Community Event
Awakening the Dreamer: Climate.Community.Connection Symposium
On Saturday July 9th, the Awakening the Dreamer Symposium will be held at The EXPO Arts Center (4321 Atlantic Ave) from 2pm-7pm. This is an interactive cross generational & cultural conversation to serve as a catalyst for a Long Beach response to climate change.
Awakening the Dreamer is for anyone who wishes to deepen their understanding of the current state of our world. The goal is to engage attendees to take action to create environmental sustainability, spiritual fulfillment, and social justice.
The Awakening the Dreamer Agenda
In Awakening the Dreamer, attendees will explore interrelated aspects of the world they live in. They’ll hear from some of the world’s leading experts on topics as diverse as the Earth’s biodiversity and the reality of socioeconomic disparity throughout the world.
Attendees will leave the Awakening the Dreamer Symposium empowered. A follow up event to this symposium, aimed to ignite local action, is scheduled for July 28th, 6-8pm, location TBD.
More on Awakening the Dreamer
For more information, call 714-598-6074 or email GreenLB@gocatalyst.org.
Local participating organizations include: Green Education Inc., Los Cerritos Wetlands Land Trust, Housing Long Beach, Walk Long Beach, Stop Fracking Long Beach, Long Beach Public Library, SugarWatch, Don’t Waste LB, Squeeze Art Collective, Makersville, Audubon Society, and 350.org.
The Awakening the Dreamer Symposium is developed and distributed by The Pachamama Alliance, a San Francisco based nonprofit. It was started at the invitation of indigenous people of Ecuador’s Amazon rainforest. Through the Awakening the Dreamer Symposium and other workshops, they work to generate widespread awakening at the grassroots level and a transformation of worldview.
Green Long Beach! is a collaborative community organization comprised of individuals, community groups, nonprofit organizations, businesses, and city agencies. “Our vision is to strategically work together to see a Green Long Beach.”
I.AM.LIFE combines life affirming art, music & media to create immersive, transformational experiences of interconnectivity. They offer tools and skills that empower participants and communities to work in partnership with Generation Waking Up and Pachamama Alliance. They aim to foster and nurture a sense of value and respect for the importance of “native wisdom” in the modern world. They want to bring young people face to face with indigenous cultures to learn, share, and collaborate
The South Coast Interfaith Council (SCIC) is the oldest and largest interfaith council in Southern California. They pride themselves in creating communities of compassion among people of different faiths and cultures. SCIC does this with a three-pronged approach, Service, Education and Celebration. As a grassroots organization, SCIC believes in the power of collaboration. As such, they proudly collaborate with many other community and national organizations on programs and initiatives that promote peace and understanding among people of different faiths and cultures.
