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• Thoughts on Gracious Space training June 4-6, 2009
  Heidi de Laubenfelds
  The moment I walked into the room where our three-day workshop would be held, I felt comfortable, welcome and full of excited anticipation. And that is the e...
• Gracious Space as Sacred Space
  Mary Hernandez
  I came to Gracious Space through the Leadership Montana class of 2007. Gracious Space was introduced on the first day of class. We had heard about the specia...
• From Prisoners to Peacemakers
  Joanne Conger
  While I was a master’s student in Non Profit Leadership, I would dream of how I would run my own organization. So when the teacher mentioned “Gracious Sp...
• Ground Rules for a Civil Society
  Carolyn Love
  I first encountered Gracious Space from a colleague while doing some organizational development work with a city government in Colorado. We got to talking a...
• Yoga
  Donna Allis
  In my home role I am a wife and a mother and at work I’m an administrator of a large division of public health in our county. I see Gracious Space pieces c...
• From Angry to Being Heard
  Shelia Proby
  In 1999 I was the single mother of five children, had spent two years homeless and many more struggling to make ends meet for my family. I was a board mem...
• Seeing others in a new light
  Paola Moranan
  When I got the invitation to the Center’s Confluence: Uniting to End Poverty, I didn’t reply right away. As the Public Policy Director for Children’s A...
• Getting Unstuck
  Anitra Freeman
  I used to describe myself as an extreme humanitarian. My passion for advocating for the poorest of Seattle’s citizens took many forms: organizer, writer, p...
• Conversations on Racial Diversity and Reconciliation
  Bev Spears
  I had just finished a degree in theology and was consulting on a community building initiative in a racially diverse and economically depressed region, when ...
• Tapping into the Gracious Space that is already there
  Jim Anderson
  I work across a lot of different issue areas, and whether it’s in the faith community, education, community organizing, or even corporate arenas, the conce...
• Welcoming people with Gracious Space
  Tita Begashaw
  I work at Harborview Medical Center as a patient service specialist. Working in the admitting department and at the front desk gives me the opportunity to he...
• Designing around Gracious Space
  Angela Powell
  I got to know the Center through my participation on the design team for the Inspired Action Confluence in 2005. The purpose of the Confluence was to bring t...
• Group Spirit
  Larry Pennings
  My introduction to Gracious Space was in 2004, when I connected to the Center for an internship experience. I then went to two or three Gracious Space worksh...
• Support in the Workplace
  Jan Dickerman
  I’m the executive director for Kirkland Interfaith Transitions in Housing, or KITH. Here at KITH we have four case managers who work with homeless families...
• Physical Space and Public Life
  Paul Niebanck
  I went through college and graduate school focusing on political science and economics, then earned my doctorate in city planning and social sciences. Being ...
• Gracious Space in the Classroom
  Nancy McEacheran
  I connected with the Center ten years ago through a Core Values workshop, and then attended two workshops on Gracious Space. I began to use the Center’s gu...
• A State of Mind
  Denise Klein
  Keynote
  I’m Executive Director of Senior Services in Seattle, Washington. This is my fifth year with Senior Services, and I’ve been working in the field for more...