Good morning folks!! Our call is taking place today at 5pm est. We are looking forward to connecting around the theme movement building for this session. Shanika, our specialist, did an amazing job rooting what movement building is and I can't wait to expand on her topics. If you missed her talk you can view it here: https://us02web.zoom.us/rec/play/oJf8iE0Bm9tp94MrY--YttctPx9FYaLRhvAWgFJfMGXauAGM4ck9CDkM2lEOxLMJ2ojQsWJKrMcM3txJ.vx7g-RfT8WTG5c3Q The zoom link for today is: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87598680503

Shanika - ecovillage builder, Naked and Afraid Survivor, and Spiritual Mentor Shanika Malcolm is a Jamaican-born community builder, spiritual teacher, facilitator, survivalist, and founder of Motherful Colombia, a grassroots initiative exploring new ways of living, relating, and creating community rooted in regeneration, mutual care, and collective liberation. She is also a Naked and Afraid survivalist, having completed Discovery Channel’s 21-day survival challenge in the jungles of Chiapas, Mexico. Her work weaves together more than 15 years of experience in meditation, yoga, somatic and spiritual practice, permaculture, personal development, and intentional community building. Based in Colombia, Shanika is currently developing Casa Motherful as a living laboratory for women-centered community, regenerative livelihoods, healing, education, and co-creation, while working toward a larger vision of ecovillage development. At the heart of her work is the belief that creating a new world requires us not only to build new systems, but to become the people capable of embodying and sustaining them.

@Noah Skocilich Noah, I thought about you after Bryton's presentation where he spoke about food deserts in small towns. I'm wondering if your mapping technology can actually map these food desert towns or if it's not possible? It's fascinating to me...not sure what can be done with this information yet but I bet something important.