by OCP | Sep 19, 2017 | Uncategorized
The OCP Blog Featured Volunteer of the Month: David Easler We are the product of our environment… While going through a journey of refriending his body, mind, and soul, Mr. David Easler stumbled into Our Community Place. The look on his face when he saw that an...
by OCP | Sep 15, 2017 | Uncategorized
The OCP Blog Closing one chapter, beginning a new: an announcement from Ron After much soul searching, I have decided to resign my position as OCP executive director for two major reasons. First, I have been going through an intensely transformational time in my...
by OCP | Aug 24, 2017 | Uncategorized
The OCP Blog Building Social Capital through OCP One of my favorite quotes of all time comes from Henri Nouwen. He said: “A community is the place where the person you least want to live with always lives.” We go through our daily routines feeling disconnected from...
by OCP | Aug 17, 2017 | Uncategorized
The OCP Blog Featured Volunteer of the Month: Dawn Brumfield “Those who follow Tao know hunger and scarcity. When times are difficult, they know how to survive.” -Deng Ming-Dao. Before diving into what led our featured volunteer to Our Community Place, hear something...
by OCP | Jul 31, 2017 | Uncategorized
The OCP Blog Ron’s Update: OCP Industries are Working, and They Need Your Help After 9 years of experimentation and learning, OCP has hit upon a way of doing things that is both effective and replicable: Industry within the culture of OCP that is staffed by...
by OCP | Jul 31, 2017 | Uncategorized
The OCP Blog We All Have a Place at the Table As the new Kitchen Coordinator at OCP, I of course want to talk about food and its role in our beloved community center. At the most basic level, sharing food is a primal way of demonstrating care. I believe that giving...
