Fellow Update: Nothing About Us Without Us

http://cowbird.com/nickipombierberger/collection/nothing-about-us-without-us-a-/

Back in September we received an update from Motivate (Beta) Fellow Nicki Pombier Berger on the purpose-project she focused on during her fellowship experience.  If you thought after introducing the About Us Workshop that she'd slow down, you were wrong.  

Last week Nicki launched a multimedia oral history collection entitled Nothing About Us Without Us.  

In the overview of this collection Nicki gives excellent insight into how this project was a quality expression of her own Mighty Purpose.  In her own words:

The purpose of the interviews was to provide these individuals with an opportunity to share their life experiences and reflect on their role in advocating for themselves and others with disabilities.  The aim of this Cowbird collection, which constitutes my thesis, is to share those experiences and reflections with an audience that may not otherwise hear the voices of individuals with Down syndrome...Too often and for too long, individuals with intellectual disabilities have gone unheard or misheard, have been underrepresented or misrepresented.  By conducting, preserving and sharing life history interviews with self-advocates with Down syndrome, I hope to play a role in bringing their individual voices to light, in their own words. By presenting them in this collection, connecting them to one another and to the broader Cowbird community, I hope to redraw connections across borders that can keep individuals with Down syndrome separate, breaking down some of the walls David Egan describes in this story.

Nicki got this done and is now preparing to take on her next purpose-project.  Nicki is pretty cool.  But, she's not a super hero.  If Nicki can figure out what her purpose is and how to take small actions to express that purpose in her daily life, then you can do the same.  

So, why don't you?  If you want a little help to get started shoot me an email at sterlinglynk@att.net and we'll started right away.

Be well,
Sterling Lynk

[Image: cowbird.com/nickipombierberger]