Date posted:
March 7, 2024
Fellowship Location:
The Action Lab retreat center in Ossining, NY
Schedule commitment:
3-in person retreats, starting with the first one below, others TBD:
April 17 (10am) through April 20th (2pm)
Contact email:
sumitra@actionlabny.org
Contact phone number:
The Art of Purpose
If you and your organization want to:
- Add dimension to your strategic repertoire weaving political, artistic and relational skills;
- Develop your understanding of the forces shaping the conditions we organize in and apply it to current strategy. This will include Identity and Capitalism, Power and the State, and Strategy For Our Moment;
- Heal relationship and build leadership through embodied practice and coaching;
- Align and develop your staff in relational skills and shared purpose;
- Re-energize your base and community culture through creative and cultural innovation.
Then join:
The Art of Purpose is a year-long interdisciplinary fellowship weaving political, relational, and artistic purpose. The cohort will develop the multidimensional capacities of organizers for deepening short term and longer term strategy.
The Art of Purpose Calendar
There will be at least 3 in-person retreats as part of the cohort, monthly in-person and online group embodied purpose sessions, biweekly one-on-one coaching, 3 cross organizational cultural events/community gatherings over the course of a year and also kitchen table salons, field trips and guest speakers.
All participants must commit to participating in all of the retreats and circles. The retreat dates are TBD except for:
- April 17 (10am) through April 20th (2pm)