And that was very much the theme of the gathering: connecting entrepreneurs, government officials, foundation leaders, and entertainers like Rosario Dawson and will.i.am in a collective effort to create jobs.
While attending these gatherings, I connected with over 80 women who worked with me to create "Goddess on Earth," a visual celebration of the Divine Feminine.
'Study areas' are here conceived of as spaces of data gathering, indirectly connected to civic, public health responsibilities through 'global health' policy.
Over the past year, the police have regularly cited the mask law while arresting participants in gatherings and marches connected to the Occupy Wall Street movement.
These are refined and adapted, in part by supporting various regional gatherings and consultations connected to the Global Movement for Children and by helping to prepare for the Special Session.
And there's another way of looking at the Trek convention culture Winston helped create: as like-minded individuals gathering to connect over a shared taste.
It's because, as I was traveling around the country or discovering online sites where people affected by the economic crisis are gathering and connecting (places like HowIGotLaidOff.com, RecessionWire, Project Bounce Back and We've Got Time to Help), I was again and again struck by the resilience, creativity and acts of compassion taking place all across America.
It's mission is to provide an annual gathering that "connects UN experts and NGO advocates with some of the most creative minds in filmmaking and new media, with the goal of finding fresh, compelling ways to create momentum for social change".
They require spontaneous interaction, a call and response among unidentified cries of rage, the possibility for a unified mass to form from a gathering of loosely connected individuals.
It is probable that in this practice there was also a vital believed link between the living and the dead, and that occasionally sacred areas and gathering places were connected with such graves.
