The Fundamental Social Law, introduced by Rudolf Steiner, emphasizes that communities thrive when individuals contribute to others’ well-being while having their own needs met in return. This concept of mutual support and interdependence encourages a sense of shared purpose. Camphill Academy offers this speaker series to explore its practical applications through questions emerging from Steiner’s description of this phenomenon:
What structures, forms, arrangements, or agreements exist for mutual support?
What skills and attitudes do you need to uphold those agreements?
How do you create opportunities for sensing others in the community?
How can you “find in the other the reason for your work”?
Does everyone share a common picture of the community’s mission?
How do you balance a mission that everyone can resonate with while still being concrete?
March 12 at 7-8:15pm ET – Fundamental Social Law: Introduction by Jacqueline Case, Raphael Village – on ZOOM
March 19 at 7-8:15pm ET – Community Supported Medicine: The Interweaving of Social and Individual Health by Raphael Knauf, Carah Medical Arts – on ZOOM
March 26 at 3-4:30pm ET – Emerging from Crisis and Re-aligning with the Fundamental Social Law by Esk Valley Community members – on ZOOM
April 26 at 12:00-1:15PM ET – Ámbar Comunidad – Participatory Action Research as a Path to Implement the Fundamental Social Law by Dennis Löffler, Yolanda Saez-Pagan & Adrían Antonio Villalva, Ámbar Comunidad – on ZOOM
April 30 at 12:00-1:15PM ET – Creating Community Belonging within the Camphill Movement, an Experiment in Transparent and Collaborative Granting by Karen Murphy, Camphill Foundation – on ZOOM
May 3 at 12:00-1:00PM ET – Supported Employment in the Community Context by Jennifer Ryder & Johannes Schlitz, Camphill Communities California – on ZOOM
May 7 at 12:00-1:00PM ET – Strengthening Community Through Mutually Beneficial Partnerships and Collaboration by Kathrine Killam & Allan Kuhn, Camphill Ontario – on ZOOM
