Will Monk
I’m Will, I’m always hungry, (and after 36 years i finally got an insulin pump, so yes, i can eat that), i sing (deep) bass, I’m a big (cishetwm) sissy, y yo quiero apprendar Español. I got a studio art BA, from (the school formerly known as) HSU, (far north California) which included theater, dance, music, Native American Studies, math and physics, various activist projects, and a lot of problems with my (T1D) diabetes.
I quickly realized that i had no idea how to use any of that to survive, and began working with children, construction, event staffing, etc.
Examples:
-TAing animation classes for kids at Berkeley City College,
-Tutoring junior high math and art
-“Street Outreach” team helping houseless people with Cooperation Humboldt (as well as planting free mini gardens etc)
-Currently hosting and teaching art and other open free creative classes with the Arcata Playhouse’s OurSpace Arts program
My favorite thing is probably storytelling (very broadly defined), I’m addicted to analogies, and my superpower is my ability to remain genuinely enthusiastic in a conversation about absolutely anything for way too long. My natal chart is a basketfull of dichotomies and tidal waves and I’ve been procrastinating whatever lesson that Yod has to teach me for far too long! I’m as liberal as you can get and I’d love to be your “ally” (or at least your humble “white savior”). I want to teach everyone and their kids how to do art, music, animation, etc on FLOSS. I can’t fix your computer or write a program, but I’ll happily model my neurodivergence in trying to figure it out together. Or better yet, help you plan/t a free little potato garden!
I’m probably the equivalent of a paralegal on the subject of federal disability discrimination, (APWU UNION YES), and probably an honorary MD on hyperlipotrophy, the Somogyi effect, catecholamine burnout as Hypoglycemia Unawareness, counterregulatory responses, the resulting autonomic failure, hyperimmune “diseases” like lupus, and ptsd.
WARNING: My next hobby rabbit hole is learning to ID native and invasive plants and their relationships to us. Unless I get distracted by the beautiful Phidippus genus…
My mastodon account is: @StorieswithaWill@fosstodon.org,
and instgm at WCMonk.
Christian Monroe
I recently moved to Portland from Denver at the start of last September although I’ve been all around the Cascadia region since I was really young, lots of hiking and outdoors stuff at national parks made me really fall in love with the PNW as a whole and I’m happy I finally got to move here. I’ve been a huge environmentalist and progressive since I was about 16 and now at the age of 22 I’m trying to reach out and help groups that represent my ideals and passions for both the planet and the people that live on it. I am very willing to learn all that I can and assist in anyway I can with preserving our forests and helping our people.
Andra Vltavín
I am a climate activist with a background in creative reuse running for Portland City Council in District 4. I have read Braiding Sweetgrass, My Grandmother’s Hands, Breaking Together, Mutual Aid, and many other books to try to help me understand the depth of the crisis we are in and how to help in an intersectional way. I am a member of the Democratic Socialists of America and a Neighborhood Emergency Team member through Portland.
LARRY GREENE
I am a whole community systems change consultant who works to develop ways for residents of our region to meaningfully participate in whole-systems societal design that encourages and nurtures the healthy evolution of our economic, social, environmental and political systems at the bioregional level. Working to established shared interests and a shared purpose, residents can collaborate with one another to create a more life-affirming path to our future.
Jude Abrams
The spiritual practises and relationships with the rest of nature that have been honoured and kept alive by indigenous people nurture and inform my life and give me hope. I have been an enviro and social equity activist for decades. Sound is a big part of my awareness as a musician, songwriter, sound designer and recordist. The aquatic worlds especially rivers, estuaries and the ocean are home.
Lyra Star
I am a Reiki Master, Master Gardener, Tea Brew Master and social re-engineer. I write blogs, articles, and books on all types of subjects. I develop social games for positive connection and collaboration.
Nathanael Cruz
My calling is to inspire and empower the hero within.
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Excited to learn more!
Shawnda Clawson
The Earth Mother Intentional Community was originally founded in Midland, Texas in 1986 as a Permaculture based Cottage Enterprise Village. It evolved when the Ubuntu movement rose out of South Africa in the 90’s and found further direction with the rise of the Transition Towns movement that was born in England a few years afterward. The Resource Based Economy Movement added our internal structure which birthed our “Studio Grounds and Synergy HUB” complexes. Two separate Locations serving the entire community, yet with different objectives. We have functioned well with this infrastructure for the last 37 years, tweaking and fine-tuning as we grew.
The Studio Grounds hold the Agricultural Research Institute, Community Gardens, a Music Recording Studio, an Artisan Teaching Village, Community Library/Education Network, Community Building with Rec Room and Commercial Kitchen, outdoor stages and campgrounds with a tiny house village for private personal space, etc. The HUB, a condensed version of the Studio Grounds, was established within the City limits, and serves as Communal Living/Workspace for the Community Directors.
Over the Winter/Spring of 2022/23, our founding member, Shawnda Clawson, retired from her 35 year position as Executive Director of this amazing Community. She has now settled into spending her cherished “Golden Years” teaching these systems online. Now, rebranded as the #EarthMotherNetwork – we have joined the OneWorld.Earth Community in their goal to establish a “A Deep Beloved Community of Networks with a Global Influence “
The failure of the whole range of interlocked systems that has maintained and supported this industrial society has become crystal clear. The ecological challenges we face and where we are headed as a civilization are daunting. Together we must be the lens that critically explores the problems and creates the tools to generate resilient solutions.
We here at Earth Mother have created a Space to address these issues.
Meet Us in #TheGathering . A Year-Round, Open Arms Convergence Room Permanently Located in the OneWorld.Earth Community.
Home of the #HealTheEarthInitiative, We gather on Monday Through Friday from 2:oo – 6:oo pm CST. …. with Think Tank Conversations in the first hour, Recorded Presentations on Dedicated Topics, During the Second Hour) … with Fellowship and Networking for the Remaining Time.
Founded within the OneWorld.Earth Community under the #HealTheEarthInitiative over the “99 Days of Peace” – Our Programs Rotate Through Five (5) #HealTheEarthInitiative “Mission #Beacons” supported by the different “Branches” of the Earth Mother “Oak Tree Structure”
Monday~ “Art is Life Beacon”~ How to Heal the Earth through Art, Music and Dance, co.created by Soul Story Productions and the Artisans Teaching Village Team. #ArtIsLifeBeacon
Tuesday~ “Keepers of the Flame Beacon” ~ How to Heal the Earth through the Original Wisdom Teachings of our First Nations and Indigenous Peoples. The Seeking out of the Lost Truths and Sacred Knowledge only the “Earth Elders” Hold, humbly co.created by The New Earth Grandmothers and the Union of Nations Initiates. #KeepersOfTheFlameBeacon
Wednesday~ “Re.Genesis Beacon” ~ How to Heal the Earth through Intentional Community Networks Practicing Permaculture, Regenerative Systems and Agriculture, through the Industrial Hemp and Natural Building Revolutions, co.created by The Earth Mother Studio Team, the National Industrial Hemp Coalition Members, the Earth Mother Organics Crew, the Built for the Future Team and the Clan of the DragonFly Permaculture Guild. #ReGenesisBeacon
Thursday~ “Truth Beacon” ~ How to Heal the Earth through Showcasing Cutting Edge Change-Making Organizations and Giving Platform to the Many Voices of Truth, co.created by the Press for Truth Media Team and the New Earth Social Architects. #TruthBeacon
Friday~ “Spirit Beacon” ~ How to Heal the Earth through Spiritual Practices, Plant Medicines, Humanitarian Relief and Collective Conscious Group Intent and Action – co.created by the Sacred Space Network, the Quantum Mystics and the New Earth Integrity Team. #SpiritBeacon
Please join us in our Mission to … “Heal the Earth” … Bring Your Voice, Your Passion for Change, and Your Healing Energy.
Become part of the #EarthMotherNetwork #BeaconLibrary ”. These Recordings are circulated into the Earth Mother Network’s Social Media platforms and stored in Open Source Cloud Space for Public Access and Re.Stream.
The Gathering Convergence Room . Zoom ID Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89641414392
To Join the Earth Mother Network Space on OneWorld … please click here ~ https://oneworld.earth/share/USL4TtHjTJM0fq_0?utm_source=manual
We Humbly Acknowledge that The Earth Mother Intentional Community Resides on the Traditional Lands of the Tigua, Kickapoo and Lipan Apache – First Nations People. We Pay Our Respect to Elders Both Past and Present.
~ In Lak’ech Ala K’in
Sharon Nielson
I am an entrepreneur that is in transition who has experience in community development and project capital finance strategies.
