Bellingham Community Events
Social
Justice Event: Sponsored by Sustainable Bellingham and co-sponsored
by Bellingham Unitarian Fellowship, Bellingham Institute of Noetic
Sciences; Whatcom Peace & Justice Center
Tuesday,
February 5, 2008
7 - 9:30 Social time and tea at 6:30 - 7 PM
WECU Educational Center (next to Kinko's on Holly) - 511 E. Holly
Contact:
714-9305 lynallen.peace@yahoo.com
DVD Video with Van Jones
Van Jones Speaks to Pachamama Alliance on Social Justice and Civil
Rights
This may be the
most important invitation you receive this year!
Van Jones' message reminds us of the priority concern: How can you have
a sustainable community without having a sustainable social structure?
-Lynnette A
It highlights the racial injustice and ineffectiveness of many
progressives. It challenges us to move on as progressives. - Dan M.
"Thought-provoking.. it challenged me to listen and engage more
effectively. Karen H.
Our video presenter is Van Jones, social activist and President of the
Ella Baker Center for Human Rights in Oakland CA. He holds a B.A. from
the University of Tennessee at Martin (1990) and a J.D. from Yale Law
School (1993). He is a Fellow of The Institute of Noetic Sciences. The
Ella Baker Center is a strategy and action center working for justice,
opportunity and peace in urban America.
From the New York Times article: Van Jones: The Green Collar Solution
Mr. Jones, who heads the Ella Baker Center for Human Rights in Oakland,
which helps kids avoid jail and secure jobs, has an idea how to change
that — a “green-collar” jobs program that focuses on underprivileged
youth. I would not underestimate him. Mr. Jones, age 39 and a Yale Law
School grad, exudes enough energy to light a few buildings on his own. -
--We are
inviting local leaders of organizations working for social justice and
their guests, and engaged citizens working for social justice.
Here in
Bellingham, we will view the DVD of Van Jones' June 2007 presentation
on Environmental Sustainability and Social Justice given to Awakening
the Dreamer, Changing the Dream Symposium facilitators. The purpose of
the Symposium is that participants leave "committed and empowered to
bring forth an environmentally sustainable, spiritually fulfilling and
socially just human presence on the planet."
Bellingham IONS presents:
Our theme for this season
is Awakening the Dreamer, Changing The Dream
Thursday, November 15, 2007
A DVD evening with Van Jones:
Spiritually Fulfilling, Ecologically Sustainable AND SociallyJust?
Wise Awakenings Orca Room
314 E. Holly Street - Bellingham
7 p.m. - Doors open at 6:30 p.m.
Van Jones is the founder of
the Ella Baker Center for Human Rights, a racial justice organization
based in Oakland, California, that works for positive alternatives to
incarceration and violence in urban America. He is also a passionate
advocate for the environment and for responsible business. Van has
served on numerous governing boards, including Rainforest Action
Network, WITNESS, Bioneers, the New Apollo Project, and the Social
Venture Network. His efforts have earned him many honors, including the
Reebok International Human Rights Award, the Ashoka Fellowship, and the
Rockefeller Foundation “Next Generation Leadership” Fellowship.
See the New York Times
interview: Van Jones' The Green Collar
Solution
Directions to Garden
Street Family Center
1231 N. Garden on Holly at N. Garden, diagonally from Kinko's
Coming North on I-5, take the Lakeway Exit and go Right on Lakeway for
several blocks (about a mile). Lakeway becomes Holly Street. The Garden
Street Family Center is a converted church on your left at N. Garden.
It is a block before the Coop, also on your left.
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About Lynnette
As a long-term member of the steering teams of the Bellingham Institute
of Noetic Sciences community group and Sustainable Bellingham and I am
devoted to contributing to building wisdom community locally and
globally.
I am a founding member of The Open Question Institute, which develops
the Open Question Approach, a process that allows every participant in
a group to communicate and connect empathetically by tapping into their
shared values.
My many years of
personal growth education has included extensive training in Marshall
Rosenberg's Nonviolent Communication, Daimon Sweeney's Emotional
Freedom Technique sessions, and training in The Acorn Model, an oral
tradition taught by the Wilderness Awareness School. The Acorn Model is
a nonhierarchical model, for organizing groups and teams, organizations
and communities. I am grateful to Alan Seid and Tricia King and their
community for sharing this with me.
In my community work,
my vision is to use my group process and communication skills to bring
local organizations working for wisdom community into partnerssip to
coordinate in their common goals.
My experience has
included teaching dance as a teen and young adult. I taught Physical
Education, Dance and English and developed Dance Clubs and Children's
Theatre productions in public schools for eight years. On receiving an
MA in Dance from Mills College, I interned in Dance Therapy. Moving to
Santa Fe, NM, I worked as a consultant dance therapist while taking
art, yoga and tai chi classes there for three years. In the 70's I
taught yoga and tai chi classes and developed a successful wholesale
jewelry business in Aspen and Vale, Colorado.
In Bellingham on KUGS
radio at Western Washington University, I hosted New Voices, New
Options for two years, interviewing guests on local issues, the
healing arts, local music, and guest speakers at Western.
Activities I enjoy
include walking in nature, dancing, writing, interviewing, attending
movies, plays and the local arts, and volunteering with local
community-building organizations.
The Bellingham Institute for Noetic
Sciences community group has grown and we are organinzing many
inspiring, informational events (www.bions.net) At Sustainable Bellingham I am working
on the web site team, (www.sustainablebellingham.org) and other projects and
events that have the mission of helping to network a sustainable local
community.
Personally, my path is as an
idea-person and communicator: particularly networking for partnerships
in creating wisdom community. I am a citizen activist and a social
activist and I take social/political action in the world based on my
spiritual values.
Website Design
I design brochure-style web sites.
A brochure style site is a good choice if you have a limited budget and
want to feature information that does not change frequently. When
changes are needed, I can maintain and update your website for a
nominal charge.
Here are links to
websites I've made:
Cyndy Sheldon,
Gestalt Therapy
Bellingham IONS
Skye Burn
Sustainable
Bellingham
Core
Connections Coaching
Whatcom
Network for Compassionate Communication
Siam Was
Our Home
Emily Farrell
Desktop
Publishing
I design business cards, brochures, flyers, CD covers, and more. Phone me at 360 714-9305 for more details.
Group
Process Facilitation and Consultation
I am available for the following information, facilitation and
consultation:
- Nonviolent
(Compassionate) Communication and mediation
- The Open Question
approach and OQ circles
- The Acorn Model, a
Native American way of natural systems group organization for shared
leadership and a wonderful sense of community in group work
- A modified Dynamic
Facilitation process that is efficient for group meetings.
Phone me at 360 714-9305 for
more details
Lynnette Allen, M.A.
Lynnette
Allen