This will be a roundtable discussion with Kurt Kuhwald, a Unitarian Universalist Community Minister; John Sorenson, founder of the Conscious Elders Network; Constance Washburn, a facilitator of Johanna Macy’s Work That Reconnects; and David “Lucky” Goff, co-author of “The Age of Actualization: A Handbook for Growing An Elder Culture.”
Bios of these dynamic and vital elders:
Kurt A. Kuhwald - Unitarian Universalist Community Minister in Oakland. Climate, racial and social justice activist. Served in seven UU congregations, including three community ministries (one was with homeless in the Tenderloin District of San Francisco, and one was as seminary faculty in Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley). Active in Showing Up For Racial Justice (organizing in white communities in support of the Movement for Black Lives), in interfaith work for low-wage workers, as well meeting with in dialogue groups with Conscious Elders in Sebastopol. He is ecstatic that he will be a grandfather in October!!
John Sorenson - Founder of Conscious Elders Network, formed in 2014. John has had 40 plus years of engineering design, corporate management, and entrepreneurial experiences. He now uses this experience to fulfill his calling as an environmental activist and community organizer in transforming our culture to one that encompasses the wisdom and caring of the conscious elder.
Constance Washburn attended the founding session of CEN in 2014, she is a facilitator of Johanna Macy’s Work That Reconnects. She worked at MALT for many years as Education Director, and is a resident of San Geronimo Valley.
David “Lucky” Goff, with Alexandra Hart started an Elder Salon in Sebastopol six years ago that meets monthly. Together, they host Growing an Elder Culture – a 2-hour radio show that aires monthly from Sebastopol on various elder topics and issues.
David “Lucky”Goff is a prolific writer, writes the a blog called The Slow Lane on his observations on the aging process. In 2003 David had a brain aneurism. As a result of his stroke, and the onset of a rare brain syndrome, he nearly died and ended up permanently disabled. This experience had a transformational effect on David, which made him "Lucky," and cued him into how radically connected all things are.
