Endeavor 21+ Foundation @ Camphill’s Inspired Communities Workshop

Endeavor 21+ Foundation @ Camphill’s Inspired Communities Workshop Mike Sweeney - Hiking Instructor, Bus Driver, Dad, and Director

Who is Mike Sweeney?

“Bridge Builder for the Developmentally Disabled of New York” ● ● ● ● ● ●

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Father of Dustin Sweeney, 23 year old person with Autism, Baker, Runner, and Surfer Blogger @ Carousel51.com “Housing Navigator” in New York State ArchCare at Saint Teresa - Staten Island, NY Founding Family of Invictus Bakery in Brooklyn Active with Katie Sweeney in the NYC Special Needs/Autism Communities (TedxBroadway “Theater for All”, Co-Lab Theater Group) Blue & Gold Officer - United States Naval Academy

Threefold Educational Foundation Rockland County, NY ●

200 Acre Campus ○ ○

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1 mile from New Jersey 21 miles from the George Washington Bridge

Green Meadow Waldorf School Otto Specht School The Fellowship Community Duryea Farm Pfeiffer Center Lots of other educational and work communities 80+ years of Learning, Working, and Living

Otto Specht School ● ● ●

Who is Otto Specht?

Founded by Jeanette Rodriguez - Waldorf Teacher and Mother to Henry Affiliations: ○ ○ ○

Camphill Association of North America - Affiliate Association of Waldorf Schools of North America North American Council for Anthroposophic Curative Education and Social Therapy (NAC) - dedicated to serving the spiritual image of the human being through Anthroposophic curative education, youth guidance and social therapy.

One Perfect Day at Surfers Healing

Not Always Perfect!

"Aeternus Umbra” = Shadow Forever "Aeternus Umbra” = Shadow Forever

Faith & Spiritual Based - Social Threefolding

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The Basilika St. Michael in Mondsee, Austria and Nordkette in Innsbruck, Austria “Facilitate for others and care for all” - Navy Chaplain Bishop Joe Coffey

Agency versus Self-Direction

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Nathan McLaughlin - Camphill Hudson

Endeavor 21+ Foundation and Friends

Mike at Camphill(s) ●

Camphill Hudson, NY - “Hub and Spoke” model around a city clubhouse (before Nathan)

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Triform, NY - More traditional farm/ag setting, but in modern shared houses

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Camphill Soltane, PA ○ ○ ○

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City Center with 3+ shops Work - front facing Integration Cryptocurrency!! (thanks Adrian Bowden and Claus Sproll)

Foundation for Intentional Community - www.ic.org

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Little From Camphill(s), add in NY State Self-Direction, put it in the middle of Threefold NY, and you get Endeavor 21+

Person Centered Self-Direction is “person centered” which is easy to say in a Think Tank, but challenging to implement in the field.

The Team @ E21+/Threefold/Otto

E21+ Now and Future

Self-Direction Housing Model is to be determined.

Tip Listen to the Participants!!

Social Threefolding Rights

What’s next? ● ● ● ● ● ●

Staff Integration and Training - CommHab and Direct Staff Training Staff Retention - Need to support the staff so they can support the E21+ Participants 24/7 Support Levels - a) Direct b) Paid Neighbor c) Emergency (Paul Pedretti of Autism Communities on Long Island) The Threefold/Otto Specht Building Real Estate LLC vs Real Estate Coop vs other - tying the houses together, but separate...

Otto.cc and Soltaines (Adrian Bowden, Claus Sproll, Rudolf Steiner on Social Threefolding)

What people are saying Love starts when we push aside our ego and make room for someone else.

Rudolf Steiner

When developmentally disabled residents share living space with neurotypical residents, both benefit from it.

Eileen Abbott - Changing America, The Hill

“Dad is completely nuts!!”

Dustin Sweeney, 23+ year old son of Mike

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Endeavor21.org OttoSpechtschool.org IC.org (Intentional Communities) Carousel51.com (Mike’s Blog) Threefold.org FellowshipCommunity.org