Ashby Village Co-Founders Shirley Haberfeld and Patricia Sussman
Brought to you by the Story Team...
Our Story Team (one photographer and one writer) regularly feature a member-volunteer partnership that began with service and developed into a valued relationship.
Know the Yiddish word for "Fellow Villager"?
Thelma Elkins does, and so does her friend Julie Freestone. Click here to learn more about an amazing pair of New Yorkers who found each other at Ashby Village.
Ashby Village presents in Seattle
at 2015 Village to Village National Conference
INSPIRING LEADERSHIP
Other villages from across the country want to know what we're doing right. Want to know what we told them about you? (We think you'll be pleased.) HEAR MORE about what these folks are listening to.
Ashby Village Board Chair Andra Lichtenstein speaks to standing room only crowd in Seattle at Inspiring Leadership session presented by Ashby Village. Want a front seat so you can see her close up, along with the more than ten other Ashby Villagers who spoke? SEE MORE
Back from Seattle, Kit van Buskirk Shares her Adventures at
Kit holds the audience spell bound as she describes Maslow's triangle showing the hierarchy of needs, and explains why Love & Belonging are so important (which is why Ashby Village belongs at the top of the triangle!)
Ashby Village Member Irene Marcos
Speaking of Inspiring Leadership
After several years of leading the Volunteer Team, founding member Irene Marcos is formally stepping down from this role, although she remains a faithful member of Ashby Village (so look for her at the happy hour).
Find out who's filling these shoes now...
READ MOREabout the important contributions Irene has made to Ashby Village, and hear about the exciting plans of her successor to take the Volunteer Team forward.
Many Ashby Villagers sing in the Berkeley Community Chorus & Orchestra (BCCO),
