Well now -- I think we've at last begun to travel on our BBMV "adventure to awe."
Find out how you can join in on the journey upon which we are now embarking.
Look for details on how you can begin your travels with us
Vetting begins November 1.
GGet on board to become an "Official" BBMV Small "Zones of Peace" Builder.
We've (Meaning All Of Us Worldwide) Are Having Mental Health Challenges -- If Not Actual Crises
New Horizons Support Network and the Small "Zones of Peace" Project...Becoming the Black Bear Mountain Village Project have a mental health solution.
Its called building small "zones of peace" wherever you are -- or go. In other words "community." But not "ordinary" community. We mean "exceptional" community." The kind Mahatma Gandhi meant when he stated that the way to a world of peace was "..to begin by carving out terrorities or zones of peace where violence and deceit won’t be used."
With fifty plus years behind us of doing just that, we are eager to share what we know, what we've learned and how we've learned it.
Come -- build with us
Do you how to do this?
Interested in trying on our method?
Vetting for participation begins November 1, 2023.
Step #1 -- An "Evaluation Session" with Anastasia is the door opener.
Cost -- beyond your budget limitations?
Find out how you how you can qualify for a scholarship opportunity.
Contact: Jill at Black Bear Mountain Village -- New email and cell number to be announced.
Under Construction
Updated: October 1
Among the coming changes --
●Group discussions will follow class presentation with Anastasia, Sue -- the only remaining student of the original, Season One Class -- and on-site at Black Bear Mountain Village Auditors. Dial-in auditors will also be offered discussion opportunities tba
● Monthly Fire Circle Storytelling participation will be open to Auditors.
Read on to hear of our fascinating journey, from "there" to here -- now trying to rebuild our lives, post- pandemic and our present "Becoming Black Bear Mountain Village" experiences as we go forward on our "adventure of a lifetime."
Also, find out how to just hang out with us.
From fancy hotel workshop accommodations ro what used to be only a kitchen door back driveway to now becoming "Anastasia's Courtyard" -- under construction, the times are a changing at the New Horizons Harper's Ferry Retreat Center becoming Black Bear Mountain Village.
Last Thursday as Board Members and Provisional Board Membrrs sat down for our first official Ms Class -- Study Groip: Season Two, I found myself stumbling a bit to find my way.
Everything was dramatically different from the beginnings of even Ms Class--Study Group: Season One with its first class -- and its original agenda launched February 28, 2019 -- pre-pandemic shutdowns.
Most dramatically, "Season One" was not intended to be a "Season" though it lasted close to two years -- a very long season if you want to call it that at all.
But what else might we call it?
The original- Class-Study Group had been organized in mid-December, 2019, specifically to support a single board member that we call Tonya, publicly, to preserve her privacy. Tonya had just recently lost her home and all her belongings to one of Northern California's wildfires - and her husband to another woman aong with it.
To compound her distress, her lurking tendency to emotionally swim and drown herself in the depths of suicidal ideation had taken hold of her to such an extent that I was seriously concerned for her.
So I had prodded her to once again do an "Evaluation Session" with me as a prerequisite. Her earlier one had been almost thirty years ago. And I would reward her discipline in doing that by doing a five or six week class/study group for all interested NH/ZOP Board Members? focusing on her special needs as the centerfold.
We had had six Board members at our last annual board meeting in July. However, we began what I now want ro call "Season One
To be continued"
Find out how you can qualify to participate.
On-site at Black Bear Mountain Village or by zoom.
Applications being taken after November 1, 2023.
Details coming soon.
As of Spring, 2024 -- We will be looking for a live-in female student intern.
Situation:
Live in efficiency apartment. Rent = 10 - 15 hours (to be negotiated) per week, work exchange.
Tasks: Help with cleaning and cooking and general upkeep along with our Property Management and Development Team, headed by Sue deVeer.
Benefits: Life in the mountains, being a part of building our small "zone of peace" -- Black Bear Mountain Village Community
Ideal: For students interested in writing, marketing and social activism. Must be an INTROVERT to match Anastasia who would be your main connection.
Please note, New Horizons’ Executive Director, Anastasia Rosen-Jones who has extensive experience in advertising, marketing and public relations, will supervise internships.
Find out how you can be a part of our team!
Cell for Anastasia: 240.409.5347
email: zonesofpeacenh@aol.com
Under construction
Dear Readers,
In the past month the two main blog sites I write for, New Horizons/Small "zones of peace" and my own Anastasia The Storyteller, shot up from 1000 or under visitors during the height of the pandemic to almost OVERNIGHT this month attracting close to 100,000!
What gives, I asked myself, feeling greatly overwhelmed and intimidated as I watched the numbers grow. I was, of course, preparing my organization and myself for creating impact. But not today!
Later -- next year when Camelot Disrupted would be finished. That was my plan.
What next? On MY end? On. our "Becoming Black Bear Mountain Village" end?
For starters I decided to take note of the selections being read. And the pattern that emerged is that y'all seem to be seeking Practical Applications -- the way we interpreted it -- for your own small "zones of peace" building. That's how we read the articles you were selecting -- so for our next steps on this blog we will be seeking ways to accommodate that.
Up dates coming soon.
Collective healing is our goal.
Tentative plan:
Fire Circle Storytelling - monthly
Topic: From There (March16, 2020 to Here
P.S. Wonder why we"ve had so many aborted plans in our recent past?
Answer:
1. We've got a mental crisis, actually quite a few of our own. And we draw from the ancient wisdom of physicians -- "physician heal thyself" and also the wisdom of -- "Charity begins at home."
2. Becoming Black Bear Mountain Village ain't been easy.
Join us for Fire Circle Storytelling. We'll share ours. You share back -- kinda like call and response.
