Staying Human in a Dehumanizing World
Pre-Festival Offering
Thursday September 3, 2026
9 am–5 pm
cost: $59.00
This Pre-Festival event will identify four key elements that have contributed to our current cultural crisis, and two clear paths that can lead us out of the impasse. It will answer the following questions:
Why do we behave in groups in ways in which we would never behave on our own?
Why do our moral standards differ so greatly?
What cultural shift took place 500 years ago that has contributed to our current crisis?
What do story and physical proximity have to do with healing the divide?
FACILITATORS
Rev. Dr. Paula Stone Williams is a Pastoral Counselor and internationally known speaker on gender equity and religious tolerance. She lives in Lyons, Colorado, where she serves as Mayor Pro Tem. Paula has been featured in the New York Times, Washington Post, NPR, PBS, NBC, CNN,and many other media outlets. Her TED talks have had over ten million views. Paula’s memoir, As A Woman, What I Learned About Power, Sex, and the Patriarchy After I Transitioned, was published by Simon & Schuster.
Check In for pre-festival events will be available on Wednesday from 1 pm to 5 pm, and Thursday from 7am to 9 am.
If you’re tent camping, there’s no additional campsite charge for Wednesday night.
Some campsite locations are restricted due to large venue tent construction in several areas.
RV campers will need to purchase an additional night.