Thank you, Laura!

Electronic notices were sent out in May and subsequently to let our community know that Director of Programs Laura Scappaticci had decided to leave her position at the end of that month. She “did a deed” for the ASA and for anthroposophy in just four and a half years.

Her three pre-Covid AGM/fall conferences were significant as outreach in the southern part of the country where members are fewer, in locations of strong and growing interest. Laura formed effective teams with the local communities, found inspiring presenters, and radiated enthusiasm and greeting. Meeting the important cultures was a prominent feature. In Phoenix, Arizona, it was the indigenous cultural warmth manifesting at the Heard Museum (“advancing American Indian art”). In New Orleans is was the host location where two congregations, largely African American and white, had come together after the disaster of Hurricane Katrina. In Atlanta it was the living legacy of the civil rights movement, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and Coretta Scott King.

Beyond these were the Sacred Gateway conferences, the webinars that prepared us for online gatherings in Covid time, the Anthroposopher podcast, and the productive work with youth and regions and the Council of Anthroposophic Organizations. There is much more which we will are carry with us in the spirit of Rudolf Steiner’s saying toward the end of his life, that anthroposophy “arises as a need of the heart.” —Editor

The Scappaticci Family