Quixote Foundation Symposium & Celebration

In November, 2016, our favorite collaborators, conspirators, family and friends met in Seattle for a Quixote Foundation Symposium & Celebration: two unforgettable days and nights of inQuiry, laughter and appreciation. We asked questions, made connections and celebrated our launch beyond Quixote Foundation into a Free, Fair & Healthy world.

What do free people in fair societies on a healthy planet need?

Free Fair & Healthy Component Number 5284:
Relationships
It's always about the relationships that shape you and the way you shape others.
amalia deloney, Media Democracy Fund
Free Fair & Healthy Component Number 793:
Truth
Finding and communicating truth empowers people to be active participants in democracy, active stewards of the planet, and to create good things for generations to come.
Monika Bauerlein, Mother Jones
Free Fair & Healthy Component Number 444:
Life-giving structures
I don't think we can get rid of the vestiges of some of the old structures...but seeing them transformed and changed into ways that are holistic and life-giving instead would be awesome.
Anthony Giancatarino, Center for Social Inclusion
Free Fair & Healthy Component Number 511:
Reflective leadership
[If you are] supporting movements, then you want the decision makers to reflect the people that they're helping.
Trinh Nguyen, Media Democracy Fund
Free Fair & Healthy Component Number 6522:
Family history
[I've learned] that different aspects of my family history have informed how I see the world, and this history of organizing [is] being carried forth.
Simran Noor, Center for Social Inclusion
Free Fair & Healthy Component Number 99:
Cultural change
To actually change our culture...we have to bring together a large number of different groups, and I'm really excited that this seems to be happening!
Jo Ellen Kaiser, The Media Consortium

FF&H Component 123: Stellar people

Guests arrived in Seattle

Founded in 1869 on Indian Land
Oldest spectacle: Mt. Rainier, 14,410'
Newest spectacle: the Great Wheel, 175'
Unexpectacle: Keys to the future (and the hotel room)

FF&H Components 2068-69: Big ideas & belly laughs

Symposium Day 1

Not Just Any Registration, complete with day-drinking

inQuiry Installations: Decisions/snoisiceD

Notice of Proposed Land Use Action
Free, Fair & Healthy World Wide Web
The Brainstomery
Not-a-Game-Board

A Foundation Study

Launch Lunch with an update from Standing Rock and featured guest W. Kamau Bell

Grantee Appreciation Dinner

Symposium Day 2

We explored components of a Free, Fair & Healthy world in these interactive inQuiry sessions.

Component 378: The Power of Being at Our Best,
Victoria Castle, Castle Enterprising

Component 2514: Minds Ready for Change,
Zarina Parpia, Parpia Consulting

Component 863: Confident Voices,
Pat Reilly & Rachel Oldham, PR&Co

Component 434: Designs for Equitable Power,
Heidi Schillinger, Equity Matters

Component 329: The Strength of Our Stories,
Catherine Day, Storyslices

creative direction, content, copy, graphic, web, sound
design and production:
Bryan Jeffrey Graham and the Big Tada, Inc. Team
Keneta Anderson, Keneta Anderson Consulting

event planning, management and logistics:
Judy Boerner Rule, Heidi Bernave and the JBR Event Management team

site design, lighting and audio:
JT Sapp, Jill Hashimoto & The Production Network team

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Countdown to Free, Fair & Healthy Countdown

It's always about the relationships that shape you and the way you shape others.

Finding and communicating truth empowers people to be active participants in democracy, active stewards of the planet, and to create good things for generations to come.

I don't think we can get rid of the vestiges of some of the old structures...but seeing them transformed and changed into ways that are holistic and life-giving instead would be awesome.

[If you are] supporting movements, then you want the decision makers to reflect the people that they're helping.

[I've learned] that different aspects of my family history have informed how I see the world, and this history of organizing [is] being carried forth.

To actually change our culture...we have to bring together a large number of different groups, and I'm really excited that this seems to be happening!

Guests arrived in Seattle

Symposium Day 1

Symposium Day 2