{"id":830,"date":"2023-06-15T21:14:07","date_gmt":"2023-06-15T21:14:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mmlynchwriter.com\/?p=830"},"modified":"2023-07-23T21:35:14","modified_gmt":"2023-07-23T21:35:14","slug":"when-community-converges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mmlynchwriter.com\/index.php\/2023\/06\/15\/when-community-converges\/","title":{"rendered":"When Community Converges"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 fusion-flex-container nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:1664px;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:1.92%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:0px;--awb-spacing-left-large:1.92%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\">\n\t\t<style>\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 12%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php 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class=\"_aacl _aaco _aacu _aacx _aad7 _aade\" dir=\"auto\">I attended a nonfiction writers\u2019 conference during the last weekend of May. For the first time in four years, the Creative Nonfiction Collective (CNFC)\u00a0 hosted an in-person writing conference at the University of King\u2019s College where I graduated with my MFA in 2020. My heart exploded with joy as I met so many CNFC volunteers and members for the first time after three years of Zoom meetings. And reconnecting with the King\u2019s MFA community was a gift. Thanks to my hardy friends for braving the cold weather to dine al fresco with me \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p class=\"_aacl _aaco _aacu _aacx _aad7 _aade\" dir=\"auto\">The conference was also my last official act as <a href=\"http:\/\/mmlynchwriter.com\/index.php\/2020\/09\/05\/cnfc-president\/\">CNFC board chair and president<\/a>. I stepped down at the 2023 Annual General Meeting on the last day of the conference. <span class=\"s4\">My <\/span><span class=\"s4\">three years<\/span><span class=\"s4\"> on the board was <\/span><span class=\"s4\">framed<\/span><span class=\"s4\"> by the pandemi<\/span><span class=\"s4\">c<\/span><span class=\"s4\">, which<\/span><span class=\"s4\"> provided a unique <\/span><span class=\"s4\">opportunity to focus on <\/span><span class=\"s4\">CNFC&#8217;s value t<\/span><span class=\"s4\">o <\/span><span class=\"s4\">its<\/span><span class=\"s4\"> members, and determine how best t<\/span><span class=\"s4\">o<\/span><span class=\"s4\"> operate in an environment where it wasn\u2019t safe to travel. <\/span><span class=\"s4\">We learned that<\/span><span class=\"s4\"> what CNFC members wanted was connection and community, which directed the organization&#8217;s strategy and activities for the past three years.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"_aacl _aaco _aacu _aacx _aad7 _aade\" dir=\"auto\"><span class=\"s4\">It\u2019s been a pleasure and a privilege to represent CNFC<\/span><span class=\"s4\">, <\/span><span class=\"s4\">and an education for me<\/span><span class=\"s4\"> into the depth and breadth of nonfiction writing across <\/span><span class=\"s4\">Canada<\/span><span class=\"s4\">. I\u2019ve read books that touched me deeply<\/span><span class=\"s4\">, increased my knowledge of Canadians, and <\/span><span class=\"s4\">expanded my literary horizons. <\/span><span class=\"s4\">I\u2019m immensely grateful to all board and committee volunteers I\u2019ve had the pleasure to work with, and <\/span><span class=\"s4\">would highly recommend CNFC volunteerism as a way to learn more about Canada&#8217;s <\/span><span class=\"s4\">vibrant<\/span><span class=\"s4\">\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"s4\">CNF <\/span><span class=\"s4\">community. The energy that drew me to CNFC three years ago has only been amplified as the organization continues to <\/span><span class=\"s4\">grow and <\/span><span class=\"s4\">thrive<\/span><span class=\"s4\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"auto\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mmlynchwriter.com\/index.php\/blog\/\"><span style=\"color: #993366;\"><strong>Back to Complete List of Blog Posts:<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":865,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[19,16,5,3,18,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-830","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cnfc","category-mfa","category-school","category-travel","category-volunteering","category-writer"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>MM Lynch Writer &#8211; 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