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A COVID Isolation Commission Song – ‘Multi House’ Concert

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Courtney Hartman and  April collaborated on a new idea –  and co – sponsored an event combining a multi-house ZOOM concert with the premiere of a song written by Courtney.

Celebrating a significant birthday, missing  friends, sad about cancelled and refunded music festivals, concerts and music camps in which I had invested, […]

Action Network – peer to peer virtual network

Ben Kadel and I have just published an article on Medium describing the ideas and practice behind creating networks of support and productivity in a time of ‘distraction and demand’.

https://medium.com/@emotusoperandi

If you are interested in how to use human potential and get the best out of yourself and your colleagues / team….read on !

Slow Tour Video – A Social Innovation

 

Lovely short clip of ‘Slow Tour’  which April had a hand in designing. Executed by Courtney Hartman, Taylor Ashton, Hanna Doreen Brown, Detour non profit and filmed by Jacob Blumberg.  Summer – Fall 2018 Colorado in assisted living, dementia care centres and older adult residences. Labelled a social innovation by the National Coalition for […]

Slow Tours-Fast Connections Anti-Ageism Tour Webinar

April will representing in a webinar on February 19 – 10:30 am PST; accessible from the BCCRN  website    (register for mailing list to get access at [email protected]). She will talk about what has been labelled a ‘social innovation’ . April helped design the tour plan, and Courtney Hartman, Taylor Ashton and dementia music […]

Anti-Racism Protocol Signed – Sunshine Coast

Citizens, government, community associations and NGO’s gathered November 30 in Sechelt, BC, for the Signing of a Community Response Protocol to combat incidents of racism or hate which might happen locally. The protocol was developed by April and an organizing committee based on a similar document from Comox – Courtney.

This document […]

A New Song – Slow Tours : Fast Connections – Cross Generation Dialogue at NCDD Conf Nov 2018 Denver

“Slow Tours:Fast Connections” ……..At the NCDD Conference (National Coalition for Dialogue and Deliberation), Courtney and my work was labelled  a ‘Civic Innovation’, and we got to speak at the Plenary. Courtney sang a new song written for our Plenary talk; and we described anti-ageist slow tours; (which I had an idea for and Courtney […]