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Youth Leadership Trainings: Empowering Emerging Leaders and ChangemakersThe current focus for empowering youth leaders includes the following: In addition to the programs at Hummingbird, there is an international component to the youth leadership work. History of Leadership Trainings at HummingbirdKatharine and Makasha Roske have been engaged in innovative education and international youth work for more than thirty years. They have been instrumental in the founding of a number of alternative schools (Shining Mountain Waldorf School, Misty Mountain Free School, and the Earth Guardian School). In addition they have facilitated a variety of trainings and workshops focused on co-creative leadership, community building and cross-cultural understanding. The Roskes have a long held dream of a sanctuary for the young ones whose destiny is to lead us across the threshold into the birth of a new world. They are both founding members of Hummingbird Community and Hummingbird Living School. During the past eight summers Hummingbird Community has hosted several international leadership programs, rites of passage experiences, and three Permaculture Certification trainings. A dynamic group of 25 youth leaders (between the ages of 16-30) attended the First International Youth Leadership Retreat at Hummingbird in August of 2004. They converged from Mexico, India, New Zealand, and throughout the US. These emerging leaders shared the richness of their diverse cultural traditions, experienced hands on sustainable practices, gathered in core groups to explore co-creative leadership skills, and collaborated on positive solutions to meet the many challenges of these extraordinary times. The following are quotes by an adult volunteer and a participant who attended the International Youth Leadership Retreat at Hummingbird, summer of 2006. “I
was deeply and profoundly touched by the genuine, loving and authentic
connections that occurred between everyone that came to this event.
I gained a new and brighter vision of possible futures for our
Planet. I felt a significant sense of relief after meeting these
incredible young people. It makes me weep with joy just to remember
what I experienced.” “Community
is home-base for me having been raised in the international township
of Auroville, in southern India. I am so amazed at the love that
is present at Hummingbird and how quickly all of us bonded with
one another as family. There is so much here that I want to be
able to take back to Auroville to share, especially with the young
people.” International Component of the Youth Leadership ProgramIn addition to the programs at Hummingbird, there is a global component to the youth leadership work. The primary focus at this time is with the international township of Auroville in south India. To further strengthen the relationship with Auroville, representatives of HBLS traveled to India this past winter. This group included Katharine and Makasha Roske, their son, Noa, and youth leader, Steve Dedrick. While in Auroville Katharine and Makasha, together with the Brueninger Foundation, assisted in the facilitation of a UNESCO sponsored event: Youth for Human Unity. The week long conference was comprised of about 60 young people from Southeast Asia, Auroville and other parts of the world. The youth leaders explored the theme of human unity as it applies to education, culture, science, and religion. They were brilliant in the depth of their insights and positive perspectives for innovative change. Particularly poignant were the bridges of peace built between the youth from Pakistan and India. What’s Happening Now?For our summer 2008 programs click here. Please contact Katharine for up to the moment information on youth activities. |
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