Update:
Hi friends and folks,
The Young At Heart
Tap Dancers will be performing on December 5th at 2 PM for a
very short program at the Spaghetti Feed at the Bellingham Senior
Center. We will perform at 2:15 for about 15 minutes. Please
call the Senior Center to rsvp: 733-4030
Please join us in
kicking up our heels and celebrating the season!
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Wrinkles
- Grace In Time
- Pam Kuntz's unique theater piece I was in (October, 2009)
had sold out audiences, great reception and reviews.
Update:
A beautiful appreciation of Wrinkles from John Sylvester
Link to Young
At Heart - Tap Dance
Link
to my Facebook home
Link
to my Transition Whatcom home
Link to newest website - www.wpgn.net
- Whatcom Progressive Grassroots Network
Link to WPGN ning site - www.wpgnetwork.ning.com
I heard Elizabeth May, environmentalist, activist, author,
lawyer, and Chair of Canada's Green Party, speak recently
at the World Issues Forum and she was eloquently laying it on
the line about climate change. When I asked her what she would
like to see people do to get the word out, she recommended among
other actions, sharing a 4 minute video with everyone you know.
It is:
The
Big Ask: Climate change, "ACT NOW!"
Elizabeth said:
1. Spread the word. (I have very specific, convincing notes
from her presentation. Please google "Elizabeth May on
climate change"-- to learn more.
2. Write letters to big and little newspapers, and keep writing
them. Comment on some specific story.
3. Barack Obama raised this issue: We need to see the USA
in the lead in Copenhagen. This meeting is all important
now. She said Copenhagen is our last chance and we've got
to get it right. We need to get this on the radar. Obama
is trying to get all the countries inside the tent, she said,
and the people's voice is needed now--to help him.
4. Join www.350.org - Bill McKibben's project and blog. ...more
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I also visited Jun Akutsu and the Indra's Rainbow IONS community
group in Seattle twice recently for discussions with special
IONS guests. What wonderful evenings!
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April 16, 2009
Jadzia Imani and I and other members of the local Move On council
presented petitions from local small business owners for support
for Clean Energy and Green Jobs to Patty Murray. I asked her
to take a look at the first ones-- from Sustainable Connections,
ReSources, Terra Organica, A-1 Builders, Adaptations and others.
About Lynnette
As a long-term member of the steering teams of the Bellingham
Institute of Noetic Sciences community group and Sustainable
Bellingham, I am devoted to contributing to building wisdom
community locally and globally.
I am a founding member of The Open Question Institute, which
develops the Open Question Approach, a process that allows every
participant in a group to communicate and connect empathetically
by tapping into their shared values.
My many years of personal
growth education has included extensive training in Marshall
Rosenberg's Nonviolent Communication, and training in The Acorn
Model, an oral tradition taught by the Wilderness Awareness
School. The Acorn Model is a nonhierarchical model, for organizing
groups and teams, organizations and communities. I am grateful
to Alan Seid and Tricia King and their community for sharing
this with me.
In my community work, my
vision is to use my group process and communication skills to
bring local organizations working for sustainability, peace
and social justice--into partnership to coordinate in their
common goals.
My experience has included
teaching dance as a teen and young adult. I taught Physical
Education, Dance and English and developed Dance Clubs and Children's
Theatre productions in public schools for eight years. On receiving
an MA in Dance from Mills College, I interned in Dance Therapy.
Moving to Santa Fe, NM, I worked as a consultant dance therapist
while taking art, yoga and tai chi classes there for three years.
In the 70's I taught yoga and tai chi classes and developed
a successful wholesale jewelry business in Aspen and Vale, Colorado.
In Bellingham on KUGS radio
at Western Washington University, I hosted New Voices, New
Options for two years, interviewing guests on local issues,
the healing arts, local music, and guest speakers at Western.
Activities I enjoy include
walking in nature, tap dancing, choreography, folk dancing,
activism, the Internet, blogging, social networking, writing,
interviewing, attending movies, plays and the local arts, and
volunteering with local community-building organizations.
The Bellingham Institute for Noetic
Sciences community group has grown and we are organinzing many
inspiring, informational events (www.bions.net)
At Sustainable Bellingham I am a founding member and on the
Vision Team, helping to network a sustainable local community.
Personally, my path is as an idea-person
and communicator-- particularly networking for partnerships
in creating vibrant grassroots community.
Update: June 7, 2009
I'm now volunteering with the local MoveOn council, and with
a new group I love, Whatcom Progressive Grassroots Network,
and helping with A New Way Forward. Projects I've worked on
recently are:
MoveOn - Clean Energy Rally - May 28, 2009
A New
Way Forward - Break Up The Banks rally - June 10, 2009
Bellingham IONS - Navigating
the Great River of Change
My Young
At Heart Basics Tap Dance class at the Bellingham Senior
Center is growing and I'm planning a Beyond the Basics class.
I'm having a lot of fun with this. I love having Carl,
pianist, accompanying the classes. He is the best! I'm really
enjoying the spirit of the students and the class.
Website
Design - Lynnetters
I design and develop websites. Curtis
DuBois has done much of the programming and graphic design
for my recent sites. I call my website business Lynnetters.
A brochure style site is a good choice if you have a limited
budget and want to feature information that does not change
frequently. When changes are needed, I can maintain and update
your website for a nominal charge.
Here
are links to websites I've made:
Whatcom Progressive Grassroots
Network
Relocalization.net
Young
At Heart - Tap Dance - with Lynnette
Cyndy
Sheldon - Gestalt Therapy
Bellingham IONS
Skye Burn
Sustainable
Bellingham - I made the original, but this one has been
completely redesigned.
Young At Heart
- Tap Dance
Whatcom Network
for Compassionate Communication
Siam Was
Our Home
Emily Farrell
Webdreams
Webdreams:
High Use of Web Technology for Sustainable Bellingham. I wrote
this and the webteam for Sustainable Bellingham accomplished
a lot of it.
