Wit Works and Sunshine Coast Community Services Society have a project to develop a picture of women over age 50 needing housing because of fleeing abuse or being vulnerable. Surveys of women, focus groups and interviews / surveys with key service providers are currently being conducted. Models of housing which support women over 50 […]
The BC CRN Association and April in her Regional Mentor role, personed a table at he 41st Annual Elder’s Gathering for BC, at Campbell River. About 3000 Elders and family and caregivers attended to renew family ties, see indigenous vendors wares, take part in cultural ceremony, and to have fun. Health and prevention strategies […]
Courtney Hartman (see other posts and Acoustic Guitar articles); and I have been engaged in a skills / thinking exchange (co-learning). We are exchanging our expertise in music and consulting. So topics and tools like productivity matrixes, neuroscience, forcefield analysis, SWOT diagrams, and coaching in their use have been going to Brooklyn. In return […]
Consultant April Struthers has nominated the band Della Mae and Courtney Hartman for the Joyce and Paul Aicher Leadership Award for their work in leadership in arts organizations supporting social justice, for reaching across divides, for their cultural ambassadorship with the US State Department and America Music Abroad (especially for thier work with women […]
April and Courtney Hartman meet in Spain – to walk, talk, de-brief Courtney’s ***experiences in the first half of her Camino Way journey, share ideas about creativity, where music springs from, how to ‘show up’ fully in life and in performance, and the role of others in any journey. April got to play the […]
Courtney Hartman is a virtuosic flatpicking guitar player from Colorado. With DELLA MAE and in a solo career, Courtney (called by Acoustic Guitar magazine-‘staggeringly good’), plays guitar and banjo, writes and sings up a storm (see http://https://youtu.be/ljeZBBsCTms and https://youtu.be/NFRr7Bnif9Y ). This month she is launching a ‘walk, write, record, sing’ journey along The Camino FRANCES (an 800 […]