Purposes

~ Foster a sustained dialog and collaborative relationship among alternative, integrative, traditional and conventional health and healing professionals. 

~ Endeavor to create and sustain an environment of trust and referral among health and healing professionals. 

~ Sponsor public and professional gatherings to facilitate dialog between the public and health and healing professionals. 

~ Learn, teach, and promote collaborative models of interaction with health and healing professionals.

~ Establish and promote educational courses and activities that expand the concept of health and healing.

~ Promote and sponsor continuing education opportunities for health and healing professionals.

~ Provide opportunities for recreation and networking among our members.

~ Establish an educational and informational website for the benefit of health and healing professionals and the public.

~ Provide a speakers bureau for meetings, events and retreats.

~ Collaborate with other health and healing professionals to address community health issues.

~ Seek funding through donations and grants.

Working Through Consensus

Consensus has been a central factor in the development of our organization.  Since March 2003 we have been meeting on a regular basis to create and consider whom we wanted to serve, what we wanted this organization to be, and the potential means to achieve these ends.  In the beginning we made a strong commitment to follow a consensus process that would be the foundation for all that we did as an organization and a model for the kind of dialog we hope to facilitate within the health and healing community.