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DESCRIPTION:Before the first Earth Day in 1970, women worldwide worked to protect their 
 communities and the regions where they live. Their love and care to protect 
 water, forest, farms and air is a shared and honored history. Come partake 
 in the legacy of women-led earth movements and your next step in the 
 journey.\n\nThis gathering will focus on personal leadership skills for 
 women in a turbulent world; the challenges and successes of women’s 
 experiences as change-makers, giving real tools and exercises to create 
 positive momentum. We will explore what it means for women to lift up their 
 voices for their own empowerment and for the sake of the Earth, our 
 children and future generations.\n\nThe seminar will help women unlock new 
 ways to contribute to their home circle, organizations and communities and 
 is designed for women who are 1) already leading and want to deepen their 
 skills and collaborate with others or 2) those who are just finding their 
 way into leadership.\n\nAs a learning and teaching model, we will utilize 
 the Ecocity Framework, a current project of Ecocity Builders along with a 
 group of international advisors, to help women better understand how cities 
 typically work, how they are part of larger systems and where the usual 
 networks of power and influence lie in relation to the features that drive 
 cities and make them more healthy or less, including the city's 
 relationship with natural systems. We will use the Framework as a tool to 
 explore where people see their point of influence or potential point of 
 influence. As part of the inquiry, we will explore some of the many 
 pathways to engagement through the Ecocity-Ecocitizen values types. The 
 take-away will be setting both a personal and public/community engagement 
 goals statement based on what each person is passionate about doing, alone 
 or with others. In this way, everyone is validated for their part and can 
 see how we are all working together for the same goal - a better future 
 with thriving communities.\n\nWe will also visit the Black Dot Artists West 
 Oakland community to learn about their ongoing projects that include 
 developing an urban farm, a cafe/cultural center, a performance venue, 
 neighborhood museum and more. This is a wonderful opportunity to experience 
 community resilience with a number of projects that are about local 
 economic revitalization, local jobs, local food and cultural 
 ecology.\nSuggested Reading:\nEco-Cities, Richard 
 Register\n\nInstructors:\n\nKirstin Miller is the Executive Director of 
 Ecocity Builders. She is a frequent speaker locally, nationally and 
 internationally on the Ecocity topic. She works closely with Ecocity 
 Builders’ President Richard Register in the development of the 
 organization’s “toolbox” of strategies, such as car free by contract 
 housing, environmental restoration transfer of development rights, 
 ecological demonstration projects and ecological zoning overlay mapping. 
 She is the also the Lead Facilitator of the International Ecocity Framework 
 and Standards, an international guide to help cities and citizens analyze 
 and evaluate their city in an integrated framework that supports systemic 
 thinking and solutions. Her articles and essays on ecocities, urban ecology 
 and the environment have appeared in a number of publications, including 
 Orion Afield, Ecotecture and Wilderness and Human Communities, The Spirit 
 of the 21st Century.\n\nOsprey Orielle Lake is a lifelong advocate of 
 environmental justice and societal transformation. She is the Director of 
 the Women’s Earth and Climate Caucus, on the Board of Praxis Peace 
 Institute and an advisor to the International Ecocities Framework and 
 Standards initiative. Osprey has traveled to five continents studying 
 ancient and modern cultures while making presentations at international 
 conferences and universities. She is the Founder/Artist of the 
 International Cheemah Monument Project, creating 18 foot bronze sculpture 
 monuments for locations around the world, where people can ponder a better 
 future for the earth and humanity. Osprey’s unique perspectives as a 
 renowned international sculptor and public speaker on environmental issues 
 have been featured on both national and European television. Her book, 
 Uprisings for the Earth: Reconnecting Culture with Nature is a 2011 
 Nautilus Book Award winner (White Cloud Press).\n\nSeminar/training fee: 
 $145.00\n https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2011/07/27/18686265.php
SUMMARY:Women’s Leadership and Building Resilient Communities: A Personal and Practical Seminar an
LOCATION:November 18th 7:00pm - 9:00 pm \nNovember 19th 10:00am - 5:30pm Bring lunch 
 or buy lunch at onsite café \nNovember 20th 1:00pm - 4:00pm Onsite visit 
 to Black Dot Artists Community \nLocation: Strawberry Creek Design Center, 
 1250 Addison Street in Berkeley. The Center overlooks a park and sits 
 alongside Strawberry Creek, which was unearthed from culverts and restored 
 to its natural state.
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