Just announced the summer programs at the ALIA Leadership Institute in Columbus, Ohio this summer. I’m thrilled to be back on the faculty at the Institute teaching with Luana Busby-Neff from Hawaii, Pawa Haiyupis from Ahousaht and Tim Merry from Nova Scotia. We’ll be continuing our collective inquiry about applying indigenous world views to systemic challenges together. We;ll be drawing heavily on the work of the Berkana Institute, the Art of Hosting community of practice and traditional perspectives including Malama Ole from Hawaii and Tsawalk from Nuuchanulth. Please consider joining us…richness will abound.
::: wood s lot ::: was one of the first blogs I read waaaaay back in the day. This week Mark Woods celebrates 10 years of bringing the finest in 20th century art, poetry abd ideas. How many of you were around when Euan Semple raised the money to save the s lot in 2002, when Mark needed a new computer to keep posting? That was the first example for my of the kindness of the blogosphere. Congrats Mark, for handrolling a stunning resource, week after week. Thanks for all your work.
Our meeting ended well today. The hunters continued to deliberate this morning and true to their pattern they drafted a couple of resolutions and presented them to government. The meeting was considered a success in that it was the first time polar bear hunters came from Nunasiavut, Nunavik and Nunavut to connect and share stories and work together on their issues. A unified statement came from the gathering which was the result of their deliberations together. As it went yesterday, I did very little “facilitation” today except to simply hold space and observe the dynamics. I’ll have a little more …
Some morsels: Bernie DeKoven explains that fun and funny are different beasts. (And see his pointless games page for more!) Think Global School is the new gig for my friend Brad Ovenell-Carter. The world’s first global trabelling high school.