Northwest
Permaculture Convergence
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Autism Support Group gathering on 25 NOV 2023, Saturday from 11 am to 12 noon

Autism Support Group gathering on 25 NOV 2023, Saturday from 11 am to 12 noon. (INDOOR WITH HEATER)

WHERE: DANCING GOATS AND SINGING CHICKENS ORGANIC FARM, LLC.

Address is : 14062, Yelm Highway SE, Yelm WA- 98597

WHO CAN COME? – Limited to 15 adults and 15 children only (to prevent children’s anxiety due to crowds). YES, wheelchairs okay. 

Is there a RSVP? – Yes, call or text 360-489-2830 with name and number in your party. Or you can email the host – ayub98516@gmail.com

FACILITATOR – Hello all, I’m Manzoor. It’s a privilege to be part of this gathering where parents, siblings, and relatives unite with a shared vision of nurturing and support. We are the collective strength behind our children, dedicated to exchanging knowledge, providing encouragement, and celebrating every milestone together.I come before you not just as an advocate for our shared vision, but as a former Service member who has experienced the power of unity and shared purpose firsthand.

It’s an honor to join this community of parents, siblings, and relatives, all committed to the well-being of our children. Our gathering is a testament to our collective resolve to support, educate, and uplift one another. Drawing from both my service background and personal life, I am here to share, learn, and grow with you. Together, we will create a space of understanding and empowerment.   As we join hands and hearts in this journey, I am eager to contribute my insights and learn from the wealth of experiences within our community. Here’s to a day of meaningful dialogue and mutual empowerment. Thank you for welcoming me into this circle of care and commitment.

FORMAT OF PROGRAM OF THE DAY- 

11:00 AM – Presentation by Manzoor, Parent.

11:40 AM – Questions/Answers/Discussions/Ideas

12:00 noon – Guided tour of farm animals, gardens. 

For more information- https://www.facebook.com/dancinggoatsandsingingchickensorganicfarmLLC/

DANCING GOATS AND SINGING CHICKENS ORGANIC FARM, LLC.

Address is : 14062, Yelm Highway SE, Yelm WA- 98597

DIRECTIONS from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEATAC):

1- Take I-5 South and exit 116 (MOUNTS ROAD.)

2- Take a left above the freeway onto MOUNTS RD / NISQUALLY RD SW. (Road curves and changes names.)

3- Make a left turn onto RESERVATION ROAD.

4- Make a left onto HWY 510 (Yelm HWY SE)

5- Cross the NISQUALLY RED WIND CASINO ON your right.

6- Note the odometer – because the house is on your left, exact 1.9 miles from the casino.

7- Cross South Worth Elementary school on your right.

8- On your left is the entrance to the house (Black Gate)

9- Drive to the whitish color house with black pillars.

DIRECTIONS from Olympia, Lacey area :

1- Take I-5 NORTH and exit 111, MARVIN ROAD.

2- Stay in your right lane at the fork in the road.

3- At the circle, keep going straight towards BURGER king or the Traffic light.

4- At the light, make a right turn onto MARVIN ROAD.

5- Cross 4-5 lights until you come to a traffic circle.

6- Make a left turn (THIRD EXIT) in the traffic circle onto PACIFIC AVE.

7- Cross the NISQUALLY RED WIND CASINO ON your right.

8- Note the odometer – because the house is on your left, exact 1.9 miles from the casino.

9- Cross South Worth Elementary school on your right.

9- On your left is the entrance to the house (Black Gate)

10- 9- Drive to the whitish color house with black pillars.

Thank you!

Best Regards!

AYUB, THE DOLPHIN.

Cell- 360-489-2830.

Dancing Goats and Singing Chickens Organic Farm is a 12-acres farm, located near the Nisqually Indian reservation in Yelm, Washington. Its main focus is not on making money, but on educating the children using the PETTING ZOO as a focal point of teaching. With great amount of enthusiasm and passion, the volunteers in the community hold OPEN HOUSE educational events at the farm to share knowledge during workshops on greenhouse construction, solar panels, wind turbines, composting, Hugelculture, honey bees, rain water harvesting, Earthship homes, sustainable living, lowering our foot-print and responsible financial investments. High-school teenagers and college students are welcome to do internships where they will work and learn simultaneously. On your quest for happiness, please consider stopping by the FARM to find tranquility!

For more information- https://www.facebook.com/dancinggoatsandsingingchickensorganicfarmLLC/

Annual Community Retreat

Annual Meeting

ZOOM OPTION is at 10Am – 12 PM on Nov 5th

R&Rrrrr
Rest, Reflect, Rewild, Restore, Regenerate, Rally

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Share Ideas
Make Teams
Play with Nature

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Camp Onsite or Stay in Town
Plan Next Season
Learn how to join or get support

Message from Shaelee

Convergence 2023 was a beautiful event, sinking into our values of people and earth care. Workships, excellent food. Shout out to chef and team for feeding us so well.   Want to tip our presenters? Send us paypal payments at nwpccboard@gmail.com to share with them, or go direct! If you have any thoughts, images or feedback to share, please email us at info@northwestpermaculture.org

We’re stoked to welcome new board members!

  • Joao
  • Kasi
  • RC
  • JR Morgan
  • Ayub
  • Patricia
  • Thomas
  • Demi

As I prepare my heart and life to step down from the board, I’m reflecting on what I have witnessed. How myself and the organization have grown and changed. Becoming self aware and more resonsible for our actions.  What sort of information would you like me to share with an exit letter?  I intend to share about the challenges and successes that stuck out to me over the years I’ve had some part to play at these annual events, from my first worktrade in 2016 to now.

To R&Rrrr and set the tone for next years NWPCC events with me this changing of seasons, please join our Annual Meeting via zoom, Sunday Nov 05 from 10a-12p, or come to the retreat in Sequim, Washington. Folks can camp at the farm or get a place in town, join anytime. 

Please join us this weekend for our annual community retreat in Sequim Washington.  Its all for R&Rrrrrr.  We can cook together (we have lots of vegetables on hand), rest, restore and reflect.

There is group indoor dry places (like the farm yurt) to camp, and plenty of nice spots in town. 

Weekend In-Person Highlights for community near and far:

  • Fusion dance Saturday night, mini-lesson at 6:30, dance 7-10 in the medicine woods. 
  • Sunday Digathon! 2-4pm. Herbs to transplate, trade and for party favors.

If that’s not in the cards for you, join the Nov 5 board meeting 10am-12pm to be a forming plans and teams for the 2024 season. 

Do you have pictures from the convergence? Please share here: (link to google folder Aliko made)

Want to stay involved informally? Join Slack, Discord and our Facebook Group.

-Shaelee

September 2023


Wed Speakers, Equity, Inclusion, Elections, Kid’s Program

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NORTHWEST PERMACULTURE CONVERGENCE

In this newsletter, find out about:Organizational Notes on Inclusivety, Equity, Elections, Vendors, Sponsors, Themed Kid’s Program, MicroTalks and a free spaces to get together in early November

What’s Happening At the Convergence Work Party Sunday Oct 1!  

NORTHWEST PERMACULTURE ORGANIZATIONAL NOTES: On  Equity, Inclusion, Elections, and Free spaces to get together Inclusively Update:   Convergence Micro Talks Offering Micro Talks during the convergence – so all voices can be heard. Learn more and  sign up to participate here.


 KIDS PROGRAMChildren are the future. A hands on children’s space to bring the you the into permaculture conversations. Earth crafts, somatic experiencing, mediation, plant walks, earthen based play and more.  Want to help our parent-led Children’s Program- Contact us asap at volunteers@nwpermacultureconvergence.org  The program itself is voluntary, each activity will be led by parents who volunteer their presence. Please donate to our Equity Fund and Event Donations to help parents co-create this theme-aligned program...    

Inclusivity  

How can we be inclusive with our limited site capacity at the event?

Please take our short Inclusivity Survey if it’s a challenge for you to join this year. Share your specific need/obstacle and give us valuable living feedback so we can do our best to be more accommodating next year and this if possible

Share Rides, Housing and Resources. Is there a local limited mobility support tools lending library for outdoor spaces? What do you know in the Cottage Grove / Eugene area for accommodations. Can you help the gathering be more inclusive? Got a B&B? An extra room? A Barn? How about your favorite Hotel/Motel or Hospice or Meditation or Yoga hall? Even a flat camping spot? Parking will be between 15 min walk and under 2 miles. We’ll have shuttles and encourage carpooling – sign up for Ride Share / Housing Share / Resource Share (aka what to bring) here. You will drive up the hill and drop your stuff off, then go park and shuttle  back to the camp/event site.

Join our SlackDiscord  or our Wednesdays @5pm Convergence Planning Zooms to circle up and collaborate! 

Follow-up event in November: Free accessible gathering campout in November, Board+Community R&Rrrrr Retreat, in Sequim, WA Nov 3-5     Equity Funds  Want to support, or need support? Let us know! 

We are fundraising through Eventbrite. Here you can pay it forward with an $300 Equity Ticket, or “Add On” additional funds to any ticket type to help fund scholarships, food donations and kids’s program.  NWPCC is a 501(c)3 and happy to give you a receipt for your taxable donation. If that doesn’t fit your fancy, contact us for how to donate other ways. 

During the convergence, we will continue to raise for this and next years Equity Fund with a silent auction (let us know if you have something awesome to bring to donate!) and via donations for LemonBalm-LionsMane Salish Seltzer at our HospitaliTEA zone.  VENDORS & SPONSORS WANTED:Promote your work & support Equity Tickets!  

VENDORS must be:

  • Local Earth Based Businesses. 
  • Non ProfitsCSA’sHerbal
  • MedicineEducation & Art

Buy a Ticket, Contact us & Apply here

* Vendor spaces must be approved before confirmation  

SPONSORS: Get acknowledged on our website as a NW Permaculture 2023 sponsor. $300+ base sponsor donation Ticket or donate and contact us here to sponsor without attending     

You’re Invited!  Board of Director positions and Feet on the Street welcome!   → 6 BOD positions available at the fall event! Learn about the process and roles here    

Monthly and Weekly Meetups

Wednesday Convergence 2023 Planning Meetings on Zoom for Community Q&A/Discussion/Feedback to learn more about the 2023 Convergence, Keynotes, workshops, Music, etc) Do you have a community building or circle practice you love?  We want to hear the songs, games, dances that make you enjoy small and large group get togethers. Please share at a meeting or email us back!

SEPTEMBER SPEAKER: NWPCC!  Hear from Shaelee, Julie and David on org culture. JOIN US WED SEPT 27, 5-6 pm PST learn about what we do, what you can do, ask questions and discuss organizational justice with our elections find us in ZoomlandMonthly Community Meetings on Zoom  This is a space for us to circle up, share what’s happening in our world and be a resource, light or listening community for each other time TBD, let us know if you want to host one and we will promote it!

Monthly Speaker Series on Zoom We invite speakers from a range of topics that fall under the hugeness of the permaculture umbrella. Check out our Speakers page to watch past presentations!  We may take a break with all the in-person events right now but will get back to it soon. Watch for our Monday Newsletter to see if we can give you a sneak peak next week to our NW Permaculture Board of Directors talk on our organizations culture – description on the home/convergence page: 

NW PERMACULTURE CULTURE OF HEALING SELF AND COMMUNITY IN PERMACULTURE, SUCCESSION PLANNING FOR SUSTAINABLE ORGANIZATIONS.   

Annual Community/BOD R&Rrrrr Retreat Nov 3-5 2023 Sequim, Washington near the Dungeness River  Looking for a free way to engage with this community and get involved? Share your passion? Come to the Community and Board Retreat this fall! Join us and invite your permaculture friends!  R&Rrrrr Retreat: Rest, Reflect, Restore, Rewild, Renew, Rally  Juicy Deets:Schedule/Agenda: Friday and Saturday, Emergent R&R. Sunday, Board Meeting + Song & DanceAccommodations: local hotels, etc and state land adjacent to our site for camping off River RoadFlexible: drop in as available to share thoughts, freshen up, get a drink, share a meal, R&RCost: Pay What You Will. Ways to financially support the host farm & NWPCC will be available. No registration necessary. No one turned away for lack of funds If resourced and available; please bring ingredients to make a big batch of your favorite meal for sharing. Please self-organize anything you don’t trust to the emergent process in our SLACK and/or DISCORD. The BOD is only setting the container + Sunday meeting agenda: roles + next steps 2023 NW Permaculture Convergence  You’re Cordially Invited! Join us for an extraordinary journey, a Social Permaculture themed event, at the 2023 NW Permaculture Convergence.

Theme: “Course Correcting our (R)evolution” TICKETS AND MORE INFO:  Ever wondered what it means to “come down the mountain”? How does it feel to take a humble step forward and acknowledge that we don’t have all the answers? These questions lie at the heart of this year’s Northwest Permaculture Convergence, where we’ll be exploring the art of accepting feedback and self-regulation to steer our (r)evolution towards a brighter future. Date: October 6th – 8th

Venue: Cottage Grove, OR – Center for Rural Livelihood Since March 2020, we’ve seen seeds of (r)evolution sprout across the globe. From confronting racial injustice to facing the challenges of climate change, navigating a global pandemic, and witnessing worldwide oppression, we’ve encountered divisions even within shared political perspectives. Along the way, we’ve learned valuable lessons, gained new skills, and discovered the beauty of repair. This year’s Permaculture Convergence focuses on addressing critical questions:How can we embrace feedback from our communities, cultures, and the land? What’s the key to building solidarity within our relationships and communities? How do we self-regulate and integrate with our own nervous systems? Join us at the 2023 Permaculture Convergence to explore these and more thought-provoking questions. Let’s leave the mountain inspired, equipped, and ready to embark on a journey of positive change for ourselves and the world. Buy your tickets now and we look forward to welcoming you!

KeyNotes – Workshops – Music  


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VOLUNTEER WORK PARTY!

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 Join us Sunday, October 1st @ 12-4pm to help prep the land for the 2023 NW Permaculture Convergence! 

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 Location:

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Center for Rural Livelihoods80574 Hazelton Rd, Cottage Grove, OR 97424

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WHAT TO BRING:

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Yard tools (shovel, hoe, pruners, loppers)~

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Water bottle, sunscreen, lunch & snacks~

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Appropriate clothing, shoes & gloves 

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To join us please Fill Out the Volunteer Form (new last question added about joining our Work Parties) Email us at: info@northwestpermaculture.org    Thanks for Reading the NW Permaculture Convergence Newsletter. 

Hope to gather together with you soon, 

Julie, Shaelee and the NWPCC Team
info@northwestpermaculture.org

Text or Call 360-389-2721

P.O. Box 2910
Belfair WA 98528
USA