Here are some pictures from the Inclusive and Creative Leadership Training for Youth and Adults that I had the honor of co-facilitating October 19-25. What a great experience! Thank you to Linda Hill and Linda McDaniels (Cowichan Intercultural Society), Raj Gill (Prosperity Circles Coaching) and our wonderful team of Inclusive Travel Guides who guided a diverse gathering of inter-generational teams from Critical Incident Response Model (CIRM) communities. We had participants from all over the province come together for a very powerful week of training in Nanaimo on how to be inclusive leaders in their communities. The representatives who came by plane, ferry and car were so passionate about anti-discrimination, anti-racism, diversity education, inclusive community-building and the potential of youth and adults working together to change the world. We had fantastic presentations of the different projects people are working on in the places they live as well as a sharing of stories, dance and skills. After five years of facilitating these trainings...this was a first: during the week an amazing sweep of the Norovirus, which ended up getting 13 out of 29 people very sick! It was incredible how everyone pulled through this very violent 24-hour 'flu'--taking care of the sick while continuing the learning and building community with those who had managed to escape the virus or who had recovered. What a powerful team-building exercise!
