Finding the Good

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Synergia Newsletter, Summer 2015 As the long days of summer unfold, we are happy to connect with you once again via this newsletter. As always, we enjoy relating stories and photos of our journeys, and letting you know about events to come.

A bowl can hold a story, as well as soup. This one was sitting in amongst hundreds at the Empty Bowl Benefit two years ago. It was made by a guest of Hospitality House who learned the pottery technique from a local artist. As soon as I saw it, I knew it was the one. I treasure it...

Today from noon to 2:00 and 5:00-7:00 at Peace Lutheran Church in Grass Valley is the once-a-year chance to choose a bowl, choose a story, fill your bowl, and sit with community. It is also the 50th anniversary of the March from Selma to Montgomery. The homeless shelter that is operated by Hospitality House is called "Utah's Place" after U. Utah Phillips. I think it's a good day to go eat some soup.

Water for Gold wins the People's Choice Award at Wild and Scenic Film Festival! If you missed it, view it online at:
www.vimeo.com/111603225

WATER FOR GOLD won the PEOPLE'S CHOICE AWARD AT THE WILD AND SCENIC FILM FESTIVAL! Come celebrate with us tonight at the Nevada Theater at 7PM. Three other award winners screening - fantastic films! A great way to celebrate freedom, solidarity, and justice on MLK Day. www.wildandscenicfilmfestival.org

Join SJRTA, SYRCL and The Sierra Fund at this fun and informative workshop Sunday, January 18th. The workshop, "A New Vision for our Historic Gold Mines" is part of the Wild & Scenic Film Festival and will focus on how we can turn these blighted lands into community assets. Join us and contribute to the creative solutions!

Support is coming in and the fundraiser is on its way! Many thanks and please spread the word!

The Finding the Good crew heads to Baja California again to finish an important project! Check out the following link to find out more!
www.crowdrise.com/ftgbaja

Thank you everyone for coming to the North Columbia Schoolhouse Cultural Center last night to see the new documentary Water for Gold and to hear Bryan Cahall. The Schoolhouse was packed! Thank you for the support. If you missed the showing last night you see it at the Wild and Scenic Wild & Scenic Environmental Film Festival. You can also view the film online by using the link below. Please share it and help bring awareness to this very important issue.

Water for Gold This is "Water for Gold" by Tom Weistar on Vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them.

Just a reminder to everyone that the Water for Gold film showing is happening tomorrow, Thursday, at the North Columbia Schoolhouse Cultural Center. Hope to see you all there.

HUGE thanks to all the river lovers, FtG students and staff, and Ridge community who cleaned the mining claim camp on the Middle Yuba last weekend. Visit the FtG blog at blog.findingthegood.org for inspiring essays about the effort, and more photos.

It is a privilege to do this work. I am deeply grateful that we all have the health, strength, personal resources and freedom to clean this beautiful river and restore it (close to) the state it was in before it was polluted by someone who needs not our disgust, but our compassion. Thank you. There are millions who are suffering and would give anything to do what we did today and share what we shared. To give back in service is the highest honor of all. Thank you for another beautiful day.

Finding the Good and friends complete Day 1 of two days on the Middle Fork Yuba despite the rain. We had a blast, ferrying the heavy metal mining debris and just plain garbage across the river in our trusty old raft and hiking it out in custom made litters half a mile on a narrow trail to a waiting dump truck. Come join us tomorrow September 22 and join the camaraderie and fun!