DENVER—The Abundance League meets this coming Tuesday, October 14 at Leela European Café again (this time no hammer drilling!). I’m very excited to bring everyone together again, especially because this month…
…we have a special guest speaker joining us the wilds of Seattle, the Bering Sea, and San Francisco: Dan Brazelton has been a volunteer community mediator for over ten years with the Burning Man organization as a Black Rock City Ranger. If you have ever been inspired by examples of people and communities living out their vision and principles, the Rangers are a sterling example.
Dan will tell us about the Rangers, and how their community extends the ethos of extraordinary generosity and community that Burning Man creates into our everyday life. Hearing Dan’s stories about the Rangers has been an inspiration for me over the years and one of the things that led me to bringing the Abundance League here in Colorado. Below is a little background on the Rangers; you won’t want to miss this event!
BTW, I strongly suggest bringing a friend to your next Abundance League meeting, and here’s why: how many times have you found out something new about a close friend by hearing them tell a story to someone else? What do you suppose your friends could learn about you? Bring them this Tuesday and find out!
Each year Burning Man attracts nearly 50,000 in the temporary community of Black Rock City, Nevada. During it’s one week peak, it’s the fifth most populous city in the state. “Black Rock City stands at the intersection of several legal jurisdictions represented on the playa by the Pershing County Sheriffs Department, the Washoe County Sheriffs Department, Bureau of Land Management Law enforcement, Nevada State Highway Patrol, and other Nevada state agencies.”
“As a non-confrontational mediating agency, the Rangers help to resolve disputes within [the] community, but they also bridge the gap between the ethos and the culture of our citizens and the needs and responsibilities of law enforcement. As first responders, [they] are often able to effectively mediate disputes and interpret [the] city’s rules in ways that avoid larger and sometimes negative results which might ordinarily result in more negative consequences for the individuals or groups involved.” —Rangers website
You can find the Rangers on the Web at http://rangers.burningman.com/who.shtml
Dan is also a mariner and filmmaker. You can learn more about Dan Brazelton here.
And as always, please come prepared to spend a couple minutes briefly telling everyone about a couple of your passions/projects, what you need to pursue them, and any gifts you offer to support each other in leading inspired lives.
We start at 6:30 pm, and end around 9:30 pm, but you are always welcome to come and go at any time.
WHERE
Leela European Café
820 15th St
Denver, CO 80202
(303) 534-2255
www.myspace.com/leelaeuropeancafe
AGENDA
6:30–7:00 pm — Mingle
7:00–7:45 pm — Member Announcements: Your Passions, Needs & Gifts
7:45–8:00 pm — Break, Eat, Mingle, Exchange Support
8:00–8:45 pm — Presentation & Discussion
8:45–9:30 pm — Eat, Mingle, Exchange Support, Clean Up, Clear Out
BRING
– Yourself, friends!
– Business cards, handouts, flyers
– Share: books, CDs, DVDs or anything that you’d like to loan or gift at the meeting.
