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Stephen Trichter,
Producer of Altered States and the Spiritual Awakening |
| Stephen is a clinical psychology doctoral student at Argosy University,
the Chief Operating Officer of False Profit, LLC, and, Founder and
Executive Director of The Organization for the Exploration of Spiritual
Consciousness (www.explorespirit.org).
His research interests include: consciousness studies, the psychoanalytic
tradition, Buddhism, gender issues, and the therapeutic uses of entheogens.
He believes that extensive exploration of the literature in the fields
of consciousness and spirituality can only get one so far. Too often,
opportunities to connect with the people behind these meaningful pages
requires taking time off of work to travel and paying high attendance
fees for events – a difficult situation for many growing professionals
like himself. As one of the founding members of False Profit, LLC,
Stephen believes strongly in the company’s pursuit of investing
in community to return profits of shared joyful experience. We have
an increased ability to make things happen when we combine our energies.
Altered States and the Spiritual Awakening will achieve this goal
by creating an environment that deconstructs barriers between like-minded
individuals, connecting them as a community through thought-provoking,
spiritually uplifting discussion and ritual. |
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Aaron Hall,
Event Manager |
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Aaron recently joined the False Profit team and is dedicated to creating quality
events for the San Francisco Bay Area community. He is enthusiastic
about delivering professional quality events and he has a personal
interest in Altered States and the Spiritual Awakening.
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Marcine Perry,
Event Manager |
| The ASSA conference presented the perfect opportunity for Marcine
to become more deeply involved in two things she is very passionate
about--organizing interesting events, and exploring the intricacies
of the human mind. Marcine studied Social Anthropology as an undergraduate,
and has managed a wide variety of events and projects in both her
volunteer and professional life. |
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Nora Boxer,
Ceremonies |
| Nora's own experience with altered states and the spiritual awakening
has led her through paths of poetry, Zen meditation, and healing arts.
She lived two years at Green Gulch Farm, part of the San Francisco
Zen Center, and has trained in craniosacral therapy, reiki, and chi
gong. She hopes to complete and publish her first book of poetry,
Autobiography of a Spiral Progression, within the year. Working on
the ceremonial aspects of the conference allows her to express gratitude
and respect for altered states and spiritual awakening experiences.
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danah boyd,
Registration Goddess |
| danah is an Online Organizer for V-Day, a non-profit working to
end violence against women and girls worldwide. She is interested
in the emergence of identity consciousness and contextualized social
interaction. As a researcher, danah focuses on these issues through
a digital lens and develops social awareness tools. She sees Altered
States and the Spiritual Awakening as an opportunity to provide a
variety of people with access to the tools and community that help
generate higher consciousness. |
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Brendan Coffey,
Ladder-Braving Daredevil |
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Brendan is an East Coast expat who has been exploring the San Francisco
social, technology and entheogen scenes for two years. ASSACon is
the first of his many collaborations with False Profit. He hopes never
to make curtains again. |
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Ben Chun,
Computer Scientist |
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Ben is an occasionally-employed programmer-type who enjoys long
walks on the beach, nights in front of the fireplace and sushi, and
won't steal your stuff. A founding member of False Profit, he is deeply
committed to building systems wherein humans enhance one another's
life quality and culture without the exchange of capital. |
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Dina Pinza,
Web Gem |
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Dina is excited to join the ASSA family after disappointingly being
unable to participate in 2003. She is a former student of psychology,
and has a passionate interest in spiritual growth, and the communities
that foster it. She to looks forward to learning more and connecting
with other members of her community . Above all her contributions
to the success of Altered States and the Spiritual Awakening, she
is most appreciated by her team for her sassy attitude and crafts
skills.
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