Yearly Archives: 2009

Valley 25×25 Effort Underway

At the second Harrisonburg Sustainability Summit, Jeff Tang of JMU’s Integrated Science and Technology (ISAT) program discussed the Shenandoah Valley’s 25×25 effort, which aims ......

Designating Shenandoah Mountain a National Scenic Area

Convener/Scribe: Lynn Cameron Table I 2:00 Attendees: Pete Mahoney, Carol Lena Miller, Kim Sandum, Mark Miller, Lynn Cameron Notes: We discussed the benefits of designating national forest lan......

TV Interview about Sustainability Summit

WHSV TV3 did a short interview with Kai Degner about the Sustainability Summit. Kai explains concepts of sustainability, outcomes from previous summits, and the purpose of the Harrisonburg Summ......

Turkey Drive for Sustainability – Nov 14 11-1pm

The Community Mediation Center is excited to announce a service opportunity in conjunction with Saturday’s Sustainability Summit!  The Salvation Army is bringing their truck to accept food......

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5 Minute Overview of a Harrisonburg Summit

What happens at a Harrisonburg Summit? How does it work? This 5-minute video captures the general flow of a summit, in this case the Intercultural/Interfaith Summit held on October 22, 2009 fr......

Education: Reflecting Students’ Diversity in Staff and Administration

Convener: Dany Fleming  Scribe: Mickey Arefaine Location: Table B 4:30 Attendees: Dany Fleming Mickey Arefaine Linda Kohn Sima Namei Lee Hall Sheri Musser Emily North Carol Quinuo Kerri Lawren......

Managing the Public Perception of Harrisonburg as a Closed Community

Diana Woodall Managing the public perception of H’burg, or how the DNR does NOT reflect us don’t know don’t remember the second time slot a  group of about 25, very diverse in......

Pray the Devil Back to Hell

Reporter: Diana Woodall Pray the Devil Back to Hell played at EMU’s Layman’s Auditorium    7-9pm to a large group of 150-200. A film was shown about the very important role that Chri......

Intercultural / Interfaith Summit Schedule Oct 22, 2009

Click for General Information About this Summit Submit a Session Report Click on session titles to see their reports. The intermittent wireless internet connection in our meeting space may have......

Refugees in Harrisonburg

Intro of presenters Karima is a senior international student majoring in Social Work at James Madison University. She was born to Iraqi refugee parents, who were later relocated to Norw......

Caring for Children in Kurdish Culture

Presented by Mohammad Kareem, a member of Harrisonburg’s Kurdish community. Kareem is also a liaison at Harrisonburg High School and Thomas Harrison Middle School. Short story told by Karee......