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06/29/2013
Three of us went to High Point Farm on Thursday! The weather forecast said it will be thunderstorm from Thursday 2pm to Friday 5pm, but guess what, we brought the sunshine to there! It was sunny most of our stay there :D We had lots of fun in the lake!!
06/26/2013
Thank you Fountain House for sharing this really nice photo of us with Alan Doyle at our graduation event today!
Peiyu, Summer, and Sister Agnes completed The Fountain House Michael Walther Executive Fellowship today! We'll miss them dearly, but we're excited to see what these dynamic clubhouse leaders will do next!
Read their thoughts on the 9-month immersion training at http://bit.ly/fellows_reflect.
06/26/2013
Fellows were preparing for the final presentation/ graduation! We will be presenting to donors, board members and some unit leaders worked with us. Oh! 9 months went by so quickly!
Friends, our Fellowship is wrapping up this week! Please wish us luck as we make our final presentation to the Walther family (funders of the Fellowship), Board, members, and staff of Fountain House this afternoon about what we learned and how we grew and developed while here.
**But don't worry, this won't be the last you hear from us! We have one or two more projects to finish up and tell you about before Friday and over the next couple weeks we'll be updating you on a few past events and activities we missed posting about in the end-of-fellowship crunch time. And we'll keep you updated on our next steps when we all go back home.
Thanks for supporting us!
-Summer, Peiyu, & Sr. Agnes
06/21/2013
Summer and Peiyu have been volunteering at the New York Clubhouse Coalition (Clubhouse New York) during the Fellowship to learn how coalition builds the broader community beyond individual clubhouse. We've been visiting clubhouses to know more about individual club. This is a quote from our visit to Citiview Connections Clubhouse in Long Island City.
“When I first came here I came here with no spirit at all. Individual spirits of member rub off on each other. When you interact you feel that spirit and it will enlighten you on the inside. I came here with no aspirations, coming here someone else’s spirit got inside me and now I’m all over this place. This is my birth place when I died and came back to life.”
05/22/2013
Celebrating a successful conference with Larry Marshall.
05/22/2013
It was so great to catch up with the folks from Independence Center, where I did my first three-week colleague training.
05/22/2013
I managed to catch Jack for a photo just before he took off for his post-conference run.
I had an awesome opportunity this week presenting at the 2013 Michigan Clubhouse Conference in Lansing, MI. I was really honored to be asked to speak on the opening plenary as well as three other workshops.
In addition to being able to catch up with old friends and stellar colleagues from Michigan, I was lucky enough to share the microphone with some pretty amazing Clubhouse folk from out-of-state. It's not every day you get to present along-side Jack Yatsko (Clubhouse International), Jennifer Higginbotham and Pete Estrader (Independence Center), and Larry Marshall (Sanford Clubhouse). What a great couple of days!
If you missed the deadline for the Fountain House Michael Walther Executive Fellowship but are still interested in applying, please contact Summer Berman at [email protected] as soon as possible.
Michael Walther Executive Fellowship | Fountain House You may also fax your cover letter and resume to 212.664.0146. No phone calls, please. Fountain House, Inc. is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer.
05/11/2013
Walther Fellows on the Brooklyn Bridge with the Fountain House NAMI Walks team.