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Welcome to the IMAGINE Conference web site
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IMAGINE Conference update:
Our next international conference will take place in 2009.
In the meantime we are offering a series of informal evenings of dialogue in response to requests by families and practitioners at our recent retreat. Please see below and stay tuned for further events.
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Angels of Nepal
Join us for an evening of insight, inspiration, photography and storytelling, as we journey into remote areas of Nepal and the Himalayas. |
Through film and live presentation, experience the transformative work of Shekhar Raj Bastakoti; founder of the Center for Research and Global Communication. This inspiring non-profit organization is dedicated to promoting education, peace, and restoration within the lives of the most vulnerable people of Nepal.
Internationally known photographer Brian Harris will also narrate excerpts from his well respected and deeply moving photo show ‘Beauty and Transformation’. Through exquisite photography, Brian tells the story of Cynthia Hunt, who for 16 years has committed herself to serving those in the most remote areas of the Himalayas.
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© Steve McCurry - stevemccurry.com
Manag, a Nepalese Girl
Photograph by Steve McCurry
Used with permission |
When: Tuesday, April 22nd
Doors open at 6:30pm for socializing and silent auction.
Presentation starts at 7:15pm.
Location: Chai Gallery: 3243 West Broadway.
www.chaiateastiseast.com
Tickets: By donation at the door ($20 suggested min.)
Space is limited so please arrive early.
Download a printable (.pdf format) brochure for the event here.
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If you would like to get a general idea about the IMAGINE Conferences and our goals, please refer to our past conference web site pages.
Information on our January 2008 workshop "Creating Personalized Supports"
can be downloaded here.
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"Never doubt that a small group of committed citizens can
change the world. It's the only thing that ever has"
Margaret Mead
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Our Mission:
- To restore, inspire and renew people dedicated to supporting others.
- To be a catalyst for leadership development, lifelong learning, innovation, and growth within community services.
- To nurture understanding, compassion and love in our sphere of influence.
- To empower people to work with greater imagination, flexibility and awareness in creating services that are respectful, personalized and highly empowering to the people who receive them.
- To engage with leaders who engage our commitment to personal and social transformation.
Some of Our Beliefs and Values:
- Everyone matters.
- We each belong and are equal.
- All people deserve support to live a life of value, inclusion and quality in the community.
- Every person has unique gifts and a contribution to make. We have a responsibility to support each other to discover and fulfill individual potential.
- We choose to “dwell in possibility”, living from a perspective of abundance, by focusing on our resourcefulness and capability to discover solutions to the challenges we face.
- When people are aligned with their values, passion, and purpose; together, they can accomplish the extraordinary.
- “We are each angels but with one wing, and only by embracing each other, can we fly”.
- Luciano De Crescenzo.
- It takes all of us: family members, practitioners, people who rely on services, and ordinary citizens, to create a better future. Together, we have the resources we need to think, expect, believe, dream, and create the future we imagine.
- Creating a better future demands that we nurture the excellence within ourselves and each other.
- We must strive to ‘be the change we wish to see in the world’.
- Our communities are rich in hidden capabilities for caring, creativity , contribution and untapped potential.
- Beauty, enjoyment, renewal and celebration are essential to our lives and work.
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