peakmoment's video: Longing to Belong: Looking for Your Tribe part 2

Bill Kauth and Zoe Alowan, co-authors of We Need Each Other: Building Gift Community, modeled the tribe-forming process on fraternal lodges like Elk and Oddfellows. It begins with a champion, one or two people who establish the tribe's values. The champion invites others into the tribe who wish to commit to those values: staying in place, time together, and being there for one another come what may. Potential members are sponsored by existing members. They go through a 15-hour training on the tribe's values, deepening intimacy, gender safety, and conflict resolution. After several months of provisional membership, they are initiated in a co-created ritual. Don't miss our ending song from their training: "Longing to Belong." Episode 309. [timefortribe.com] Thanks for being in the Peak Moment viewer community! Subscribe to peakmoment channel on YouTube for more great shows on grass roots pioneers forging a post-growth culture. Subscribe to email news or donate at http://www.peakmoment.tv. Visit Peak Moment on: Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Peak-Moment-TV/113511867700 GooglePlus: https://plus.google.com/+peakmoment/posts Janaia on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/janaia.donaldson Twitter: https://twitter.com/PeakMomentTV (handle: @peakmomenttv) iTunes: http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/peak-moment-tv/id413896747