\n\n\n\n\nWatch the Recording\nYou’ll receive the recording of your event to view for up to one month (unless otherwise noted). So don’t worry if you can’t attend a live session. Watch or listen whenever it is convenient for you. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLoved by Community Builders\n\nWhat a beautiful gift to our intentional community builders and leaders! FIC’s programs provide a way for thinking and concerned people to collaborate for solutions to our multitude of global crises. Thank you FIC! – Terri Garcia \nI am constantly impressed by the down-to-earth practicality of the FIC workshops combined with the philosophical questions that are so vital for us to explore. I’m grateful for the excellent planning and delivery of the workshops by skilled and inclusive presenters\, who create a space that is both welcoming and invites participants to challenge existing ideas and world views. Well done and thank you FIC. – Claire Ogden URL:https://www.ic.org/event/my-identity/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.ic.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/My-identity-Workshop.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20220311T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20220311T140000 DTSTAMP:20230814T085759 CREATED:20220216T013506Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220219T040253Z UID:10000746-1647003600-1647007200@www.ic.org SUMMARY:Hard Conversations: Why They Matter and How to Unlock Them [Webinar] DESCRIPTION:Mar 11 | 2:00-3:00pm Eastern \nHard Conversations: Why They Matter and How to Have Them \n\nREGISTER NOW\n\n\n\n\n\n\nIs there a conversation you need to have that you are dreading? What if a free one-hour webinar could move you from dread to readiness?\n\nYou know who that person is– that person you know you need to talk to. You know life would be so much better without that painful tension in the air between you. \n \nMaybe you don’t know how to start the conversation. Maybe you have no hope that it will go well–that anything good could come out of it. Maybe you think talking could only make things worse. But as time goes by\, it feels more and more important that you clear the air. \n \nThis webinar will give you what you need to embark on that dialogue you’re dreading–and come out of it stronger than you started. \n \nWhat you’ll gain from this session:\n\nAwareness of the support that will help you enter a hard conversation\nAn understanding of the science behind deep listening and how it builds trust\nPractice cultivating curiosity and dropping judgment\nClarity on what you can get from the dialogue\, regardless of how they respond\nTips on how to take good care of yourself during and after your conversation\n\nThis is a one-hour teaser for an upcoming 5-week course\, Communication that Works: How To Build Connection Instead of Falling Apart. In this experiential program\, Alyson Ewald will guide you as you develop your ability to ground yourself in presence\, listen with empathy\, understand others\, make clear requests\, and get the support you need to communicate clearly and meaningfully with the people in your life. \n\n\nREGISTER NOW\n\n\n\n“Alyson has invested a lot of thought and practice into how to engage in different types of communications that are successful in both process and outcome\, including difficult conversations where emotions threaten to derail any meaningful movement forward.  More importantly\, she uses her approaches and awareness in her personal life\, and assists others to find their best path forward in both simple and complex situations.” \n– Dorothy Goertz \n\n\n\n\nMeet the Instructor\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAlyson Ewald\nAlyson works with individuals and groups to design systems and practices that facilitate learning\, connection\, creative conflict engagement\, and collaborative decision making. She is the facilitator for the social dimension of the online Design for Sustainability course hosted by Gaia Education. She has received training and experience in English teaching\, Permaculture\, Alternatives to Violence\, Nonviolent Communication\, Consensus Facilitation\, and Restorative Circles. She has also served as board member for Dancing Rabbit Ecovillage\, Scotland County Farmers’ Market\, and FIC. She is an avid student of governance\, conflict\, and justice. \nAfter receiving her BA in English from Bates College\, Alyson lived and worked overseas for nine years. During that time\, she taught English; coordinated exchange programs; led workshops on consensus\, nonviolence\, and facilitation; and founded and taught a leadership and skill-building program. In 2005\, she co-founded Red Earth Farms\, a community in northeast Missouri\, where she continues to practice permaculture and social transformation. \n  \n\n\n\n\n\nRegistration\n \n \n\n\n \n\n\n\n\nThe Online Event Experience\n\n  \n\n\n\n\n\nLive Zoom Sessions\nNothing pre-recorded here! When you sign-up for an event with FIC\, you’ll have the opportunity to join a live session on Zoom with the event presenter/facilitator and other participants. \n\n\n\n\n\nAffordable and Accessible\nAll our events are run on a sliding scale basis. Generous donations cover the costs for low-income attendees. FIC is committed to making our programs accessible to people of all walks of life. \n\n\n\n\n\nWatch the Recording\nYou’ll receive the recording of your event to view for up to one month (unless otherwise noted). So don’t worry if you can’t attend a live session. Watch or listen whenever it is convenient for you. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLoved by Community Builders\n\nWhat a beautiful gift to our intentional community builders and leaders! FIC’s programs provide a way for thinking and concerned people to collaborate for solutions to our multitude of global crises. Thank you FIC! – Terri Garcia \nI am constantly impressed by the down-to-earth practicality of the FIC workshops combined with the philosophical questions that are so vital for us to explore. I’m grateful for the excellent planning and delivery of the workshops by skilled and inclusive presenters\, who create a space that is both welcoming and invites participants to challenge existing ideas and world views. Well done and thank you FIC. – Claire Ogden URL:https://www.ic.org/event/hard-conversation/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.ic.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/Communication-course-teaser.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20220309T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20220309T160000 DTSTAMP:20230814T085759 CREATED:20220211T225747Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220212T000156Z UID:10000745-1646838000-1646841600@www.ic.org SUMMARY:Managing the Moment When Conflict First Emerges [Webinar] DESCRIPTION:Mar 9 | 3:00-4:00pm Eastern \nManaging the Moment When Conflict First Emerges \n\nREGISTER NOW\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJoin facilitation expert Laird Schaub for an introduction on how to work with conflict for the well-being of your community.\n\nWhen conflict arises\, it’s often unclear how to best tackle it or where to even begin. In this free one-hour webinar\, Laird will examine what’s happening in the moment when people become aware that someone –either themselves or others–goes into nontrivial reactivity. \n \nWe’ll examine how reactivity shows up\, what’s going on for the individual in reaction\, and the choices you have on how to respond constructively. \n \nWhat you’ll gain from this session:\n\nBetter understanding of what conflict is\, and what’s happening for the individuals involved\nIdeas about what it means to respond constructively when conflict emerges\nWhy so many people are conflict avoidant\, and what you can do about it\nA first-hand experience of Laird\, to help you decide if you’d like to enroll in his Working Constructively with Conflict in Community course\n\nThis is a one-hour teaser for an upcoming 5-week course\, Working Constructively with Conflict in Community. In this immersive program Laird Schaub will cover what you need to know to move through conflict with as much grace as possible and come out the other side stronger than before. \n\n\nREGISTER NOW\n\n\n\n“Laird is an amazing resource in terms of experience\, presentation and facilitation style\, and ability to effectively connect with individuals under challenging circumstances. Talking about conflict can sound scary\, but having it organized into concrete steps made it seem not only possible\, but absolutely worth doing.” \n– Leslie Thomsen \n\n\n\n\nMeet the Instructor\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLaird Schaub\nLaird’s specialty is up-tempo inclusive meetings that engage the full range of human input\, teaching groups to work creatively with conflict and diversity—all the while being ruthless about capturing as much product as possible. Laird lived for four decades at Sandhill Farm\, an income-sharing rural community that he helped found. \n \nHe also helped found the Foundation for Intentional Community\, where he served as the main administrator for 28 years. In 1987 he created a self-insurance fund for healthcare among income-sharing communities called PEACH (Preservation of Equity Accessible for Community Health) that he ran for 22 years. \n \nIn addition to his expertise in community living\, he’s parlayed his passion for good process into a consulting business focused on cooperative group dynamics\, styled CANBRIDGE (Consensus And Network Building for Resolving Impasse and Developing Group Effectiveness)\, since 1987.. \n  \n\n\n\n\n\nRegistration\n \n \n\n\n \n\n\n\n\nThe Online Event Experience\n\n  \n\n\n\n\n\nLive Zoom Sessions\nNothing pre-recorded here! When you sign-up for an event with FIC\, you’ll have the opportunity to join a live session on Zoom with the event presenter/facilitator and other participants. \n\n\n\n\n\nAffordable and Accessible\nAll our events are run on a sliding scale basis. Generous donations cover the costs for low-income attendees. FIC is committed to making our programs accessible to people of all walks of life. \n\n\n\n\n\nWatch the Recording\nYou’ll receive the recording of your event to view for up to one month (unless otherwise noted). So don’t worry if you can’t attend a live session. Watch or listen whenever it is convenient for you. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLoved by Community Builders\n\nWhat a beautiful gift to our intentional community builders and leaders! FIC’s programs provide a way for thinking and concerned people to collaborate for solutions to our multitude of global crises. Thank you FIC! – Terri Garcia \nI am constantly impressed by the down-to-earth practicality of the FIC workshops combined with the philosophical questions that are so vital for us to explore. I’m grateful for the excellent planning and delivery of the workshops by skilled and inclusive presenters\, who create a space that is both welcoming and invites participants to challenge existing ideas and world views. Well done and thank you FIC. – Claire Ogden URL:https://www.ic.org/event/managing-conflict/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.ic.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/Conflict-course-teaser-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20220309T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20220309T143000 DTSTAMP:20230814T085759 CREATED:20211008T161353Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220106T040131Z UID:10000659-1646830800-1646836200@www.ic.org SUMMARY:Intro to Intentional Communities around the Globe [Webinar] DESCRIPTION:2nd Wednesday of every month | 1-2:30pm Eastern \nIntro to Intentional Communities around the Globe\n\nREGISTER NOW\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAre you looking to learn about intentional communities and get inspiration for your own future community? You’ve come to the right place!\n\n\nThis 90-min webinar will cover all the basics about intentional communities — where to find them\, why they matter\, and how to join the one that’s right for you. Get your questions answered and leave with practical tips. This is also a great opportunity to meet fellow community seekers from around the global. \n \nCynthia is the Co-Director of the FIC and will offer a virtual tour of some of the hundreds of community projects she has visited or worked with worldwide. She helps people connect to intentional communities as a matchmaker for seekers and as a consultant for growing community projects. She’ll guide you through the ins and outs of life in community… and how to find the best match for you! \n\nDuring this session you will gain:\n\nan overview of the 10 different types of intentional communities\ntop online resources for finding communities worldwide\na global tour of some popular and lesser-known communities\nkey steps for identifying the one that is right for you\nideas for how to build a lasting community relationship\n\n\nREGISTER NOW\n\n\n\n\n\nMeet the Presenter\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCynthia Tina\nCynthia is the “community matchmaker” helping people join the hundreds of intentional communities she has visited and worked with around the globe. She is a speaker\, educator\, and co-director of the Foundation for Intentional Community (ic.org). Her mission is to strengthen the bridge between sustainable communities and mainstream society. After a decade of travel\, Cynthia now lives at an ecovillage in Vermont where she’s building a passive solar home\, tending a garden\, and guiding yoga classes. She has a B.A. in Sustainability from Goddard College\, as well as certifications in Ecovillage and Permaculture design. Learn more and book a community matchmaking session with Cynthia at www.cynthiatina.com. \n  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n“This is a wonderful workshop to give you an overview of finding intentional community. Cynthia breaks down all the concepts and inspires you find the community you’re looking for through resources and insightful advice from her own experience.” \n—Molly McKinney \n\n\n“Cynthia proved to be an excellent ally in assisting me in my search for ecovillages and communities. She was super-knowledgeable\, thorough\, kind\, thoughtful\, and an excellent listener. She recommended several sites that I had not heard of\, many of the which she had visited personally. I felt very inspired and hopeful after our session — her enthusiasm for the regenerative movement is very infectious and genuine\, which combined with her experience and commitment made her a great helper for finding the best next steps forward for myself.” \n—Adam Morrison \n\n\n“Cynthia has a wealth of information about IC’s around the world\, and presented in a way that felt welcoming and inclusive. The breakout group helped me get a sense of the diversity of the backgrounds of people  interested in intentional community.” \n—Allison S. \n\n\nRegistration\n \n \n\n\n \n\n\n\n\nThe Online Event Experience\n\n  \n\n\n\n\n\nLive Zoom Sessions\nNothing pre-recorded here! When you sign-up for an event with FIC\, you’ll have the opportunity to join a live session on Zoom with the event presenter/facilitator and other participants. \n\n\n\n\n\nAffordable and Accessible\nAll our events are run on a sliding scale basis. Generous donations cover the costs for low-income attendees. FIC is committed to making our programs accessible to people of all walks of life. \n\n\n\n\n\nWatch the Recording\nYou’ll receive the recording of your event to view for up to one month (unless otherwise noted). So don’t worry if you can’t attend a live session. Watch or listen whenever it is convenient for you. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLoved by Community Builders\n\nWhat a beautiful gift to our intentional community builders and leaders! FIC’s programs provide a way for thinking and concerned people to collaborate for solutions to our multitude of global crises. Thank you FIC! – Terri Garcia \nI am constantly impressed by the down-to-earth practicality of the FIC workshops combined with the philosophical questions that are so vital for us to explore. I’m grateful for the excellent planning and delivery of the workshops by skilled and inclusive presenters\, who create a space that is both welcoming and invites participants to challenge existing ideas and world views. Well done and thank you FIC. – Claire Ogden URL:https://www.ic.org/event/intro-to-ics-2022/2022-03-09/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.ic.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Intro-to-ICs-2.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20220308T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20220308T140000 DTSTAMP:20230814T085759 CREATED:20220211T225331Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220307T052150Z UID:10000744-1646744400-1646748000@www.ic.org SUMMARY:Common Legal Issues in Community and How to Avoid Them [Webinar] DESCRIPTION:Mar 8 | 2-3pm Eastern \nCommon Legal Issues in Community and How to Avoid Them\n\nREGISTER NOW\n\n\n\n\n\n\nNot creating a solid legal foundation for your intentional community can be a recipe for heartbreak. But navigating the law can be tough for inexperienced communities. \n\nThankfully\, our facilitator Clifford Paulin Esq. has been advising communities on the legal aspects of community living for 15 years. Join us for a 1-hour bird’s eye view of legal topics to consider when starting\, maintaining\, or reforming a community. \n \nStrong and responsive legal agreements within communities are key to both their long-term success and maintaining healthy relationships between community members. Learn about some of the most common legal issues that communities face and what you need to be prepared for them in this FREE webinar.  \n\nWhat you’ll gain from this session:\n\nAn understanding of the critical legal topics in intentional community\nWhat to ensure is in your governing documents\nHow to evaluate different choices of legal form\n\n This is a one-hour preview of the upcoming 5-week course\, Legal Basics for Forming Communities — an immersive program where Clifford Paulin will show you how to translate the values and vision of your group into clear and cohesive agreements. \n\n\nREGISTER NOW\n\n\n\n“Clifford is a wonderful educator\, not just his experience and expertise\, but his sensibility to the bigger picture and also his foresightful cautions\, all provide a great panoramic perspective. He also has a fabulous ability to provide for questions. And in answering them\, he goes into the surrounding detail\, and then even asks the questioner if that answered the question!” \n– Karen Maleski \n\n\n\n\n\nMeet the Instructor\n\n\n\n\n\n\nClifford Paulin \nClifford Paulin provides a full suite of legal\, facilitation\, and mediation services to individuals\, businesses\, communities\, non-profits\, and government entities. His extensive background in serving these organizations as well as being part of them provides hime with a unique understanding of their needs and desires. \nClifford holds a Bachelor of Science in Environmental Science from the University of Arizona\, a Juris Doctorate and a Masters of Study in Environmental Law from Vermont Law School\, a mediation certificate from the Center for Understanding in Conflict\, and advanced facilitation training from Synectics LLC. \nClifford’s legal practice has focused on transactional law\, non-profit law\, and community law since 2006.  He also has extensive experience in mediation in both individual and group settings.  He has facilitated strategic planning and other processes for groups in both the private and public sectors. Mr. Paulin is also a co-founder of The Oak Granary\, a land-based environmental education non-profit in Potter Valley\, California. \n \n \n\n\n\n\n\nRegistration\n\n \n\n\n \n\n\n\n\nThe Online Event Experience\n\n  \n\n\n\n\n\nLive Zoom Sessions\nNothing pre-recorded here! When you sign-up for an event with FIC\, you’ll have the opportunity to join a live session on Zoom with the event presenter/facilitator and other participants. \n\n\n\n\n\nAffordable and Accessible\nAll our events are run on a sliding scale basis. Generous donations cover the costs for low-income attendees. FIC is committed to making our programs accessible to people of all walks of life. \n\n\n\n\n\nWatch the Recording\nYou’ll receive the recording of your event to view for up to one month (unless otherwise noted). So don’t worry if you can’t attend a live session. Watch or listen whenever it is convenient for you. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLoved by Community Builders\n\nTeri’s presence\, warmth\, poise\, experience and clarity. I quickly felt at ease and confident that she knew what she was talking about\, and could share the material effectively\, while also managing the group format. – Jeffrey B \nWhat a beautiful gift to our intentional community builders and leaders! FIC’s programs provide a way for thinking and concerned people to collaborate for solutions to our multitude of global crises. Thank you FIC! – Terri Garcia \nI am constantly impressed by the down-to-earth practicality of the FIC workshops combined with the philosophical questions that are so vital for us to explore. I’m grateful for the excellent planning and delivery of the workshops by skilled and inclusive presenters\, who create a space that is both welcoming and invites participants to challenge existing ideas and world views. Well done and thank you FIC. – Claire Ogden URL:https://www.ic.org/event/legal-issues-in-community/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.ic.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Legal-Intro-Session.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20220304T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20220304T170000 DTSTAMP:20230814T085759 CREATED:20211109T032108Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220226T213226Z UID:10000728-1646406000-1646413200@www.ic.org SUMMARY:Social & Economic Justice in Intentional Community [Workshop] DESCRIPTION:Mar 4th | 3:00-5:00pm Eastern \nSocial & Economic Justice in Intentional Community\n\nREGISTER NOW\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTake the first steps to make your community more inclusive\, just\, and loving. \n\nJoin organizer and author Gwendolyn Hallsmith for an interactive workshop on transforming the oppressive cultural and economic structures that can be at work in community. \n \nAs much as we might want to\, intentional communities cannot simply opt out of the dominant ownership\, money\, markets\, management\, and metrics systems in our world. We need to build alternatives.  \n \nJoin Gwendolyn to learn about the steps your community can take to create more equitable and ultimately more loving structures in the places we live and work. Step out of the hidden operating systems that impoverish humanity and destroy the natural world. Step into a loving culture. \n \n\nKey outcomes of this workshop:\n\nAn understanding of the larger global structures at work in our lives\nReal world strategies communities can use to be more inclusive and just\nSpecific steps individuals can take to start a new initiative in their own communities\n\n\n\nREGISTER NOW\n\n\n\n\n\nWorkshop Presenter\n\n\n\n\n\n\nGwendolyn Hallsmith\nGwendolyn is the Executive Director of Global Community Initiatives\, a non-profit organization she founded in 2002. She is the author of six books on sustainable community and economic development and has worked with communities all over the world to foster caring communities\, local economies\, good governance\, efficient services\, and healthy ecosystems. She founded Vermonters for a New Economy to work on economic solutions at the state level\, and the Headwaters Garden and Learning Center\, an ecovillage in Cabot\, VT. She has a Master’s Degree in Public Policy from Brown University\, and did additional graduate work at the University of British Columbia and the Andover Newton Divinity School. \n \n\n\n\n\n\nRegistration\n \n \n\n\n \n\n\n\n\nThe Online Event Experience\n\n  \n\n\n\n\n\nLive Zoom Sessions\nNothing pre-recorded here! When you sign-up for an event with FIC\, you’ll have the opportunity to join a live session on Zoom with the event presenter/facilitator and other participants. \n\n\n\n\n\nAffordable and Accessible\nAll our events are run on a sliding scale basis. Generous donations cover the costs for low-income attendees. FIC is committed to making our programs accessible to people of all walks of life. \n\n\n\n\n\nWatch the Recording\nYou’ll receive the recording of your event to view for up to one month (unless otherwise noted). So don’t worry if you can’t attend a live session. Watch or listen whenever it is convenient for you. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLoved by Community Builders\n\nWhat a beautiful gift to our intentional community builders and leaders! FIC’s programs provide a way for thinking and concerned people to collaborate for solutions to our multitude of global crises. Thank you FIC! – Terri Garcia \nI am constantly impressed by the down-to-earth practicality of the FIC workshops combined with the philosophical questions that are so vital for us to explore. I’m grateful for the excellent planning and delivery of the workshops by skilled and inclusive presenters\, who create a space that is both welcoming and invites participants to challenge existing ideas and world views. Well done and thank you FIC. – Claire Ogden URL:https://www.ic.org/event/social-and-economic-justice/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.ic.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Social-Economic-Justice-in-Community.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20220302T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20220302T120000 DTSTAMP:20230814T085759 CREATED:20220131T195113Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220301T234245Z UID:10000743-1646218800-1646222400@www.ic.org SUMMARY:Introduction to Cooperative Housing [Webinar] DESCRIPTION:Mar 2nd | 12:00-1:00pm Eastern \nIntroduction to Cooperative Housing (Co-ops)\n\nREGISTER NOW\n\n\n\n\n\n\nIs cooperative housing the right kind of intentional community for you? \n \nJoin us for this 60-minute webinar to learn about the different types of cooperative or co-op structures. \n \nIn this introductory presentation\, the North American Students of Cooperation’s (NASCO’s) Daniel Miller and Brel Hutton-Okpalaeke will guide us through the various forms of cooperative structure including consumer co-ops\, worker co-ops\, credit unions\, producer co-ops and the wide range of housing co-ops. Leave with a broad understanding for the options out there and guidance on which model could be the right fit for you. \n \n\nDuring this session you will learn:\n\nWhat a cooperative (co-op) is\nWhat kinds of co-ops are in the US\nWhat kinds of housing co-ops exist\nWhich model could be the right fit for you!\n\n\nREGISTER NOW\n\n\n\n\n\nMeet the Presenters\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBrel Hutton-Okpalaeke\nBrel (they/them) began their co-op journey in 2014 in Madison\, Wisconsin as a member of Madison Community Cooperative\, Madison Area Cooperative Housing Alliance\, and the United People of Color Caucus. In their free time\, Brel teaches at and serves on the board of the Madison Freewheel Bicycle Co. and is in the process of converting it to a worker-owned co-op. Brel sees cooperatives as one of the best ways to affect social change and actively fight gentrification and extractive economic practices. Brel strives to make sure that people of color in cooperatives are represented\, supported\, and respected by our co-ops. Brel believes in strategic\, continual expansion of the co-op sector because we can change the world for the better with these thing! \n\n  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDaniel Miller\nHaving worked with co-ops at various stages of development as a volunteer\, board member\, and staff member for over 20 years\, Daniel (he/him) now serves as the Director of NASCO Properties. As liason to the board\, he works to coordinate maintenance\, governance\, and budgeting for co-ops in the NASCO Properties system. Daniel also helps co-op organizers in the initial stages of development\, give guidance to co-ops on how to operate successfully\, identifies potential co-op development projects and assesses their feasibility\, and helps co-ops improve their management. Daniel is the staff liaison to the NASCO Properties Board. \n\n  \n\n\n\n\n\nRegistration\n \n \n\n\n \n\n\n\n\nThe Online Event Experience\n\n  \n\n\n\n\n\nLive Zoom Sessions\nNothing pre-recorded here! When you sign-up for an event with FIC\, you’ll have the opportunity to join a live session on Zoom with the event presenter/facilitator and other participants. \n\n\n\n\n\nAffordable and Accessible\nAll our events are run on a sliding scale basis. Generous donations cover the costs for low-income attendees. FIC is committed to making our programs accessible to people of all walks of life. \n\n\n\n\n\nWatch the Recording\nYou’ll receive the recording of your event to view for up to one month (unless otherwise noted). So don’t worry if you can’t attend a live session. Watch or listen whenever it is convenient for you. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLoved by Community Builders\n\nWhat a beautiful gift to our intentional community builders and leaders! FIC’s programs provide a way for thinking and concerned people to collaborate for solutions to our multitude of global crises. Thank you FIC! – Terri Garcia \nI am constantly impressed by the down-to-earth practicality of the FIC workshops combined with the philosophical questions that are so vital for us to explore. I’m grateful for the excellent planning and delivery of the workshops by skilled and inclusive presenters\, who create a space that is both welcoming and invites participants to challenge existing ideas and world views. Well done and thank you FIC. – Claire Ogden URL:https://www.ic.org/event/intro-to-coops/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.ic.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Intro-to-Co-Ops.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20220223T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20220223T153000 DTSTAMP:20230814T085759 CREATED:20220131T185511Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220201T011004Z UID:10000742-1645624800-1645630200@www.ic.org SUMMARY:Rising Together: The Power of Singing in Your Community [Workshop] DESCRIPTION:Feb 23rd | 3:00-4:30pm Eastern \nRising Together | The Power of Singing in Your Community\n\nREGISTER NOW\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJoin artist and healer Lyndsey Scott for an interactive workshop on the uplifting and relaxing power of song in your community.\n\nWhat muses live beyond the obligatory food gathering tune? Many communities already have a practice of singing to circle up for sharing meals\, and many more are discovering the power of community singing to slow down\, bring beauty\, regulate nervous systems\, and anchor visions of the more beautiful worlds we feel and dream. \n \nScience tells us that singing together “alleviates anxiety and stress and lessens feelings of depression and loneliness.” History tells us singing together is the glue and heart of change-making social movements. Making music together is medicine for these times! \n \nIn this interactive workshop\, we’ll sing!\, and explore moments that are ripe to weave song into community life. Simple songs will be taught call-and-response (with participants muted because of lag)\, and ample space will be given to questions you might have has you imagine leading more song in your community. \n \n\nKey outcomes of this workshop:\n\n4 fresh songs to share with your community\n3 tips for creating ease and clarity in teaching them\nAn understanding of song’s power to uplift and relax\nAccess to free online resources for continued song learning\n\n\n\nREGISTER NOW\n\n\n\n\n\nWorkshop Presenter\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLyndsey Scott\nLyndsey enjoys living life as multimedia prayer. Educated as a painter\, she spent a decade in St. Louis\, MO experimenting with parades\, photography\, and participatory art as catalyst for community transformation. Encountering personal and collective trauma initiated a decade of inquiry into healing modalities\, which led to a move back to her rural hometown in central IL. There she seeded restorative practices\, including opening a small yoga studio\, facilitating a permaculture garden for formerly incarcerated men\, prioritizing mending with her family of origin\, and teaching art at a juvenile detention center. Now she weaves creativity & healing together in ritual and song\, by offering community song circles\, ecstatic grief ritual\, and group work aimed at dismantling internalized white supremacy and patriarchy. She currently leads song for Earthkeeper Wisdom School\, supports the vision of her mentors at Holistic Resistance\, and is recording an album of singalong mantra for the soul journey including her much beloved “You don’t have to know the way\, the Way Knows the Way.” \n \n\n\n\n\n\nRegistration\n \n \n\n\n \n\n\n\n\nThe Online Event Experience\n\n  \n\n\n\n\n\nLive Zoom Sessions\nNothing pre-recorded here! When you sign-up for an event with FIC\, you’ll have the opportunity to join a live session on Zoom with the event presenter/facilitator and other participants. \n\n\n\n\n\nAffordable and Accessible\nAll our events are run on a sliding scale basis. Generous donations cover the costs for low-income attendees. FIC is committed to making our programs accessible to people of all walks of life. \n\n\n\n\n\nWatch the Recording\nYou’ll receive the recording of your event to view for up to one month (unless otherwise noted). So don’t worry if you can’t attend a live session. Watch or listen whenever it is convenient for you. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLoved by Community Builders\n\nWhat a beautiful gift to our intentional community builders and leaders! FIC’s programs provide a way for thinking and concerned people to collaborate for solutions to our multitude of global crises. Thank you FIC! – Terri Garcia \nI am constantly impressed by the down-to-earth practicality of the FIC workshops combined with the philosophical questions that are so vital for us to explore. I’m grateful for the excellent planning and delivery of the workshops by skilled and inclusive presenters\, who create a space that is both welcoming and invites participants to challenge existing ideas and world views. Well done and thank you FIC. – Claire Ogden URL:https://www.ic.org/event/community-singing/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.ic.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Singing-in-Your-Community.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20220216T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20220216T133000 DTSTAMP:20230814T085759 CREATED:20220118T042118Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220210T221713Z UID:10000741-1645012800-1645018200@www.ic.org SUMMARY:Unleash the Power of our Differences Series: Intro to the Power of Difference Model [Webinar] DESCRIPTION:Feb 16th | 1:00-2:30pm Eastern \nUnleash the Power of Our Differences Series\n \nIntro to the Power of Difference Model (PDM)\n\nREGISTER NOW\n\n\n\n\n\n\nIf we define community as a place where no one feels the need to leave a part of themselves at the door\, then our communities need to be safe places where everyone thrives.\n\nJoin us for a new monthly webinar series focused on Diversity\, Equity & Inclusion (DEI). \n \nEach month The Sum’s Elliott Butler-Cisneros will probe challenging community questions\, models\, and tools for internal exploration and external support. Topics will include: identity\, solidarity across differences\, power and privilege\, white fragility\, cross-cultural communication\, solidarity protocols\, gender and sexual orientation\, race\, and socioeconomic power. \n**Note that each webinar is offered as a stand-alone presentation. While we hope you’ll consider joining us for the entire series\, you will gain a great deal from each one even if you can’t attend them all. \n\nKey outcomes of this series:\n\nGreater awareness of yourself as a catalyst of unleashing the fulfilling life you envision\nAn increased recognition of how this is interdependent with living in solidarity with all people\nAn appreciation of how the above two items create change in the world through support (not patronization)\nPractical skills and tools to help you accomplish this support\n\n\n\nWe kick off the series by learning about the Power of Difference Model (PDM) and three primary unconscious patterns you may hold.\n \nJoin us to learn how these primary patterns play out within us and in our communities. \n \nYou will have an opportunity to discover your personal primary patterns and learning needs\, as well as how your personal patterns may be quite different from those of others. We’ll focus on applying this learning to the cultivation of a community where all aspects of all people are welcome and honored. \n\n\nREGISTER NOW\n\n\n\n\n\nWebinar Presenter\n\n\n\n\n\n\nElliott Butler-Cisneros\nElliott comes from a bi-cultural\, bi-racial background. His diverse background has led to a diverse life! He began a teaching career on the Navajo reservation in special education and directed a school district transition program serving students with disabilities for 8 years. \nLater in life\, he worked as a school principal both at a predominantly Latino elementary school and at a progressive\, experiential middle school. Elliott has also taught social justice classes at Naropa University and directed the Human Rights Office for the City of Fort Collins. \nIn 2006\, Elliott founded The Sum\, an organization focused on building solidarity across differences. \n \nDuring his time at The Sum\, he has worked with businesses\, healthcare organizations k12 and higher educational institutions\, HR departments\, government agencies\, law enforcement personnel\, and faith communities. \n \n \n\n\n\n\n\nRegistration\n \n \n\n\n \n\n\n\n\nThe Online Event Experience\n\n  \n\n\n\n\n\nLive Zoom Sessions\nNothing pre-recorded here! When you sign-up for an event with FIC\, you’ll have the opportunity to join a live session on Zoom with the event presenter/facilitator and other participants. \n\n\n\n\n\nAffordable and Accessible\nAll our events are run on a sliding scale basis. Generous donations cover the costs for low-income attendees. FIC is committed to making our programs accessible to people of all walks of life. \n\n\n\n\n\nWatch the Recording\nYou’ll receive the recording of your event to view for up to one month (unless otherwise noted). So don’t worry if you can’t attend a live session. Watch or listen whenever it is convenient for you. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLoved by Community Builders\n\nWhat a beautiful gift to our intentional community builders and leaders! FIC’s programs provide a way for thinking and concerned people to collaborate for solutions to our multitude of global crises. Thank you FIC! – Terri Garcia \nI am constantly impressed by the down-to-earth practicality of the FIC workshops combined with the philosophical questions that are so vital for us to explore. I’m grateful for the excellent planning and delivery of the workshops by skilled and inclusive presenters\, who create a space that is both welcoming and invites participants to challenge existing ideas and world views. Well done and thank you FIC. – Claire Ogden URL:https://www.ic.org/event/intro-to-the-power-of-difference-model/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.ic.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Intro-to-the-Power-of-Difference-Model.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20220209T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20220209T143000 DTSTAMP:20230814T085759 CREATED:20211008T161353Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220106T040131Z UID:10000658-1644411600-1644417000@www.ic.org SUMMARY:Intro to Intentional Communities around the Globe [Webinar] DESCRIPTION:2nd Wednesday of every month | 1-2:30pm Eastern \nIntro to Intentional Communities around the Globe\n\nREGISTER NOW\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAre you looking to learn about intentional communities and get inspiration for your own future community? You’ve come to the right place!\n\n\nThis 90-min webinar will cover all the basics about intentional communities — where to find them\, why they matter\, and how to join the one that’s right for you. Get your questions answered and leave with practical tips. This is also a great opportunity to meet fellow community seekers from around the global. \n \nCynthia is the Co-Director of the FIC and will offer a virtual tour of some of the hundreds of community projects she has visited or worked with worldwide. She helps people connect to intentional communities as a matchmaker for seekers and as a consultant for growing community projects. She’ll guide you through the ins and outs of life in community… and how to find the best match for you! \n\nDuring this session you will gain:\n\nan overview of the 10 different types of intentional communities\ntop online resources for finding communities worldwide\na global tour of some popular and lesser-known communities\nkey steps for identifying the one that is right for you\nideas for how to build a lasting community relationship\n\n\nREGISTER NOW\n\n\n\n\n\nMeet the Presenter\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCynthia Tina\nCynthia is the “community matchmaker” helping people join the hundreds of intentional communities she has visited and worked with around the globe. She is a speaker\, educator\, and co-director of the Foundation for Intentional Community (ic.org). Her mission is to strengthen the bridge between sustainable communities and mainstream society. After a decade of travel\, Cynthia now lives at an ecovillage in Vermont where she’s building a passive solar home\, tending a garden\, and guiding yoga classes. She has a B.A. in Sustainability from Goddard College\, as well as certifications in Ecovillage and Permaculture design. Learn more and book a community matchmaking session with Cynthia at www.cynthiatina.com. \n  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n“This is a wonderful workshop to give you an overview of finding intentional community. Cynthia breaks down all the concepts and inspires you find the community you’re looking for through resources and insightful advice from her own experience.” \n—Molly McKinney \n\n\n“Cynthia proved to be an excellent ally in assisting me in my search for ecovillages and communities. She was super-knowledgeable\, thorough\, kind\, thoughtful\, and an excellent listener. She recommended several sites that I had not heard of\, many of the which she had visited personally. I felt very inspired and hopeful after our session — her enthusiasm for the regenerative movement is very infectious and genuine\, which combined with her experience and commitment made her a great helper for finding the best next steps forward for myself.” \n—Adam Morrison \n\n\n“Cynthia has a wealth of information about IC’s around the world\, and presented in a way that felt welcoming and inclusive. The breakout group helped me get a sense of the diversity of the backgrounds of people  interested in intentional community.” \n—Allison S. \n\n\nRegistration\n \n \n\n\n \n\n\n\n\nThe Online Event Experience\n\n  \n\n\n\n\n\nLive Zoom Sessions\nNothing pre-recorded here! When you sign-up for an event with FIC\, you’ll have the opportunity to join a live session on Zoom with the event presenter/facilitator and other participants. \n\n\n\n\n\nAffordable and Accessible\nAll our events are run on a sliding scale basis. Generous donations cover the costs for low-income attendees. FIC is committed to making our programs accessible to people of all walks of life. \n\n\n\n\n\nWatch the Recording\nYou’ll receive the recording of your event to view for up to one month (unless otherwise noted). So don’t worry if you can’t attend a live session. Watch or listen whenever it is convenient for you. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLoved by Community Builders\n\nWhat a beautiful gift to our intentional community builders and leaders! FIC’s programs provide a way for thinking and concerned people to collaborate for solutions to our multitude of global crises. Thank you FIC! – Terri Garcia \nI am constantly impressed by the down-to-earth practicality of the FIC workshops combined with the philosophical questions that are so vital for us to explore. I’m grateful for the excellent planning and delivery of the workshops by skilled and inclusive presenters\, who create a space that is both welcoming and invites participants to challenge existing ideas and world views. Well done and thank you FIC. – Claire Ogden URL:https://www.ic.org/event/intro-to-ics-2022/2022-02-09/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.ic.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Intro-to-ICs-2.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20220208T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20220208T130000 DTSTAMP:20230814T085759 CREATED:20220116T062241Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220201T165316Z UID:10000737-1644318000-1644325200@www.ic.org SUMMARY:Cultivating a Sense of Belonging through Circle Work [2-part Training] DESCRIPTION:February 8 & 11 | 12-2pm Eastern \nCultivating a Sense Belonging through Circle Work [2-Part Training]\n\nREGISTER NOW\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJoin conscious living coach and founder of the Zemyna Foundation\, Naumrata Arora\, for a 2-part interactive training on Circle Work.\n\nThe pandemic has deepened our sense of isolation from our human family\, resulting in an increased sense of disconnection. A rise in polarization and conflicts has deepened the divide amongst us\, resulting in a breakdown of our social fabric. There is an urgent need for us to bring back ancient wisdom to create harmony and belongingness for resilience. \nAt such a time\, what would it be like to spend time together in your community that is meaningful\, fulfilling\, and fun\, even if life isn’t a rose garden? \nDuring this highly interactive training\, Namrata will introduce you to the basics of how to create and maintain a safe container that can restore balance and hold space for deep emotional intimacy. \n \nIn this two-part session\, we explore and practice Circle Work\, a potent technique to help cultivate a feeling of belongingness within our chosen communities. \n\nThrough this two part session\, participants will:\n\nGain an awareness of what Circle Work is\nDevelop an understanding of what it takes to host a Circle\nLearn about the various nuances to bear in mind for creating safe spaces\nGet an overview of various ways in which such gatherings can be beneficial for communities\nExperience being in a circle and engage in a discussion on its applications\nHave the opportunity to practice Circle Work in breakouts\n\n\n\nREGISTER NOW\n\n\n\n“The calm and clarity of the facilitator was notable and helped to shift my state of mind.” \n– Angela Werneke \n\n\n\n“Namrata Arora is a great teacher – clear\, organized\, respectful of time management\, compassionate\, super knowledgeable.” \n– Marisa James \n\n\n\n\n\nWorkshop Faciliator\n\n\n\n\n\n\nNnaumrata Arora\nSystems Thinking Researcher\, Circle Convenor\, Social Artist\, Conscious Living Coach\, Workshop Facilitator\, Writer\, Changemaker\, Founder of Life Beyond Motherhood and Zemyna Foundation\, Nnaumrata brings with her 22 years of work experience including a corporate career in organizational learning and development. Currently pursuing her PhD from the University of Hull\, UK\, Nnaumrata has been convening and presenting about Circles in various international forums. Life Positive Magazine’s 24th Anniversary edition released in India in April 2020\, named her as one of the 14 faces driving social change in India. \n \n \n\n\n\n\n\nRegistration\n\n \n\n\n \n\n\n\n\nThe Online Event Experience\n\n  \n\n\n\n\n\nLive Zoom Sessions\nNothing pre-recorded here! When you sign-up for an event with FIC\, you’ll have the opportunity to join a live session on Zoom with the event presenter/facilitator and other participants. \n\n\n\n\n\nAffordable and Accessible\nAll our events are run on a sliding scale basis. Generous donations cover the costs for low-income attendees. FIC is committed to making our programs accessible to people of all walks of life. \n\n\n\n\n\nWatch the Recording\nYou’ll receive the recording of your event to view for up to one month (unless otherwise noted). So don’t worry if you can’t attend a live session. Watch or listen whenever it is convenient for you. URL:https://www.ic.org/event/circle-work-training/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.ic.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Cultivating-Belongingness-in-Community-through-Circle-Work-Product-Photo.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20220204T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20220204T193000 DTSTAMP:20230814T085759 CREATED:20220105T233120Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220129T061408Z UID:10000736-1643997600-1644003000@www.ic.org SUMMARY:Reviving the Black Cooperative & Intentional Community Movement [Panel] DESCRIPTION:February 4th | 7-8:30pm Eastern \nReviving the Black Cooperative & Intentional Community Movement [Panel]\n\nREGISTER NOW\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJoin us for a panel discussion with African Indigenous Diaspora to learn about the reality of Black-led and women-led intentional communities\, as well as an opportunity to respond with collective action. \n\nIn this 90-minute panel\, you will learn about a variety of global African diasporic intentional communities\, and the challenges they face\, through the Black people leading them. This panel discussion will address the following: \n \n\nWhat have been some obstacles encountered as black intentional communities?\nHow have white intentional communities been in support or otherwise?\nHow can the larger intentional communities movement support black intentional communities?\nAdvice for black intentional communities forming within the US\n\nThere will be some space for naming how these impacts all land movements and an opportunity to co-create shared action plans for moving forward based on what we’ve discussed. \n\nDuring this panel you will gain:\n \n\nFor Western audience members\, a shift in perception toward more inclusivity of African and Indigenous perspectives\nA broader understanding of what it means to be an intentional community\nAn opportunity to understand how our panel has experienced community in the context issues that deeply impact BIPOC individuals\nSolidarity with our panel and a committment to meet the needs of BIPOC in community\nActionable steps you can take to make a difference\n\n\n\nREGISTER NOW\n\n\n\n\n\nPresenting Communities \n\n\n\n\n \n\n\nParable of the Sower Intentional Community Cooperative\nThe Parable of the Sower Intentional Community Co-op’s mission is to develop their co-op as a housing model for black women organizers\, and worker-owned intentional communities. They will provide holistic services through community organizing\, housing and health services. Simultaneously\, they will assist in alleviating social stigmas through community support systems\, sustainable economics\, political education and natural healing practices. They are committed to proactively investing in land and liberation to prepare for the next future seven generations. They accomplish this through autonomy\, democracy\, equality and solidarity in their work\, homes and community. The Parable of the Sower plans to build our first intentional community in 2021\, and then build four more communities by 2035. \n  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAccompong Village \nAccompong Village is a historical Maroon village located in the hills of St. Elizabeth Parish on the island of Jamaica. It is located in Cockpit Country\, where Jamaican Maroons and indigenous Taíno established a fortified stronghold in the hilly terrain in the 17th century. They defended it and maintained independence from the Spanish and then later against British forces\, after the colony changed hands. \n  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\nBrazilian Quilombos\nQuilombos are communities in Brazil that were formed by descendants of runaway slaves. Many of these communities are fighting for the official title and control over their land\, but have been facing issues such as structural racism. \n  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nGullah Geeche Nation \nGullah Geeche Nation extends from Jacksonville\, NC to Jacksonville\, FL. The Gullah/Geechee people have been considered “a nation within a nation” from the time of chattel enslavement in the United States until They officially became an internationally recognized nation on July 2\, 2000. Their mission is to preserve\, protect\, and promote their history\, culture\, language\, and homeland and to institute and demand official recognition of the governance (minority) rights necessary to accomplish their mission to take care of their community through collective efforts which will provide a healthy environment\, care for the well beings of each person\, and economic empowerment. \n  \n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\nPelenques Cuban Slave Settlements\nThe first recorded uprising of enslaved Africans in Cuba took place in 1533 at the Jobabo mines. There were frequent uprisings thereafter with the participants escaping into the mountains and linking with indigenous Taino groups to form independent African maroon settlements called Palenques. \n  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRepublic of New Afrika \n Republic of New Afrika (RNA)\, was born in March 1968\, when five hundred black nationalists met in Detroit. The RNA’s avowed purpose was to culturally and literally separate African Americans from mainstream American culture and to set up a new nation consisting of five states in the South—Alabama\, Georgia\, Louisiana\, Mississippi\, and South Carolina. \n  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nUmoja Village \nThe village was founded in 1990 by a group of 15 women who were survivors of rape by local British soldiers. Umoja’s population has now expanded to include any women escaping child marriage\, female genital mutilation\, domestic violence and rape – all of which are cultural norms among the Samburu. \n  \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nRegistration\n\n \n\n\n \n\n\n\n\nThe Online Event Experience\n\n  \n\n\n\n\n\nLive Zoom Sessions\nNothing pre-recorded here! When you sign-up for an event with FIC\, you’ll have the opportunity to join a live session on Zoom with the event presenter/facilitator and other participants. \n\n\n\n\n\nAffordable and Accessible\nAll our events are run on a sliding scale basis. Generous donations cover the costs for low-income attendees. FIC is committed to making our programs accessible to people of all walks of life. \n\n\n\n\n\nWatch the Recording\nYou’ll receive the recording of your event to view for up to one month (unless otherwise noted). So don’t worry if you can’t attend a live session. Watch or listen whenever it is convenient for you. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLoved by Community Builders\n\nWhat a beautiful gift to our intentional community builders and leaders! FIC’s programs provide a way for thinking and concerned people to collaborate for solutions to our multitude of global crises. Thank you FIC! – Terri Garcia \nI am constantly impressed by the down-to-earth practicality of the FIC workshops combined with the philosophical questions that are so vital for us to explore. I’m grateful for the excellent planning and delivery of the workshops by skilled and inclusive presenters\, who create a space that is both welcoming and invites participants to challenge existing ideas and world views. Well done and thank you FIC. – Claire Ogden URL:https://www.ic.org/event/reviving-black-ics-panel/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.ic.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Black-ICs-Product-Photo.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20220128T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20220128T150000 DTSTAMP:20230814T085759 CREATED:20220117T094321Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220119T035220Z UID:10000740-1643374800-1643382000@www.ic.org SUMMARY:Community Toolkit Essentials: An Introduction to the Enneagram [Workshop] DESCRIPTION:January 28 | 1-3pm Eastern \nCommunity Toolkit Essentials: An Introduction to the Enneagram\n\nREGISTER NOW\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLearn how understanding the enneagram & your own enneatype can make you a better communitarian. \n\nIn order to truly connect with your community\, you need to start by having a solid understanding of yourself and how you operate. We invite you to start the journey of unlocking your own internal mysteries and experiencing greater liberation from the fixations of your personality in this introduction to the Enneagram. \n \nThe Enneagram offers us a roadmap that can guide our personal transformation in ways that are specific to our individual psychology. Walking this path of awakening can deepen our self awareness\, enhance our relational intelligences\, generate compassion for others\, and drive curiosity amidst the challenges of community. Join longtime communitarian Lee Warren for a 2-hour introductory overview of the Enneagram and how it applies to life in community. \n \nNo prior Enneagram experience necessary and this information is applicable to all walks of life. This session is a taster of the upcoming Becoming a Communitarian course. \n \nDuring this session you will:\n\nLearn about the enneagram for personal growth and development\nDiscover how the enneagram can be useful in navigating community\nExplore the role of self-awareness and assessment in negotiating relationships\nDiscuss enneatypes and their individual paths towards freedom\n\n\n\nREGISTER NOW\n\n\n\n\n\nMeet the Presenter\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLee Warren \nLee Warren is reclaiming wisdom through conscious relating with self\, land\, and other. She has 25 years of experience envisioning\, designing\, and living innovative solutions to mutually empowered relationships\, land-based and community living\, regenerative systems\, interpersonal communication\, and sustainability education. She’s been living in rural intentional community since 1995 and at Earthaven Ecovillage since 2000. She is a co-founder\, co-owner\, and builder of the Village Terraces Cohousing Neighborhood\, the co-founder and manager of Imani Farm\, and the co-founder of SOIL\, School of Integrated Living\, whole-life skills for a radically different future. She is the principal and founder of Reclaiming Wisdom and a writer\, teacher\, and activist\, with a passion for embodiment practices\, rural wisdom\, sustainable economics\, conscious dying\, and community of all kinds. \n  \n\n\n\n\n\nRegistration\n\n \n\n\n \n\n\n\n\nThe Online Event Experience\n\n  \n\n\n\n\n\nLive Zoom Sessions\nNothing pre-recorded here! When you sign-up for an event with FIC\, you’ll have the opportunity to join a live session on Zoom with the event presenter/facilitator and other participants. \n\n\n\n\n\nAffordable and Accessible\nAll our events are run on a sliding scale basis. Generous donations cover the costs for low-income attendees. FIC is committed to making our programs accessible to people of all walks of life. \n\n\n\n\n\nWatch the Recording\nYou’ll receive the recording of your event to view for up to one month (unless otherwise noted). So don’t worry if you can’t attend a live session. Watch or listen whenever it is convenient for you. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLoved by Community Builders\n\nWhat a beautiful gift to our intentional community builders and leaders! FIC’s programs provide a way for thinking and concerned people to collaborate for solutions to our multitude of global crises. Thank you FIC! – Terri Garcia \nI am constantly impressed by the down-to-earth practicality of the FIC workshops combined with the philosophical questions that are so vital for us to explore. I’m grateful for the excellent planning and delivery of the workshops by skilled and inclusive presenters\, who create a space that is both welcoming and invites participants to challenge existing ideas and world views. Well done and thank you FIC. – Claire Ogden URL:https://www.ic.org/event/enneagram-intro-workshop/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.ic.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/IC-Course-Materials.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20220127T163000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20220127T173000 DTSTAMP:20230814T085759 CREATED:20220117T083108Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220120T053510Z UID:10000739-1643301000-1643304600@www.ic.org SUMMARY:Making Community Simple: How to Facilitate Your Group through Anything [Webinar] DESCRIPTION:January 27 | 5:30-6:30pm Eastern \nMaking Community Simple: How to Facilitate Your Group through Anything [Webinar] \n\nREGISTER NOW\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJoin facilitation expert Laird Schaub for an introduction on how to facilitate around difficult issues for the well-being of your community.\n\nWhen a challenging community issue turns out to be multi-faceted\, it’s often unclear how to best tackle it or where to even begin. In this free one-hour webinar\, Laird will unpack the dynamics and choices at play when facilitating difficult conversations. \n \nRather than just talking theory\, we’ll roll up our sleeves and engage with a known complex topic that most communities struggle with: What’s expected of members in the way of non-monetary contributions to the maintenance and well-being of the community? \n \nThis will be a highly interactive exploration of a foggy situation that will be both fun and illuminating! \n \nWhat you’ll gain from this session:\n\nHow to understand better the complexities of member participation\nThe power of breaking complicated topics into digestible chunks\nHow to recognize and integrate the energetic aspects of a topic with the concepts\, principles\, and values\nGreater appreciation for the social skills needed to address issues well and make community thrive\nWhether you think Laird knows what he’s talking about\, and whether you think you could learn more about facilitation from him!\n\nThis is a one-hour teaser for an upcoming 5-week course\, The Art of Facilitation for Cooperative Groups. This immersive program will include the ways in which people differ and how to work creatively and inclusively with those complexities\, how to efficiently tackle issues that are worth of whole group attention\, and much more. \n\n\nREGISTER NOW\n\n\n\n\n\nCourse Instructor\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLaird Schaub\nLaird’s specialty is up-tempo inclusive meetings that engage the full range of human input\, teaching groups to work creatively with conflict and diversity—all the while being ruthless about capturing as much product as possible. Laird lived for four decades at Sandhill Farm\, an income-sharing rural community that he helped found. \n \nHe also helped found the Foundation for Intentional Community\, where he served as the main administrator for 28 years. In 1987 he created a self-insurance fund for healthcare among income-sharing communities called PEACH (Preservation of Equity Accessible for Community Health) that he ran for 22 years. \n \nIn addition to his expertise in community living\, he’s parlayed his passion for good process into a consulting business focused on cooperative group dynamics\, styled CANBRIDGE (Consensus And Network Building for Resolving Impasse and Developing Group Effectiveness)\, since 1987.. \n  \n\n\n\n\n\nRegistration\n \n \n\n\n \n\n\n\n\nThe Online Event Experience\n\n  \n\n\n\n\n\nLive Zoom Sessions\nNothing pre-recorded here! When you sign-up for an event with FIC\, you’ll have the opportunity to join a live session on Zoom with the event presenter/facilitator and other participants. \n\n\n\n\n\nAffordable and Accessible\nAll our events are run on a sliding scale basis. Generous donations cover the costs for low-income attendees. FIC is committed to making our programs accessible to people of all walks of life. \n\n\n\n\n\nWatch the Recording\nYou’ll receive the recording of your event to view for up to one month (unless otherwise noted). So don’t worry if you can’t attend a live session. Watch or listen whenever it is convenient for you. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLoved by Community Builders\n\nWhat a beautiful gift to our intentional community builders and leaders! FIC’s programs provide a way for thinking and concerned people to collaborate for solutions to our multitude of global crises. Thank you FIC! – Terri Garcia \nI am constantly impressed by the down-to-earth practicality of the FIC workshops combined with the philosophical questions that are so vital for us to explore. I’m grateful for the excellent planning and delivery of the workshops by skilled and inclusive presenters\, who create a space that is both welcoming and invites participants to challenge existing ideas and world views. Well done and thank you FIC. – Claire Ogden URL:https://www.ic.org/event/facilitation-course-intro-session/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.ic.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Making-Community-Simple-facilitation.jpeg END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR