Hello, all,
I will be hosting one of the Spring 2010 Meet-ups in the Philadelphia area and hope that we'll get a lively group together to discuss some of Jane's ideas, as well as to share our own initiatives.
A little bit about me:
1. What is your name?
My name is Leslie Loy.
2. What is your age?
I am 27 years old.
3. Where are you from?
Originally, I was raised in California, and I lived in Oregon until August, when I trekked out here to live in a Camphill community as a householder.
4. Where will you be hosting this upcoming Meet-up?
Emerson House at Camphill Soltane and around on the campus. If the weather is nice, we may romp outside a bit.
5. How did you come to be a Meet-up host? Will this be your first WeStrive Meet-up?
I have been hosting, on and off, since I began volunteering as one of the Leadership Council Members back in 2006.
6. What are your interests?
Varied, to be honest, and largely dependent on my mood. I love to cook, I enjoy cleaning and I am a big fan of playing around and letting loose. Currently, though, I am excited about moulding communities and about self-directed educational paths. I am also very curious about people, and understanding why they live the way they do and do the things they do.
7. Write a three-sentence biography or description of yourself; questions you can answer include things you are working with, ideas, organizations, questions you are sitting with, projects you are pursuing, subjects you are studying. Creativity is welcome!
I am a self-identified Waldorf Lifer, who has been both through the grades and high school as a student, then as a teacher trainee-cum-teacher for high school students; I also worked within a Waldorf school as a staff member. I have a strong connection to communities--to budding initiatives that are centered on sharing, education and exploration and that are rooted in real-life, real-world activities; I get super jazzed about people's innovation and their courage to just live completely in the world and to do what no one else is doing. I am in the process of developing a unique self-created community-directed study on community and I am trying to understand how that might then relate to my work with WeStrive and the North American Youth Section, and the half-dozen initiatives that I am involved with.
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3 comments for "Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA Meet-up".
1. Changing Time of Meet-up
Hello, all,
We're changing the time of the Meet-up to 5:30P on Saturday, March 20 to accommodate some people's schedules. Please remember to RSVP with me, if you're planning on attending the Meet-up, so I can also give you directions.
Remember: bring a potluck dish for dinner, a pen and a journal. The rest will be easy!
2. Registration for Philadelphia Meet-up
Hi!
All participants can register by directly contacting me by email: leslie(at)westrive.org. We'll begin at 11:00A on Saturday, March 20 and go until 3:00P or so. Please bring a pen, journal and a potluck dish for lunch.
If you have questions, please ask!
3. Reflection on WeStrive Meet-up in PA
We had a wonderful Meet-up on a warm Spring evening here in the rolling hills of Pennsylvania. It was a small group (some of our participants didn't show-up), but a very dynamic one, at that, with no one quite knowing one another. We began with casual conversation on the porch, soaking in as much sun as we could, and then we proceeded to share a delicious potluck meal where the conversation turned to the nature of WeStrive and how it serves the community.
We then retired to the living room, where I gave a brief introduction of Jane Lorand, her work, and my own thoughts on what she presents in this dense Meet-up video. We watched the film--and our fourth partner joined us, as did the kitten (who had a lot to say about the Meet-up). Afterward, we felt ourselves constrained by time, so we co-created the Synthesis exercises and mapped it out. This is what evolved:
Afterward, we completed our Meet-up, and a few of us stayed behind to munch on agave-soaked strawberries and to discuss what constitutes a youth movement and who can be involved in that.
We all agreed that this Meet-up was a seed-planting process: new ideas emerged for us, new possibilities for our coming together, and a step towards future gatherings and collaborations. It was small, but active, engaged, and, surprisingly meaningful. I thank everyone for their courage in showing-up for something, of which they had little understanding, and for giving so enthusiastically to the event. Tres bien!