<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><div style="font-size: 12.8px; font-family: 'times new roman', serif;" class=""><font size="4" class=""><span style="font-family: georgia, serif;" class="">For those of you on the fence about whether to come to <div class="gmail_default" style="display: inline;">the Listening Workshop on the 23rd at Eco-Village of Ithaca</div><div class="gmail_default" style="display: inline;">, I wanted to share the following testimonial from a recent workshop participant: </div><div class="gmail_default" style="display: inline;"><br class=""></div><div class="gmail_default" style="display: inline;"><br class=""></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family: 'times new roman', serif; display: inline;"><div class="gmail_default"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);" class=""><span style="font-family: georgia, serif;" class=""><i class="">"I still feel like I’m in the Listening workshop. I am watching my thoughts arise and take shape in response to others and then listening and absorbing interpersonal information in ways I never have. Pretty exciting. Most workshop content fades after a few days or weeks, but not yours. It’s in my veins and arteries somehow. I’ve spilled your name and skills on lots of friends." <br class=""></i></span></span></div><div class="gmail_default"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);" class=""><span style="font-family: georgia, serif;" class=""><i class=""><br class=""></i></span></span></div><div class="gmail_default"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);" class=""><span style="font-family: georgia, serif;" class=""><i class="">--Charles C. Geisler Professor of Development Sociology Emeritus</i></span></span></div></div><br class=""></span></font></div><div style="font-size: 12.8px; font-family: 'times new roman', serif;" class=""><font size="4" class=""><span style="font-family: georgia, serif;" class=""><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family: 'times new roman', serif; display: inline;"><span style="font-family: georgia, serif;" class=""><span class="gmail-m_-113361589896401086gmail-m_-5794257673368065921gmail-m_-5866255889965453120gmail-m_347847990347153647gmail-im"><span class="gmail-m_-113361589896401086gmail-m_-5794257673368065921gmail-m_-5866255889965453120gmail-m_347847990347153647gmail-m_-4013846084691961722gmail-m_-6275302157760122836gmail-il">Sue</span> has been teaching about listening for 7 years, which includes working with physical therapy students at Ithaca College and, more recently, with Spencer residents in their efforts to address political divisiveness in the community. She was also recently contracted to work with 42 educators at Ithaca's Elizabeth Ann Clune Montessori School.</span></span></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family: 'times new roman', serif; display: inline;"><span style="font-family: georgia, serif;" class=""><span class="gmail-m_-113361589896401086gmail-m_-5794257673368065921gmail-m_-5866255889965453120gmail-m_347847990347153647gmail-im"> </span></span></div></span></font></div><div style="font-size: 12.8px; font-family: 'times new roman', serif;" class=""><font size="4" class=""><span style="font-family: georgia, serif;" class=""><span class="gmail-m_-113361589896401086gmail-m_-5794257673368065921gmail-m_-5866255889965453120gmail-m_347847990347153647gmail-im"><div class="gmail_default" style="display: inline;"></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: rgb(53, 28, 117);" class=""><b class="">When</b>: </span><span style="color: rgb(53, 28, 117);" class=""></span><span style="color: rgb(53, 28, 117);" class="">Saturday,</span><span style="color: rgb(53, 28, 117);" class=""> <span class="gmail-m_-113361589896401086gmail-m_-5794257673368065921gmail-m_-5866255889965453120gmail-m_347847990347153647gmail-m_-4013846084691961722gmail-m_-6275302157760122836gmail-m_-87976218547844087gmail-aBn"><span class="gmail-m_-113361589896401086gmail-m_-5794257673368065921gmail-m_-5866255889965453120gmail-m_347847990347153647gmail-m_-4013846084691961722gmail-m_-6275302157760122836gmail-m_-87976218547844087gmail-aQJ"><span class="gmail-m_-113361589896401086gmail-aBn"><span class="gmail-m_-113361589896401086gmail-aQJ">Sept. 23</span></span></span></span>, from <span class="gmail-m_-113361589896401086gmail-m_-5794257673368065921gmail-m_-5866255889965453120gmail-m_347847990347153647gmail-m_-4013846084691961722gmail-m_-6275302157760122836gmail-m_-87976218547844087gmail-aBn"><span class="gmail-m_-113361589896401086gmail-m_-5794257673368065921gmail-m_-5866255889965453120gmail-m_347847990347153647gmail-m_-4013846084691961722gmail-m_-6275302157760122836gmail-m_-87976218547844087gmail-aQJ"><span class="gmail-m_-113361589896401086gmail-aBn"><span class="gmail-m_-113361589896401086gmail-aQJ">9am-2pm</span></span></span></span></span><br class=""></p></span><div dir="auto" class=""><span style="color: rgb(53, 28, 117);" class=""><b class="">Where</b>: TREE common house at Ecovillage of Ithaca on Rachel Carson Way off of 79 West, Ithaca </span></div><div dir="auto" class=""><span style="color: rgb(53, 28, 117);" class=""><b class="">To register</b></span><div style="display: inline;" class=""><span style="color: rgb(53, 28, 117);" class=""><b class="">:</b></span></div><span style="color: rgb(53, 28, 117);" class=""><b class=""> </b>email your name to <span class="gmail-m_-113361589896401086gmail-m_-5794257673368065921gmail-m_-5866255889965453120gmail-m_347847990347153647gmail-m_-4013846084691961722gmail-gI"><span class="gmail-m_-113361589896401086gmail-m_-5794257673368065921gmail-m_-5866255889965453120gmail-m_347847990347153647gmail-m_-4013846084691961722gmail-go"><a href="mailto:patevans46@gmail.com" target="_blank" class="">patevans46@<span class="gmail-m_-113361589896401086gmail-il">gmail.com</span></a></span></span></span><div style="display: inline;" class=""><span style="color: rgb(53, 28, 117);" class=""></span></div></div><div dir="auto" class=""><div style="display: inline;" class=""><span style="color: rgb(53, 28, 117);" class=""><b class="">Free! donations accepted</b></span></div></div><div dir="auto" class=""><span style="color: rgb(53, 28, 117);" class=""><b class="">More information at <a href="http://www.thelisteningworkshop.com/" target="_blank" class="">www.thelisteningworkshop.co<wbr class="">m</a> </b></span></div><div dir="auto" class=""><span style="color: rgb(53, 28, 117);" class=""><b class="">Please bring your own food and drink </b></span></div><div dir="auto" class=""><b class=""><span style="color: rgb(53, 28, 117);" class=""><b class="">Please be</b> 5-10 minutes early to sign in and get a chair and name tag </span></b></div><br class=""><span class="gmail-m_-113361589896401086gmail-m_-5794257673368065921gmail-m_-5866255889965453120gmail-m_347847990347153647gmail-im"></span>Hope to see you there!</span></font></div></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all" class=""><div class=""><div class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr" class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div dir="ltr" style="font-size: 12.8px; font-family: verdana, sans-serif;" class=""><b class=""><div style="display: inline;" class="">Sue </div>Cosentini </b></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></body></html>