Communiversity Event
The Oracle Gatherings Communiversity Presents:
Alternative Economies
A learn-play-share day of speakers, skillshops and feasting
Saturday, April 21st
Opening Yoga 10:30 a.m., Classes 12:00 noon to 5:30 p.m.
Keynote 6:00
Feast and Clothing Swap 7:30-9:00
114 Alaskan Way S.
Loft # 401
Seattle, WA
United States
Experience: | Keynote Address by Ambassadors of the Federation of Damanhur | Founded in 1975 and located in Northwestern Italy, the Federation of Damanhur is an internationally renowned center for spiritual, artistic, and sustainable community development. Damanhur is also an evolving intentional community of over 800 people. Damanhurians are known for having built the world's largest underground temple, called the Temple of Humankind, composed of astonishing and inspirational vaulted ceilings, and murals based upon sacred geometry.
Crotalo Sesamo and Shama, ambassadors of Damanhur, will impart their personal experience as well as the 30 years of research developed at Damanhur. The world which they speak about is real - not perfect - and a testament to the potential for all human beings to live in peace, fulfillment, and joy within community. See www.damanhur.info for more fascination.
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Understanding: Panel on Alternative and Fair Trade
Activists and experts from the northwest will host a collaborative discussion about wiser commercial exchange both local and international. Audience members are encouraged to ask questions and share their thoughts with these local leaders. | Dr. Hector Saez will discuss the impact of alternative economies such as community self-sufficiency and export projects in Central America, common property regimes, traditional communal production systems, and asset-building projects to alleviate poverty. Héctor Sáez is an alternative economist, in the style of the Center for Popular Economics (www.populareconomics.org) where he is a staff economist. He teaches economics and social justice at the Bainbridge Graduate Institute, a progressive MBA program seeking to change business for good. He has taught economics and environmental studies at the University of Vermont, at the Center for Sustainable Development Studies in Costa Rica, at Wagner College, and the University of Puerto Rico. Héctor has a Ph.D in economics from the University of Massachusetts in Amherst. His work focuses on alternative economies, particularly in Latin America. He was born in Aibonito, a magical place in the mountains of Puerto Rico.
Nathan Rosquist of the Interra project will present Interra's efforts to create a fair charge card program that rewards consumers for purchasing from locally owned and sustainable businesses.
Eric Magnusson of Balle Seattle and Magnusson Consulting will speak on local Living Economies and how both business leaders and consumers can work towards better and wiser business practices.
Brian Allen of the Appropriate Tech group will introduce us to the appropriate technology concept, which promotes the use of the simplest, most benign and most efficient use of tools and materials for our needs.
Osiris Indriya of the Oracle Gatherings and Infinite Connections event production companies, Capitol Hill Arts Center and the Intrinsic Impressions design firm will discuss alternative business models and the changing evolution of marketing and promotions in an environment over saturated with commercial advertizing and increasing skepticism. Osiris has spent the past six years helping conscious businesses, arts organizations and healers develop their image, develop sophisticatied web-based tools and get established in their unique markets. www.oraclegatherings.com, www.infiniteconnections.org, www.capitolhillarts.com, and www.intrinsicimpressions.com | Action!
Skillshops
Hands-on classes and activities will give us a chance to learn new skills by doing. Topics include: Raw Food Prep; Bulk-buying and Dumpster Diving; Contact Improv; Owning Land for Non-Conformists; Bike Travel and Fix-It; Conscious Language; Yoga; and more.
Contact Improv
| Kenny Telesco
Over the course of the last thirty years, Kenny Telesco has worked extensively as an actor, dancer, stage manager, director, producer, choreographer, production assistant, stagehand, theatre instructor,
and voice over artist. He has lived and worked in San Francisco, Los Angeles, Santa Fe, Austin, New York and Seattle. After many years of non-stop theatre, film and television work, Kenny now prefers the Magic that happens when he applies his energies to LOLA TAROT, a Seattle based Improv Ritual Theatre company which he is the Artistic Director of. Kenny has also worked in various capacities with The Oracle Gatherings community and is a member of the Effective Arts acting company here in Seattle.
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Yoga
| Alyssa
Alyssa was introduced to yoga when she was 18 years old, and for the past 2 1/2 years she has been diligently dedicated to the study and practice of yoga. She studied with Katerina Wen during this time at her studio in Wallingford, Yogi Way. Last year she completed Level I & Level II Teacher Training programs with the honorable Ukrainian master Andrey Lappa.
"I am grateful to my teachers for their guidance and continual challenges. I am drawn to the practice of yoga because it is fulfilling on many levels and it leads me to awareness of my highest potential. Discipline and awareness of the mind, body, and soul bring development of the entire being and can elevate the quality of one's life. I hope to shine this light upon my students and the world around me." - Alyssa
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Conscious Language
| Franklin and Morgan Marowitz
After more than 30 years of Spiritual exploration Franklin discovered Conscious Language as developed by Robert Tennyson Stevens. Getting certification in 1995 to teach this body of work, he has since deepened his knowledge and facilitation of the many facets embodied therein. Through Imagination Activation, The Morphic Portal and Heart Mantras Franklin has created a unique method for sharing his perspective of this powerful healing modality
Franklin and Morgan Markowitz have studied with Robert Tennyson Stevens the creator of Mastery Systems. Conscious Language is the study of words and their power to either support or sabotage our desired outcomes. Every word you speak is a powerful prayer, manifesting in this very moment. This is an interactive class and we ask that you come ready to play at 125%. www.dencityresearch.com
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Thriving in the Wilds
| Kris Parfitt
Having over 2000 miles under her feet, Kris Parfitt has hiked and backpacked many mountain ranges between New Mexico and Northern Washington.  Kris has guided various populations down rivers, up mountains and climbing rocks.  She speaks from experience in this interactive workshop, sharing knowledge and information about thriving in the wilderness.  From hypothermia, shelter systems, safe drinking water, making fire, and basic first aid, she'll walk us through rudimentary skills and provide ideas on how to make our own kit to aid in safe and enjoyable wild adventures.
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Landtrusts and Other Creative Housing Options
| Karla Clark
Karla has experience as a professional scientist and business process re-engineering consultant. Moving to Seattle from the east coast provided her with the opportunity to explore the true meaning of community. Karla enjoys the cooperative nature of the northwest. She started a pre-school co-operative while her child was very small and has been living in a cooperative intentional community for nearly a year. She hopes to be able to educate people of all walks of life about the benefits of and possibilities for non-conformist housing options.
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Alternative Food Distribution
| Joshua D. & Eden Trenon
Joshua D. is a 26 year-old native of the Northwest.  He is a gardener, permaculturist,
opportunist, social activist, and primitivist.  His driving interest is the acquisition and dissemination of any and all skills that we, as a community, can use to extricate and protect ourselves from the military/industrial complex.  Joshua has been dumpster diving for over five years, and for an unbroken 2 year period of my life he fed entirely on the dumpstered
spoils (and uses that word very much intending a pun) of natural food stores.  He has dumpstered grocers, department stores, constructions sites, and many other places in cities in the Southwest and Northwest.
Eden Trenon believes everyone has the right to fresh, high-quality food from sources they know and trust.  Her first farming experience was in 1999 in Vermont, and she has worked on and eaten from organic farms and garden plots ever since, in Ohio, Havana, Oregon and Seattle.  In 2004, she founded Mukilteo, Washington's first farmers' market with the vision of increasing access to fresh, safe, local foods and facilitating direct communication and knowledge-sharing between growers and consumers, therefore establishing a trust and
accountability lacking in most modern commerce.  She continues to participate in growing food as a member of the Seattle P-Patch and the Wedgwood Co-op, works with the Mukilteo and Seattle Farmers' Markets and buys directly from growers whenever possible.
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Feast!
After our day of learning, we will come together for a luscious veggie feast, with live sitar and Japanese flute by Kimo Muraki.
Amy Wells, Living Foods Chef
Amy Wells is a certified raw food chef and instructor. She trained as an intern at the Living Light Culinary Arts Institute (LLCAI) for two years. LLCAI is the premier school for chef training of the gourmet raw/living foods cuisine that can be a powerful catalyst for cleansing and detoxifying the body.
Having six years of experience with raw foods her passion originally developed through healing her own health challenges. She has helped many others transform their health through integrating healthier eating into their lifestyle.
She teaches classes and workshops and is an advocate of a whole foods diet for disease prevention, increased energy, anti-aging and the creation of sustainable living systems through green living.
In the Seattle area she operates a food delivery service and is available to cater events. She also offers personal consultations and one on one instruction on the preparation of raw/living foods customized for the unique needs and tastes of each client. |
Community Clothing Swap
Trade your old threads for fancy new ones during and after the feast. Bring some with, bring some home.
$20 donation, including full-day entry and delicious meal.
If you're joining us for the feast, please bring a large bowl and utensils with you. Make less waste!
Do you have a suggestion or something to add? Please drop us a line at Communiversity@oraclegatherings.com
Location(s)
Red Stripe Loft 114 Alaskan Way S. Loft # 401 Seattle, WAUnited States See map: Google Maps
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