Stanley Daniels is a Youth Worker and Life-Skills Worker in Canim Lake BC.

Stanley recently wrote to us to inquire about Inclusive Leadership events coming up in 2015. “I attended one of your Inclusive Leadership Adventures a very long time ago. After all these years it still has impact on my life. I would be very interested in bringing youth to your program.” We were delighted hear from Stanley and invited him to write more about the impact of Inclusive Leadership on his life since 2005.  

Thinking back to 2005, I remember the feeling of peace, serenity, belonging and kindness. It was the beginning of understanding and appreciating what Inclusion meant; That even though we are all different, we share a common theme of wanting to belong and having gifts to offer to one another.

Inclusive Leadership has definitely helped shape who I am as a person, and what I value in another person. I have learned to look at another person beyond their titles, status, race, or any other difference. It certainly developed a true leadership principle of inclusion and contribution as well as acceptance.

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Elke Cole is one of the few Inclusive Community Builders we know who actually builds buildings. Elke travels the world supporting positive change through Natural Design, Natural Building, and inclusive Community-Building workshops based on curiosity and appreciation for the gifts each person brings. She writes: “I’m still moving around between Africa and Europe- hopefully practicing what I learned (through Inclusive Leadership.”

Elke extends two invitations to “Make this year your year to make a difference.”

1. Elke has created an opportunity for people from around the world to join her and local craftspeople from Bafut for a Natural Building Internship in Cameroon. Click here to learn about this exciting life-changing opportunity December 8, 2014 to March 1, 2015.
2. In May, 2015 Elke will be returning to OUR Ecovillage, Shawnigan Lake, Vancouver Island, BC, Canada for a season of natural building and teaching modules. Click here to check out opportunities to participate in the Natural Building Extravaganza May 16, 2015 until July 3, 2015.

“People chose to sit down and connect with us. Chose to be accepted. Chose to be viewed as being enough. To sit and embrace their inner creative. To share their uniqueness and gifts. To be present with themselves and others. That is what community building is to me. That is healing. That is connection. That is my passion.”

Inclusive Leader, Christy Tweedy returned to San Diego after spending the summer in Canada exploring inclusive community building, organic farming, and connecting with nature.  Art in the Park is only one of many, many ways she is involved in forging inclusive solutions since coming home. Click here to read her blog.

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Inclusive Leaders, your friends, families, and colleagues who live on Vancouver Island in Canada (or who happen to be visiting!) are invited to show up in Duncan on Saturday, October 18th from 11 to 4 to experience a festival that aims to “enrich, educate, and inspire people to work together to create a healthier and more inclusive community.”  As Inclusive Leader and Festival Organizer Pema Wangchen says, This is going to be great.”

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The global framework for the Inclusive Leadership Co-operative is the International Earth Charter. Our decisions and activities are guided by the Earth Charter pillars of respect and care for the community of life, ecological integrity, social and economic justice, democracy, non-violence and peace. 

We were invited to write an article about the August 2014 Inclusive Leadership Gathering. The article has now been published on the Earth Charter Website. Click here to read the article.