WEBVTT - How we gather is how we citizen

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<v Speaker 1>Was up April twentieth, story seven of our Week of Citizening.

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<v Speaker 1>This time we going to New England to the Great

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<v Speaker 1>State of Maine. The Maniacs. This is this is a

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<v Speaker 1>story about gathering. UH. If you if you wanna really

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<v Speaker 1>get deep into to gathering, UH, check out our episode

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<v Speaker 1>with Pria Parker and and talking about uh how we

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<v Speaker 1>citizen through our gatherings, whether it's uh a church meet up,

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<v Speaker 1>a house party, or or a conference. And and today's

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<v Speaker 1>stories about the conference experience and trying to use that

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<v Speaker 1>experience to gather people well to get the most out

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<v Speaker 1>of it. And we're living through some real harsh times

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<v Speaker 1>and a lot of unnecessary hardship is falling on folks.

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<v Speaker 1>And UH, we're also very isolated from each other, for

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<v Speaker 1>we have a crisis of loneliness. And so whenever we

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<v Speaker 1>we actually get together, it becomes even more important because

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<v Speaker 1>it's increasingly rare. It's important that we do it with

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<v Speaker 1>intention and with purpose and with consideration and respect. And

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<v Speaker 1>I like this story out of Maine, the Sea Change Conference,

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<v Speaker 1>because it is a truly embodied experience, because they weave

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<v Speaker 1>the arts in and dance and movement, cause there's a

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<v Speaker 1>lot of joy and it's this multi racial, multi everything

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<v Speaker 1>and like a little town in Maine, So it's defying

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<v Speaker 1>a lot of expectations of what Maine is, of what

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<v Speaker 1>small towns are, and of what a conference can be,

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<v Speaker 1>and how we can turn these moments of gathering into

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<v Speaker 1>something deeply meaningful healing recharging and who among us doesn't

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<v Speaker 1>need a recharge right now? Just not a Tesla superstation

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<v Speaker 1>charge because we're not doing that anymore. All right, stories

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<v Speaker 1>more stories to share. We are approaching the end of

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<v Speaker 1>this sprint to test this out, and UH, and we

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<v Speaker 1>wanna hear how this was for you. Uh. It's been

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<v Speaker 1>great for us, little little tiring to like do this

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<v Speaker 1>daily thing. But it's a good commitment to uh to

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<v Speaker 1>test out. We will need to be testing lots of

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<v Speaker 1>commitments together in the coming months and years and and

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<v Speaker 1>probably decades, uh, in the United States and around the world,

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<v Speaker 1>cause we're all going through some big transitions right now. Okay,

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<v Speaker 1>have a great day. We're dropping this on Sunday, but

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<v Speaker 1>you're listening to it right now in a world being

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<v Speaker 1>ripped apart, how do you make bringing people together truly count?

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<v Speaker 1>This little known multi racial conference in small town Maine

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<v Speaker 1>figured something out.

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<v Speaker 2>Why can't we start a conference with movement and dance?

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<v Speaker 2>We could be doing so much more with the amount

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<v Speaker 2>of time and energeering people put into gathering conferences that

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<v Speaker 2>just barely get the plane flying of human interaction right?

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<v Speaker 2>What happens if we design for human interaction and creativity

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<v Speaker 2>and art. I think that's a lot of what Sea

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<v Speaker 2>Change is about.

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<v Speaker 3>My name is Naudie Brown. I'm a playwright. I'm also

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<v Speaker 3>a photographer, I direct, I choreograph, and I created along

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<v Speaker 3>with Robert Sapiro and Beftannor, the Sea Change Conference that's

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<v Speaker 3>located in Elliot, Maine. Our focus was really how to

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<v Speaker 3>use the arts to heal.

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<v Speaker 2>In the way we do it. There's so many different

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<v Speaker 2>workshops and small groups and big groups and extended casual

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<v Speaker 2>meals and so that members attending the conference are talking

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<v Speaker 2>in meaningful ways, dancing together, doing creative work side by side.

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<v Speaker 2>You know, when you watch other people who are confident

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<v Speaker 2>in their creativity or other people trying things, it just

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<v Speaker 2>creates an environment of true warmth, safety, and belonging.

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<v Speaker 3>I honestly feel like the impact for a lot of people,

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<v Speaker 3>especially artists of color, is connecting them to other people

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<v Speaker 3>who are just like the in terms of spirit