The Awakening the Dreamer Spreads Around the World
The symposium has now been presented in 28 countries (maybe more we simply haven’t heard about). And through the commitment of facilitators and the generosity of volunteers we know that versions have been translated into Spanish, French, Russian, Japanese and Mandarin. Then flowing out of this we’ve held trainings in Canada, the USA, Ecuador, Argentina, Australia, Belgium, New Zealand, Hong Kong, Ireland and will be going to Japan later this month.
The dimensions of this expansion are interesting, but the manner of it is even more so. Word-of-mouth has taken this message a long way, we get regular inquiries from other countries from people who have been told about the symposium, most notably Awal Yakubu in Ghana who found out about it in an online forum from Alaistair Wolfe in the UK (Awal then ran the first symposium in Africa last year). We’ve also watched a number of facilitators deliver symposiums wherever they travel, John Freebury in Eastern Europe and South America, Karl Steyaert, Don O’Brien (and others I’m sure) on journeys through India. And then we’ve been delighted to see different organizations and networks help this spread, the recent World Tour organized by XL Results Foundation helped build the group that trained together in Hong Kong and who are now blazing a trail around South East Asia, other XL members want to help the spread into Africa and other Asian countries. And now to take the symposium into South Africa there is a team coming together, local South Africans plus expats and friends of the Rainbow Nation in other parts of the world, determined to raise the funding to take the message to South Africa.
Keep the Movement Alive
There are other stories to share, and many more heroes out there, this is just a glimpse of the global aspect of this work that unites us. And so here’s an ask to all readers: please help keep the Awakening the Dreamer Initiative growing in the world, you can do this in a few ways:
- your contacts in other countries or in organizations that work in other countries might just be the key to awakening dreamers there
- your donations can fund our travels (I could take the message more places with more budget), and your donations can be in dollar form or as Air Miles
- if you are a trained facilitator already consider how you might deliver the symposium in any communities you travel to, on holidays or business trips
- share with us all the stories we haven’t yet heard about the spread of the Initiative in the world
Imagine what we can make happen, the smiling faces of every age and color and culture we can see light up with this message, the fulfillment of knowing we’re helping people around the world remember the desire which resides within all of us – to help create an environmentally sustainable, spiritually fulfilled and socially just world.
Any and all assistance can be channeled to me in the first instance: Jon Symes, Outreach Director, Pachamama Alliance jon.symes@pachamama.org. I’m also happy to answer any questions or just hear your stories.
For the Record
There are facilitators in Canada, USA, Mexico, Guatemala, Ecuador, Peru, Argentina, Ghana, Spain, France, Belgium, Italy, Germany, UK, Ireland, Russia, China (Hong Kong), Malaysia, Japan, India, New Zealand, Australia.
There is interest in Brazil, Nigeria, Kenya, South Africa, Mauritius, Denmark, Singapore, Thailand, Indonesia, Ukraine
