The most emotionally charged session that I attended during the Spring SVN member gathering at Skamania Lodge was Haiti Onward. In part, this was because the rawness of the earthquake and its aftermath, and in part because of my experience volunteering for several weeks with AMURTEL had me feeling connected deeply to the stories that were shared. The session touched upon several organizations that are working on revitialization and the rebuilding effort and offered the SVN community the opportunity to be inspired to participate in that effort. Following are a few brief pictures of what was heard during the session. (more…)
August 24, 2010
SVN Spring Conference: Haiti Onward
Filed under: Economic Anthropology — Tags: ALIVE Communities, AMURTEL, Center for Mind Body Medicine, Earthquake, Fonkoze, Haiti, Halloran Philanthropies, Indigenous Designs, Life Giving Force, Natural Disaster, Nouvelle Vie, Revitalization, Socialab, SVN, SVN conference, Travel, Your Olive Branch — Kirsten @ 12:03PM