Community Cultivators
UPCOMING SPRING 2025 Community Cultivator
Using Connection and Civility to Reduce Polarizing Political Discourse
Join us for a community conversation on applying civility as a form of activism. We will explore how to shift our community norms of “us vs. them " and embrace ideological diversity for continued dialogue and movement toward opportunity. This conversation provides diverse insights on how to make that shift and maintain a human perspective.
Events that Move Community beyond the status Quo
Designed to create connections, provoke relational insight and offer pragmatic skills, our community cultivators bring together experts, heart-centered leaders, and citizens who care about specific community issues.
Cultivators usually center around curated conversations. Our formula for success is:
Mindfully collaborating with local industry leaders to curate an intentional panel discussion that fuels our civic awareness.
Incorporating small group discussions to foster deeper engagement.
Presenting provocative facts and reflection questions to stimulate critical thinking and personal personal insights and group dialogue.
Ensuring an approachable format that facilitates open communication between panelists and participants.
These events equalize the perspectives of both panelists and participants---fostering a non-hierarchical approachable atmosphere.
Our goal is that people who joins us emerge with deeper social insights and a strong commitment to fostering social capital in their daily lives.
Past Cultivator Events
In November of 2024, we gathered an impressive panel and moderator together with a vibrantly diverse audience at Grassroots Kava House.
Moderator: The creator of beauty and mastermind Natalia Levey of HI Hospitality Group
Our selected Panelists represented diverse aspects of the hospitality industry, and also had direct responsibility over staff: Heart-focused Caitlyn Smith of Herban Flow, Master-mind Lokesh Vale of Twisted Indian, “Gravy” Suits of Grassroots Kava House.
Our community nominated Panelist: Andy O’Malley of Brick Street Farms.
Together, we fostered more collaborative and informed awareness regarding the people who serve in our local Hospitality Industry. We busted myths, we explained laws and the origins of certain social norms and we raised respect for those to choose to care for our well-being and community pleasure.
Our aim was to educate and learn from one another, to consider our personal impact on the humans within this system and to raise our conscious choice making in how to honor and support their valuable contribution.
