What's up? April 20th, story seven of our week of citizening. This time we're going to New England

to the great state of Maine, the maniacs. This is a story about gathering. If you want to really get deep into gathering, check out our episode with Priya Parker and talking about how we sit as in through our gatherings, whether it's a church meetup, a house party, or a conference.

And today's stories about the conference experience and trying to use that

experience to gather people well to get the most out of it. And we're living through some

real harsh times. A lot of unnecessary hardship has fallen on folks. And we're also very isolated from each other.

We have a crisis of loneliness.

And so whenever we actually get together, it becomes even more important because it's increasingly rare.

It's important that we do it with intention and with purpose and with consideration and respect. And I like this story out of Maine,

this sea change conference, because it is a truly embodied experience because they weave the

arts in and dance and movement because there's a lot of joy. And it's this multi-racial,

multi-everything in like a little town in Maine. So it's defying a lot of joy and it's this multi-racial, multi-everything in like a little town in Maine.

So it's defying a lot of expectations of what Maine is, of what small towns are, and of what a

conference can be and how we can turn these moments of gathering into something deeply meaningful,

healing, recharging.

And who among us doesn't need a recharge right now?

Just not a Tesla superstation charge because we're not doing that anymore.

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