I think that we as a people are always prone to think about, well, tomorrow will be a better day. Well, why will it be a better day? And I think the more that we believe in doing things better, doing the right thing rather than hoping that that's going to happen, let's make it happen. Film and theater are about misdirection and making the audience see something. I find it interesting. One of the things we do in 'True Blood' is shoot all of our stunts in camera. Instead of doing some kind of visual effect, we try to make it happen. You have the ability to choose which way you want to go. You have to believe great things are going to happen in your life. Do everything you can - prepare, pray and achieve - to make it happen. Sara won funds to set up a sustainability focused social enterprise and worked with local galleries and art groups to plan and deliver workshops and interpretive activities, training as an artist educator and helping to set up DC Learn as part of the Devonshire Collective.

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I think in a way, you're doomed, once you can envision something. You're sort of doomed to make it happen. I've found that the moment I can envision leaving a relationship, that's usually the moment that the relationship starts to fall apart. Yes, God does expect us to live holy, consecrated lives. But not even the best of our intentions can make it happen. Thankfully, He doesn't expect us to make ourselves holy. He just wants us to learn to depend on Him to make us holy.Balancing trying to be an athlete trying to get ready for WrestleMania, training twice a day, to everything you do at the office to remembering that you have a wife and kids and everything else - it's challenging, but you just make it happen. In some ways, it's no different than anyone else's life. When I get all focused on songwriting, I get into all the marketing and promotion that we do to make it happen. Then the right song comes along and blows it all out of the water. The right song will do it for you every time. Making it Happen, 3rd Edition has everything you need to teach the new LCVP specification with ease. We are not general I.T. support; (we will help if you need and if we can but it is not our core business) Asset-based community development begins with the gifts of people and their capacity to organize to create the world they want to see’ ( ABCD Institute).”

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Julie Mitchell, Ed.D., is the superintendent of schools for the Rowland Unified School District in Los Angeles. With 35 years of experience in public education, Mitchell is committed to providing all students with an exceptional educational experience that will help them become thriving members of an ever-changing global society. Her leadership has brought a laser focus and unwavering vision and commitment to “innovative learning for all” that supports the individual needs of students, families and staff. This vision helped the Rowland Unified School District garner many state and national awards, including being named as a 2018 Visionary School District, receiving a Districts of Distinction honor from District Administration Magazine and being a part of Digital Promise’s League of Innovative Schools. Mitchell earned a bachelor’s degree from San Diego State University, a master’s from the University of La Verne and a doctorate from Pepperdine University. Our Declaration sets out the importance of person centred care for people with long term conditions, what needs to change and why we need to change. It was developed for and with input from health and care professionals, policy makers and people with long term conditions. Nowadays, women are looked at as equal to the men when it comes to competing, and I think that's a really cool message to send to little girls and show them that whatever they want to do, they can set their mind to it and make it happen.Infuse your life with action. Don't wait for it to happen. Make it happen. Make your own future. Make your own hope. Make your own love. And whatever your beliefs, honor your creator, not by passively waiting for grace to come down from upon high, but by doing what you can to make grace happen... yourself, right now, right down here on Earth. Making it Happen is about discovering, celebrating and building on the positive things in our local neighbourhoods. We are here to support communities to come together, make the most of the opportunities and create positive change.

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Sara naturally works in an Asset Based way focusing on the strengths and skills in the community and how to make those strengths a benefit to all. She has experience and knowledge of setting up and running various types of community projects, groups and events and can support you with co-design, engagement and participatory activities Integration: Disjointed systems that require re-keying of data are plain wrong. We join things up, create automated systems, eliminating errors and saving time. Flo is here to listen to your ideas, initiatives or projects that might benefit the Shinewater community, bring people together or create greater opportunities for the area. The smug complacency of technology adverts disguises a pretty mixed picture, with too many people not connected, too many passive users of technologies designed for interactive, and far too much talk about empowerment but far too little action to make it happen. After becoming a mum during the pandemic, the opportunity to work alongside communities through the Making it Happen project developed a deeper understanding of people and the importance of collaboration and empowerment in communities.We are also supporting groups such as Compass Community Arts and Bourne This Way LGBTQ+ parent support group CIC with their outreach and engagement work in the Making it Happen communities. Being an entrepreneur can be learned, and that is exactly what I have done. You don't have to be born with it or have had the 'lemonade stand.' But, you do need to have the passion, devotion, conviction, and sheer will and drive to make it happen.