Facing Fate, Finding a Destiny - April 8th, 7pm-9pm Creative Mentoring - April 9th, 9:30am-5:30pm

1. Join renowned storyteller, author, scholar of mythology, anthropology
and student of traditional cultures for two presentations...
Facing Fate, Finding a Destiny Creative Mentoring
Friday evening, April 8 ▪ 7:00 pm -9:00 pm Saturday, April 9 ▪ 9:30 am -5:30 pm (Intensive, day long workshop)
Weaving stories within Creative Mentoring offers orientation and training in the core
stories, lacing pertinent Creative Mentoring ideas and purposes of mentoring.
psychology within cultural
While Creative Mentoring naturally involves youth, it also helps
analysis, Michael opens the
re-imagine meaningful roles for elders. The role of the mentor can be
territory of fate and destiny
seen as a bridge which aids youth to find their way to a meaningful
to new interpretations and
life, while also preparing “olders” in the community to act as elders.
deeper meanings leading to
Mentoring also involves practices that help people survive crises and
an undeniable truth: that the
enter new stages of life. Thus, Creative Mentoring can help youth awaken from violence and apathy,
only story we came here to live is our own.
veterans return from war, addicts recover from dependencies. Through Creative Mentoring people
If a person doesn't face their fate, they may never can discover and clarify what they have to offer in the way of teaching, guiding, and mentoring
find their deep resources and natural gifts. If a person others. Typical outcomes of this workshop include: a deepened sense of personal identity as a
doesn't risk their destiny, they'll never know who mentor; a greater awareness of inner resources for both individuals and groups; an understanding of
they are intended to be. Fate and destiny are the two the spiritual components of mentoring; and new frameworks for understanding how learning works.
agreements the soul must make and the core issues The process of Creative Mentoring can be applied to existing organizations and agencies and also be
we struggle with throughout our lives. used to fashion new models for developing community based projects.
Join us for a surprising evening of poetry, stories Themes include: Genius Connections • The Psychology of Mentoring ▪ The Elder-Youth Connection
and discussion, an exploration of identity and
meaning, of purpose and passion, and wisdom and Creative Mentoring benefits teachers and counselors, practitioners of traditional and spiritual
love. arts, parents, social activists, and those who work with nature and value community.
Donation through ticket purchase ~ $12 Donation through ticket purchase ~ $75
"In troubled times youth are doubly threatened since it is through trouble that they find their way.
It may take a whole village to raise a child, but it takes the trouble of youth to raise a whole village." -- Michael J. Meade
Tickets available at: www.mosaicvoices.org ▪ 800-233-6984 ▪ Friday tickets available at Mendocino Book Company or at the door
Proceeds support Voices of Youth, Voices of Veterans, and intercultural projects
Presented in conjunction with the Mendocino County Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Commission