Building Creative Communities Conference 2020
Thurs., Jan. 30 – Sun., Feb. 2, 2020 Colquitt, GA
To motivate, encourage, empower, and inspire community advocates by sharing ideas, learning new skills, and fostering positive change.
About BC3
The Building Creative Communities Conference (BC3) is an annual convergence of community change agents that takes place in the tiny, artsy town of Colquitt, Georgia.
At this transformational gathering, changemakers from down the road and around the world develop tools for story sharing, creative leadership, and collaboration.
Colquitt, Georgia is a modest rural community in the southwest corner of the state that was brought alive more than 20 years ago with the help of conference founders Joy Jinks, Karen Kimbrell, and Dr. Richard Geer. After being introduced to the work of Dr. Jean Houston, the three decided to collaborate on a mission to awaken a dying town by way of mural arts and theater. Once joined by international facilitator Jan Sanders, the group began to share the tools of Social Artistry as a standard operating system for increasing human capacity.
Interactive Opportunities
BC3 provides interactive opportunities for people who are invested in their communities, from activists and educators to social justice advocates and politicians, to recognize our power to create positive change in our everyday environments.
Community Connection
Many participants, after attending BC3 for the first time, return annually to reconnect with like minds and share their progress in their own communities.
Swamp Gravy
Colquitt, the home of Swamp Gravy, Georgia’s Folk Life Play (which is an outgrowth of Story Bridge Theater Training), now boasts a thriving agricultural community, the Swamp Gravy Community Theater Program, more than 100 murals painted by local artists, historical swamplands, and a boardwalk for meditative strolls through the history of the deep South.
Speakers
JOY JINKS
Co-Founder, Swamp Gravy
KAREN KIMBREL
Co-Founder, Swamp Gravy
JANET SANDERS
Co-Facilitator, Art of Social Change Track
DR. RICHARD OWEN GEER
DR. QINGHONG WEI
Co-Facilitator, Story Bridge Theater
MARGARET ASHMORE
Co-Facilitator, Story Bridge Theater
Featured Speaker
KEVIN IEGA JEFF
Founder, Deeply Rooted Dance Theatre, choreographer Story Bridge Theater
MOVING WITH CHANGE
Spend the weekend with Iega as you bring the body fully into your community change work. One of The Julliard School’s 100 outstanding graduates of the century, Iega’s first job was dancing on Broadway at seventeen. The founder of Jubiliation! Dance in New York and founder and artistic director of Deeply Rooted Dance Theater of Chicago, Iega has worked for nearly a quarter-century with Story Bridge, including many years choreographing Swamp Gravy.
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