July Festival: Call for Presenters, Solar Oven Bakers, and Volunteers!

We are excited to announce the Ann Arbor Summer ReSkilling Festival and are again seeking enthusiastic volunteers. Mark your calendars for SUNDAY, July 15th, 2012 (yes, Sunday!). Registration will begin at 9:30am and presentations will run from 10am-5pm at the Rudolf Steiner High School, 2230 Pontiac Trail, Ann Arbor, 48105. See below to get involved.

CALL FOR PRESENTERS 

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This summer we are especially interested in hands-on skills and workshops where people can actively learn skills while at the festival! If you have a sustainable skill or effort you would like to share, please fill out this online form. [See some ideas of cool workshops here]. Please forward the link to friends who may also be interested. We host several different workshop formats — from hours-long, hands-on sessions to 6-minute mini presentations. Diverse expertise levels welcome! We will contact you shortly to confirm the scheduling of your event.  If you have multiple sessions to propose, please submit one at a time through the online survey system. Deadline for session proposals is FRIDAY, JUNE 8TH.

CALL FOR SOLAR OVEN BAKERS!
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We would like to host a Solar Cook-Off this summer! It won’t be competitive, but it will be a chance for us to see ovens in action and taste the goods. If you would like to participate in a cook-off during the festival, please fill out this form!

CALL FOR VOLUNTEERS

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We always need volunteer help the day of the festival — from parking direction, to working at the registration desk, to set up and clean up. Please sign up here if you are able to donate some time the day of the festival. This event can’t happen without your help!

All volunteers and presenters will be invited to a pre-festival gathering to meet each other, eat yummy food, and learn about festival logistics.

We look forward to working with you!

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Singing in Circle: An Evening of Rounds

Wednesday, 4/18, 7-8:00 p.m.

Rudolf Steiner High School, 2230 Pontiac Trail Dr., 48105

 

Singing two-part, three-part, or four-part rounds is great fun for adults and kids. We’ll sing rounds, both familiar and obscure, silly and profound, for all experience levels. This is the third in a series of three sessions that  focuses on “heart and soul” skills for a graceful transition to our low-energy future.

For more information email jmackey50@gmail.com or call (734)846-8024.

Session presented by Jeanne Mackey

Jeanne Mackey is a lifelong musician, community-builder, and change-maker. Her CD, “Drop the Knife: A Memoir-in-Song”, is available at Crazy Wisdom Bookstore. Enjoy the musical “Drop the Knife: A Memoir-in-Song” April 21 at WCC (more info. at www.umich.edu/~mackeyj).

Sessions is free; donations welcome

Register here!

(Registration  is not required, but helps us in planning the session.)


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Join us on a “Scrap Tour”!

Saturday, March 31, 1-3 pm.

“Scrap Tour”:  Build/Remodel with Salvaged Materials

Tour two houses in the Pontiac Trail/Wright St. area and check out their repurposed architectural features, from redwood flooring to bowling alley countertops.  On hand will be John Haling, who runs a local “urban lumber” sawmill discussing the benefits and how-to’s of utilizing wood from urban areas that otherwise would be chipped, burned or landfilled. Click here to see the flyer for the event!

$6 per ticket

For more information and to register, go to the Hour School.

(Proceeds will help pay for this summer’s Northside Neighborhood Picnic
-July 22nd, Beckley Park–Mark you calendars, details TBA!
More information on the picnic coming to A2Share.org .)

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Evening Session this Wednesday!

Introduction to Council Circles

Wednesday, 3/14, 7 – 8:30 p.m.

Rudolf Steiner High School, 2230 Pontiac Trail Dr., 48105
~Sessions is free; donations welcome~

Learn about and experience the ancient pan-cultural practice of sharing insight and experience in a council circle. Council circles have re-emerged as a place to listen deeply and speak from the heart. Check out http://www.ojaifoundation.org/page/what-council  and  http://www.wisdomcircle.org/format.html to see more about council circles.

Register here!

(Registration is not required, but helps us in planning the session.)

This is the second in a series of three sessions that  focuses on “heart and soul” skills for a graceful transition to our low-energy future.

 

Sessions presented by Jeanne Mackey, MSW

Jeanne Mackey is a lifelong musician, community-builder, and change-maker. Her CD, “Drop the Knife: A Memoir-in-Song”, is available at Crazy Wisdom Bookstore.

For more information: jmackey50@gmail.com * (734)846-8024

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We are in the news!

Check out this article on the Michigan Radio website about our last ReSkilling Festival!

http://michiganradio.org/post/lessons-life-and-compost-ann-arbor-reskilling-festival#.T0_1hQT73hc.email

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Session this Wednesday 2/15!

The Stories We Tell Ourselves

WEDNESDAY, 2/15, 7 – 8:30 P.M.

 Rudolf Steiner High School, 2230 Pontiac Trail Dr., 48105

  ~All sessions are free; donations welcome~

We humans are story-making creatures. Some stories serve the status quo; others open us to new ways of being–individually and collectively. In this session, we’ll learn a few tools to identify what stories we’re living (both familial and cultural) and how to make conscious choices.

Session hosted by Jeanne Mackey as part of a three part series of sessions that focus on “heart and soul” skills for a graceful transition to our low-energy future.
 
Jeanne Mackey is a lifelong musician, community-builder, and change-maker. Her CD, “Drop the Knife: A Memoir-in-Song”, is available at Crazy Wisdom Bookstore.

For more information: jmackey50@gmail.com * (734)846-8024

Register here! (Registration is not required, but helps us in planning the session.)

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Festival Feedback, please!

Did you come to the Festival, but forget to turn in your festival evaluation? We would still love to hear from you!

Online February 2012 ReSkilling Festival Evaluation

Festival feedback is the best way for us to know how our events are going and what to improve! We encourage you to be completely open and honest. We appreciate any and all feedback we receive from you!

Thank you for coming! We hope you had as much fun as we did!

Most of the handouts for the sessions that had them are now available on their session post. Stay tuned for pictures from this festival!

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