Journey Home, by Rabindranath Tagore
"...that training is the most intricate which leads to the utter simplicity of a tune."
José Feliciano (Cohort 21), Be Intentive LLC Owner/Lead Consultant, Strategist, Educator, Community Engagement Practitioner, Movement Enthusiast…
"In a world where the dominant cultural default is to react – to do – that singular question and sound has so much power to slow things down, bring clarity, and create understanding..."
Indigenous People and Data Trends on Death & Life, by Kia Honhongva (Cohort 29)
"We are achieving this because we have been focused on caring about our elders and our larger indigenous community..."
Liz Hammond (Cohort 8)
“...the facilitator said: ‘the work is not the workshop.’ I want to scream that from the mountaintops; what we need is to do right now.”
Caminante no hay camino, by Antonio Machado
"Traveler, there is no path. You make the path as you walk..." [English translation]
For Calling the Spirit Back from Wandering the Earth in Its Human Feet, by Joy Harjo
"When you find your way to the circle, to the fire kept burning by the keepers of your soul, you will be welcomed..."
Janet Stolfi Alfano, MSW, Executive Director (Cohort 16)
"...great because finally folks are paying attention to this. The terrible part is that it took this pandemic for many people to pay attention..."
Umuntu Ngumuntu Ngabantu Through Storytelling, by Denise Keyes Page (facilitator, Cohorts 2&3)
"...given the sudden contrast and very rude awakening in my teenage world, it’s no accident that many decades later, I would be working to specifically build Ubuntu...”
Kia Levey-Burden (Cohort 8)
“We use ‘leadership’ or ‘leader’ as one word, when it is full of so much meaning. How do we make space for the deeper complexities of leadership?”
Changing My Focus with Love, Gratitude & Sisterhood, by Carmen Nieves (Cohort 17)
“We can say ‘I love you.’ But I realized it’s the way I show you I love you that makes all the difference. Some things don’t need words to be understood.”