Let's Build More Kind Community Together!
The most defining condition of our time is fragmentation. Our high-tech low-touch culture forces us to be increasingly isolated from each other, while being being more digitally connected than at any point in history.
In hard times, humans survive through cooperation and mutual protection. How do we build a kind local community strong enough to help people survive the future together and find belonging in the years ahead? What can we do? Together we can build community infrastructure with formats that guide new ways of existing that promote locating and meeting unmet needs in the kindest ways possible for ourselves and each other.
Who Should Attend?
This conference is for any of us who are:
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Feeling isolated and lacking community in our current society;
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Finding it hard to experience help, community, and connection;
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Victims and survivors of trauma, abuse, neglect, and/or profound unkindness;
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Living with unsupported or under-supported disabilities––both visible and invisible;
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Experiencing unsafe levels of being misunderstood;
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Struggling to find the help that we want and need;
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Wanting to make a difference in our own lives and the lives of each other;
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And anyone who is just wishing to create something better!
Who else should be here? Share this opportunity with anybody else who you think might want to build kind community!
Providers have an opportunity to receive 3 CE credits from the Ohio CSWMFT Board.
What to Expect:
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We use relational agreements to help people interact with care.
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People are supported to participate in any capacity they wish.
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Nobody is required to speak or share personal details
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Anyone can step out at any time.
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We are just glad to be together.
We Will Build Kind Community By:
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Locating and meeting unmet needs in mutual aid;
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Developing formats that anybody can use for building community-based infrastructure where existing systems are failing;
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Providing the tools to create peer-led support spaces and practicing using those tools together;
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And implementing Universal Design so that no one gets left behind.
Opportunities and practical tools we are offering:
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Lunch!
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Community-Building Toolkits for people to take home and share with their friends, coworkers, and organzitions;
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A chance to build lasting friendships and supportive connections;
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And opportunities to share referrals, strategies, resources, and the kind of connected support networks many people receive through family, but that those without community and family are often lacking.