Cultivating Connections Recommends: Events for Metro Louisville - June 2017
Affirming Connections between Planet, People, Power and Possibilities 
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Friday, June 2 7-9pm, Saturday, June 3 9am-5pm, Sunday, June 4 9am-3pm
Passionist Earth & Spirit presents:
Wild Mind: A Field Guide to the Human Psyche Retreat
Guided by Doug Van Houten with Dustin Pickett and Chris Isgrigg
Cost: $225; $250 after May 24, 2017
To register or for more information click
here:
"Bill Plotkin's Wild Mind ushers in a new era of depth psychology....
To study it is to pass through a magical gateway into one's unique role
within the Great Work that Earth is calling us to."
-Brian Thomas Swimme, coauthor with Thomas Berry of The Universe Story
BASED ON BILL PLOTKIN'S BOOK, Wild Mind: A Field Guide to the Human Psyche this 3-day experiential program will help guide us on an exploration into the landscape of the universal forces of nature that helped shape the human psyche over eons.
The human psyche has been endowed by nature with a treasure trove of innate resources and potentials that have largely gone unrecognized or underdeveloped in the wake of our overly domesticated lives. During this program learn how to access, cultivate and integrate these powerful resources and potentials into our everyday lives.
Wild Mind provides us with an invaluable tool: The Nature-Based Map of the Psyche, a wholistic model rooted in nature, which serves as a guide in cultivating the major facets of our innate wholeness (i.e. the Nurturing, Generative, Innocent, Sage, Fool, Emotive, Wild, Muse, Inner Beloved self or selves, among others). This map teaches us how to delve into our fragmented, wounded or shadow selves and how to understand the initiatory gifts hidden in each.
By tending to all of the dimensions of becoming fully human we recognize the extraordinary gifts or our own true nature. We are empowered to show up in the world and become the agents of personal and cultural transformation that we are each called to be.
In this program, you'll explore the landscape of your individual psyche through focused time alone in nature, group work, deep personal sharing, journaling, possibly movement, and other soul-rooted practices.
Discover:
* how to recognize and consciously cultivate our innate human wholeness
* how to identify and befriend our fragmentation
* free all the windows of knowing: sensing, feeling, imagination, thinking, and intuition
* visceral, heart rendering realizations of our communion with the animate world.
To see a video of the Wild Mind go to: wwwwildmindbook.com
Recommended reading: Bill Plotkin's, Wild Mind: A Field Guide to the Human Psyche
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Saturday, June 3, 1- 3pm
March for Truth Louisville
Louisville Metro Hall, 601 West Jefferson St, 40202
This will be Louisville's March For Truth in solidarity with similar marches happening in 100+ cities all over the country. The local Facebook page is
here and the national one
here.
There is more than sufficient cause for alarm about the role Russian state-led hacking and information warfare played in the 2016 election, and there are crucial unanswered questions about the relationship between the Russian state and Donald Trump, his associates, and his campaign. The legitimacy of the United States government may hinge on the answers to these questions. If the President was elected even in part due to collusion with a foreign effort to interfere in our democratic process, then the will of the people has been subverted.
Why are we marching?
To raise our voices and let our elected leaders know that American citizens want answers. The legitimacy of our democracy is more important than the interests of any party, or any President. So, we will rise together to call for a fair and impartial investigation, for the pursuit of truth, and for the restoration of faith in our electoral system and the Office of the Presidency.
Across the country, peaceful demonstrations will be arranged on Saturday, June 3rd. Our goals are simple:
A special prosecutor must be named, an independent commission must be established, and Congressional investigations should be properly resourced and pursued free of partisan interests;
As much information should be made available to the public as possible, and as soon as possible;
Congress should require Donald Trump to release his tax returns to clarify his business interests and obligations to any foreign entity;
If crimes were committed or if collusion is discovered, it must be prosecuted.
The American public deserves complete answers to all of these questions. Now. Congress has the power to demand those answers, but it has shown that it will not act unless compelled to...by us. And, so, we the people must continue to take to the streets and raise our voices until they can no longer be ignored.
#MarchForTruth
*Note: By choosing to attend this event, you are acknowledging the risks involved, and you are committing to participate nonviolently and in accordance with the law, and to work to de-escalate confrontations with opposing persons or others. You agree (i) not to engage in any act of violence or violation of any applicable law and (ii) to obey the orders of authorized event marshals and law enforcement authorities.
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Monday, June 5 - Friday, June 9, 1 - 4pm
Rock n Bug Summer Camp for 8- 12 year olds
Louisville Nature Center, 3745 Illinois Ave, 40213
See their website for other nature camp options
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Wednesday, June 7,12:00 - 1:30 pm
Louisville Sustainability Forum
Passionist Earth and Spirit Center Barn, 1924 Newburg Road, 40205
Featured Presentation:
USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service,
"Urban Conservationist for Kentucky," with Kurt Mason
The USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) is the technical arm of the Department of Agriculture. Our mission is to assist individuals, groups, organizations and units of governments in making wise decisions in relation to their slowly renewable natural resources of soil, water, woodlands and wildlife habitat areas. In doing so, we provide technical advice to assist in decision-making and often provide avenues for federal funding to assist in addressing natural resource concerns.
Many people familiar and not so familiar with the agency tend to think of us as a "farmer" resource. Though founded in the early 1930's with a primary mission to assist farmers, over time the NRCS clientele has become more inclusive, realizing that all people are affected by and utilize these natural resources. With pressures from high intensity usage on urban landscapes, it becomes more important that we utilize our natural resources wisely and think through processes of how our decisions affect those around us.
Also presenting:
Accelerating Appalachia
, nature-based business accelerator,
with founding director SaraDay Evans
Waldorf School of Louisville, with
Administrative Director Becky Richards
The meeting will be held at the Earth and Spirit Center Barn. The Barn is located behind St. Agnes Church & Passionist Monastery, 1924 Newburg Road. Parking is available in the Sacred Heart Retreat parking lot, just south of the Passionist Retreat House, or in the St. Agnes parking lot, north of the church.
Now in its eleventh year, the purposes of the Louisville Sustainability Forum are:
1. We hold and promote the intention of sustainability for Louisville.
2. We establish and nourish relationships that strengthen
community and create change.
3. We create a space for discussion that inspires, motivates and deepens
our ability to catalyze social change.
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Sunday June 11, 5:30 - 7:30 pm
Louisville TimeBank Community Potluck Dinner
Highlands Community Campus 1228 E Breckinridge 40204
The Louisville TimeBank seeks to create a network of individuals and organizations that support and empower each other, which builds a social safety net that moves us towards being a more interdependent and resilient community.
Potlucks are a big part of the TimeBank community. We come together to share food, fun and build community all at the same time. Members get to know each other, and people who are not members can learn a bit about timebanking from chatting with our members at the potluck. Many exchanges get set up at our potlucks too!
We always encourage members to bring guests, and all community members are welcome too!
Please bring a dish that serves 12 and your own table service to make clean up easier. If you forget, there is plenty to borrow from the kitchen.
The Parking lot is behind the building with the entrance to the parking off of Barrett Avenue. The entrance to the building is also in the back of the building.
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Monday, June 12, 6:30 pm
Kentuckians for the Commonwealth
Annual Jefferson County Chapter Meeting
First Unitarian Church, 809 S 4th St, 40203
Join us for our 2017 Jefferson County annual chapter meeting and potluck! We will be electing new leaders, celebrating work and victories over the past year, and more! Feel free to bring a dish to share.
These annual chapter meetings are an important part of KFTC's democratic process. They provide a time to reflect and celebrate our accomplishments, set new goals, and engage all interested members in building a strong grassroots organization.
This is our local chapter's time to:
* Celebrate local efforts and accomplishments
* Elect KFTC board representatives
* Volunteer (or nominate others) to serve on KFTC's statewide committees
or to help with publicity, membership, and fundraising in the local chapter
* Provide input and suggest changes to KFTC's issue platform
* Vote whether to continue as a KFTC chapter
* Discuss goals for the year ahead
Please visit www.kftc.org/annual-chapter-meeting to view background materials related to our agenda. Or call (606) 878-2161 to request these materials by mail. If you have any questions, don't hesitate to contact chapter organizer Ryeshia Reves at ryeshia@kftc.org or (502) 589-3188.
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 Saturday, June 17 10 am and again at 2 pm
Pollinators Awareness Walk
Bernheim Forest, Clermont, Ky, 40110
Pollinators are partners in the dance of life. In honor of National Pollinators week (June 19 - 25) Bernheim Volunteer Naturalists will lead 2 special walks in the Edible Garden focusing on our honeybees, mason orchard bees, and other pollinators that we depend on. The walk will highlight the essential services provided by specific pollinators, and how you can provide habitats for a variety of these important creatures.
Members free, $5 per car for Non Members
Visit
Bernheim.org
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Tuesday, June 20, 7pm
Greater Louisville Sierra Club presents
Ward Wilson, Executive Director of Kentucky Waterways Alliance
The Clifton Center, 2117 Payne Street, 40206
Please join us as we welcome Ward Wilson, Executive Director of Kentucky Waterways Alliance. Founded in 1993, Kentucky Waterways Alliance is a statewide non-profit organization working to protect and restore Kentucky's waterways through education, community engagement, planning, and advocacy. Ward will share KWA's vision, update us on their current initiatives, and recommend actions for creating healthy waterways.
Ward Wilson became Executive Director of Kentucky Waterways Alliance in February 2017. Ward previously served as Vice Chair of the Board of Directors and has been an active member of KWA for over 20 years. Ward is a Kentucky native, who grew up in Shelbyville and earned his B.S. in Biology from the University of Kentucky and an M.S. in Environmental Engineering from Virginia Tech. He is a licensed Professional Engineer in four states and Board Certified by the American Academy of Environmental Engineers and Scientists. Ward has always been fascinated with water and wildlife, enjoying waterways for recreation, serving on nonprofit boards such as the Soil & Water Conservation District, and as an engineer specializing in water quality improvement.
Our programs are always free and open to the public.
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Thursday, June 22, 7- 9 p.m.
Free Film Screening: "From the Ashes"
First Unitarian Church, 809 S. 4th St., 40203
Here's your chance to attend a free, special advanced screening of "From the Ashes," Radical Media and Bloomberg Philanthropies' groundbreaking new documentary that goes beyond the rhetoric of the "war on coal." Please RSVP by clicking
here.
Presented by National Geographic Documentary Films, the film takes a compelling and often heartbreaking look at what's at stake for our economy, health, and climate. Learn more about an industry on the edge and what it means for our future. See the
trailer here. Also see
Facebook.
Panel discussion to follow film. Sponsored by Greater Louisville Sierra Club.
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Monday, June 26 - Wednesday, June 28, 9am - 4pm
Teen Leaders for Diversity Camp
Peace Education Program, 318 West Kentucky Street, 40203
The work of the National Coalition Building Institute is the foundation of our diversity workshops for 12 - 17 year olds. Teens explore and deepen the basic skills of affirmation, communication, cooperation and problem solving. They learn together how to celebrate their similarities and differences, understand stereotypes and interrupt prejudicial acts, remarks and slurs. The fee is $50 for the 3-day camp which includes snacks, lunch and materials. Registration is required and is available here.
Watch this short
video featuring comments from participants in our April camp!
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