Kafenia Around The World, Imagining New Possibilities Salon | Every Friday

PROGRAMLED BY JENNIFER WELLS, A UTOPIAN STUDIES PROFESSOR, AND KAFENIA AWESOME FRIEND NOW IN FRANCE, WE WILL EXPLORE A QUESTION RELATED TO TRANSITIONING TO A MORE HUMANE WORLD, BASED ON WHAT WE ARE SEEING NOW. INVITE YOUR FRIENDS FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD WITH A MATCHING TIME ZONE. LET'S COMBINE OUR IDEAS AROUND OUR SHARED HUMANITY. Yassou Globalicious friends,  Welcome to the Kafenia!  Help us grow a Village of All Together through weekly communal meals & dialogues/music/hang out time together with friends from all cultures and backgrounds!   Everyone welcome who wants space for deep connection, friendship, and global understanding.  _Winter we will continue the fall, shifting from our "welcome" focus to our "connect" focus.  _ _PRICING_ _FREE_ ************************************************* THEMES OF WINTER - "MY FATE AND YOUR FATE ARE ONE"  Each week has the same structure with a different theme.  There is a back area so you can just hang out after the meal if you do not want to join the gathering.   We weave in a village spirit, a chance to share and be heard every time, and have a good time!  We want to empower the global heart here in Silicon Valley! What to expect: The Kafenia is an alternative to the dominant hustling culture in Silicon Valley.  We are a village vibe.  We slow down and focus on each other, not our professional titles or roles.  You are coming into a home where everyone is family.  It can help to come a few times to get to know people. You will have a chance to pause, listen and share deeply with others.  We love newcomers from diverse cultures and we actively grapple with how to move towards a more humane world.   Who joins:   We are a global village.  People who come from communal cultures especially love the Kafenia.  We are a mix of people from abroad and the US.    We look forward to seeing you this fall as often as you can join!  Warmly, Mary Jane & the Kickstart Kafenia Team! The Kafenia is a reimagining of the traditional Greek kafenio where men shared food, friendship and social and political life together. My grandfather had a kafenio at 16th and Folsom in San Francisco in the 1930s to keep the village alive in a bustling metropolis - but it was only for men. Now, as his granddaughter, Mary Jane, who has done peacebuilding around the world, I am reimagining it as a multicultural village in Silicon Valley- with women front and center. (see World Pulse story [https://www.worldpulse.com/en/voices-rising/stories/us-bringing-my-village-together-palo-alto].)