These two old blog posts from Lisa Rohleder, and the reader comments which follow them, keep coming up in my mind. Every day I work with patients at PCA, I feel grateful for my job, and for how I get to spend my time.
Please read, and enjoy. And, Happy New Year!
This weekend, the New England regional node of The People’s Organization of Community Acupuncture met at the clinic. A warm and jovial mood filled the place as old and new friends arrived from New York, Connecticut, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, and Rhode Island. We were there, ostensibly, to keep the planning going for POCA Fest 2013 which will happen this spring here in Rhody.
Among the participants were front desk persons and administrators from various clinics, patients, people interested in attending POCA Tech, POCA members who’ll be teaching or leading activities at the fest, owners and acupunks at existing clinics, and one long time acupuncturist who hopes to open a second Rhode Island clinic soon. As our international coop, POCA, heads in the direction of a more horizontal and less hierarchical structure, the meeting felt like a wonderful and important step in that process.
Everyone offered ideas and volunteered for various jobs at POCA Fest, about which we’re all very excited. It’ll be the first big community acupuncture happening planned and attended by not only acupuncturists, but by all these stakeholders in the coop.
Stay tuned for more info about POCA Fest 2013, taking place May 31 – June 2 at Camp Aldersgate in N. Scituate, RI. We’ll be putting up a website soon, where you can register for a day or the whole weekend. Any of us at the clinic can answer questions about the event as well.
These two old blog posts from Lisa Rohleder, and the reader comments which follow them, keep coming up in my mind. Every day I work with patients at PCA, I feel grateful for my job, and for how I get to spend my time.
Please read, and enjoy. And, Happy New Year!
Here’s most of the staff of PCA at our last meeting. Even though we have his much fun we actually get a lot done. And, when we get together with people from other clinics for POCA events, the getting-things-done and the fun are only magnified.
In fact, there’s a meeting coming up which you should consider attending. It’s the meeting of our POCA Northeast Regional node (folks from clinics all over New England).
We’ll be getting together at PCA at 4:00 pm on Saturday, January 12 to really get the planning going for POCAFest 2013, which will take place in N. Scituate May 31 through June 2. If you love community acupuncture, affordable healthcare, cooperative action, local business and/or just having fun with a wonderful group of people, come to the meeting and get involved. Feel free to call or email the clinic with questions.
