This is the second in a series of blog posts to honour Anne Dosher, Guardian of the Soul of The World Cafe. Anne has been a wonderful guide and steward since the World Cafe was born in 1995.

To celebrate Anne’s 95th birthday, we collected stories and greetings from the global World Cafe community. 

The dragonfly has been Anne’s magic animal – a symbol of transformation. 

Here is a letter that we received from one of Anne’s friends: 

For the past 20 years, Anne’s major community contributions involved “The World Cafe.”  She was there at the beginning and was intimately involved in the “Cafe’s” development.  Anne was particularly excited by  how “Wiser Together” and the “Cafe” could join to reach youngers and elders in changing our world.  As you will see in this video,  Anne is right there co-creating a positive potential future with and for all of us.

I remember with much gratitude how Anne supported me as I grew to lead organizations and community efforts from the early ’70’s on.  With her help, we have better services, systems and strategies locally and nationally to create an “all our relations” world.  It was and is Anne’s life dream to experience a world where people reflect, think long term and listen to each other.  Now, The World Cafe is stepping up and out to create more vital opportunities for this to happen in peaceful and supportive ways.

To celebrate Anne’s 95th year, I thought she would love a Anne Wade Dosher Legacy effort to fund this important work in our troubled and divisive times.

Check out “We Are Wiser Together” to see Anne and other leaders as they create this movement.

Please join me in celebrating Anne and changing the world – one more time!  Just go to this website to make your contribution. It is called The Generosity Fund. Where it says to dedicate your gift, just fill in Anne Wade Dosher Legacy. You can also write her a personal note on the site.   Your gift of any amount will help us all change the world together.

Liz Shear