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WSIF Network Summit 2021: Living In-Between Spaces
4-8 August 2021 at the Goetheanum and streamed online

Thank you for joining us!

Photo by Massa Ando

Dear Friends - Participants and Contributors of WSIF Network Summit 2021,

Thank you for joining us at the Goetheanum and online to engage in Living In-Between Spaces and building a living network.

Although the Forum was small in terms of attendance, it was deep and rich in content and substance. We trust that this strong focal point of encounter, interaction and purpose will open new channels of possibility and have an enlivening impact.

As the coordinating Team, we look back on the Summit as an event filled with integrity and intimacy - truly appreciating the warmth and openness each of you brought to the presentations and interactions.

We are particularly grateful that you joined the adventure of co-creating a hybrid gathering; of managing the challenges with us; and offering your thoughts, questions and expertise to strengthen the purpose of such a global interactive network.

We look forward to continuing the conversations that have opened up and invite you all to share any thoughts, practices and initiatives you feel may support others in the network.

This packet contains all session recordings and graphic harvests.

With gratitude and until our next Forum,
Joan Sleigh on behalf of the WSIF Team

Live Graphic Harvest by Petra Oberfrank | Instagram: @oberfrankp

Day 1: Cultural Development

C LICK HERE to view the Keynote Lecture and Panel Discussion on Cultural Development with Nathaniel Williams (Free Columbia), Rodrigo Rubido (ELOS) and Simone de Picciotto (Hit The Beat).

Would you like to have your event graphic harvested? Contact Petra at oberfrankp@gmail.com

Day 2: Societal Change

We had our first session of Building a Living Network with Joan Sleigh and Milena Kowarik who shared about the Vision and Mission of the World Social Initiative Forum. CLICK HERE to view the recording.

To view the Keynote Lecture and Panel Discussion on Societal Change by Dottie Zold (Elderberries 3fold Cafe), Gerald Häfner (Goetheanum Section for Social Science) and Sophia Santi (Consorcio, Desarrollo y Justicia ), CLICK HERE.

Kait Ziegler (Poor Peoples Campaign) was unable to participate in the Panel Discussion. However, she sent us a video sharing her views on non-violent activism and creating radical space for the other. CLICK HERE to view her contribution.

We closed the day with Leading Thoughts from Joan Sleigh. To view, CLICK HERE.

Would you like to have your event graphic harvested? Contact Petra at oberfrankp@gmail.com

Day 3: Associative Economy

For the second session of Building a Living Network, Nicole Asis and Ricardo Pereira presented the WSIF Global Research. CLICK HERE to view the recording.

To view the Keynote Lecture and Panel Discussion on Associative Economy with Dr. Annette Massmann (GLS Future Foundation for Development), Helmy Abouleish (SEKEM), Sergio Gaiti (Etica Sostenibile) and Andrea Valdinoci (World Goetheanum Association), CLICK HERE.

For the Power Point Presentation by Dr. Annette Massmann CLICK HERE.

We closed the day with Leading Thoughts from Joan Sleigh. To view, CLICK HERE.

Would you like to have your event graphic harvested? Contact Petra at oberfrankp@gmail.com

Day 4: Regenerative Ecology

For the third session of Building a Living Network, the WSIF Team were joined by collaborators Janet Kimandi (WSIF East Africa 2021 Organizing Team), Dottie Zold (WSIF US 2022), Andrea Valdinoci (Planetary Service) and Adria Subirats Rivas (WSIF Study Program) to present the Future Steps of the WSIF. CLICK HERE to view the recording.

We also had an Open Space for the participants to call a conversation or share about their initiatives. Daisuke Onuki (Tokai University), together with Massa Ando shared about the UNESCO Youth Seminar. CLICK HER E to view the video about their work from 2015-2021.

The final Keynote Lecture and Panel Discussion focused on the theme Regenerative Ecology with Jean-Michel Florin (Goetheanum Section for Agriculture), Grace Zozobrado-Hahn (Koberwitz 1924 Inc.) and Maaianne Knuth (Kufunda Village). CLICK HERE to view the recording.

We closed the day with Leading Thoughts from Joan Sleigh. To view, CLICK HERE.

Networking & Feedback Forms

Many of you asked us to share the Participant Contact List. Unfortunately, we are unable to do this due to privacy policies. Instead, we have created a Google Sheet where you can add your contact information so that other participants can get in touch with you. Please click on the button below to access the file and log in your contact details.

Click Here for the WSIF Network Summit 2021 Contact List

We would love to hear how you experienced the Summit. Your feedback will help us improve our Forums and design our future projects. To access the Feedback Form, please click on the button below.

Feedback Form

What connects us is

Our concern for the need of our time
Our search for truth
Our acting out of courage
Our will to do what can be done

To alleviate the need
To raise awareness
To create the good
To protect the vulnerable
To see through the evil

So that light may shine in the darkness
So that there can be warmth where there is cold
So that life may sprout where death is

And people may experience
By Michael's face
Christ Light, Christ Love
And Christ's Resurrection Force

So that earth and humanity
Will find their destination
And become a planet of love,
A new Sun.

by Anselma Remmers

Anselma Remmers was one of the participants who came and joined us onsite at the Goetheanum. She shared her poem with us during the Summit, and it indeed touched many hearts. If you would like to read the text in Dutch or German click here. Thank you, Anselma!

With this picture of what connects us, we wish you all the best and look forward to our next meeting.

A BIG THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSORS

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