The following is an excerpt from a larger article called "Just Say Yes" that appeared in the March 2010 issue of our local Natural Awakenings magazine. The article covered four "agents of positive change" in central Arkansas. The overall theme of the issue was on Inspired Change and Sacred Activism. I was so glad to be included with the likes of Terri Menefee of Artchurch Studio in Hot Springs, Sandra Leyva and Shawn Giocoechea of La Lucha Space in Conway, and Nao Ueda of Little Rock.

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From page 11 of that issue:

While Hot Springs may be known for its galleries and arts community, the city of Conway is becoming a place where progressive people meet to solve problems and exchange ideas related to sustainability. Pamela Mosley, a Certified Advanced Attunement Practitioner and Conway resident, is a fervent supporter of the group now known as Sustainable Faulkner County and its innovative “Open Space Forums.”

Sustainable Faulkner County, a volunteer group that seeks to “work in partnership, united for the purpose of discovering ways to build and nurture sustainable communities,” is currently working with Hendrix College and local government to encourage sustainability.

The annual forums, led by professional Open Space Technology facilitator Michael Vinson, have taken place since 2007 and were inspired by Dr. David Korten, best-selling author of “The Great Turning.” The premise of open space meetings that welcome people of all walks of life, Pamela explains, is that “deep wisdom and unlimited creativity can come from any gathering of people who come together with the intention of thoughtful, heart-full listening, sharing and imagining around a particular issue or concern.”

Already, Conway’s Open Space Forums are bearing fruit: Mayor Tab Townsell says, “It was in a breakout session at the fall forum that we first got the idea for revolving loan programs for homeowners’ energy efficient improvements and for new homes built to Energy Star certification.” Approved by the Conway City Council last June, the programs are now awaiting Department of Energy grant funding. Other new initiatives begun by “action groups” within the context of the forums include work with organic local agriculture, biking in Conway, clean energy and green building.

In her work, detailed online at TrueToTheLightWithin.com, Pamela experiences the healing results of attuning the body’s energies; it is a natural progression to extend that process to the community and the world.

“I sense a process of self-awakening underway that opens us to perceive and experience ourselves as particular expressions of one interrelated whole,” Pamela explains. “When we come ‘in tune’ with who we are and our vital contributions to life, we're on the way to building a healthy, sustainable world that works for everyone.”