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Catalyst Makes Call Out For Change-Makers to Gather

Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Others prefer to build him a pond or give him a pole or even introduce him to the local fishery for a job. ?Whether it is through relief work or empowerment or civic engagement, many people have different approaches for changing the world but they all have good intentions in common. Long Beach non-profit Catalyst is calling all agents of social change together for its annual gathering, the Assembly of the Catalyst Network of Communities. On Saturday, October 20, 2012 from 11:00am to 5:00pm, Catalyst is bringing together its broad network of change-makers to the newly opened Catalyst Center for Urban Sustainability,?1730 Long Beach Blvd, Long Beach, CA 90813?(one block south of Pacific Coast Highway at Esther Street).

?A catalyst is a person who sparks social change,? says Eric Leocadio, founder of Catalyst. ?These are individuals who know their neighborhoods need to be improved, believe in possibilities, and take the initiative in participating in that change in some way. Anyone can be a catalyst. We are building a community of catalysts. If one person can make a difference, then imagine what a thousand of us can do.?

Imagine what it would be like for them to gather in one place for a day of shared vision, inspiration, ideas, and examples of projects, programs, and ventures geared towards social change. In addition to being a convergence of social change-makers, the Assembly will also feature 20 community groups that have been adopted by the Catalyst organization to function as one of its many programs. These programs encompass a variety of focus areas some of which include the arts, children, teenagers, nutrition, health, fitness, wellness, autism, music, dance, business, sobriety, LGBT, faith, volunteerism, Filipino culture, the environment, urban agriculture, gardening and backyard farming.

?The Assembly event will begin with a free ZUMBA kick-off by Team ZUMBA USA at 11:00am followed by a day of presentations, speakers, musicians, dancers and performers.? There will be special music by the Spanish fusion sounds of Romero y Perez and also the Spanish folk music of Elisa de la Pe?a.

Concurrent with the Assembly event, it will also be the grand opening of the new Catalyst Center for Urban Sustainability. Having been referred to as the bike HUB for two and a half years where people could learn to repair and maintain their bikes, Catalyst decided to expand the use of the space into a much larger endeavor providing an interactive learning space for residents and visitors to explore tangible applications of sustainability in an urban environment. The new Catalyst Center will feature 4 education stations for water, solar, recycling, and bikes, a mobile container garden called the Urban Oasis, and a butterfly cove. The new DIY Maker Space will provide tools and equipment for artists, up-cyclers, crafters, and builders to work on their do-it-yourself projects. The HUB bike shop will continue to give cyclists and would-be riders a place to work on their bikes. And the Long Beach Free Store will officially be re-opened, operating out of a donated shipping container, to provide a place for people to donate items in good condition and to give everyone a place to shop for free.

Catalyst encourages attendees of the Assembly to bring items for the Free Store, a list of events to add to the community calendar, and lots of business cards.

For more information about the Assembly of the Catalyst Network of Communities, go to?www.GoCatalyst.org/assembly2012.

?About Catalyst Network of Communities

Incorporated in 2006, the Catalyst Network of Communities is a 501c3 nonprofit social impact organization that helps people and groups to connect, collaborate, and share resources. Based in Long Beach, California and operating in Southern California, Catalyst includes 21 fiscally-sponsored groups adopted into their organization to function as one of its programs, 9 collaborative projects with other organizations, and almost 100 collaborative partner organizations, groups, and businesses that share its Common Community Values for building relationships, establishing partnerships, encouraging contribution, and inspiring growth. Catalyst is building a network of catalytic social change-makers that are better inspired, equipped, and resourced to develop innovative solutions to global and local problems. For more information, go to?www.GoCatalyst.org.

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Source: http://communeloveprosper.com/2012/09/26/catalyst-assembly-make-the-change-october-20-2012/

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