The Village Revealed: Two Lenses, One Vision

In the 1970’s Sharon VanDyke and Benjamin Wigfall as part of the mission of Communications Village, captured the spirit and faces of the Black community in Kingston. The photos restored by Michael Torres of Soul Reflections Photography & Art Collective will be on view during the moth of February in the Gallery @ 107 and Good Work Institute in Kingston.

This programming is sponsored by Soul Reflections Art & Photography Collective, TRANSART & Cultural Services, Inc. and Good Work Institute

(TH)Empower Monthly Co-op Networking Mixer

Join us this coming Thursday, February 8th from 6-8pm for our monthly networking event! This month we will be meeting at Tilda’s Kitchen!

At (Th)Empower Coop, we believe that together, we can achieve greatness. This event is your opportunity to network with like-minded cooperative champions, exchange insights, and learn from one another’s triumphs in the realm of worker ownership.

At (Th)Empower, our mission is to catalyze the growth and success of worker cooperatives, empowering individuals to shape a more equitable and cooperative future.

 We are committed to holding these monthly networking events with the hopes of fostering a vibrant community of cooperative enthusiasts, leaders, and visionaries, bringing them together to connect, learn, and collaborate.

This event is sponsored by Co-op Hudson Valley, Good Work Institute, LIFT Economy and Mi Oh My Hydroponic Farms. For more info, click the registration link.

Embodied Conversation Fundamentals: The Presence In and Between Us

Explore how the power of presence along with slowing down enough to sense our relationship to self, others, and the conversation itself can create opportunities to shift the conversation in profound ways. A rich multi-faceted embodiment practice and approach to conversation, Embodied Conversation helps people come into vibrant attunement. Join Martha Williams and John Scilipote, Embodied Conversation creators, who bring their unique creative gifts to each workshop. Martha is a Co-Active Coach, facilitator, film director, and former choreographer; John is a Nondual Healer, facilitator, musician, and poet. They are the founders of BreakBread World, a process anchored in the tenets of Embodied Conversation.

Embodied Conversation Fundamentals: Making Unconscious Intentions Conscious

Explore how giving voice to intention can lead to clarity, agency, and more aliveness in everyday conversations. A rich multi-faceted embodiment practice and approach to conversation, Embodied Conversation helps people come into vibrant attunement. Join Martha Williams and John Scilipote, Embodied Conversation creators, who bring their unique creative gifts to each workshop. Martha is a Co-Active Coach, facilitator, film director, and former choreographer; John is a Nondual Healer, facilitator, musician, and poet. They are the founders of BreakBread World, a process anchored in the tenets of Embodied Conversation.

Embodied Conversation Fundamentals: From Rupture to Vibrant Attunement

A 3-part workshop series exploring how to move through rupture, conflict, and disconnection into powerful relationship with self and others. A rich multi-faceted embodiment practice and approach to conversation, Embodied Conversation helps people come into vibrant attunement. Join Martha Williams and John Scilipote, Embodied Conversation creators, who bring their unique creative gifts to each workshop. Martha is a Co-Active Coach, facilitator, film director, and former choreographer; John is a Nondual Healer, facilitator, musician, and poet. They are the founders of BreakBread World, a process anchored in the tenets of Embodied Conversation. Sign up for all three workshops or á la carte.

Reiki Master & Teacher Certification

Reiki Master Lorry Salluzzi will be offering a Reiki Master & Teacher Certification course this winter at the GWI Greenhouse.

The Reiki Master & Teacher Certification course includes 12 hours of training , (4) 3-hour sessions Monday evenings from 6-9 PM beginning January 22. The prerequisite for this course is Advanced Reiki Certification.

Please visit www.reikimastersensei.com or text/call 516-708-5213 for more information about this Reiki Master series.

Reiki Master & Teacher Certification

Reiki Master Lorry Salluzzi will be offering a Reiki Master & Teacher Certification course this winter at the GWI Greenhouse.

The Reiki Master & Teacher Certification course includes 12 hours of training , (4) 3-hour sessions Monday evenings from 6-9 PM beginning January 22. The prerequisite for this course is Advanced Reiki Certification.

Please visit www.reikimastersensei.com or text/call 516-708-5213 for more information about this Reiki Master series.

Reiki Master & Teacher Certification

Reiki Master Lorry Salluzzi will be offering a Reiki Master & Teacher Certification course this winter at the GWI Greenhouse.

The Reiki Master & Teacher Certification course includes 12 hours of training , (4) 3-hour sessions Monday evenings from 6-9 PM beginning January 22. The prerequisite for this course is Advanced Reiki Certification.

Please visit www.reikimastersensei.com or text/call 516-708-5213 for more information about this Reiki Master series.

Reiki Master & Teacher Certification

Reiki Master Lorry Salluzzi will be offering a Reiki Master & Teacher Certification course this winter at the GWI Greenhouse.

The Reiki Master & Teacher Certification course includes 12 hours of training , (4) 3-hour sessions Monday evenings from 6-9 PM beginning January 22. The prerequisite for this course is Advanced Reiki Certification.

Please visit www.reikimastersensei.com or text/call 516-708-5213 for more information about this Reiki Master series.

Climate Grief Conversations

GWI and Jenny Bates are holding ongoing climate grief conversations. This group will meet on the first Thursdays of the month, (though this one is on the second Thursday) at The Greenhouse 65 St. James St. on the corner of Clinton street and St. James Street in Uptown Kingston. This group is free and open to anyone who has concerns about the climate, about our City of Kingston, and who are stressed about an uncertain future.


“We are picking up distress signals, as living beings on this planet” – Jenny Bates.


Grief is not easily processed alone. The grief felt, consciously or unconsciously regarding the planet is on a scale previously unknown to our species. This series of conversations is an opportunity to share and verbalize what is felt in the context of group that will be facilitated with care, support and a sense of belonging in a confidential and fully respectful manner.


You can listen to Micah and Jenny speak on The Good Work Hour about this topic.


If you have any question email [email protected] or [email protected]

Climate Grief Conversations

GWI and Jenny Bates are holding ongoing climate grief conversations. This group will meet on the first Thursdays of the month, (though this one is on the second Thursday) at The Greenhouse 65 St. James St. on the corner of Clinton street and St. James Street in Uptown Kingston. This group is free and open to anyone who has concerns about the climate, about our City of Kingston, and who are stressed about an uncertain future.


“We are picking up distress signals, as living beings on this planet” – Jenny Bates.


Grief is not easily processed alone. The grief felt, consciously or unconsciously regarding the planet is on a scale previously unknown to our species. This series of conversations is an opportunity to share and verbalize what is felt in the context of group that will be facilitated with care, support and a sense of belonging in a confidential and fully respectful manner.


You can listen to Micah and Jenny speak on The Good Work Hour about this topic.


If you have any question email [email protected] or [email protected]

Day 1 Walk

We invite you and your neighbors to gather as fellow human beings and walk. Starting at Kingston Point Beach at 1pm. Ending at The Greenhouse at 65 St. James St. Following the walk we can gather to get warm, have some hot drinks and continue discussions.


This is not a protest and there is no agenda, it is just unity. We walk together in solidarity, and start over from Day 1. We put aside what divides us and focus on what unites us – our humanity. This is just one day to simply walk together.
In the face of so much that divides us, let us not forget that we are united by the bonds of our common fellowship in the human race.