Restoring our Place in Nature: A New Story from Old Wisdom
Schedule
Fri, 19 Jun, 2026 at 05:00 pm to Sat, 20 Jun, 2026 at 07:00 pm
UTC-04:00Location
Xavier University | Cincinnati, OH
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Restoring our Place in Nature: A New Story from Old WisdomJune 19-20, 2026 at Xavier University
Featuring Peter Block, Tish O’Dell and Nancy Stranahan
Are you concerned about existential threats to the Natural World? Do you believe there are better ways to live in harmony with all Life than what the current socio-political narrative offers? Join a community that seeks to transform the paradigm with bold solutions.
Join this conversation to protect the legal Rights of Nature through artistic expression, faith initiatives, ancient wisdom, health and community action to restore the Commons. We convene to build our Social Prosperity and Abundance; to share, learn, and advance this transformation.
The convergence features Peter Block with the Common Good Collective, Tish O’Dell with the Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund, and Nancy Stranahan with Arc of Appalachia. Breakout workshop discussions include the Ohio Community Rights/Rights of Nature network, Faith Communities Go Green, Co-op Cincy, Weston A. Price Foundation, Sustainability Central, Community Gardeners, Holistic Health practitioners, and Community Organizers.
Register and learn more: https://crowohio.org/restoring-event/
***Convergence schedule***
FRIDAY, JUNE 19, 2026
5:00pm Registration and Check-in
6:00pm Opening Ceremony and Land Acknowledgement
6:30pm Connecting the Dots: Living like Everything is Connected, Because it is! | Tish O’Dell
7:00pm Building Social Capital | Peter Block
7:30pm Facilitated Discussion | Vicki Mansoor
SATURDAY, JUNE 20, 2026
8:00am Registration and Check-in
9:00am Welcome and Land Acknowledgement
9:30am Rights of Nature and Community Rights Panel | Ohio Community Rights Network
10:30am Break
10:45am Workshop Breakouts Session I
–> Faith and Nature in Action | Becca Desai, Mackenzie Doyle, Braden Trauth, Deborah Jordan
–> Yields from the Plant Kingdom; wellness and reciprocity | Barbara Utendorf
–> A Greater Good for Greater Cincinnati: Repurposing a Gun Range for Community Benefits | Colleen McSwiggin
12:00pm Lunch
1:00pm Keynote | From Backyard Forest to World Biome – Preserving our Great Eastern Forest | Kim Baker and Nancy Stranahan
2:00pm Workshop Breakouts Session II
–> Stirrings; a living narrative | Vicki Mansoor
–> Nature Immersion for Grounding Our Activism | Bill Cahalan
–> The Union of Community and Economics | Kristen Barker
–> Osteopathic Medicine: Health Is Nature | Tony Bianco
3:00pm Break
3:30pm Workshop Breakouts Session III
–> Community is in our DNA | Jim Schenk
–> Staying Grounded While Earth Wobbles | Mary Vietmeier
–> Restoring Our Health And Nature Through Food & Ancestral Knowledge | Sophia Dellecave
4:30pm Where do we go from here? Conversations and commitments to our shared vision.
6:00pm Closing
Register and learn more: https://crowohio.org/restoring-event/
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