<BR><STRONG>About Clayton Barker, 28, Apprentice Change Maker, Budding Writer & Author </STRONG> <UL> <LI>BA degree in Environmental Racism & Environmental Justice from the University of Colorado at Boulder in 2006. </LI> <LI>2006-2007: Served with the AmeriCorps Watershed Stewards Project on the Salmon River, CA, USA </LI> <LI>2003-2011: Studying diversity and transforming racism since 2003 and received mentorship from Lee Mun Wah, Adrienne Anderson, Mikhail Lyubansky, Paul Kivel and many more.</LI> <LI>2005 & 2006 - volunteered with the Student Outreach for Retention & Equity at the University of Colorado at Boulder</LI> <LI>2010 - Co-Founder of the Youth Empowered Training in Nonviolent Communication, an 8-day workshop geared towards young leaders who want to co-create a sustainable, just & peaceful human presence in the world.</LI> <LI>2009 & 2010 - served on the Guiding Council of the Hummingbird Living School at Hummingbird Community in New Mexico and was a Co-founder of "Bus the Change: An Awakening the Dreamer Living School" and catalyzed conversations on diversity and co-created organizational diversity statements.</LI> <LI>2008 & 2009 - Resided India for 7 months and was a travel facilitator in India with the Sustainable Global Leadership Alliance and helped co-create 5 different NVC projects including cutting the bamboo for a learning space at the Joy Living & Learning Center for a 21-day NVC Training, taught a 14-day series based on NVC at the Phyang Government Boarding School in N. India in Ladakh and </LI> <LI> <DIV align=left><A title="" href="http://cocreatingconnection.wordpress.com/services/" target=_blank avglschecked="1"><U><FONT color=#000080><STRONG>2006-2011- Co-created learning events based on co-learning of Nonviolent Communication with 41 different organizations</STRONG> </FONT></U></A>(click on link and scroll to the bottom), businesses, schools, intentional communities, summer camps, universities and religious organizations in India, California, British Columbia in Canada, Washington, New Mexico, & Colorado. </DIV></LI> <LI> <DIV align=left> 2009-2011: Co-created over 35 experiential workshops/coaching sessions without setting any set fees or suggested sliding scales as an experiment in generosity and co-creating access for underrepresented communities.</DIV></LI></UL>