Here's today's wonderful news
about a wonderful world!
This
is part of a series of daily reminders that a more wonderful world
is being built from the actions of millions of people, each day. You
are offered examples to explore whenever you would like to be uplifted
and inspired, energized and reassured. This is a wonderful type of world
news!
It seems obvious that we experience what we are paying attention to, so if we want more life-enhancing experiences, we should direct more of our attention to more life-enhancing news, happenings, and stories.
Also,
when we feel life-enhanced, we are radiating, broadcasting those
"vibes" outward, and others are uplifted into resonance, to some degree.
And the more of us radiating, the more others are uplifted. So joy is
service!
In
this series, we emphasize discovering whole groups of people who are
creating a more wonderful world, each in their own way.
You
can add things you find, for others to discover and pay attention to,
via commenting on this post, or any post in the series. You can access a list of links to each post in the entire series by clicking here: https://divinelightchurch.blogspot.com/2020/11/wonderful-world-news-list-of-published.html
DAY 170
"Civic Ensemble
"Civic Ensemble creates theatre that explores and explodes the social, political, and cultural issues of our time. Through its community-based plays and programming, Civic Ensemble brings audiences of different races, classes, and experiences together in a public forum on the American experiment. Executive Director Julia Taylor, along with input from Civic Ensemble participants, shares more about how the community theatre group creates spaces of belonging, healing, and transformation through storytelling.
"What sparked the founding/creation of Civic Ensemble?
"In 2013, Godfrey L. Simmons Jr., Sarah K. Chalmers, and Jennifer Herzog founded Civic Ensemble as Ithaca, New York’s “public theatre,” a theatre for the people, one that created and produced work that explored the questions the community needed to explore. Civic Ensemble was, and is, committed to making theatre accessible to all walks of life in our community. At Civic, we know that theatre is everyone’s birthright. It is an art form found in all corners of our community, and our work helps amplify the stories not otherwise being heard on the professional stage.
"Since 2013, we have been creating theatre with, by, and for our community that highlights the real stories of people, and works to bring us closer to the Beloved Community. The Beloved Community refers to a global vision that all people should share in the wealth of the earth. Poverty and homelessness, racism and all forms of discrimination will not be tolerated because international standards of human decency won’t allow it.
"Civic Ensemble works toward the Beloved Community in all our work. We have engaged with a wide range of community groups and individuals with diverse backgrounds and experiences through all of this work over the past seven years in Tompkins County, New York.
"How does Civic Ensemble fill a need for the communities that it serves? What is the importance of your work at this time in particular?
"Civic Ensemble is offering a space for our community to imagine itself differently, to listen and hear the stories rooted deeply beneath us, to see one another and know that we all belong. We are a company rooted in our community, in racial justice, love, dialogue, and positive change.
Civic Ensemble’s programs serve many people in our community who might not otherwise participate in a professional arts or theatre program, or be witness to theatre as an audience member. Our work directly addresses social issues in our community, such as mass incarceration, racism, the climate crisis, and poverty. We bring these issues into nuanced dialogue with our community through aesthetically rich theatre that challenges stereotypes and builds bridges and connections across real and perceived differences.
"Our ReEntry Theatre Program invites
people who are formerly incarcerated or court-involved to join together,
building theatrical skills, to create original plays alongside
professional theatre makers. These productions bring to life stories
about substance abuse, recovery, barriers to navigating social services,
mental health, and also family, love, hopes and dreams, and community."
Now
it's your turn. Inspired by what you've discovered, what is one thing
you will do this day to make the world more wonderful for yourself and
perhaps also for someone else?
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such a good way exists.
This
series is a ministry of "Amplifying Divine Light in All" Church. We
have no relationship with the resource described in this post, except
our appreciation of them and desire to share their value with you and
others.
All
of our ministries are offered to you and the world as our freewill
gifts. The funds necessary for the food, shelter, internet service, and
other expenses that make this and all our ministries possible come from
freewill gifts provided by those wanting to see us able to continue our
offerings to the world.
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