At Paloma Hall, Saturday, January 28, 2017
Commencing at 10.00 am

In his book “Towards Social Renewal” GA23, first published in 1919, Rudolf Steiner posited “People will only grasp the true nature of the social organism when they are able to perceive how it can embody fraternity, equality and freedom through a living threefold structure”. Our work is to explore this proposition in the light of today.

Speakers:

John Bloom is Vice President, Organizational Culture at RSF Social Finance in San Francisco (rsfsocialfinance.org). As part of his work at RSF he has been developing and facilitating conversations and programs that address the intersection of money and spirit in personal and social transformation. He writes frequently for RSF’s Reimagine Money blog and has fostered collaborative dialogues on the challenging social aspects money. As part of his work he has helped develop awareness of issues of land and biodynamic agriculture across the US. He was appointed as General Secretary of the Anthroposophical Society in America in October 2016. He lives in San Francisco.

Gary Lamb is a Director for the Hawthorne Valley Center for Social Research and the Project Coordinator for the Avalon Initiative, an education think tank inspired by Waldorf and threefold social ideals (edrenewal.org). He enjoys researching the interplay between inner development, human encounter, and threefold social forms. His favorite way to find and further threefold social ideas in the world is to convene and facilitate conversations between diverse spiritually striving people focused on common social concerns. His published works include Associative Economics, Steinerian Economics (ed. with Sarah Hearn), Wellsprings of the Spirit, and the Social Mission of Waldorf Education.

John Baring is a retired banker having worked for two large Wall Street firms as well as being the managing partner of a merchant banking business involving corporate banking, venture capital and private equity with a number of other partners over 35 years. In the 2006, he retired from these fields and joined Camphill, working in Camphill Copake and founding Camphill Ghent, “a vibrant residential community for elders”. He is now retired again and occasionally teaches at Camphill Communities, California and is a member of the Core Group of the Monterey Bay & Santa Cruz Branch of the Anthroposophical Society in America.

REQUESTED DONATION: $15.00

Program:

10 am
Welcome and general description of the day’s program.

10.15 am
Each speaker will talk about their understanding of the Threefold Social Organism and their experiences in their life and work. Each talk will be for 20 minutes.

11.15 am Break – refreshments provided.

11.25 am
4 – 6 person conversation circle (size will depend on numbers of attendees)
Purpose: each circle comes up with one specific question for each speaker and one general question for all speakers.

11.45 am
One question for each speaker and one general question from each circle clarified and listed on the chalkboard.

12.00 pm Eurythmy

12.20 pm Break for lunch – lunch is not provided

1.30 pm
Speakers respond to the specific questions addressed to them, each for 15 minutes.

2.15 pm
Speakers respond individually and as a group to the general questions.

2.45 pm Break – refreshments provided

3.00 pm
Open Conversation with all speakers and attendees
The “ah-hah” moments!

3.40 pm Eurythmy

4.00 pm Closing

For questions, registrations, etc: contact jfb@usbaring.com