Luv Michael Conference - Monday September 9, 2024 - Southampton, NY
Housing & Community Conference for the Self-Directed Autism+ Population & Friends of New York State
We have been friends with Lisa Liberatore and Mark Biondi for many years, and Dustin Sweeney’s community at Endeavor21+/Threefold/Karma House share a spiritual connection with the Luv Michael Community in Southampton, NY. We believe our kids bring “Purpose, Hope & Joy” to the extended people in our respective communities.
Michael and Dustin ALSO LOVE TO SURF WITH IZZY, ISAIAH PASKOWITZ, AND OUR FRIENDS AT SURFERS HEALING!!
This year, Mark and Lisa are hosting the Luv Michael Conference the day before the Surfers Healing event and I highly recommend that you attend this housing and community conference. Lisa has built a very special relationship with the Greek Orthodox Church of Southampton. The Luv Michael Team are truly “integrated” in the church community as renters of the actual facility for programming, but more importantly as CONTRIBUTORS TO the community. To get outsiders comfortable with the Autism/DD community, it takes a lot of hard work. I have seen the fabulous work of the Luv Michael Team on the beach at Surfers Healing Southampton, and I have seen it at Easter Services with Father Constantine Lazarakis and the Dormition of the Virgin Mary Congregation:
Whether you are a parent, caregiver, professional, or community member, the Luv Michael Conference provides a space for connection, education, and empowerment. Lisa, Mark, and the Luv Michael team are building a future where everyone can thrive and live independently in a supportive and understanding community.
People ask me about the religion, and they have many people in the community who attend the Church services, or not. My experience was the Greek Orthodox Church followed a established pattern of US Navy Chaplins:
“We provide for our own, We facilitate for others, and We care for all.
Speaking from the experience of being Dustin Sweeney’s father, he has attended many Jewish, Christian, and Muslim services in the USA and Europe. He enjoys them all as he loves the structure and theatrical nature of religious celebrations:
I will be at the Luv Michael Conference, and I hope to see you there.
The Surfers Healing event is the following day on Tuesday September 10th at Ponquogue Beach in Hampton Bays. The event is sold out for Surfers, but it the ultimate in seeing community, and it is worth a day at the beach to see Izzy and the Surfers Healing team get our kids up surfing. If you can stay over, it is worth the effort.
Mahalo,
Mike Sweeney
Hiking Leader at Endeavor 21+ Foundation