How can you create experiences of belonging and collective vitality, that support people’s creativity and thriving? Join Beth with her guest Bruce Nayowith as explore stories of how people have created environments of belonging in different contexts, as featured in podcast episodes 6-8 of Season 3. We explore how Minneapolis creatively engaged a diverse range of citizens to transform policies related to housing and hear from a local housing advocate about creating ways to engage residents in policy decisions. We unpack what it takes to ‘design’ inclusive spaces that facilitate authentic social connection and trust, with the story of the SeaCHANGE Conference. Finally, we discuss how people can strengthen a sense of their belonging and interconnectedness with all living things, learning from Four Arrows about moving beyond Western culture's assumptions to discover the kinship worldview.

Resources and links:

Home: Living Love Playlist Season 3: My gift to you - a Spotify playlist of favorite songs of the guests on the Living Love podcast Season 3.

Kinship: A Hub to Amplify the Power of Community: Check out this web site to learn about Beth Tener’s work, focused on designing for connection in groups and communities of all kinds. You can join the newsletter here.

Interconnected, by Daniel Siegel: Bookshop.org

Fire, poem by Judy Brown:

Green Acre Baha’i Learning Center:

Enough: Staying Human in an Engineered Age, by Bill McKibben: Bookshop.org

Great March for Climate Action (2014): http://climatemarch.org/

For a transcript of this episode see: Kinship website

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How can we restore a sense of feeling at home with nature? In this podcast, we explore the sense of disconnection between humans and nature in modern Western cultures and contrast that to indigenous worldview that values interconnectedness. Four Arrows, a.k.a, Donald Trent Jacobs, shares stories from indigenous cultures, and his new book "Restoring the Kinship Worldview" which offers 28 precepts for rebalancing life on Earth. You’ll appreciate the richness of how a kinship worldview can help us restore biodiversity and balance with the earth, and personally to find courage in the face of fear and discover a deeper sense of belonging.

Resources and links:

Kinship: A Hub to Amplify the Power of Community: Check out this web site to learn about Beth Tener’s work, focused on designing for connection in groups and communities of all kinds. You can join the newsletter here.

Restoring the Kinship Worldview: Indigenous Voies Introduce 28 Precepts for Rebalancing Life on Planet Earth, Book by Four Arrows and Darcia Narvaez

2019 UN Biodiversity Report Article

Worldview Chart by Four Arrows and Darcia Narvaez

The Evolved Nest, Darcia Narvaez’s Website

Wild Geese, poem by Mary Oliver

The Media Have Missed a Crucial Message of the UN’s Biodiversity Report, in The Nation by Four Arrows

Differing Worldviews in Higher Education: Two Scholars Argue Cooperatively About Justice Education, Walter Block and Four Arrows

A Time Before Deception: Truth in Communication, Culture, and Ethics, Thomas W. Cooper

You Can’t Be Neutral on a Moving Train: A Personal History of Our Times, Howard Zinn

For a transcript of this episode see: Kinship website

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This conversation explores how we can create spaces where artists of all kinds can foster a sense of belonging and creative exploration. With Diannely Antigua, a poet and educator, and Najee Brown, a playwright, photographer, and arts producer, we share the story of the SeaCHANGE Conference, a conference like no other. We gather creators of different identities, races, and ages and explore how the arts can contribute to healing and social change. In this podcast, you’ll learn about the ways that the arts and creative community supported each of my guests in their paths, and how to create conferences where people can form meaningful connections that lead to lasting friendships and collaborations.

Kinship: A Hub to Amplify the Power of Community: Check out this web site to learn about Beth Tener’s work, focused on designing for connection in groups and communities of all kinds. You can join the newsletter here.

SeaCHANGE Conference - register for the conference here

SeaCHANGE Conference: Art + Conversation with Victoria Carrington and Robert Sapiro - earlier podcast sharing about the Conference

Diannely Antigua:

web site and Instagram

Bread & Poetry Podcast by Diannely Antigu

Diannely’s Book Good Monster: https://bookshop.org/p/books/good-monster/20252485?ean=9781556596902

Najee Brown:

najee visuals: photography web site

Instagram

Theater for the People

Multicultural Arts Center in Cambridge, MA

Green Acre

For a transcript of this episode see: Kinship website

Audio editing by: Podcasting for Creatives