CURRENT MISSION

Bagpiping, fire dancing, spending precious time with friends. Oh and working too.

ABOUT ME

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    Beyond Joy was born in a tepee on the mountains of north-eastern Washington State. In his early years he was home schooled in British Columbia, Canada, and all over the US, including the Hopi Nation where he spoke more Hopi than English. At ten his parents started a seven year teaching career at small Quaker schools and they moved to New Hampshire. He later attended Quaker schools in North Carolina, Georgia and California. For his Junior Year in High School he joined, with his parents, the Buddihst organized Interfaith Pilgrimage for Peace and Life walking from Auschwitz, Poland, to Hiroshima, Japan. Since then he has participated in many activist marches, including the Native American Sacred Run around Ireland and Scotland, the For Mother Earth 2000 Walk for Nuclear Disarmament from the World Court in Den Hague to NATO HQ in Brussels, Belgium, and protests at the School of the Americas.
    Beyond joined the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) when he was four and has been an active member ever since. He Graduated Guilford College completing the Quaker Leadership Scholars Program and the Bonner Scholar community service program. More recently he was asked to speak at the Friends Peace Witness in a Time of Crises where he presented Passionate Peacemaking, a story about being a Quaker Peace Activist.
    Currently living in Greensboro, North Carolina, he is recently married. He works as an IT Branch Specialist at the Self-Help Credit Union where he is responsible for sixty-two people across eight branches. Self-Help is a mission driven non-profit who's aim is to offer economic opportunities to minorities, women, people in rural parts of North Carolina and more recently Latinos. With over one billion dollars in assets, Self-Help is one of the few players that stand a fighting chance taking on "predatory" lenders who are basically trying to screw low income home owners out of their houses.

PHILOSOPHY

    In three sentences? Whew, that is a hard one...

Что привело меня на Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

    Being born and raised a Quaker, and having traveled around the world twice before going to Guilford College at age 19, I have surfed more than my share of couches. Quaker have along tradition of offering hospitality to other traveling Quakers, so growing up in family that liked to travel we consider ourselves professional quests. We are neat, tidy and chip in when we can.

Интересы

    The Great Highland Bagpipes, Fire Dancing, Massage (getting them, although I am a Certified Massage Therapist), and Travel, Travel, Travel...

• folklore
• dancing
• running
• walking
• traveling
• mountains

Музыка, кино и книги

Music
    World - Loreena McKennitt, Enter The Haggis, The Levelers, Hedningarna
Synth Pop - Delirium, Assemblage 23, VNV Nation, Sara Noxx
PsyTrance - Best live at a festivals

Movies
    Pan's Labyrinth, Children of Men, Fight Club, Dangerous Beauty, Baraka, Fear and Loathing

TV
    6 Feet Under, Babylon 5, The Simpson's, Queer as Folk, Weeds, The Family Guy, Carnival

Books
    Lonely Planet Guide Books (anywhere), The Da Vinci Code, God - A Biography, 1984, anything by Terry Pratchett, Trauma and Recovery, Risk and Reciprocity,

Классная вещь, которую я сделал(-а)

    Walked around the world with the Interfaith Pilgrimage for Peace and Life, from Auschwitz, Poland, to Hiroshima, Japan. It took nine months and we went through 26 countries. It was organized by Japanese Buddhist monks. Although our main mode of transport was our feet, there were some buses, plains, trains and ferries to help us along the way.

Учу, учусь, делюсь опытом и информацией

    I teach fire dance ( www.howtoplaywithfire.com ) and have in the past taught message at Phillips School of Message ( www.handsinharmony.com ). Less formally I help people with leather working, sewing, car maintenance (growing up with VW's you have to learn a bit), and their computers.

Где я побывал(-а)

United Kingdom, United States

Где я жил(-а)

United States