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Regional Congress Pricing
Message from the Regional Chair
Exploring Strategic Development
Regional Helpers on the Road

Susila Dharma in Action
Enjoy a Concert!



"Surf", by Orianna Herrman

Pricing for the 2017 Regional Congress

We are delighted to announce the pricing for our 2017 Congress at UC Santa Barbara, on August 11-14. The three-day, all-inclusive package offers:

  • All meals (three dinners, three breakfasts and two lunches)
  • Three nights in apartment lodgings (two people per bedroom)
  • Congress registration, workshops, and events

The package price of $354 per adult works out to just $118/person per night for meals, lodging and Congress activities, all in a lovely seaside location.  See details
Below: The UC Santa Barbara offers easy access for walking and playing near the surf.

Message from the Regional Chair

At our last California Council meeting in San Diego, some council members came a day before our formal meeting to meet in a “talking circle”. This is a practice that has evolved in many indigenous cultures to make important decisions from a deeper place than that of debate.

I believe that this kind of conversation among us is bringing an essential ingredient to our efforts. In our more formal meetings we get things done. In these circles we get to know who we are. Read More

Exploring Strategic Development


The Subud California Regional Council has begun exploring the concept of our centers engaging in strategic property development. What would this be? What might it mean for our centers and members?  How might we  develop a common understanding?

At the February Council meeting in San Diego, in addition to conversations about this topic, each participant experimented with drawing pictures of his or her vision. Read more 

Regional Helpers on the Road!

Our Regional Helpers have been very much engaged in traveling around the Region. They visited Subud Marin in January and Subud Arcata in March, as well as joining the Regional Council for a meeting at Subud San Diego. They have shared many hours of latihan, testing and fellowship at these kejiwaan gatherings with members.

For more details and photos of both visits, click here.

Our Regional Helpers: Meldan Heasip, Bustami Pollard, Elna Cooke, Luke Jones, Maria Pope, Lucia Cargill

Susila Dharma in Action


The board of SD USA met in Elk Grove, California in February to review national and international Susila Dharma projects—their 2016 activities and their 2017 grant requests. Each member of the board serves as a liaison with specific projects and is able to provide detailed information.

It was deeply moving to learn about what has been accomplished and the benefits these projects have had for children, families, communities and ecosystems. Starting with the spark of the latihan in an individual member, the founders of these projects have persevered to create projects serving humanity, with amazing results. Read more.
SICA Corner

About our Featured Artist

Orianna Herrman approaches each painting as a collaboration. Tactile. Strong. Vibrant. The texture and malleability of oil paints themselves stir excitement in this artist. Like a chemist in her lab, she follows the boundless lead of these masterful misfits and together they find the finished product. Orianna is also an actor and singer. She lives in LA with her husband. 

New Book Available

God is Consequent: Ask and You Shall Receive, by Muhammad Isman Kanafsky
published November 2016.


Enjoy a Concert!


The San Joaquin Chorale sings Cantata Domine, composed Kevin Medley (who also accompanies the performance).

Are you publishing a work, planning a gallery showing, or performing? Let us know so we can include it in this listing!

Upcoming Events


East Coast Helper's Workshop
Amani Center, Washington. DC
March 24-26
 
Subud Rocky Mtns Regional Gathering
March 31-April 2, 2017
Tucson, AZ


Subud  Family Camp
Crescent Beach, Surrey, BC
July 14-16, 2017

 
Subud CA Regional Congress
August 11-14, 2017
UC Santa Barbara

2018 Subud World Congress
July, 2018
Freiburg, Germany

Riddle me a Riddle...


Challenge your brain with one of Emmanuel William's riddles:  
    Five brothers ahead
    One behind with a big bald head.
    Try as he may
    He never catches them

 
Did you guess it?  Click here to find out

Subud Websites and Resources
 

Subud California website
Subud CA Blog
Subud CA Sun Archive
 

Subud USA Website
Subud SICA USA
Mohammud Subuh Foundation
Subud World News 

Member Updates


New Members:
Katie Enright (Los Angeles)
Katie Shaw (Los Angeles)
 
Deaths:
Mardiah Gleeson (Los Angeles)
click here for photos
 
Births:
Anouk Diana Burns, to Rebecca and Matt Burns (Los Angeles)

Another female joins the Thom clan. Left to right: Sofiah, Alicia, Rebecca with Anouk, Miriam

Subud USA 2017 Gathering 

Mark your calendars for the Subud USA 2017 National Gathering, June 30-July 4. The venue is Pearlstone Retreat Center, which is both a spiritual retreat center and a farm, in a beautiful rural setting about 30 minutes from the Baltimore Airport. Registration will open soon! 

Thoughts on Community

"The hallmark of a community of truth is in its claim that reality is a web of communal relationships, and we can know reality only by being in community with it."
                         -- by Parker Palmer   

What does community mean to you?  Send us your favorite quotes or ideas.

What's Up?

Arcata

Berkeley
Los Angeles 
Marin
Palo Alto 
San Joaquin Valley
Sacramento 
San Diego 
Santa Barbara
Sonoma/Sebastopol  
Santa Cruz


We love to include stories about Subud member activities or center events. Please send here
The Subud California Sun 
March 2017, vol 4, no 2

Editors: Elizabeth Trudell and Halimah Collingwood

Share your news with the Subud California community!
Send your art, events, announcements, updates, stories, interview and article proposals to:
communications.subudca@gmail.com

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Subud and the seven circles symbol are registered marks of the World Subud Association, Inc.
Featured Subud art: "Surf" by Orianna Herrman. All rights reserved. 

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