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SUMMARY:The Relationship As Dance | Workshop
DESCRIPTION:This interactive movement workshop with Djeffery Jean-Philippe explores and helps us understand the differences of relationships through dance with ourselves\, a partner\, and community. Since dance begins with self\, and ends with community. \n\n\n\nBased on his research and the book of the same name\, it explores nine essential ingredients for understanding and improving any relationship\, using the art of dance as a powerful metaphor and practice. Discover actionable methods that enhance communication\, empathy\, and connection\, helping you move in harmony with your community\, loved ones\, and most importantly\, yourself. Join us in the journey to transforming your interactions and elevating your connections today! \n\n\n\nThis is a pay-what-you-can event with options for full price $30\, $15\, $10 and no charge. We don’t want cost to be barrier for you to come and of course we have costs to cover\, so please pay what you can afford. \n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nDjeffrey Jean-Philippe is an award-winning artist\, educator\, and choreographer\, who recently earned his M.F.A (2025) from Bennington College. His deep motivation is evident in his pioneering research in Afro-Latin dances ( like Kimpada)\, Street-Dance styles. As founder/director of The Expressive Movement. Djeffrey showcases his exceptional talent and gifts through his practices of the diaspora. His well-rounded expertise spans diverse dance forms\, artistic direction\, curating and facilitating events\, and all while building community\, with keynotes on social justice\, systemic oppression\, and connecting with each other as community care. He has championed community through Positive Street Art\, Switch Jam dance events\, “Our Space” art center\, inspiring holistic wellness and connection. Djeffrey’s journey underscores a powerful commitment to creative excellence\, education\, and positive global impact.
URL:https://www.greenacre.org/event/the-relationship-as-dance-workshop/
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SUMMARY:Unite & Bind Together the Hearts
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a local community devotional gathering at Green Acre’s Reimer Hall on Saturday\, November 1st at 3pm. All are welcome to attend Unite & Bind Together the Hearts\, where we will join in song\, inspirational words to uplift ourselves\, families and community. Feel free to bring prayers\, poems and songs to contribute. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n“Devotional meetings are occasions where any soul may enter… experience the sweetness of prayer…be transported on the wings of the spirit… through which the city of the human heart may be opened...” ~ Baha’i Writings
URL:https://www.greenacre.org/event/unite-bind-together-the-hearts-2-2/
CATEGORIES:Devotions,Faith Based,Featured,Free
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251018T100000
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SUMMARY:Creating a Noble Story: Mixed Media Collage Workshop
DESCRIPTION:Part of our Created Noble: Worthy by Design art theme where we have been exploring the inherent nobility of each person\, this workshop led by Gordon Arzú will explore the simple joy of artmaking by using a catalogue of magazines and other materials to put together a one of a kind collage. Participants will choose the face of a person\, preferably from a cultural background different from their own\, as well as a connecting animal and plant or flower to complement the composition and create a collage of images that tell a story focusing on the inherent nobility and dignity of their chosen person. \n\n\n\nNo experience necessary\, just bring your creative spirit and walk away with a unique collage and lasting inspiration. \n\n\n\nThis workshop is limited to 15 participants and registration is required. There is $15 workshop fee to cover cost of materials.
URL:https://www.greenacre.org/event/creating-a-noble-story-mixed-media-collage-workshop/
CATEGORIES:Art,Art Exhibit,Art Workshop,Community Building,Created Noble,Featured,Social Transformation,Workshop
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SUMMARY:Relational Intelligence Workshop
DESCRIPTION:In a world that presses us to move fast and isolate from each other\, this workshop is about how to slow down\, connect\, and discover powerful ways that a group can think well together. \n\n\n\nLike this sculpture\, the world offers far more than Either/Or choices\, yet we need more people to help us wrestle with our narrow perspective and see the new doors opening with the current ones are closing. Getting to the depths is where we have a chance of uprooting the patterns that keep us stuck and find the wisest creative responses. \n\n\n\nInstead of artificial intelligence\, we can tap relational intelligence – the ability of a group of people to listen and connect their different perspectives to generate something ‘emergent’ and new from the combination. With the right conditions\, a group can hold levels of complexity that might overwhelm an individual trying to cope alone. \n\n\n\n\n“Human interaction is the key force in overcoming resistance and speeding change.” – Atul Guwande  \n\n\n\n\nIn this workshop\, you’ll learn group listening and peer support practices that open up space for expression. People bring a current challenge or threshold they’re dealing with and practice a variety of approaches to gain new clarity on the situation. You’ll learn: \n\n\n\n\nThe art of resonant listening – specific ways to listen so that people feel deeply heard\, supported\, and they unravel the nuances of a situation\n\n\n\nPractical tools for peer support to work within complexity and see fresh possibilities\n\n\n\nA process called constellations that helps us see the larger web of relationships in a situation in a way that can unlock stuck patterns and reveal wise paths forward\n\n\n\n\nThis workshop is for: \n\n\n\nSocial changemakers\, facilitators\, business and non-profit leaders\, community builders\, and artists who want to enhance how they work with people and groups to activate the best thinking and forward movement. \n\n\n\nThe workshop is facilitated by Beth Tener and is held at Green Acre in Eliot\, Maine. Green Acre was founded in 1894 and has hosted conferences and gatherings for over 100 years on subjects related to unity\, social action\, and building community. \n\n\n\nThis workshop continues the spirit of the SeaCHANGE Conference\, a participatory conference\, which weaves conversations\, community\, and creativity to explore timely questions. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nQuotes from Previous Participants \n\n\n\n“I continue to process the time we had together – which had a fairly profound and deeply grounding impact on how I was thinking about my next professional step. The path became much clearer in the 24 hours after our gathering.” \n\n\n\n“The resonant listening practice is such an important skill that you can take into any part of your life – in work\, personal relationships\, and with yourself.”   \n\n\n\n“The constellation experience was really helpful. It was a different pathway to get answers. A room full of people could sense things in a way the person alone couldn’t.”   \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe fee for the workshop is $150. Please contact Beth if cost is a barrier to participating and we can offer discounts to ensure you can participate.
URL:https://www.greenacre.org/event/relational-intelligence-workshop-oct-2025/
CATEGORIES:Featured,Green Acre,SeaCHANGE Conference,Workshop
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SUMMARY:WASTE LAND | Film & Dialogue
DESCRIPTION:Doors open for gallery viewing: 5:30 PMFilm begins at 6:00 PM \n\n\n\nPart of our Created Noble: Worthy by Design art theme where we have been exploring the inherent nobility of each person\, this powerful film helps us expore this vital theme throguh unique lens. Filmed over nearly three years\, WASTE LAND follows renowned artist Vik Muniz as he journeys from his home base in Brooklyn to his native Brazil and the world’s largest garbage dump\, Jardim Gramacho\, located on the outskirts of Rio de Janeiro. There he photographs an eclectic band of “catadores” — self-designated pickers of recyclable materials. Muniz’s initial objective was to “paint” the catadores with garbage. However\, his collaboration with these inspiring characters as they recreate photographic images of themselves out of garbage reveals both the dignity and despair of the catadores as they begin to re-imagine their lives. Director Lucy Walker (DEVIL’S PLAYGROUND\, BLINDSIGHT and COUNTDOWN TO ZERO) and co-directors João Jardim and Karen Harley have great access to the entire process and\, in the end\, offer stirring evidence of the transformative power of art and the alchemy of the human spirit. \n\n\n\nYou’ll also have an opportunity to tour the art show: Created Noble: Worthy by Design which explores how we honor the inherent human dignity of every person ad move beyond prejudice and distrust. \n\n\n\nThis event is free. Registration is encouraged but not required. \n\n\n\nLight refreshments will be served. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nhttps://youtu.be/sNlwh8vT2NU?si=WkeezjguHVyKApTh\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDIRECTOR’S STATEMENT\n\n\n\nI have always been interested in garbage: What it says about us. What in there embarrasses us\, and what we can’t bear to part with. Where it goes and how much of it there is. How it endures. What it might be like to work with it every day. I read about one woman’s crusade to show her appreciation for all the sanitation workers in New York by hugging each of them\, and I applauded the sentiment … and yet … there had to be some other way for me to show my appreciation. \n\n\n\nThen when I was a graduate film student at NYU\, I started training with the NYU Triathlon Club. As we endured the most grueling 6:00 a.m. workouts imaginable\, I bonded with fellow triathlete Robin Nagle\, a brilliant professor who was teaching about garbage. Listening to Robin talk about her work was so fascinating that I began sitting in on her PhD seminar\, and loved deepening my thinking about the sociology and implications and revelations and actuality of garbage. \n\n\n\nSo when Robin took her grad students to visit Fresh Kills\, the landfill on Staten Island\, I was curious and gatecrashed. These days it is best known as the resting place of the debris from the World Trade Center\, but this was back in March 2000. It was a shocking place\, with chainlink fences clad with teeming nightmare quantities of plastic bags making the nastiest noise imaginable\, and pipes outgassing methane poking up at regular intervals through the exaggerated contours of the grassedover giant mounds of garbage. It’s a parody of an idyllic hyper-landscaped city park\, with garbage hills 225’ high – taller than the Statue of Liberty. We looked at the rats and seagulls and dogs\, and at the palimpsests of layer upon layer of discarded possessions. And we tried to ignore the putrid smell.  \n\n\n\nI love great locations in movies\, and I couldn’t believe I’d never seen a landfill on-screen before. It was the most haunting place. And all of the garbage I’d ever generated living in New York City was in there somewhere. This was the graveyard of all my stuff. Along with everyone else’s. I immediately knew that I wanted to make a movie in a garbage dump. \n\n\n\nCut to 2006\, and I met producer Angus Aynsley and co-producer Peter Martin at BritDoc and again at the London Film Festival\, and instantly liked them enormously and wanted to work with them. Talking about possible projects\, Angus mentioned that he had met Vik Muniz and been impressed by his highly entertaining slideshow about art history and the social projects he was working on. Angus and Peter were already working on a short film on Vik but realised there was potential for something bigger. I had seen and loved Vik’s work\, and I was hugely excited about the possibility of working with him. So I read some of Vik’s writing and set off with Angus and Peter to meet Vik in Newcastle\, England when he had an opening at the Baltic in January 2007. \n\n\n\nWhen we met up again in Vik’s studio in New York two months later the conversation turned to garbage\, and I suddenly thought about my trip to Fresh Kills seven years previously. That was the lightbulb moment. Vik had previously done a beautiful series using junk\, and he had also done projects with street sweepings and dust. His creative use of materials is his signature — whether chocolate sauce\, sugar\, or condensation trails from planes — so this project would very much be an extension of his earlier work. After we’d started talking about it\, no other ideas were interesting anymore. I knew that a collaboration between Vik and the catadores would be potentially very dramatic. Vik had previously done some brilliant social projects with street kids in Sao Paolo and had a wonderful ongoing project in Rio which employed kids from the favelas\, and I was totally inspired by him. \n\n\n\nA month later\, Angus and I got exciting news that Fabio had found one landfill where the drug traffic was under control\, and the catadores were being organized into a co-operative by a charismatic young leader who might be open to collaborating with Vik. We were all very nervous — there were so many things to be afraid of\, from dengue fever to kidnapping — but we all wanted to go. We arrived in Rio de Janeiro in August 2007 — Vik\, Angus\, Peter and me. Seeing the extremes of poverty and wealth so ostentatiously displayed through the car window … the contrasts of mountains and oceans\, black and white\, garbage and art\, art stars and catadores … the contrasts couldn’t be more starkly drawn than in Rio de Janeiro\, and I realized that it wasn’t a coincidence that we were tackling this particular topic in Rio. It was perfect. \n\n\n\nFor me this film\, as with all of my work\, is about getting to know people who you do not normally meet in your life. And\, if I’m doing my job\, I aim to create an opportunity for the audience to feel they are getting under the skin\, to emotionally connect with the people on the screen. But you need people you can care about. And so when Valter first cycled into my line of sight\, I knew for sure that we had a movie. That day I had gone on my first recce to the landfill and was dressed head-to-toe in protective layers fit for a moon landing. His bike was decorated so creatively with odd trinkets from the trash and he honked his eagle horn with such sweet wit that I was totally smitten. \n\n\n\nI am Vik’s biggest fan. And this idea of “the human factor\,” about scales in portraiture\, and distances in getting to know people\, is what the movie is about for me. I’m not sure anyone will notice this unless I tell them\, but there are three references to ants in the movie: Vik says that when he is flying over Gramacho\, the people look like “just little ants\, doing what they do every day”; then Isis talks about the ant that she saw crawling over her dead son’s face; finally we see Vik playing with an ant with his paintbrush in the studio. That play of being so far away that people are just ants\, with no “human factor” is the opposite experience of being so deeply connected to your son that you will never forget “not the tiniest detail\, not a single single detail\,” not even an ant on his face in a single moment. And Vik\, as an artist\, plays between these levels of proximity and distance\, between showing the viewer the material and showing them the idea\, revealing the relationship between the paintstrokes and the scene depicted by the paint. The portrait is Isis\, it is a Picasso\, it is a bunch of garbage\, and it is a work by Vik Muniz – all at once. You can view things close in or further away. Likewise you can fear people from afar or you can go interact with them. I love the Eames’s POWERS OF TEN and I wanted to create a social analog. To start with we see the place from GoogleEarth\, then from a helicopter\, then from a car\, then from a safe distance\, then from a first meeting\, then from a growing friendship\, then from it having changed you fundamentally and permanently. \n\n\n\nJust as Vik wants the portraits to serve as a mirror in which the catadores may see themselves\, so I hope the movie serves as a means for us to see our journey to becoming involved with people so far from ourselves. To zoom all the way in to caring about someone who was previously as far away as it’s possible to be. \n\n\n\nQuestions poke through the fabric of the movie as things get messy. In WASTE LAND Vik and his wife start to argue on-camera about whether the project is hurting the catadores by taking them out of their environment and then\, when it’s over\, expecting them to return. Likewise\, should documentary filmmakers interfere with their subjects’ lives? But how could they not? I don’t believe in objectivity. I observe the observer’s paradox every moment I’m filming. Your presence is changing everything; there’s no mistaking it. And you have a responsibility. \n\n\n\nMy heartfelt thanks to the catadores. I can’t help seeing WASTE LAND as the third in a triptych with my earlier films DEVIL’S PLAYGROUND and BLINDSIGHT\, and not least in the awe and gratitude I feel for the group of people who were courageous enough to share their stories with us — and to live lives so rich in inspiration for us all. We dedicate the movie to Valter\, and remember him saying that 99 is not 100. A single can\, or a single catador\, can make the difference. \n\n\n\n—Lucy Walker\, January 2010
URL:https://www.greenacre.org/event/waste-land/
CATEGORIES:Art,Art Exhibit,Created Noble,Dialogue,Featured,Film Series,Justice,Social Discourse
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SUMMARY:Youth Institute Camp (Subregion 1)
DESCRIPTION:This is a youth institute camp for existing youth study circles to advance their learning in an intensive format. It is open to already formed study circles from Subregion 1\, which includes the states of Massachusetts\, New Hampshire\, Maine\, Vermont and Rhode Island. \n\n\n\nFor more information\, please contact either Hayon Thapaliya @ hayon.shin92@gmail.com or Samin Charepoo @ samincharepoo2@gmail.com
URL:https://www.greenacre.org/event/youth-institute-camp-subregion-1/
CATEGORIES:9 Year Plan,Community Building,Ruhi Institute,Service
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250924T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251001T235900
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SUMMARY:Pre-Registration | Winter School 2025
DESCRIPTION:Welcome to Pre-Registration for Winter School 2025. The program will be held December 26 through the 30th; Pre-Registration begins September 24th. This year’s program is designed to assist families make a unique contribution to the community building process developing at the local level through the lens of the March 19\, 2025 message from the Universal House of Justice. Learn more here. \n\n\n\nFor this program\, first priority will be given to residents of the Northeastern States\, and then those who haven’t attended Green Acre family programs previously or recently. Since these programs depend on volunteers to assist with the kitchen and in hospitality\, as well as teaching children’s classes\, those serving in this way will also be given priority. \n\n\n\nBecause of the high demand for these programs\, we are continuing with a multi-step registration process. The first step is pre-registration which allows families to indicate their interest in attending the program. This is then followed by three rounds of invitations where families will be invited to formally register for the program. For those who don’t receive an invitation in the first round\, they will automatically be placed on the waiting list. The same process will follow with the second and third rounds of invitations to formally register.  \n\n\n\nThe multi-step process will be as follows: \n\n\n\nThis simplified form will ask for only basic information for each family registering.\n\n\nPlease note: Filling out this initial form does not mean one has registered for Winter School.\n\n\nFor this program\, first priority will be given to residents of the Northeastern States\, and then those who haven’t attended Green Acre family programs previously or recently. Since these programs depend on volunteers to assist with the kitchen and in hospitality\, as well as teaching children’s classes\, those serving in this way will also be given priority. Because of this prioritization\, this is not a first come\, first served process.\n\n\nAfter the initial Pre-Registration period\, for those invited to the program\, we will send a separate link to formally invite you to register and you will have three days to register.\n\n\nWe will do three rounds of invitations beginning on October 1st and continuing to approximately October 31st.\n\n\nIf you haven’t received a formal invitation by then\, you will automatically be placed on the waiting list. Please be sure not to make any travel arrangements until you have formally registered.
URL:https://www.greenacre.org/event/pre-registration-winter-school-2025/
CATEGORIES:9 Year Plan,Community Building,Faith Based,Family Oriented,Featured
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250919T170000
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SUMMARY:Regional Bahá’í Council Retreat
DESCRIPTION:In-person meeting for members of the Regional Bahá’í Council of the Northeastern States.
URL:https://www.greenacre.org/event/regional-bahai-council-retreat/
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SUMMARY:SeaCHANGE CONFERENCE 2025
DESCRIPTION:Welcome to year 4 of SeaCHANGE! A conference like no other. \n\n\n\nWe gather creators of different identities\, races\, and ages. We recognize there are far more stories\, ideas\, and experience in the audience than we could possibly put on a stage. At SeaCHANGE\, we invite the “the audience” to participate. \n\n\n\nThere’s space for conversations on big questions… workshops with amazing artists… an open mic night and dancing… and relaxed time to make genuine human connections and cross-pollinate ideas in a beautiful setting. This year\, we’ll discover answers to this question: \n\n\n\nHow can the arts become a haven for healing\, peace\, dignity\, and community resilience? \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDay 1 looks at arts as a haven for our personal path. \n\n\n\nDay 2 explores how making or experiencing art creates powerful experience of community—opening hearts\, building collective care\, and restoring dignity. \n\n\n\nDay 3 invites ideas on how to bring this experience back home to seed havens of creative community and new futures. \n\n\n\nThe ripple effects of the community we experience for three days go far beyond the conference: new friendships\, inspiration and ideas\, and collaborations among participants. \n\n\n\nJoin Theater for the People\, Green Acre\, and Kinship on September 12\, 13 & 14 at Green Acre in Eliot\, Maine. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTo make the most of this extraordinary experience we encourage attendance for the entire event: \n\n\n\nOption 1 | Full Conference | Including overnight | $399 \n\n\n\nIncludes: 3-Day Conference admission | Overnight accommodations (Friday & Saturday) | Meals — Friday lunch through Sunday lunch \n\n\n\nOption 2 | 3-Day Commuter Pass | $225 \n\n\n\nIncludes: 3-Day Conference admission | Meals — Friday lunch through Sunday lunch \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAlso\, we do have 1-Day ($80) & 2-Day ($130) passes available which can be selected at check out. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWhile we do have costs to cover\, we truly want everyone who is excited about the conference to be able to join. We are happy to work out a plan with you to overcome any obstacles. Please reach out the SeaCHANGE team at seachange@greenacre.org to start the conversation. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPrevious Year’s Highlights\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTestimonials\n\n\n\n\n\n“I’m a firm believer that the arts can be used for healing and social change. It’s how I survived. It’s how I’ve learned to heal\, and it’s been my life’s mission to help create that space for other people\, especially in places where that space hasn’t been made for them.” —Diannelly Antigua\, Poet Laureate\, Portsmouth\, NH \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n“At many conferences\, we are going through the motions. People’s incredible gifts\, truths\, aliveness\, and creative gifts stay dormant because people sit and listen 95% of the time. With SeaCHANGE\, we create a dynamic space where everyone is participating and connecting\, engaged in creative arts and encouraging each other’s expression. I love watching people relax into the space and come alive creatively.” —Beth Tener\, Kinship \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n“SeaCHANGE is a space of gathering of different minds\, different communities\, different walks of life. I think that that was a magic that I kept hearing from people who attended. They said “I walked into the space and felt that I belonged and was equal amongst everybody there.” —Victoria Carrington Chavez\, Lilac & Aspen \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n“There were so many elements of how we were able to weave the creativity and the gifts of the artists\, and the musicians\, and the dancers here\, and then seeing how the young and the old and people from so many identities and backgrounds came together. It’s so rare to be in that space\, so it really exceeded my expectations.” \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n“It was beautiful to sit\, feel the summer breeze\, look out on the river and have these in-depth conversations and process what we had had learned. Those questions\, guided\, and opened those conversations. I also felt such kinship and connectivity.” \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n“I grew up in a creative environment of a black church where the arts are the center… When I moved to the Seacoast\, I saw there was a lot of creativity going on but it felt there was no central place for me to do that as an artist of color. The spirit of SeaCHANGE was making a home and a place like that for people of color\, and providing a space for me where I can be myself and create with people or engage with other artists.” —Najee Brown\, Theater for the People \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n“One of the greatest parts of this gift\, the little bit that I’ve been able to be here\, was the diversity of the people\, of different ages and different backgrounds\, but the warmth—the warmth that was felt here the minute and I walked in the door\, and the motivation behind the themes to help one another.” \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n“I saw the dance instructors that were going to be leading workshops and I was really looking forward to\, as a disabled person\, some of the benefits and knowledge those people would bring to me through SeaCHANGE conference and I got that.” \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n“SeaCHANGE is rooted in what Green Acre is all about\, which is to be a gathering place where people of all backgrounds\, families\, friends\, and people who want to just work together for peace and justice and the oneness of humanity and the nobility of every human person. It’s an attempt to create a community and ultimately create a society that’s both diverse and united.” —Robert Sapiro\, Green Acre Administrator \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPresented by
URL:https://www.greenacre.org/event/seachange-conference-2025/
CATEGORIES:Art,BIPOC,Featured,Kinship,SeaCHANGE Conference,Theater for the People
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250905T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250907T130000
DTSTAMP:20260417T025044
CREATED:20250901T193804Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250906T232957Z
UID:10000243-1757091600-1757250000@www.greenacre.org
SUMMARY:RTI Neighborhood Collaborators Weekend
DESCRIPTION:Coordinators and their collaborators serving the Northeast Regional Training Institute will come together this weekend to study and reflect on the progress of the institute process in neighborhoods across our region. This gathering is by invitation from the Regional Training Institute.
URL:https://www.greenacre.org/event/rti-neighborhood-collaborators-weekend/
CATEGORIES:9 Year Plan,Ruhi Institute,Service
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250904T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250904T200000
DTSTAMP:20260417T025044
CREATED:20250813T233216Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250829T220854Z
UID:10000239-1757007000-1757016000@www.greenacre.org
SUMMARY:It's Criminal – A Tale of Prison and Privilege
DESCRIPTION:“Deeply moving… Keep your handkerchiefs handy.” —CineSource Magazine \n\n\n\nJoin us for a film showing and dialogue around the film: It’s Criminal\, which offers a vision of how separated communities can learn to speak to each other. Poignant and personal\, the feature documentary shares the life-changing journeys of incarcerated women and Dartmouth College students working together to write and perform an original play that explores the often painful and troubled paths that landed the women behind bars and also shares some of their fragile visions for the future. \n\n\n\nIt’s Criminal also captures how the students and prisoners struggle and ultimately succeed in overcoming their fears and prejudices to form hard won bonds of friendship\, showing that empathy is a powerful force that can help bridge the divide. \n\n\n\nFollowing the film will be a panel with Pati Hernandez of Telling My Story\, who created and co-taught the Dartmouth class documented in the film. Her work is focused on breaking down walls between socially isolated individuals and their communities through collaborative creative engagement. Joining her on the panel will be Debra Hickok of Jericho Circle Project\, an organization that “creates safer prisons and communities by empowering transformational healing for incarcerated individuals and returning citizens on both sides of the prison wall.” \n\n\n\nYou’ll also have an opportunity to tour the art show: Created Noble: Worthy by Design which explores how we honor the inherent human dignity of every person ad move beyond prejudice and distrust. \n\n\n\nDoors open for gallery viewing: 5:30 PMFilm begins at 6:00 PM \n\n\n\nThis event is free. No need to register. \n\n\n\nLight refreshments will be served. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSynopsis:\n\n\n\nAdapted from a Recent Review of IT’S CRIMINAL written by Vermont Law School Professor Susan Apel  \n\n\n\nIt’s Criminal is a moving and arresting portrait of incarcerated women\, privileged Dartmouth students\, and what happens when they come together to write and stage a play. “It will change you\,” says Professor Ivy Schweitzer to her students\, speaking of the journey upon which her Women and Gender Studies class is about to embark. Our hope is that It’s Criminal will change viewers as well. \n\n\n\nIt’s a documentary that is gorgeously shot by Charlene Music\, in cinema verité style. It tells many stories–stark economic inequality that bleeds over into the current criminal justice system is but one. Imagine the reaction of women prisoners spending a year or more in prison for drug- related crimes when\, in the middle of the making of this film\, a few Dartmouth students are arrested for cocaine possession and the charges all but disappear. Both the women and the students struggle to make sense of this clear sentencing inequity. \n\n\n\nThe film also touches on other themes: the pain and powerlessness of women trying to parent while incarcerated\, the ubiquity of abuse of women and its lasting scars\, the gaze of those on the outside who reduce prisoners to barely two-dimensional cardboard cutouts rather than human beings with thoughts and history. In her dialogues with her students\, Schweitzer poses questions that challenge our understanding of personal responsibility as the only narrative that explains incarceration. She comments also about what happens in jail and asks: what if we used incarceration as a means of helping human beings\, returning them to the outside as healed and better people? \n\n\n\nAnother film theme that resonates deeply is the power of making theater. Pati Hernandez (performer with the renowned Bread and Puppet theater company)\, who co-teaches this course with Schweitzer\, leads the enterprise’s artistic vision\, and she is a force to behold. Drummer\, dancer\, director\, listener\, cajoler\, her interactions are deeply human and authentic as she somehow produces magic. One woman credits Pati and the class with saving her life. Another is more minimalist but no less heartfelt when she says\, “Now I’m a little bit hopeful.” That is no faint praise. \n\n\n\nThe film is not sentimental or easy. The conversations between the students andthe incarcerated women are presented in sometimes stilted fashion as the two groups try to understand each other. “Hated her\,” says one of the women about a Dartmouth student who was wearing a pair of pearl earrings. Another questions whether “we are just an experiment.” The students present their own pain–trying to succeed on a campus where expression of vulnerability is frowned upon. Toward the end of the film\, someone in the play’s audience claims she couldn’t tell the students from the prisoners. “You’re all the same\,” she says. But they’re not. “I’m damaged\,” mourns Malika\, in jail for drug possession. “We are so damn lucky\,” says one of the Dartmouth students\, out loud. \n\n\n\nIt’s Criminal captures the forces tearing our communities and our country apart while offering poignant and personal examples of how it’s possible to overcome the divide. What film could be more important and relevant to our time? \n\n\n\nThe Professors: Ivy Schweitzer is a Professor of English and former Chair of the Women’s and Gender Studies Program at Dartmouth College. She co-created and co-taught Prisoner\, Women and Performance\, the class documented in It’s Criminal. With a Ph.D in American Literature from Brandeis University\, Professor Schweitzer is a widely published author\, award-winning teacher and nationally recognized expert on women’s issues. She brings her extraordinary analytical skills and magnetic teaching style to It’s Criminal. \n\n\n\nOriginally from Chile\, Pati Hernandez is the founder of the non-profit organization Telling My Story\, an Adjunct Professor at Dartmouth College and a performer with Bread and Puppet Theater. With Professor Schweitzer\, she co-created and co-taught the Dartmouth class documented in It’s Criminal. Professor Hernandez has performed as a dancer\, stilt walker and puppeteer worldwide and has run her Telling My Program at correctional facilities in New York\, Vermont\, New Hampshire\, Puerto Rico and Chile. A gifted facilitator and tireless agent for social change\, she brings her founder’s vision and performer’s insights to the film. \n\n\n\nThe Production Team:\n\n\n\nDirector Signe Taylor is an award-winning filmmaker. She produced and directed Circus Dreams\, a feature documentary about the only traveling youth circus in the United States. Circus Dreams premiered at Sprockets\, the Family Zone of the Toronto International Film Festival\, in 2011. Circus Dreams went on to receive Best Film4Families Feature at Seattle International Film Festival\, Indie Spec Award at Boston International Film Festival\, Festival\, Audience Choice at Woods Hole Film Festival\, Best Feature at Providence Children’s Film Festival and a Parents’ Choice Gold Award\, among other honors. It was nationally broadcast on public television in 2012. Prior to that\, Taylor directed Greetings From Iraq\, a half-hour documentary about the effects of Operation Desert Storm and the international embargo on Iraqi families. This was also well-received on the festival circuit before airing on PBS. In addition\, she has shot for C- Span\, produced for PBS\, been broadcast on FUSE and received her MA in Documentary Film from Stanford University and BA from Barnard College at Columbia University. \n\n\n\nBorn and raised in Costa Rica\, DP Charlene Music is an award-winning shooter and filmmaker. After graduating from Harvard University\, she produced domestic violence prevention films in rural India. Since then\, her work in Africa\, Asia\, Latin America and the USA has won numerous prizes including awards from the National Academy of TV\, the University Film and Video Association\, Caucus Foundation and Kodak.  Her documentary Roz (and Joshua)\, about a homeless mother’s longing for her child\, shown in human rights festivals around the world\, was the winning film at the Festival International des Tres Courts in Paris and won CINE’s Special Jury Award. Her next documentary\, Danza del Viejo Inmigrante\, won the Best Documentary Award at the Big Sky and Angelus Film Festivals. In addition\, she has taught documentary film for New York University’s Study Abroad Program in Cuba and worked as a cinematographer for President Barack Obama’s re-election campaign. She received her MFA in filmmaking from Stanford University and BFA from Harvard University. \n\n\n\nEditor Sam Powell graduated with a degree in Communications and Film Studies from UMass Amherst\, where he was awarded the Michael S. Roif Award for Excellence in Film and Video. He shot and edited the Fred Fay Story: A Tribute\, which was expanded by Eric Neudel into Lives Worth Living\, a documentary on disability rights broadcast by Independent Lens. He also directed\, shot and edited Cutting Ties\, a fiction short which won the Independent Film Channel (IFC) Road to Individuality Award\, securing a television and web distribution contract with IFC to expand it into an episodic series. In addition\, he has produced stories for Boston University’s daily news show BU Today\, served as assistant editor for Chad Beck’s Park Avenue: Money Power and the American Dream\, and edited for WGBH-Boston. \n\n\n\nComposer Paul Brill is a highly regarded musician\, who has received 3 Emmy Award nominations for his scores for Full Battle Rattle (National Geographic)\, The Devil Came on Horseback (Break Thru Films)\, and The Trials of Darryl Hunt (HBO)\, which was hailed by Variety as “memorably chilling\, sounding notes of purest dread.” Paul recently won the 2011 Best Music Award from the International Documentary Association for his score for Better This World. Brill collaborated with rock legends U2 on the HBO film\, Burma Soldier. In addition\, he scored the hit documentary Joan Rivers: A Piece of Work (IFC)\, the widely- acclaimed Page One: Inside the New York Times (Magnolia) and recently completed work on the landmark 6 hour PBS documentary\, The African-Americans: Many Rivers to Cross\, with noted historian Henry Louis Gates and additional musical contributions from Wynton Marsalis. \n\n\n\nSupervising Editor Peter Rhodes was trained at the BBC in London. Since moving to the United States in 1986\, he has accumulated more than 50 credits for films that have appeared on PBS\, the BBC and at major film festivals. His recent work includes editing Latin Americans for PBS\, which won a Peabody Award; Frontline: Inside the Meltdown; The Last Mountain\, which screened at Sundance and won the IDA Pare Lorentz award and The Price of Sugar which won the Audience Award at SXSW.
URL:https://www.greenacre.org/event/its-criminal-a-tale-of-prison-and-privilege/
CATEGORIES:Created Noble,Dialogue,Featured,Film Series,Justice,Social Discourse
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250824T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250824T200000
DTSTAMP:20260417T025044
CREATED:20250815T145111Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250821T141422Z
UID:10000241-1756062000-1756065600@www.greenacre.org
SUMMARY:Haven
DESCRIPTION:“Even as the tempest rages in the world\,” we have a precious opportunity to gather with kindred spirits\, pray\, and deepen our commitment to build “the havens that will shelter humanity.” \n\n\n\n\nJoin us for evening of devotions\, prayers and songs in the beautiful environment of Green Acre. It will be held on campus in Reimer Hall. \n\n\n\nThe theme will be Haven\, and will be organized by participants attending Summer School. \n\n\n\nWhile in the midst of this year’s Summer School\, this devotional is open to all and everyone is encouraged to invite friends and family to join! This is a family friendly event so feel free to bring children!
URL:https://www.greenacre.org/event/haven/
CATEGORIES:Devotions,Featured,Green Acre,Peace,Prayer,Summer School,Transformation
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250821T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250825T123000
DTSTAMP:20260417T025044
CREATED:20250504T113904Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250725T191406Z
UID:10000233-1755788400-1756125000@www.greenacre.org
SUMMARY:Family Program 2 | Summer School 2025
DESCRIPTION:Summer School | Family Program 2 will be held August 21 – 25.  \n\n\n\nThis year’s program is designed to assist families make a unique contribution to the community building process developing at the local level. The focus will be learning about a new pattern of family life and developing the capacities to contribute to flourishing communities. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n“The nature of the flourishing communities that the Bahá’í world is striving to raise has profound implications for the family. It is within the family that the individual is born and nurtured\, and within the family that individuals begin to learn how to live together with others. The family unit is the basic building block of community\, and beyond\, of the entire social order.” \n\n\n\n\n\n“Learning about a new pattern of family life is\, therefore\, an integral part of the effort to learn about the release of the society-building power of the Faith.” \n\n\n\n– March 19\, 2025 letter from the Universal House of Justice \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTo learn more about the pre-registration process\, click here.
URL:https://www.greenacre.org/event/family-program-2-summer-school-2025/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250807T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250817T160000
DTSTAMP:20260417T025044
CREATED:20250419T225912Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250725T191433Z
UID:10000218-1754578800-1755446400@www.greenacre.org
SUMMARY:The Institute for Studies in Global Prosperity (ISGP) • Northeast Undergraduate Seminar
DESCRIPTION:Please note that this undergraduate seminar offering is especially for youth in the Northeast region has its own application process and coordination team. For information on how to apply to the seminar as well as any questions related to your application\, please contact isgp.northeast@bahai.us.  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAs part of its efforts to build capacity in individuals to create spaces for learning about the betterment of society\, the Institute for Studies in Global Prosperity (ISGP) offers a sequence of annual seminars designed to accompany undergraduate students through four years of university studies. \n\n\n\nThe purpose of these intensive seminars is to raise the consciousness of youth about the importance of engaging in action and discourse directed towards social change; to develop their capacity to reflect\, to analyze\, and to learn from action; to explore elements of a conceptual framework for contributing to the advancement of civilization; to provide them with tools to understand and analyze the culture in which they are immersed as well as the content of the university courses they are studying; to help them assume ownership of their education; and to assist them in their efforts to acquire the kind of knowledge that will enable them to live fruitful\, productive and meaningful lives. \n\n\n\nISGP is a non-profit organization\, working in collaboration with the Bahá’í International Community\, which is dedicated to building capacity in individuals\, groups and institutions to contribute to prevalent discourses concerned with the betterment of society. Drawing on both science and religion as two complementary systems of knowledge and practice\, ISGP fosters the creation of learning environments where knowledge and experience can be shared and systematized. Principles\, concepts and approaches that are relevant to the advancement of civilization are explored through processes of study\, reflection\, and consultation that are grounded in practice. \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPlease note that there is another undergraduate seminar offering that will also be hosted at Green Acre from July 24th to August 3rd. That seminar has its own application process and coordination team. For information on how to apply to that seminar as well as any questions related to your application\, please contact isgp@greenacre.org.
URL:https://www.greenacre.org/event/the-institute-for-studies-in-global-prosperity-northeast-2/
CATEGORIES:Institute for Studies in Global Prosperity,ISGP
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250724T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250803T160000
DTSTAMP:20260417T025044
CREATED:20250419T225923Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250419T225925Z
UID:10000219-1753369200-1754236800@www.greenacre.org
SUMMARY:The Institute for Studies in Global Prosperity (ISGP) • Undergraduate Seminar
DESCRIPTION:As part of its efforts to build capacity in individuals to create spaces for learning about the betterment of society\, the Institute for Studies in Global Prosperity (ISGP) offers a sequence of annual seminars designed to accompany undergraduate students through four years of university studies. \n\n\n\nThe purpose of these intensive seminars is to raise the consciousness of youth about the importance of engaging in action and discourse directed towards social change; to develop their capacity to reflect\, to analyze\, and to learn from action; to explore elements of a conceptual framework for contributing to the advancement of civilization; to provide them with tools to understand and analyze the culture in which they are immersed as well as the content of the university courses they are studying; to help them assume ownership of their education; and to assist them in their efforts to acquire the kind of knowledge that will enable them to live fruitful\, productive and meaningful lives. \n\n\n\nFor information on how to apply to this seminar as well as any questions related to your application\, please contact isgp@greenacre.org. \n\n\n\nISGP is a non-profit organization\, working in collaboration with the Bahá’í International Community\, which is dedicated to building capacity in individuals\, groups and institutions to contribute to prevalent discourses concerned with the betterment of society. Drawing on both science and religion as two complementary systems of knowledge and practice\, ISGP fosters the creation of learning environments where knowledge and experience can be shared and systematized. Principles\, concepts and approaches that are relevant to the advancement of civilization are explored through processes of study\, reflection\, and consultation that are grounded in practice. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPlease note that there is another undergraduate seminar offering especially for youth in the Northeast region that will also be hosted at Green Acre from August 7th through the 17th. That seminar has its own application process and coordination team. For information on how to apply to that seminar as well as any questions related to your application\, please contact isgp.northeast@bahai.us.
URL:https://www.greenacre.org/event/the-institute-for-studies-in-global-prosperity-national-undergrad-2024-2/
CATEGORIES:Institute for Studies in Global Prosperity,ISGP
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250713T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250713T160000
DTSTAMP:20260417T025044
CREATED:20250708T001342Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250708T001344Z
UID:10000238-1752418800-1752422400@www.greenacre.org
SUMMARY:Unite & Bind Together the Hearts
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a local community devotional gathering at Green Acre’s Reimer Hall on Sunday\, July 13 at 3pm. All are welcome to attend Unite & Bind Together the Hearts\, where we will join in song\, inspirational words to uplift ourselves\, families and community. Feel free to bring prayers\, poems and songs to contribute. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n“Devotional meetings are occasions where any soul may enter… experience the sweetness of prayer…be transported on the wings of the spirit… through which the city of the human heart may be opened...” ~ Baha’i Writings
URL:https://www.greenacre.org/event/unite-bind-together-the-hearts-2/
CATEGORIES:Devotions,Faith Based,Featured,Free
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250702T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250707T123000
DTSTAMP:20260417T025044
CREATED:20250507T190219Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250519T195620Z
UID:10000229-1751475600-1751891400@www.greenacre.org
SUMMARY:5 Day Institute Intensive for Adults 2025
DESCRIPTION:The Northeast Regional Insitute is sponsoring this opportunity for adults across the region to study one of a few courses offered for study from the Higher Level sequence this summer at Green Acre from July 3 through July 7. This is a five-day institute intensive where books 9.3\, 11\, 12 and 13 will be offered and believers are free to choose whichever course they’d like to study for the entirety of the program. \n\n\n\nPlease note this offering is for those who live in the Northeastern States (Connecticut\, Maine\,  Massachusetts\, New Hampshire\, New Jersey\,  New York\, Pennsylvania\, Rhode Island\, Vermont)
URL:https://www.greenacre.org/event/institute-intensive-for-adults-2024-2/
CATEGORIES:9 Year Plan,Ruhi Institute
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250628T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250628T200000
DTSTAMP:20260417T025044
CREATED:20250625T163554Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250625T164433Z
UID:10000237-1751137200-1751140800@www.greenacre.org
SUMMARY:Haven
DESCRIPTION:“Even as the tempest rages in the world\,” we have a precious opportunity to gather with kindred spirits\, pray\, and deepen our commitment to build “the havens that will shelter humanity.” \n\n\n\n\nJoin us for evening of devotions\, prayers and songs in the beautiful environment of Green Acre. It will be held on campus in Reimer Hall. \n\n\n\nThe theme will be Haven\, and will be organized by participants attending Summer School. \n\n\n\nWhile in the midst of this year’s Summer School\, this devotional is open to all and everyone is encouraged to invite friends and family to join! This is a family friendly event so feel free to bring children!
URL:https://www.greenacre.org/event/haven-june-28-2025/
CATEGORIES:Devotions,Featured,Green Acre,Peace,Prayer,Summer School,Transformation
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250625T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250629T123000
DTSTAMP:20260417T025044
CREATED:20250504T113024Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250504T122150Z
UID:10000231-1750863600-1751200200@www.greenacre.org
SUMMARY:Family Program 1 | Summer School 2025
DESCRIPTION:Summer School | Family Program 1 will be held June 25 – 29.  \n\n\n\nThis year’s program is designed to assist families make a unique contribution to the community building process developing at the local level. The focus will be learning about a new pattern of family life and developing the capacities to contribute to flourishing communities. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n“The nature of the flourishing communities that the Bahá’í world is striving to raise has profound implications for the family. It is within the family that the individual is born and nurtured\, and within the family that individuals begin to learn how to live together with others. The family unit is the basic building block of community\, and beyond\, of the entire social order.” \n\n\n\n\n\n“Learning about a new pattern of family life is\, therefore\, an integral part of the effort to learn about the release of the society-building power of the Faith.” \n\n\n\n– March 19\, 2025 letter from the Universal House of Justice \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTo learn more about the pre-registration process\, click here.
URL:https://www.greenacre.org/event/family-program-1-summer-school-2025/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250619T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250619T193000
DTSTAMP:20260417T025044
CREATED:20250513T114416Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250608T190038Z
UID:10000235-1750356000-1750361400@www.greenacre.org
SUMMARY:Inherit
DESCRIPTION:Doors open at 5:30 PM; performance begins at 6:00 PM sharp. \n\n\n\nA Juneteenth performance by UnEarths\, the dance company. \n\n\n\nInherit is a multidisciplinary dance work that examines the legacies we carry across cultures\, identities\, and generations. Rooted in the spirit of Juneteenth\, the piece honors freedom and resilience while exploring the inherited systems that shape our lives: environmental collapse\, gender expectations\, consumerism\, and collective endurance. \n\n\n\nFeaturing a diverse cast of dancers\, Inherit is both a reflection and a reckoning\, asking what we hold onto\, what we leave behind\, and how we move forward together. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCompany Mission Statement:\n\n\n\nUnder the artistic direction of Jeryl Palana Pilapil-Brown\, Boston based dance company UnEarths mission is to encourage empathy by exploring the unheard parts of our identities and cultures\, through multi-disciplinary dance. \n\n\n\nDirector/Choreographer Bio:\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJeryl Palana Pilapil-Brown is a Filipino-American dancer\, choreographer\, producer and teaching artist in the greater Boston area. Since graduating from Dean College with her B.A. as a dancer major\, she has traveled throughout the states and abroad to Canada\, London\, Barcelona and Japan to immerse herself in various dance genres\, the main ones being contemporary\, street styles and heels. Jeryl is honored to be associate director of the CYDP Dance Company at Deborah Mason Performing Arts Center in Somerville. She is the founder and artistic director of UnEarths\, a multi-disciplinary dance company that creates dance on video and live performance work. Stay up to date with Jeryl on Instagram @jerylpalana_.  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nProducers:\n\n\n\nGreen Acre | A Bahá’í Center of Learning \n\n\n\nTheater for the People
URL:https://www.greenacre.org/event/inherit/
CATEGORIES:Art,Dance,Featured,SeaCHANGE Conference,Social Discourse,Theater for the People
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250614T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250614T203000
DTSTAMP:20260417T025044
CREATED:20250604T165247Z
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SUMMARY:Opening Reception | Created Noble – Worthy by Design
DESCRIPTION:We invited artists and creators of all kinds to use their artistic expression—whether in painting\, photography\, sculpture\, poetry\, music\, performance and other forms—to explore these questions and spark meaningful conversations: \n\n\n\n\nWhat are inspiring visions for humanity\, rooted in the truth of the inherent nobility and dignity of all people?\n\n\n\nHow can humanity recognize its true identity as being rich\, noble\, rational\, and loving?\n\n\n\nWhat kinds of communities\, neighborhoods\, and workplaces can we grow based on the bedrock truth of the inherent nobility of each person?\n\n\n\nHow does a focus on nobility relate to justice and help us build communities that treat all people fairly?\n\n\n\nIt may be easy to see someone you agree with as noble\, how can you see this quality in someone you disagree with?\n\n\n\nHow can we recognize the honorable qualities (and potential) in every person and remove the veils of assumptions that nobility correlates with wealth or social status?\n\n\n\n\nJoin us on Saturday\, June 14th at 6:30 PM to see their response. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nArtist Call\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n“May [your] actions serve as a reminder to a beleaguered and weary humanity of its high destiny and its inherent nobility.” \n—The Universal House of Justice\, from a message dated 28 December 2010\n\n\n\nMany of the structures that support our community and societal health are deteriorating\, while at the same time\, new structures and movements are rising up\, to transcend patterns of corruption and division to grow something healthier. In turbulent times for people and the earth\, how can we find a sense of purpose and an inspiring vision that will unite humanity? \n\n\n\nSee the nobility in all people \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n“O Son of Spirit!  Noble have I created thee\, yet thou hast abased thyself. Rise then unto that for which thou wast created.” \n—Bahá’u’lláh\, Hidden Words\n\n\n\nTo be noble is to have honorable moral qualities in conduct and character. When we talk of ‘inherent nobility’ this means seeing people as having innate worth\, dignity\, and greatness… whether visible in their current conduct or existing as dormant potential that can be called forth. \n\n\n\nWhen we are influenced by prejudice\, distrust\, apathy or desire to control others\, our ability to honor the inherent human dignity of every person gets clouded. How do we see beyond this to the innate goodness of each person and align how we treat each other with that? \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n“Persevere\, therefore\, with diligence and steadfastness along this path of endeavour. As you do so\, strive to perceive the nobility in every human being—rich or poor\, man or woman\, old or young\, city dweller or villager\, worker or employer\, irrespective of ethnicity or religion.” \n—The Universal House of Justice\, from a message dated 28 July 2008\n\n\n\nOne view is that society is that society’s resources are scarce and humans have to compete with each other. The patterns of ‘in groups’ and ‘out groups’ stir up bias and prejudice. We identify so much with our group and we ignore or diminish the needs of other groups. Another view is that humans are all one\, that our true identity is not our group\, but the spirit. \n\n\n\nRecognizing Our Own Nobility \n\n\n\nWhen we see through the eyes of each person being noble\, it challenges the internalized notion that we are not enough and challenges those who hold a view of superiority to widen their lens to see others more fully. We can make this a habit. \n\n\n\n\n“It is possible to so adjust one’s self to the practice of nobility that its atmosphere surrounds and colours all our acts. When these acts are habitually and conscientiously adjusted to noble standards with no thought of the words that might herald them then nobility becomes the accent of life. At such a degree of evolution one scarcely needs to try to be good any longer; all our deeds are the distinctive expression of nobility.” \n—Abdu’l-Baha\, Star of the West\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCalling Youth! \n\n\n\nThis show is seeking contributions for all ages and has special emphasis on the artistic contributions of youth. \n\n\n\n\n“The key to resolving these social ills rests in the hands of a youthful generation convinced of the nobility of human beings..” \n——The Universal House of Justice\, from a message dated 2 April 2010
URL:https://www.greenacre.org/event/opening-reception-created-noble-art-show/
CATEGORIES:Art,Art Exhibit,Featured
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250606T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250608T133000
DTSTAMP:20260417T025045
CREATED:20250424T214603Z
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SUMMARY:Corinne True Center Conference
DESCRIPTION:The Corinne True Center for Baha’i History is holding its first conference at on June 6-8\, 2025. The purpose of the conference is to encourage\, support\, and disseminate new scholarship about Baha’i history\, Baha’i theological and philosophical topics\, the translation and study of authoritative Baha’i texts\, and the Baha’i study of other religions and scriptures. The conference will have approximately fourteen presentations\, plus an informal Saturday evening program. \n\n\n\nLearn more details about the Agenda and Presenters
URL:https://www.greenacre.org/event/corinne-true-center-conference/
CATEGORIES:Baha'i History
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250605T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250605T160000
DTSTAMP:20260417T025045
CREATED:20250427T191028Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250427T191030Z
UID:10000228-1749117600-1749139200@www.greenacre.org
SUMMARY:Warmth and Fire Workshop
DESCRIPTION:In times of great change\, how can the support of a group help us shift from isolation and overwhelm to clarity and motivation to act? Leading change in times of heightened intensity and complexity requires stronger communities of support. \n\n\n\nThis workshop gives you experiences of how peer support can enable people to move through change and find wise action. We explore the creative power that arises when we focus on understanding. Instead of trying to convince or offer help\, we offer side-by-side “accompaniment” to allow a person to find their own answers. See how the warmth of community support can light a creative fire. \n\n\n\n\nWhen we are listened to\, it creates us\, makes us unfold and expand. Ideas actually begin to grow within us and come to life. – Brenda Ueland \n\n\n\n\nThis workshop is well suited to people working in social change\, facilitators\, artists/creators\, and community builders\, essentially anyone interested in creatively contributing to the betterment of the world.  \n\n\n\nYou will learn: \n\n\n\n\nSpecific practices that create a field of support to “accompany” a person who feels stuck or unsure how to navigate. You’ll see how movement and insights naturally emerge\n\n\n\nHow to tap into the collective wisdom of a group\, seeing a situation from more perspectives and recognizing more possibilities for how to proceed\n\n\n\nThe skill of ‘resonant listening’ – how to listen so people feel understood; and the process of constellations\, a powerful group approach to finding wise action\n\n\n\n\nYou’ll experience how a group can shift from being strangers to having a sense of warmth and cooperation in a few hours. \n\n\n\n\nMy vision is that we create spaces of kinship\, alongside our work\, in communities\, with our friends. Spaces where we can bring our big decisions…our moments of feeling stuck…and our creative aspirations. Spaces where we show up for each other\, asking “how can we be here for you?” These are some of the most fulfilling ways to be human together. – Beth Tener \n\n\n\n\nThe workshop is facilitated by Beth Tener and is held at here at Green Acre in Eliot\, Maine\, along the Piscataqua River. It continues the spirit of the SeaCHANGE Conference on arts\, healing\, and social change. \n\n\n\nYou can click below to register. Please contact Beth if cost is a barrier to participating and we can offer discounts to ensure you can participate. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nQuotes from Previous Participants \n\n\n\n“I continue to process the time we had together – which had a fairly profound and deeply grounding impact on how I was thinking about my next professional step. The path became much clearer in the 24 hours after our gathering.” \n\n\n\n“It was great to witness the beauty and depth of humanity through the presence and voice of all participants. Thank you for bringing us together and for giving a space of hope to everyone.  Bravo! Onward in community and vision!” 
URL:https://www.greenacre.org/event/warmth-and-fire-workshop-2/
CATEGORIES:Featured,Green Acre,SeaCHANGE Conference,Workshop
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250528T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250530T235900
DTSTAMP:20260417T025045
CREATED:20250504T113758Z
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SUMMARY:Pre-Registration | Family Program 2 | August
DESCRIPTION:Welcome to Pre-Registration for Summer School | Family Program 2 which will be held August 21-25. This year’s program is designed to assist families make a unique contribution to the community building process developing at the local level. Learn more here. \n\n\n\nFor this program\, first priority will be given to residents of the Northeastern States\, and then those who haven’t attended Green Acre family programs previously or recently. Since these programs depend on volunteers to assist with the kitchen and in hospitality\, as well as teaching children’s classes\, those serving in this way will also be given priority. \n\n\n\nBecause of the high demand for these programs\, we are continuing with a multi-step registration process. The first step is pre-registration which allows families to indicate their interest in attending the program. This is then followed by three rounds of invitations where families will be invited to formally register for the program. For those who don’t receive an invitation in the first round\, they will automatically be placed on the waiting list. The same process will follow with the second and third rounds of invitations to formally register.  \n\n\n\nThe multi-step process will be as follows: \n\n\n\n\nPre-Registration\n\nOn Wednesday\, May 28 at 9:00 AM\, Eastern Time\, we will open our Pre-Registration form. Pre-Registration closes May 30 at 11:59 PM Eastern.\n\n\n\nThis simplified form will ask for only basic information for each family and is an indicator of interest in attending. Filling out this initial form does not mean one has registered for the program.\n\n\n\nWe will be prioritizing families and friends from the Northeast\, and then those who have not attended Green Acre family programs previously or recently\, as well as volunteers. Because of this prioritization\, this is not a first come\, first served process.\n\n\n\nPre-registration Link (live at 9:00 AM\, May 28)\n\n\n\n\n\nInvitation to Formal Registration\n\nAfter the initial Pre-Registration period\, for those invited to the program\, we will send a separate link to formally invite you to register and you will have three days to register. We will do three rounds of invitations as follows:\n\nRound 1 – will be sent on 5/31\n\n\n\nRound 2 – will be sent on 6/3\n\n\n\nRound 3 – will be sent on 6/7\n\n\n\n\n\nFor those who don’t receive an invitation in the first round\, they will automatically be placed on the waiting list and the same process will follow with the second and third rounds. Please be sure not to make any travel arrangements until you have formally registered.
URL:https://www.greenacre.org/event/pre-registration-family-program-2-august/
CATEGORIES:9 Year Plan,Community Building,Faith Based,Family Oriented,Featured
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250523T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250526T180000
DTSTAMP:20260417T025045
CREATED:20250227T220411Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250227T220411Z
UID:10000216-1748019600-1748282400@www.greenacre.org
SUMMARY:Arab American Conference 2025
DESCRIPTION:Towards a New World: Building a Future for All\n\n\n\n\n\nThe Arab American Conference is an annual gathering that seeks to strengthen bonds of friendship\, contribute to cultural discourse\, and celebrate the Arab world’s vibrant and distinctive contributions to society. The 2025 Arab American Conference program will explore the theme of “Towards a New World: Building a Future for All\,” and its workshops and panels will discuss topics such as social discourse\, community building and transformation\, and creating a unified vision for our future. \n\n\n\nThe 2025 program will: \n\n\n\n\nFocus on workshops and interactive discussions\n\n\n\nHost an English program for non-Arabic speaking family members and guests\n\n\n\nInclude a program for children and Junior Youth programs (in English)\n\n\n\nProvide ample time for outdoor fun and meditation\n\n\n\n\nFor more information about the conference and the previous years’ programs\, visit https://arabamericanconference.com/
URL:https://www.greenacre.org/event/arab-american-conference-2025/
CATEGORIES:Community Building,Social Discourse,Social Transformation,Unified Vision
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250508T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250511T133000
DTSTAMP:20260417T025045
CREATED:20250312T204458Z
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SUMMARY:Open Circle Gathering
DESCRIPTION:Isolation to Inclusion -Building a Spiritual Refuge Rooted in Divine Love.\n\n\n\n\n“…Let your heart burn with Loving kindness for all those who cross your path.” \n— ‘Abdu’l-Bahá\n\n\n\nThe Open Circle* gathering provides a safe and loving environment that invites Baha’is and friends facing challenging personal issues to explore the Writings\, pray\, share and learn in a spiritual\, healing and confidential environment. It is uniquely structured\, using Baha’i writings and other spiritually oriented materials as well as materials based on current research. This creates a setting for any soul to heal\, share\, grow and learn from each other. Its mandatory to be there on Friday breakfast through the whole rest of the weekend. \n\n\n\nWe look forward to seeing you! \n\n\n\n\n\n——————– \n\n\n\n* Note: The Open Circle Network is an independent nonprofit organization\, under the auspices of the National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. Open Circle continues the healing process initiated by BNASSA (Baha’i Network for AIDs\, Sexuality\, Addiction and Abuse).
URL:https://www.greenacre.org/event/open-circle-conference-2025-green-acre/
CATEGORIES:Featured,Open Circle
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250507T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250509T235900
DTSTAMP:20260417T025045
CREATED:20250504T113435Z
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SUMMARY:Pre-Registration | Family Program 1 | June
DESCRIPTION:Welcome to Pre-Registration for Summer School | Family Program 1 which will be held June 25 – 29. This year’s program is designed to assist families make a unique contribution to the community building process developing at the local level. Learn more here. \n\n\n\nFor this program\, first priority will be given to residents of the Northeastern States\, and then those who haven’t attended Green Acre family programs previously or recently. Since these programs depend on volunteers to assist with the kitchen and in hospitality\, as well as teaching children’s classes\, those serving in this way will also be given priority. \n\n\n\nBecause of the high demand for these programs\, we are continuing with a multi-step registration process. The first step is pre-registration which allows families to indicate their interest in attending the program. This is then followed by three rounds of invitations where families will be invited to formally register for the program. For those who don’t receive an invitation in the first round\, they will automatically be placed on the waiting list. The same process will follow with the second and third rounds of invitations to formally register. \n\n\n\nThe multi-step process will be as follows: \n\n\n\n\nPre-Registration\n\nOn Wednesday\, May 7 at 9:00 AM\, Eastern Time\, we will open our Pre-Registration form. Pre-Registration closes May 9 at 11:59 PM Eastern.\n\n\n\nThis simplified form will ask for only basic information for each family and is an indicator of interest in attending. Filling out this initial form does not mean one has registered for the program.\n\n\n\nWe will be prioritizing families and friends from the Northeast\, and then those who have not attended Green Acre family programs previously or recently\, as well as volunteers. Because of this prioritization\, this is not a first come\, first served process.\n\n\n\nPre-registration Link (live at 9:00 AM\, May 7)\n\n\n\n\n\nInvitation to Formal Registration\n\nAfter the initial Pre-Registration period\, for those invited to the program\, we will send a separate link to formally invite you to register and you will have three days to register. We will do three rounds of invitations as follows:\n\nRound 1 – will be sent on 5/10\n\n\n\nRound 2 – will be sent on 5/14\n\n\n\nRound 3 – will be sent on 5/18\n\n\n\n\n\nFor those who don’t receive an invitation in the first round\, they will automatically be placed on the waiting list and the same process will follow with the second and third rounds. Please be sure not to make any travel arrangements until you have formally registered.
URL:https://www.greenacre.org/event/pre-registration-family-program-1-june/
CATEGORIES:9 Year Plan,Faith Based,Family Oriented,Featured,Summer School
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250504T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250504T160000
DTSTAMP:20260417T025045
CREATED:20250413T160059Z
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SUMMARY:Creating Connected Communities
DESCRIPTION:A gathering for spiritual empowerment and engagement\n\n\n\n\nHeartfelt concern must prompt sustained effort to build communities that offer hope in place of despair\, unity in place of conflict. – Baha’i writings \n\n\n\n\nFor those looking for inspiration and ways you can channel your care into fruitful action\, join us at Green Acre\, in Eliot\, Maine\, for a free gathering exploring a spiritual approach to community-building that has taken root in our area. You can: \n\n\n\n\nHear stories from local people about how they are taking action to improve their communities.\n\n\n\n\n\nLearn how those actions are connected to a broader vision of unity\, education\, and empowerment derived from the teachings of the Baha’i Faith. \n\n\n\n\n\nEngage in conversations to explore valuable approaches and experiences and share learnings with fellow community-builders.   \n\n\n\n\n\nEnjoy being immersed in an environment infused with spirituality and the arts.\n\n\n\n\nPeople of all backgrounds\, faiths and belief systems are welcome to join this gathering and the community-building process underway in our area and around the world.  \n\n\n\nThere will be activities for children\, teens\, and adults. Invite your friends\, family members\, neighbors\, and coworkers!  \n\n\n\nAttending the entire day is encouraged\, but you are welcome to attend any portion of the day. Registration & coffee starts at 8am and there is social time after the gathering from 4 – 5pm. \n\n\n\nLunch and snacks will be provided\, and there is no cost to attend. \n\n\n\nPre-registration is appreciated for planning purposes\, but not mandatory.  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nArt image by Debbie Gibbs www.debbiegibbs.net
URL:https://www.greenacre.org/event/creating-connected-communities/
CATEGORIES:Community Building,Dialogue,Faith Based,Family Oriented,Featured,Free,Social Transformation
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250503T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250503T203000
DTSTAMP:20260417T025045
CREATED:20250427T184444Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250427T190613Z
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SUMMARY:Art Opening | Dreams of Reality
DESCRIPTION:Dreams of Reality: Gardens of the Heart explores the artistic journeys of Joe\, Lynn and Max Ascrizzi\, a family united by spiritual exploration through art. This exhibition reveals how artists connect to deeper realities\, finding inspiration in natural objects\, personal symbols\, and the mystic path of creative discovery. Visitors will experience an intimate look at how art can be a language of spiritual connection\, inviting viewers to recognize beauty in unexpected places and explore the profound connections between creativity\, spirit\, and personal expression. \n\n\n\nArt Opening: Saturday\, May 3rd  | 6:30 to 8:30pm \n\n\n\nThe show runs through June 8th.
URL:https://www.greenacre.org/event/art-opening-dreams-of-reality/
CATEGORIES:Art,Art Exhibit,Conversations of the Heart,Featured,Free
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250427T103000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250427T113000
DTSTAMP:20260417T025045
CREATED:20250417T215533Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250425T194434Z
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SUMMARY:Poetry | One Shared Earth
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a morning reading of poetry from the One Shared Earth art theme. The gathering will feature readings of poems contributed to the show\, at least one of the poets reading their own work\, and conversation around the themes animating the poems and the art theme. \n\n\n\nThis is the last in our One Shared Earth series and the last chance to explore the visual art on the walls. \n\n\n\nThere is no fee to attend. All are welcome. Light snacks will be served. 
URL:https://www.greenacre.org/event/poetry-one-shared-earth/
CATEGORIES:Art,Art Exhibit,Dialogue,Environment,Featured,Free,Meaningful Conversation,One Shared Earth,Poetry,Social Discourse
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