Our events have people talking
A consistent theme here at Fresh Thinking is inter-connectivity – forming new connections between businesses and nonprofit organizations and the people of the Hudson Valley. Connections lead to a series of introductions and in turn, those new introductions create additional inter-connectivity.
The connections are like measurements of the thread count in bed linens - communities with denser weaves between the figurative warps and wefts of people, businesses and nonprofit organizations are more nurturing and enriching communities.
An absolutely terrific organization, The Mediation Center of Dutchess County promotes the Transformative Model for education, training and conflict mediation – based on an understanding of our relationships with others. These are usually private mediations between the affected parties, but sometimes they are large, public conversations designed to draw attention to a social issue and allow entire communities to participate in the development of a solution.
The Mediation Center invites you to join them in issuing a challenge to our neighbors in Dutchess County to diminish bullying in our schools and communities at the first Anti-Bullying Walkathon, Saturday, March 31, assembling at Walkway Over the Hudson. An opportunity for all members of the community to become involved in a public conversation and provide funds to educate and improve the quality of our children’s lives.
This event is a peer-to-peer experience with a positive call to action. The general consensus is that one out of three children is bullied at school, in the neighborhood or online and that one out of three children bullies others. Involving everyone in preventing and responding to bullying is necessary to overcome it, in all our communities!
I urge all of my inter-connected Hudson Valley friends to participate in the walk, to encourage others and to generously give both time and financial support to The Mediation Center. The Event — Stop Bullying will last for one half of a day, but bullying occurs all day, every day of the year.
You can make a difference here!
