Learning Community on
Youth & Community Development through Rites of Passage
What if there was one ingenious story that could help us raise our children and strengthen our communities? Would you want to know what that story is?
It’s our shared sacred story of “Youth & Community Development through Rites of Passage.” It’s a story that many people around the world, along with Dr. David Blumenkrantz have helped “emerge” – in service to our children, within diverse cultures and communities around the world.
PERMIE KIDs in partnership with the Center for Youth & Community invite you to join other educators, parents, and community elders from around the world for our Electronic Campfire series beginning the week of September 21, 2015. Our conversations around the campfire are designed for people who desire a better story and want to take action to improve the lives of children and strengthen their community.
Coming of age within a community “story” of initiation & rites of passage honors the central developmental task of adolescents – finding identity, meaning and purpose and a search for their authentic spiritual self. This is more than an individual experience. Community-oriented rites of passage are the public unification of secular and spiritual practices that affirm an individual’s transition while creating the conditions for an emerging adult to feel a sense of meaning & connection with their community, culture, nature and self.
Learn more about what the Rite story can do. Join us to learn the language for the story of youth and community development through rites of passage. This experience is for those who want to learn the history, language, and current relevance of youth and community development through rites of passage as both a method for organizing and strengthen a community and a process for educating and guiding children to adulthood. It focuses on the formation of a core group of older youth and adults in their community who co-create rites of passage experience relevant to their community and culture.
Become part of a global village to support raising our children and help write a story that can change the future for our children and the planet. Education is our greatest potential resource for nourishing life.
Electronic Campfire – Schedule
Below are the weeks we will have an Electronic Campfire. The exact days and times will be determined by the Changing Consciousness Learning Community via a survey.
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September 21st
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October 5th
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October 19th
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November 9th
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November 23rd
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