Last night I helped facilitate the Peace through Commerce event here in Washington, DC at Paul Falcon's Bella Faccia Studios. Over the past few months I've had the privilege of being on the core design team with an impassioned, pioneering group of social entrepreneurs including Jeff Klein, Chief Activation officer of FLOW; Charlie Frohman, founder of DC's Conscious Entrepreneurs and Creatives group, Kirstin Myers, CEO of Globond; Alex Rollin and Sam Rosen, founders of Peer Producers LLC; Sarah Endine, President of Sweet Riot, Josh Warchol of Zaadz, John Hecklinger of Global Giving, Michael Strong, co-founder of FLOW , volunteer cooridnator Erin Brandt and many others.
What initially started out as a 4-person conversation about getting 15 or so people together here in DC and having FLOW co-founder Micheal Strong speak about the PTC initiative took on an conscious life of its own, acting a beacon of resonance and creativity - attracting more and more contributers, organizers, and supporters. It quickly blossomed into an emerging global initiative. In DC, it culminated as an engaging dynamic 100+ person celebration with participatory performance, dancing, drumming with Michelle AVA's intenational dance troupe, delicious food from Middle Eastern Cuisine of Takoma Park, co-creative group process, storytelling, speed networking, informative multi-media presentations, an interactive mural, charitable donations and inspired commitments to action. Next are events in Austin and San Fransisco. And the energy continues...
Amazing how inspired collective creative energy becomes an emergent force with its own directive - greater than the sum of its parts.
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