BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Foundation for Intentional Community - ECPv6.1.4//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:Foundation for Intentional Community 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:20210314T080000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:CST DTSTART:20211107T070000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20210922T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20210922T160000 DTSTAMP:20230814T100158 CREATED:20210904T221642Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210913T222644Z UID:10000717-1632322800-1632326400@www.ic.org SUMMARY:Intro to Intentional Communities around the Globe [Webinar] DESCRIPTION:September 22 | 3-4:00pm 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 60-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 has traveled to over a hundred intentional community projects worldwide and is Co-Director of the Foundation for Intentional Community. She helps connect people to intentional communities as a coach for seekers and marketing consultant for growing projects. She is the founder of Ecovillage Tours\, was an officeholder on the Board of Trustees for the Global Ecovillage Network (2015-2020)\, and was Director of the youth ecovillage network NextGENNA (2013-2018). Cynthia lives in an intentional community in Vermont where she is currently building a passive solar home and tending a permaculture garden. 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-september/ 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:20210921T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20210921T130000 DTSTAMP:20230814T100158 CREATED:20210904T220410Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210916T191241Z UID:10000716-1632222000-1632229200@www.ic.org SUMMARY:Introduction to the Enneagram in Community [Workshop] DESCRIPTION:September 21 | 11am-1:00pm Eastern \nIntroduction to the Enneagram in Community\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 90-minute 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-in-community-webinar/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.ic.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Enneagram.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20210916T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20210916T153000 DTSTAMP:20230814T100158 CREATED:20210826T185357Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210916T183415Z UID:10000715-1631800800-1631806200@www.ic.org SUMMARY:Legal & Social Agreements with Lost Valley [Webinar] DESCRIPTION:September 16th | 3-4:30pm Eastern \nLegal & Social Agreements with Lost Valley\n\nREGISTER NOW\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLegal and social agreements are key to flourishing communities. Join Lost Valley Education Center for this informative webinar on community living agreements\, waivers\, leases\, insurance protections\, application processes and more.\n\n\nLost Valley Educational Center and its onsite community Meadowsong Ecovillage\, have a lot of moving parts and legal elements to their well-established community. Seasoned communitarians Colin and See will be guiding us through how they’ve maintained a thriving community via their legal elements. \nThey’ll be covering their community zoning\, community living agreements\, legal protection waivers\, leases with residents and agreements with work-traders\, insurance protections\, site plan application process and their unique system of credited chores. \n\nDuring this session you will learn:\n\nAn on-the-ground example of how a well-established community has recently handled its legal elements\nInfo on a variety of different legal/agreement sides to the community (beyond forming community debates about LLC vs 501(c)3\, etc)\nExamples and suggestions of both formal\, binding arrangements and internal\, non-binding agreements\n\n\nREGISTER NOW\n\n\n\n\n\nMeet the Presenters\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nColin Doyle\nColin has been living at Meadowsong Ecovillage since 2010\, and for most of that time has been a staff member. He organized the hands-on Permaculture Internship Program\, Permaculture Design Certificate (PDC) courses\, and later the Holistic Sustainability Semester. He served as the Event Director for the business’ conference center for about 5 years. He has visited a smattering of other intentional communities around the world\, and has had many articles published in Communities Magazine. \n\nSee\nSee is currently serving as Lost Valley’s Bookkeeper. She hails from Colorado\, but has traveled all over the world. She spent two years in Portland and has called Lost Valley her home since 2019. She was drawn to the community because of the opportunity to live more lightly on the earth and in a more natural environment. \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/legal-agreement-webinar/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.ic.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Lost-Valley-Webinar.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20210914T143000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20210914T163000 DTSTAMP:20230814T100158 CREATED:20210811T221033Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210817T150225Z UID:10000710-1631629800-1631637000@www.ic.org SUMMARY:Community Land Co-Ops: Owning our future in community [Workshop] DESCRIPTION:September 14th | 3:30-5:30pm Eastern \nCommunity Land Co-Ops: Owning our Future in Community\n\nREGISTER NOW\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJoin us for this inspirational 2-hour workshop to explore Community Land Co-ops (CLCs) and ways to take part in a more cooperative and equitable future for community land.\n\n\nHousing justice is social justice\, but most of us feel powerless to escape the system\, much less change it. From ecovillages to apartment blocks\, cooperative communities are hard pressed to establish ownership of land and buildings without resorting to conventions of property and finance that run fundamentally at odds with core values like inclusion\, equity\, and cooperation. \n \nArising from an intersection of social activism and intentional communities organizing\, the Community Land Co-op (CLC) is a holistic framework for community control of land that emphasizes the human relationships between residents\, investment\, and property. \n \nAlthough this is often referred to as the “landlord owned by its tenants”\, it also includes a key membershp role for allied non-residential investors. \n \nThis workshop will introduce the complete CLC framework in broad strokes and provide examples of its implementation that are currently underway. We will also create an open space for a discussion of thevarious ins and outs and imagining our own potential futures as CLC members\, as well as a live Q&A. \n \n\nDuring this session you will gain:\n\nA broad understanding of how CLCs work\nAn appreciation for how the CLC is related to the CLT (Community Land Trust) and to traditional housing co-ops\nAn overview of how Sociocracy fits in the picture\nIdeas and inspiration for the many ways to take part in a more cooperative and equitable future for community land\n\n\nREGISTER NOW\n\n\n\n\n\nMeet the Presenter\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJoel Rothschild\nJoel (they/them) is a founding organizer of the Ecovillagers Alliance\, the primary organization in support of Community Land Co-op organizing\, and currently a member of the Philadelphia-based CLC-in-formation\, Kibbbutz Pawpaw. With a background in cooperative governance\, urban design\, and peer-to-peer systems engineering\, Joel is an affiliated project manager of CoHousing Solutions’ 500 Communities initiative\, and past founder of the Ravenna Kibbutz\, a 2000s-era ecovillage neighborhood in Seattle\, where Joel is from. Joel is also a part-time professional cantor and enjoys leading groups in decision-making\, learning\, and community bonding activities as much as providing systems support from behind the scenes. \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-clcs/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.ic.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Intro-to-CLCs-Workshop.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20210909T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20210909T140000 DTSTAMP:20230814T100158 CREATED:20210811T220339Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210813T174731Z UID:10000709-1631188800-1631196000@www.ic.org SUMMARY:Conflict Resolution with Nonviolent Communication [Workshop] DESCRIPTION:September 9th | 12:00-2:00pm Eastern \nConflict Resolution with Nonviolent Communication\n\nREGISTER NOW\n\n\n\n\n\n\nConflict is inevitable\, but it can serve as a powerful catalyst for mutual goodwill\, empathy and self-owning within a community. \n \nIn this 2-hour interactive workshop\, we’ll be covering how Nonviolent Communication can help you and your community move through it\, to achieve mutually beneficial outcomes.\n\nAlan Rafael Seid brings a lively and engaging style to his trainings\, combining humor\, exercises for practice\, a deep understanding of the theory behind the process\, and a keen sensitivity to individual and group needs. This workshop will cover a re-cap of Dr. Marshall Rosenberg’s process called Nonviolent Communication\, or NVC\, which emerged out of a sense of alignment with Gandhi’s social movement of Nonviolence. We will then look at how NVC is used to support conflict toward mutually beneficial outcomes. \n \n\nKey outcomes of this workshop:\n\nBecome acquainted with a process for enriching personal and professional relationships\nUnderstand the role of an NVC-informed mediator or facilitator\, and the basic structure for getting through tough conversations\nGain insights into why past mediation attempts have failed\nLearn the most overlooked insight to preventing and resolving conflicts\n\n\n\nREGISTER NOW\n\n\n\n\nMeet Your Presenter\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAlan Rafael Seid\nAlan works with positive change agents who struggle with making a bigger difference and knowing how to manifest their vision. He is known globally as an engaging speaker\, presenter\, facilitator and coach. \n \nAlan is a Certified Trainer in Marshal Rosenberg’s process called NVC\, and has worked both with individuals\, couples\, and families\, as well as with clients in the academic\, nonprofit\, government\, and business sectors. Alan’s former clients include Antioch University Seattle\, University of Washington Business School\, and the US Environmental Protection Agency. Pre-pandemic he spoke at the United Nations conference titled “Unblocking your Emotions to Achieve the Sustainable Development Goals”. \n \nAlan also holds a certificate in Permaculture Design\, which he practices on the 25 acres in the foothills of Washington State’s North Cascade Mountains\, where he lives in community. \n  \n\n\n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \nRegistration\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n \nThe Online Event Experience\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n\n\n \n \nLive Zoom Sessions\n \n \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 \n\n\n\n \n \nAffordable and Accessible\n \n \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 \n\n\n\n \n \nWatch the Recording\n \n \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 \n\n\n \n \n\n \n \n \n \nLoved by Community Builders\n \n \n \n \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 \n \n \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/nvc-conflict/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.ic.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/NVC-Conflict-Workshop.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20210907T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20210907T130000 DTSTAMP:20230814T100158 CREATED:20210811T214112Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210813T174106Z UID:10000706-1631012400-1631019600@www.ic.org SUMMARY:Deepening Circle Work: Creating Calm in the Middle of Chaos [Workshop] DESCRIPTION:September 7th | 11:00am-1:00pm Eastern \nDeepening Circle Work: Creating Calm in the Middle of Chaos\n\nREGISTER NOW\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWhat would it be like if you could have conversations in your community that are inclusive and open minded\, even when people are in disagreement or conflict? \n\nImagine what it would be like if people actually appreciated the differences and supported each other no matter whether they agreed or disagreed! \n \nThis is what happens when you have the foundation of a Safe Space. \n \nIn this experiential workshop (a follow up to the Intro to Circle Work webinar)\, Namrata will delve deeper into the art of hosting safe spaces\, using a systemic view. \n \nCommunity leaders and all others who may be interested in this work\, will learn the various steps involved in preparation\, creation\, and intentional actions needed for this ‘sacred’ work. \n \n\nKey outcomes of this workshop:\n\nGain insight into the various elements that go into hosting a safe space using a systemic view\nExperience hosting a space with other participants\nIdentify ways in which you can apply this work in your life and create a plan to bring this work into fruition\nExperience the vital ingredients of guidance\, support\, and dynamic experiential learning that forwards the learning from theory into action\n\n\n\nREGISTER NOW\n\n\n\n\nMeet Your Presenter\n\n\n\n\n\n\nNamrata Arora\nAs a writer\, changemaker\, social artist\, conscious living coach\, workshop facilitator\, circle convenor\, systems thinking researcher\, Nnaumrata holds the vision of awakening and galvanizing the feminine spirit for a planetary transformation of consciousness. She is the Founder of Life Beyond Motherhood and Zemyna Foundation and co-leads the RISE (Religion\, Interfaith and Spirituality for our Earth) sector for the Charter for Compassion. Nnaumrata has over 21 years of experience leading diverse teams\, including in her corporate tenure with GE\, Vodafone\, Sapient and Accenture. She lives in India with her husband and 12 year old daughter. \n  \n\n\n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \nRegistration\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n \nThe Online Event Experience\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n\n\n \n \nLive Zoom Sessions\n \n \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 \n\n\n\n \n \nAffordable and Accessible\n \n \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 \n\n\n\n \n \nWatch the Recording\n \n \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 \n\n\n \n \n\n \n \n \n \nLoved by Community Builders\n \n \n \n \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 \n \n \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/deepening-circle-work/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.ic.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Circle-Work-Workshop.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20210901T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20210901T130000 DTSTAMP:20230814T100158 CREATED:20210811T211248Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210830T200901Z UID:10000702-1630494000-1630501200@www.ic.org SUMMARY:Sharing Power: Designing for Radical Cooperation [Workshop] DESCRIPTION:September 1st | 12-2:00pm Eastern \nSharing Power: Designing for Radical Cooperation\n\nREGISTER NOW\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMany groups and communities suffer or even fall apart because of power struggles. If you want your group to succeed\, it’s essential to take a clear-eyed look at how power is shared and used. Join us to examine how to design a group that deeply supports everyone to make changes that improve life.\n\n\nDo you live in a “cooperative” group that feels like it’s run by a secret mafia? Are you a new community member who is expected to decode a mysterious palimpsest of ancient agreements? Are you a community founder who wants to shed the role of despotic czar and instead support others to step into leadership\, so you can finally get a break? \n \nIn this workshop\, we will examine how to design a group that deeply supports everyone to make changes that improve life. \n \n\nDuring this session you will:\n\nBecome fluent in the meaning of power and where it comes from\nLearn why “conflict” and “control” are so often heard in the same sentence\nExplore the kinds of power you have in your community or other social group\nLearn how to create access to resources and capacities\nDiscover how to make decisions that really do include everyone\nFind out what it takes to have open\, sincere dialogue about power dynamics\n\n\nREGISTER NOW\n\n\n\n\n\nMeet the Presenter\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\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \nRegistration\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n \nThe Online Event Experience\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n\n\n \n \nLive Zoom Sessions\n \n \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 \n\n\n\n \n \nAffordable and Accessible\n \n \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 \n\n\n\n \n \nWatch the Recording\n \n \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 \n\n\n \n \n\n \n \n \n \nLoved by Community Builders\n \n \n \n \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 \n \n \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 \n \n\n\n \n \n \n  URL:https://www.ic.org/event/sharing-power/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.ic.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Power-Dynamics-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20210831T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20210831T143000 DTSTAMP:20230814T100158 CREATED:20210811T205210Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210830T210818Z UID:10000700-1630414800-1630420200@www.ic.org SUMMARY:Re-Imagining Community with Regenerative Real Estate [Webinar] DESCRIPTION:August 31 | 2-3:30pm Eastern \nRe-Imagining Community with Regenerative Real Estate\n\nREGISTER NOW\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWhat do you picture when you hear the words “intentional community”? \n \nThis means different things to different people. Join us to learn about the spectrum of intentional communities and financing options.\n\n\nAs more people are seeking ways to live more intentionally\, mindfully and in community\, it is critical to understand that community is a spectrum. Intentional communities cannot just be utopian\, off-grid ecovillages\, but acupuncture points that span rural and urban environments. Tune into this presentation on how you can create\, join\, collaborate\, and finance different versions of intentional communities no matter where you live. \n \n\nDuring this session you will learn:\n\nthe spectrum of communities\nthe different shapes intentional communities are taking across the globe\nthe benefits of urban environments for communities\nfinancing opportunities\n\n\nREGISTER NOW\n\n\n\n\n\nMeet the Presenter\n\n\n\n\n\n\nNeal Collins\nNeal is a co-founder of Latitude | Regenerative Real Estate\, a real estate company that works throughout North America that is dedicated towards the revitalization of homes\, communities\, and habitats. He began his career in South Asia working towards climate change adaptation and threatened species conservation. Through his experience he began to see how land and place are a reflection of culture\, and ha set his sights on crating change through reframing how we design\, build\, manager\, and transact real estate. His experience spans residential\, agricultural\, multifamily\, and new development with a focus on the regenerative transformation of the build environment. \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/regenerative-real-estate/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.ic.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Regenerative-Real-Estate.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20210826T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20210826T133000 DTSTAMP:20230814T100158 CREATED:20210729T013129Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210820T154340Z UID:10000696-1629979200-1629984600@www.ic.org SUMMARY:Virtual Tour of Intentional Communities [Panel] DESCRIPTION:August 26 | 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\nPresenting Communities\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\nWashington Commons Cohousing\nWashington Commons is a collaborative endeavor to create a unique community of energy efficient condominiums\, just across the River from downtown Sacramento. Cohousing provides a perfect balance of privacy (in your own home) and community (at your doorstep). Each resident will own their own single level residences\, with access to a wealth of shared common amenities on site.  \n  \n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\nMonastic Academy (MAPLE)\nThe Monastic Academy for the Preservation of Life on Earth (MAPLE) is a training center dedicated to creating wise\, powerful\, and loving leaders who are an unstoppable force for social and environmental peace on Earth. We’re growing a village on the land\, a close knit community of spiritual practitioners from different traditions located in rural Vermont. \n  \n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\nHaight St Commons\nHaight St Commons is a network of not-for-profit co-ops and intentional communities in the heart of San Francisco. We believe that human beings are not meant to live alone. We believe that community provides purpose and joy to modern life. We are here to help make this a reality for everyone who believes the same. \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-august-2021/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.ic.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Virtual-Tour-Images.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20210824T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20210824T213000 DTSTAMP:20230814T100158 CREATED:20210729T020657Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210729T020856Z UID:10000698-1629835200-1629840600@www.ic.org SUMMARY:Community Connect -- an online networking event! DESCRIPTION:August 24th | 8:00-9:30pm Eastern \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/cc-august/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.ic.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Community-Connect-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20210818T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20210818T133000 DTSTAMP:20230814T100158 CREATED:20210728T230111Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210817T132626Z UID:10000690-1629288000-1629293400@www.ic.org SUMMARY:Intro to Intentional Communities around the Globe [Webinar] DESCRIPTION:August 18 | 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 has traveled to over a hundred intentional community projects worldwide and is Co-Director of the Foundation for Intentional Community. She helps connect people to intentional communities as a coach for seekers and marketing consultant for growing projects. She is the founder of Ecovillage Tours\, was an officeholder on the Board of Trustees for the Global Ecovillage Network (2015-2020)\, and was Director of the youth ecovillage network NextGENNA (2013-2018). Cynthia lives in an intentional community in Vermont where she is currently building a passive solar home and tending a permaculture garden. 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-august/ 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:20210813T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20210813T150000 DTSTAMP:20230814T100158 CREATED:20210728T233010Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210730T003343Z UID:10000693-1628863200-1628866800@www.ic.org SUMMARY:Working Constructively with Conflict in Community [Course Info Session] DESCRIPTION:August 13 | 2-3pm Eastern \nWorking Constructively with Conflict in Community — Course Info Session\n\nREGISTER NOW\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLearn all about the upcoming 5-week online course Working Constructively with Conflict in Community\, starting on August 26th.\n\nConflict is inevitable in any group\, but there are tools and techniques that can support you and your members in moving through it with as much grace as possible and come out the other side (hopefully) stronger than before. Course instructor\, Laird Schaub will cover what conflict represents\, why work on it in the dynamic moment\, why work on it as a group\, how to work with it\, why work on it unilaterally\, and the options people have when they’re in reaction.  \n\nWhat you’ll learn from the Info Session:\n\nWhether or not this course is a good fit for you\nAbout the course instructor and their expertise\nInformation regarding the course structure\, schedule\, pricing\, etc.\nAnd the answers to any additional questions you have!\n\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. 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\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/conflict-course-info-session-2/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.ic.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/IC-Course-Materials-1-12.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20210812T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20210812T130000 DTSTAMP:20230814T100158 CREATED:20210728T231620Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210730T003337Z UID:10000692-1628769600-1628773200@www.ic.org SUMMARY:Starting an Intentional Community [Course Info Session] DESCRIPTION:August 12 | 12-1pm Eastern \nStarting an Intentional Community — Course Info Session\n\nREGISTER NOW\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLearn all about the upcoming 5-week online course Starting an Intentional Community\, which starts on August 28th.\n\nGet ready for the experience of a lifetime as you learn with participants from around the world who are endeavoring to create ecovillage\, cohousing\, coliving and permaculture communities. With the guidance of Yana Ludwig\, you can avoid the common pitfalls of community building and set your group on a path towards success! \n \nWhat you’ll learn from the Info Session:\n\nWhether or not this course is a good fit for you\nAbout the course instructor and her expertise\nInformation regarding the course structure\, schedule\, pricing\, etc.\nAnd the answers to any additional questions you have!\n\n\n\nREGISTER NOW\n\n\n\n\n\nCourse Instructor\n\n\n\n\n\n\nYana Ludwig \nYana Ludwig has 25 years of cooperative living experience\, including four community start-ups. She serves on the Board of the Foundation for Intentional Community\, and as a trainer and consultant for progressive projects. Yana is co-author of The Cooperative Culture Handbook: A Social Change Manual to Dismantle Toxic Culture and Build Connection and author of Together Resilient: Building Community in the Age of Climate Disruption. She is the former Executive Director of both the Center for Sustainable and Cooperative Culture at Dancing Rabbit Ecovillage\, and Commonomics USA. Her 2013 TEDx talk\, Sustainable is Possible! kicked off an era for her as a public speaker and advocate for communities. She is a founding member of the Solidarity Collective\, an income sharing community in Laramie\, WY\, and a host on the community’s podcast\, Solidarity House. \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/starting-course-info-session-2/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.ic.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/IC-Course-Materials-2-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20210811T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20210811T160000 DTSTAMP:20230814T100158 CREATED:20210728T230838Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210730T003311Z UID:10000691-1628694000-1628697600@www.ic.org SUMMARY:Legal Basics for Forming Communities [Course Info Session] DESCRIPTION:August 11 | 3-4pm Eastern \nLegal Basics for Forming Communities — Course Info Session\n\nREGISTER NOW\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLearn all about the upcoming 5-week online course Legal Basics for Forming Communities\, starting on August 25th.\n\nAgain and again intentional communities fail because of legal barriers. Trying to create a different world while operating within the current one is daunting! The good news is that you don’t need to wade into the legalese alone. Clifford Paulin Esq. has been advising communities on legal aspects of community living for 15 years. You can benefit from both his professional and personal experience of community during this unique course. \n\nWhat you’ll learn from the Info Session:\n\nWhether or not this course is a good fit for you\nAbout the course instructor and their expertise\nInformation regarding the course structure\, schedule\, pricing\, etc.\nAnd the answers to any additional questions you have!\n\n\n\nREGISTER NOW\n\n\n\n\n\nCourse 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\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/legal-course-info-session-2/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.ic.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/17.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20210810T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20210810T130000 DTSTAMP:20230814T100158 CREATED:20210728T233719Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210802T233659Z UID:10000694-1628596800-1628600400@www.ic.org SUMMARY:Fundamentals of Equity & Inclusion in Community [Course Info Session] DESCRIPTION:August 10 | 1-2pm Eastern \nFundamentals of Equity & Inclusion in Community — Course Info Session\n\nREGISTER NOW\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLearn all about the upcoming 5-week online course Fundamentals of Equity & Inclusion in Community\, starting on August 27th.\n\nLearn how to foster an inclusive community that is welcoming of people across identities of race\, LGBTQ\, gender\, and disability. Let author and coach\, Crystal Farmer\, lead you and your group through the critical journey of making transformative change toward real inclusion. \n \nWhat you’ll learn from the Info Session:\n\nWhether or not this course is a good fit for you\nAbout the course instructor and their expertise\nInformation regarding the course structure\, schedule\, pricing\, etc.\nAnd the answers to any additional questions you have!\n\n\n\nREGISTER NOW\n\n\n\n\n\nCourse Instructor\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCrystal Farmer \nCrystal Byrd Farmer 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. Crystal is the 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. Crystal is passionate about encouraging people to change their perspectives on diversity\, relationships\, and the 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/diversity-course-info-session-2/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.ic.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Diversity.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20210810T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20210810T113000 DTSTAMP:20230814T100158 CREATED:20210709T054635Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210720T182553Z UID:10000687-1628589600-1628595000@www.ic.org SUMMARY:Intro to Circle Work: Bridging the Gap Between Conflict and Community DESCRIPTION:August 10th | 11:00am-12:30pm Eastern \nIntro to Circle Work: Bridging the Gap Between Conflict and Community\n\nREGISTER NOW\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWhat would it be like to spend time together in your community that is meaningful\, fulfilling\, and fun\, even if there are unresolved issues and disagreements? Join us for this workshop to learn how creating a safe space facilitates meaningful conversations\, healing in your relationships\, and unconditional acceptance\, support\, and belonging.\n\nImagine if people in your community felt inspired to serve and spontaneously gave of themselves no matter what! This is what happens when you learn how to create a safe space. \n \nIn this 1.5 hour webinar\, Namrata Arora will introduce us to the “why” of circle work\, drawing from her experience facilitating safe spaces that enable people to express themselves in a psychologically safe space. This discussion-oriented experiential session aims to provide participants with an understanding of the various ways in which this work can be applied along with some basic tools to get started\, wherever you are. \n\nKey outcomes of this workshop:\n\nExperience a brief safe space gathering\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 first hand in leading spaces\n\n\n\nREGISTER NOW\n\n\n\n\nMeet Your Presenter\n\n\n\n\n\n\nNamrata Arora\nAs a writer\, changemaker\, social artist\, conscious living coach\, workshop facilitator\, circle convenor\, systems thinking researcher\, Nnaumrata holds the vision of awakening and galvanizing the feminine spirit for a planetary transformation of consciousness. She is the Founder of Life Beyond Motherhood and Zemyna Foundation and co-leads the RISE (Religion\, Interfaith and Spirituality for our Earth) sector for the Charter for Compassion. Nnaumrata has over 21 years of experience leading diverse teams\, including in her corporate tenure with GE\, Vodafone\, Sapient and Accenture. She lives in India with her husband and 12 year old daughter. \n  \n\n\n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \nRegistration\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n \nThe Online Event Experience\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n\n\n \n \nLive Zoom Sessions\n \n \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 \n\n\n\n \n \nAffordable and Accessible\n \n \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 \n\n\n\n \n \nWatch the Recording\n \n \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 \n\n\n \n \n\n \n \n \n \nLoved by Community Builders\n \n \n \n \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 \n \n \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/conflict-and-community-workshop/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.ic.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Circle-Work-Intro.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20210806T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20210806T160000 DTSTAMP:20230814T100158 CREATED:20210709T055543Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210723T171055Z UID:10000688-1628262000-1628265600@www.ic.org SUMMARY:Conversation with Communitarian Lee Warren [Interview] DESCRIPTION:August 6th | 3-4pm Eastern \nConversation with Communitarian Lee Warren\n\nREGISTER NOW\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJoin us for a conversation with Lee Warren\, community resident\, founder\, and educator with 25 years and counting as a communitarian. \n \n\nLee has a fascinating story and useful perspective as someone who has spent a majority of their life in intentional community\, mostly at Earthaven Ecovillage in North Carolina. Lee is now teaching about the ins and outs of community living so that future communitarians can become skilled up for life in cooperative culture. Join FIC Co-Director\, Cynthia Tina\, for an hour-long conversation with Lee to glean her wisdom from decades of experience. We’ll hear about what it means to be a communitarian\, how the intentional communities movement has evolved over the years\, and nuggets of advice for those of you who want to start or join a community yourself. \n\nWhat you’ll get from the experience:\n\nInsightful stories from Lee’s community journey\nA taste of Earthaven from a resident and neighborhood co-founder\nBetter understanding for the skills needed to live in community\nPerspective on the wider communities movement and its role in society\nNetwork building with fellow participants\nSpace to ask your questions! \n\n\n\nREGISTER NOW\n\n\n\n\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. Lee teaches the online course\, Thriving in Community\, with the FIC. \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/lee-warren/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.ic.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Lee-Warren.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20210804T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20210804T190000 DTSTAMP:20230814T100158 CREATED:20210709T052229Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210719T173726Z UID:10000686-1628096400-1628103600@www.ic.org SUMMARY:Regenerative Process and Living Systems Design for Cohousing Communities [Workshop] DESCRIPTION:August 4th | 6-8:00pm Eastern \nRegenerative Process and Living System Design for Cohousing Communities\n\nREGISTER NOW\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJoin us for this informative and interactive 2-hour workshop to explore the the theory and examples of regenerative development and living systems design thinking\, and how this can be applied in practical ways with your own housing communities.\n\n\nA regenerative approach begins with the premise that all human activities have the potential to feed new life\, health and wealth into the myriad ecological\, economic and social systems that they touch. The key to do so is to understand the unique socioecological context that a project or initiative aims to impact\, rather than applying generic\, one-size-fits-all thinking to our work. \n \nThis workshop explores how housing can be reoriented towards a living systems approach – a world view that respects nature and advocates for a vital role for humanity in regenerating life. We’ll be looking at this form the context of the community-led and collaborative approach of co-housing communities\, where both residents and the wider community stakeholders need to build the necessary skills\, knowledge\, connections\, and resources to be able to succeed at creating and sustaining regenerative co-housing. \n\nDuring this session you will:\n\nGain an understanding of regenerative development and principles\nDiscover the regenerative potential of your project/community and place\nUnderstand how to apply living systems design to your project/community to increase the social\, economic and ecological benefits\nLearn the five ways to increase community wealth through your housing community\n\n\nREGISTER NOW\n\n\n\n\n\nMeet the Presenter\n\n\n\n\n\n\nZola Rose\nWith a passionate for housing\, social and economic justice and environmental sustainability\, Zola started Common Ground in mid-2019 to enable a regenerative approach to achieving social\, economic and environmental outcomes through housing developments. \nZola has a Bachelor in Sociology/Anthropology and a Masters in International and Intercultural management with a focus on community development\, facilitating social change and training of trainers. On the housing side\, she worked at Habitat for Humanity in South Africa for 4 years managing funder relationships and events and has been championing housing solutions in New Zealand for four years including sitting on the committee of the Society for Alternative Housing Development NZ and its housing policy sub-group and the committee of the Society for Cooperative Housing NZ. Zola is currently a Regenerative Practitioner course participant with Regenesis\, has completed the Ecovillage Design Education course with the Global Ecovillage Network\, and achieved the Permaculture Design Certificate and has taught permaculture for the past 10 years. \n\n  \n\n\n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \nRegistration\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n \nThe Online Event Experience\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n\n\n \n \nLive Zoom Sessions\n \n \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 \n\n\n\n \n \nAffordable and Accessible\n \n \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 \n\n\n\n \n \nWatch the Recording\n \n \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 \n\n\n \n \n\n \n \n \n \nLoved by Community Builders\n \n \n \n \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 \n \n \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 \n \n\n\n \n \n \n  URL:https://www.ic.org/event/regenerative-living-systems-workshop/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.ic.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Regenerative-Process.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20210803T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20210803T190000 DTSTAMP:20230814T100158 CREATED:20210709T045052Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210727T021024Z UID:10000685-1628010000-1628017200@www.ic.org SUMMARY:Cultivating a Relational Culture: Tools for Regenerative Communities [Workshop] DESCRIPTION:August 3rd | 6:00-8:00pm Eastern \nCultivating a Relational Culture: Tools for Regenerative Communities\n\nREGISTER NOW\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJoin us for this interactive session on relational culture to learn how to build strong\, regenerative communities. \n\nJoin facilitators Theo Grondahl and Maria Talero in co-learning and practicing truthful\, mutually respectful relating that fosters deep interconnectedness and collective power. Interpersonal trust\, safety\, and authenticity create the foundations for the most resilient communities and social change movements. In this 2-hour workshop\, we will explore some of the most important principles for cultivating this essential\, relational ground. \n\nKey outcomes of this workshop:\n\nLearn how to cultivate connection\, authenticity\, and emotional safety in any group or pair of people\nDiscover how to strengthen your community by creating a deeper relational culture\nDevelop trauma-sensitive awareness for relationships and community building\nUnderstand how relational practices support personal and collective healing and regenerative action\n\n\n\nREGISTER NOW\n\n\n\n\nMeet Your Facilitators\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTheo Grondahl\nTheo is a relational facilitator and healing arts innovator who believes that an integrated approach to relating is one of the most effective paths to personal and collective wellness. Living in two different intentional communities\, facilitating relational processes over the course of 15 years\, and reckoning with the humanness and the being-ness of himself and his loved ones have led him to this clear orientation and his wish to share it. \n  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMaria Talero\nMaria is a native Colombian educator and facilitator with 20 years experience in designing transformative social learning environments. She believes that we jump-start deep and authentic engagement on collective action issues by fostering empathetic and trusting relationships in organizations\, workplaces and communities. \n  \n\n\n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \nRegistration\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n \nThe Online Event Experience\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n\n\n \n \nLive Zoom Sessions\n \n \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 \n\n\n\n \n \nAffordable and Accessible\n \n \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 \n\n\n\n \n \nWatch the Recording\n \n \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 \n\n\n \n \n\n \n \n \n \nLoved by Community Builders\n \n \n \n \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 \n \n \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/relational-culture-workshop/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.ic.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Relational-Culture-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20210803T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20210803T130000 DTSTAMP:20230814T100158 CREATED:20210709T041648Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210719T154028Z UID:10000684-1627988400-1627995600@www.ic.org SUMMARY:Co-Buying Property with Friends [Webinar] DESCRIPTION:August 3rd | 12-2:00pm Eastern \nCo-Buying Property with Friends\n\nREGISTER NOW\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAre you interested in starting an intentional community but don’t now how to buy property as a group? Learn all about co-buying with buddies from someone who’s done it!\n\n\nFrom the challenging beginning through to the rewarding end\, community founder Phil Levin will walk you through learning to love the process of co-buying with friends. You’ll learn about how to pick your “co-buy squad”\, define basic property requirements\, locate financing\, and find your property. This session will include a one hour presentation followed by audience Q&A. Looking forward to seeing you there! \n\nDuring this session you will:\n\nLearn how to pick your “co-buy squad”\nDefine basic property requirements\nDiscover how to locate financing\nDefine legal structure\nLearn how to find property\n\n\nREGISTER NOW\n\n\n\n\n\nMeet the Presenter\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPhil Levin\nPhil has started 2 intentional communities: RGB\, an 11-person rented community in San Francisco\, and Radish\, a 14-person co-owned community in Oakland. He also founded and co-edits the Supernuclear blog on starting communities and co-buying property. \nPhil wants more people to live by the “Obvious Truth” that we are happinest\,  healthiest and most productive surrounded by people we love and admire. He wants more communities to get created and more people to live in them. Phil is a pragmatist and believer in “done in better than perfect” when it comes to setting up new communities. He spends his spare time helping communities setup legal structures and financing systems that are robust enough to work but simple enough to not get in the way of the thing happening in the first place. \n\n  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n“Lots of useful\, actionable information and recommendations that were well-organized and presented in a logical way. Doing this always seemed like a pipe dream but this webinar made it feel much more possible\, even if a little tough!” \n—Chelsea L \n\n\n“Very informative and inspiring – I like the practical suggestions related to costs and financing.” \n—Virginia T \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/co-buying-webinar/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.ic.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Co-Buying-with-Friends-Featured-Image.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20210728T162543 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20210728T162543 DTSTAMP:20230814T100158 CREATED:20210728T222543Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210728T222544Z UID:10000689-1627489543-1627489543@www.ic.org SUMMARY:Legal Basics for Forming Communities -- Course Info Session DESCRIPTION:August 11 | 3-4pm Eastern \nLegal Basics for Forming Communities — Course Info Session\n\nREGISTER NOW\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLearn all about the upcoming 5-week online course Legal Basics for Forming Communities\, starting on August 25th.\n\nAgain and again intentional communities fail because of legal barriers. Trying to create a different world while operating within the current one is daunting! The good news is that you don’t need to wade into the legalese alone. Clifford Paulin Esq. has been advising communities on legal aspects of community living for 15 years. You can benefit from both his professional and personal experience of community during this unique course. \n\nWhat you’ll learn from the Info Session:\n\nWhether or not this course is a good fit for you\nAbout the course instructor and their expertise\nInformation regarding the course structure\, schedule\, pricing\, etc.\nAnd the answers to any additional questions you have!\n\n\n\nREGISTER NOW\n\n\n\n\n\nCourse 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\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/legal-basics-for-forming-communities-course-info-session-2/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.ic.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/17.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20210727T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20210727T193000 DTSTAMP:20230814T100158 CREATED:20210526T015734Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210726T233102Z UID:10000673-1627408800-1627414200@www.ic.org SUMMARY:Community Connect -- an online networking event! DESCRIPTION:July 27th | 6:00-7:30pm Eastern \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/cc-june-july/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.ic.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Community-Connect-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20210722T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20210722T163000 DTSTAMP:20230814T100158 CREATED:20210622T042301Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210723T002210Z UID:10000683-1626966000-1626971400@www.ic.org SUMMARY:Virtual Tour of Intentional Communities [Panel] DESCRIPTION:July 22 | 4-5:30pm 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\nPresenting Communities\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDancing Catamount Cooperative Homestead\nWe are a limited equity cooperative with the mission of providing members with affordable housing and community facilities\, cultivating community resilience\, and collectively producing organic food and herbs for our own consumption. We each have our own private dwellings and share the growing of food and medicine and the stewardship of a beautiful piece of land nestled high in the foothills of the Worcester Range of Central Vermont. \n  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMadison Community Coop\nFounded in 1968\, we are a thriving housing cooperative consisting of about 200 members who collectively own and manage 11 cooperative houses in Madison\, Wisconsin. Our central mission is to improve the Madison community by providing low-cost\, nonprofit cooperative housing for very low- to moderate-income people\, and to be inclusive of underrepresented and marginalized groups. \n  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nGreek Village Cohousing \nWe are creating a cohousing community in Greece! Learn more at  www.GreekVillageCohousing.com \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-july-2021/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.ic.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Virtual-Tour-Images-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20210721T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20210721T170000 DTSTAMP:20230814T100158 CREATED:20210622T025744Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210622T142821Z UID:10000681-1626879600-1626886800@www.ic.org SUMMARY:Practicing Wise Democracy [Workshop] DESCRIPTION:July 21st | 4:00-6:00pm Eastern \nPracticing Wise Democracy\n\nREGISTER NOW\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJoin us for this interactive session on Wise Democracy to learn about the history of democracy and how we can cultivate healthy democracy now. \n\nPracticing Wise Democracy is an immersive and interactive experience where we share and practice ritual\, ceremony\, constructive conversations\, play and calls to action. Wise Democracy is a growing and evolving field of study exploring the history of democratic principles in various cultures and civilizations. \nFacilitator Indy Rishi Singh of democrasee will provide a meditation practice\, music\, breakout-group think tanks\, and ideas about what we can do now – for ourselves and our communities. \n\nKey outcomes of this workshop:\n\nA deeper connection with and understanding of democracy\nAn opportunity for mindfulness and self-healing\nGuidance on how to facilitate Wise Democracy\nHow to apply archetypal psychology to democracy and group dynamics\n\n\n\nREGISTER NOW\n\n\n\n\nMeet Your Facilitator\n\n\n\n\n\n\nIndy Rishi Singh\nIndy is the co-founder of SOGO\, a political entrepreneurship venture producing innovations like www.DemocraSEE.club\, a platform that improves and gamifies civic engagement. He also leads wellness retreats and neuroplasticity experiences for organizations and communities. Indy is from Punjab and is the descendant of farmers\, guardians and saints. \n  \n\n\n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \nRegistration\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n  \n \n \n \nThe Online Event Experience\n \n \n \n \n \n  \n \n \n \n  \n \n  \n\n\n\n \n \nLive Zoom Sessions\n \n \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 \n  \n\n\n\n \n \nAffordable and Accessible\n \n \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 \n  \n\n\n\n \n \nWatch the Recording\n \n \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 \n\n\n \n \n\n \n  \n \n \n \nLoved by Community Builders\n \n \n \n \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 \n \n \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/wise-democracy-workshop/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.ic.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Wise-Democracy-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20210720T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20210720T170000 DTSTAMP:20230814T100158 CREATED:20210622T040949Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210626T011838Z UID:10000682-1626793200-1626800400@www.ic.org SUMMARY:Joining an IC: Resolving Hidden Obstacles to Help You Make the Leap [Workshop] DESCRIPTION:July 20th | 3-5pm Eastern \nJoining an IC: Resolving Hidden Obstacles to Help You Make the Leap\n\nREGISTER NOW\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHave you wanted to join an intentional community but something keeps preventing you from making the leap? Join Danielle Williams for a virtual workshop to explore your hidden obstacles and how to overcome them so you can make a joyful leap into community living. \n\nWhat’s stopping you from joining an intentional community? \nSome of the blocks you may be fully aware of\, but each of us has upper limits and inner obstacles that are harder to discover\, which keep us from making the leap to live the life we really want. Knowing them allows you to move beyond them. During this workshop\, you’ll get a chance to explore what’s stopping you – no what’s REALLY stopping you – from taking the leap and moving to the community you’ve been dreaming about. You might be surprised by what you find! You’ll also learn that\, once you know what’s really stopping you\, you can move beyond the obstacles\, making choices and taking actions that are in line with your whole vision. \n\nKey outcomes of this workshop:\n\nThe benefits of living in a cohousing project\, ecovillage\, or community\nThe challenges of living in community and when to know if it is worth it\nYOUR “hidden obstacles” to moving your dream of community living forward\nHow to integrate the wisdom of these obstacles and move beyond them\nTips for successfully moving into your ideal community\n\n\n\nREGISTER NOW\n\n\n\n\nMeet Your Facilitator\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDanielle Williams\nDanielle moved to Dancing Rabbit Ecovillage in 2012 after living and tasting the flavors at multiple other intentional communities in different countries. In 2016 she became the Executive Director for the nonprofit there\, which shares Dancing Rabbit’s unique flavor of hope and sustainable living inspiration with the world.  She delights in living in a 213 sq ft naturally built round house called the Hermitage. She originally hails from the state of Colorado\, and her skills are as diverse and varied as the places she’s lived since then (hypnotherapy\, breathwork\, facilitation\, marketing\, spreadsheets). Her degree in Peace & Global Studies informs her vision of how ecovillages are part of a global movement towards curing the social pandemic of loneliness and meaninglessness\, and creating a better world for everyone. She passionately cultivates the world she wants to pass on to future generations\, and living in community (amidst all of the highs & lows) is an integral part of that cultivation. \n  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThis workshop gave me a clearer vision of living in community\, and that I feel more confident that it is possible that the deep longings that live within me can indeed be met in sustainable community. I felt some of my hesitations melt away\, as I heard how common both the longings and hesitations are\, and Danielle’s personal pathway forward.” — Zucu I. \n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \nRegistration\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n \nThe Online Event Experience\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n\n\n \n \nLive Zoom Sessions\n \n \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 \n\n\n\n \n \nAffordable and Accessible\n \n \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 \n\n\n\n \n \nWatch the Recording\n \n \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 \n\n\n \n \n\n \n \n \n \nLoved by Community Builders\n \n \n \n \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 \n \n \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/joining-an-ic-workshop/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.ic.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Joining-an-IC.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20210713T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20210713T140000 DTSTAMP:20230814T100158 CREATED:20210614T055601Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210706T234417Z UID:10000677-1626177600-1626184800@www.ic.org SUMMARY:Designing Communities for Inclusivity [2-part Training] DESCRIPTION:July 13 & 15 | 1-3pm Eastern \nDesigning Communities for Inclusivity\n\nREGISTER NOW\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJoin author and coach\, Crystal Farmer\, for a 2-part intensive training on how to build diversity and inclusion into your intentional community. \n\nAre you a community leader or committee member interested in helping your community do The Work for diversity and inclusion? Join this two-part training for strategies and practical tools to help your community recruit people from different backgrounds\, write inclusive policies\, and respond to challenging situations related to diversity. \n\nKey outcomes of this training:\n\nDesign your recruiting and orientation materials to be inclusive and welcoming\nWrite inclusive policies that are flexible and responsive\nPlan for success by identifying your “tokens” and “resistors”\nLearn strategies to resolve conflicts without alienating members\nCreate safe spaces for marginalized people\nFacilitate trainings and discussions with an eye for inclusion and equity\nParticipate in a “Train the Trainer” for a basic diversity training \n\n\n\nREGISTER NOW\n\n\n\n“Crystal is competent and direct at addressing what I think are the most important considerations for affordable and inclusive intentional living spaces going forward. The middle-class white “normative” home ownership model of cohousing is wonderful for those already privileged in our culture’s financial systems to help them create less isolation and a sense of community – I’m thrilled it is an option for them. But it does NOT represent the equitable and progressive housing needs of the future if we are to thrive as a diverse collective…. Crystal really ignited more pragmatic hope and commitment in me and that is PRICELESS!” \n– Aine Dee \n\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/dei-training/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.ic.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/DEI-Workshop.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20210708T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20210708T130000 DTSTAMP:20230814T100158 CREATED:20210615T182738Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210625T183359Z UID:10000680-1625745600-1625749200@www.ic.org SUMMARY:Creating an Affordable Cohousing Community -- Course Info Session DESCRIPTION:July 8 | 1-2pm Eastern \nCreating an Affordable Cohousing Community — Course Info Session\n\nREGISTER NOW\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLearn all about the upcoming 5-week online course Creating an Affordable CoHousing Community\, starting on July 16th.\n\nCan you imagine a world where everyone had access to affordable\, healthy and connected neighborhoods? This is no pipe dream. There is a proven model that has been implemented in cohousing communities across the US and around the world. In this intensive 5-week course\, you’ll learn from the leading architect and builder of cohousing communities globally. Charles Durrett will impart his decades of experience so that you can finance and maintain the affordability of your dream residential community. \n\nWhat you’ll learn from the Info Session:\n\nWhether or not this course is a good fit for you\nAbout the course instructor and their expertise\nInformation regarding the course structure\, schedule\, pricing\, etc.\nAnd the answers to any additional questions you have!\n\n\n\nREGISTER NOW\n\n\n\n\n\nCourse Instructor\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCharles Durrett\nCharles Durrett and his team at Durrett Architects have designed more than 50 cohousing communities in the United States and around the world\, including Muir Commons in Davis\, California\, the first cohousing community in North America. Durrett\, with Kathryn McCamant\, introduced the concept of cohousing to the United States with the seminal book Cohousing: A Contemporary Approach to Housing Ourselves. The latest edition is Creating Cohousing\, Building Sustainable Communities. He has written several other books on cohousing\, including Senior Cohousing: A Community Approach to Independent Living—The Handbook. \nDurrett has received numerous awards\, which include the World Habitat Award presented by the United Nations\, the Silver Achievement Award for Active Adult Community by the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) 50+ Housing Council\, the Silver Energy Value Housing Award by NAHB\, the Mixed Use/Mixed Income Development Award presented jointly by the American Institute of Architects and the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development and a recipient of the Global Over 50’s Housing/Healthcare award. He was also recently declared as a “visionary of the Sierras” by the Sierra Business Council. \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/cohousing-course-info-session/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.ic.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/2.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20210707T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20210707T130000 DTSTAMP:20230814T100158 CREATED:20210615T181500Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210625T183404Z UID:10000679-1625659200-1625662800@www.ic.org SUMMARY:How to Find and Join the Intentional Community for You -- Course Info Session DESCRIPTION:July 7 | 1-2pm Eastern \nHow to Find and Join the Intentional Community for You — Course Info Session\n\nREGISTER NOW\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLearn all about the upcoming 5-week online course How to Find and Join Intentional Community for You\, which starts on July 14th.\n\nAlways been curious about community living? Feeling isolated or lonely too often? Want to live more sustainably and have stronger relationships with your neighbors? Ready to become part of something bigger than yourself? Intentional community might be the answer for you. By the end of this 5-week course\, you will feel confident in your ability to find\, contact\, visit\, join\, and ultimately live the community of your dreams. \n \nWhat you’ll learn from the Info Session:\n\nWhether or not this course is a good fit for you\nAbout the course instructor and her expertise\nInformation regarding the course structure\, schedule\, pricing\, etc.\nAnd the answers to any additional questions you have!\n\n\n\nREGISTER NOW\n\n\n\n\n\nCourse Instructor\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCynthia Tina \nCynthia maintains an active network of over a hundred intentional communities she has visited worldwide\, including ecovillage\, cohousing\, and permaculture projects. She helps people connect to intentional communities as a matchmaker for seekers and as a consultant for growing community projects. She is Co-Director of the Foundation for Intentional Community (FIC)\, a 35 year-old nonprofit dedicated to supporting intentional communities as pathways towards a more cooperative\, sustainable\, and just world. Cynthia also founded Ecovillage Tours (in 2019)\, was an officeholder on the Board of Trustees for the Global Ecovillage Network (2015-2020)\, and was Director of the youth ecovillage network NextGENNA (2013-2018). Cynthia lives in an intentional community in Vermont. Learn more at www.cynthiatina.com. \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/finding-course-info-session/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.ic.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Copy-of-Authenticity-Workshop-Featured-Image.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20210706T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20210706T160000 DTSTAMP:20230814T100158 CREATED:20210615T175459Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210625T182456Z UID:10000678-1625583600-1625587200@www.ic.org SUMMARY:The Art of Facilitation for Cooperative Groups -- Course Info Session DESCRIPTION:July 6 | 4-5pm Eastern \nThe Art of Facilitation for Cooperative Groups — Course Info Session\n\nREGISTER NOW\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLearn all about the upcoming 5-week online course The Art of Facilitation for Cooperative Groups\, which starts on July 15th.\n\nGroups often get bogged down by their decision making and meeting process. Poorly held processes can diminish energy for the work of the group and undercuts the sense of joy and identification among members. This does not have to be the fate of your group! The secret of happy and productive groups is great facilitation. Gain the confidence and skills you’ll need to facilitate your group\, team\, or community towards greater effectiveness and cooperation through this online course. \n \nWhat you’ll learn from the Info Session:\n\nWhether or not this course is a good fit for you\nAbout the course instructor and her expertise\nInformation regarding the course structure\, schedule\, pricing\, etc.\nAnd the answers to any additional questions you have!\n\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. 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\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-info-session/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.ic.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/IC-Course-Materials-6.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20210701T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20210701T183000 DTSTAMP:20230814T100158 CREATED:20210612T021552Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210624T152820Z UID:10000676-1625158800-1625164200@www.ic.org SUMMARY:Eric Jackson on Reparations\, Reparatory Justice & Community Land Trusts [Webinar] DESCRIPTION:July 1st | 6:00-7:30pm Eastern \nEric Jackson on Reparations\, Reparatory Justice & Community Land Trusts\n\nREGISTER NOW\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJoin us for this critical conversation focused on reparatory justice and race relations within intentional communities. \n\nEric Jackson\, of the Black Yield Institute\, will discuss reparations as it pertains to land during this 90-min webinar. Together\, we will explore how community land trusts (CLTs) can help retain existing lands with Black ownership and transition more land into Black hands. We’ll also learn how CLTs can support and engage in obligatory reparations. \n\nKey outcomes of this session:\n\nAcquire an introductory understanding of the concepts of reparations and reparatory justice\nExplore historic and contemporary examples of issuances of reparations at various social spheres\nExplore perspectives on the necessity of reparations for equality\, equity\, and justice in society\nEngage questions of the utility of community land trusts as a tool for power building\n\n\n\nREGISTER NOW\n\n\n\n\nMeet Your Facilitator\n\n\n\n\n\n\nEric Jackson\nBrother Eric is an organizer\, educator\, and filmmaker\, humbly serving as the visionary and a co-founder of Black Yield Institute\, committed to building a movement toward Black Land and Food Sovereignty in Baltimore. Currently\, he and his team are committed to a 1.25 acre urban agriculture operation and building a cooperatively-owned grocery store in South Baltimore\, while also conducting Black-led research\, facilitating political education\, and organizing an action network. \nEric has over a decade of experience working in and which communities operating programming and helping people to build power and address a myriad of issues\, including food inequities. A Baltimore native from Cherry Hill Community\, Eric is the recipient of numerous awards and a public speaker who has presented hundreds of addresses and workshops to diverse groups about food sovereignty\, building power\, and establishing strong organizations to address complex social issues\, specific to people of African Descent. He is affirmed in and secured this work through the love of his family and friends. \n  \n\n\n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \nRegistration\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n \nThe Online Event Experience\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n\n\n \n \nLive Zoom Sessions\n \n \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 \n\n\n\n \n \nAffordable and Accessible\n \n \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 \n\n\n\n \n \nWatch the Recording\n \n \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 \n\n\n \n \n\n \n \n \n \nLoved by Community Builders\n \n \n \n \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 \n \n \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/reparations-clts/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.ic.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Reparations-Reparatory-Justice-Community-Land-Trusts-1-1.jpg END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR