<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class="">For those who have been practicing Open Space Technology for a while, you will likely remember the irascible voice of Tree Fitzpatrick. She left this earth on January 20th.<div class=""><br class=""><div class="">A small group of us have planned a memorial celebration for her. It is, of course, informed by Open Space. An invitation is below and on <a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/764707827506392/?active_tab=about" class="">Facebook</a>. Please come and share the invitation with others you believe would want to know.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Of course, if you want to share a story on this list, I suspect many of us have learned from and even loved Tree.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Many thanks,</div><div class="">Peggy</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><div class="" style="line-height: 1.38; text-align: center; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="" style="border: none; display: inline-block; overflow: hidden; width: 373px; height: 359px;"><img src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/S6rNM2Kqinr71Laj0hwvGTOw4bkUb28HCQkYyPs76uNWMpTpBl5QFxB1G06bMV8Si1GpbofRx7rzIbAl9e6vOsTCnZ7cYel82PBXWSvn5gR9u2fS3adEI5lEENU2voF8vAr4ZGIc" width="624" height="392.00000000000006" class="" style="margin-left: -125px; margin-top: -42px;"></span></span></div><div class="" style="line-height: 1.38; text-align: center; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Therese (Tree) Fitzpatrick</span></div><div class="" style="line-height: 1.38; text-align: center; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">August 16, 1953 - January 20, 2021</span></div><br class=""><br class=""><h1 dir="ltr" class="" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 20pt; margin-bottom: 6pt;"><span class="" style="font-size: 20pt; font-family: Arial; font-weight: 400; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Bio</span></h1><div class="" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span class="" style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; font-weight: 700; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Therese Marie Fitzpatrick (“Tree”)</span><span class="" style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> was born in Mitchell, South Dakota (home of the Corn Palace), and raised on the south side of Chicago. Throughout her life, she lived in many places, including the Midwest, South America, Northeast, and Northwest before she landed in Berkeley, a place she’d always dreamed of living. She was a mother, a writer, an attorney, a political activist, a consultant, an art lover, a voracious reader, a daily swimmer, a sister, a daughter, and a friend. She was brilliant, determined, resourceful, loving, and creative. Despite a lifetime of challenges, she worked diligently to create and live the life she wanted. Join us as we remember her. </span><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span></div><br class=""><br class=""><br class=""><p dir="ltr" class="" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 3pt;"><span class="" style="font-size: 26pt; font-family: Arial; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">In memoriam…</span></p><br class=""><h1 dir="ltr" class="" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 20pt; margin-bottom: 6pt;"><span class="" style="font-size: 20pt; font-family: Arial; font-weight: 400; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Zoom Memorial - </span><span class="" style="font-size: 19pt; font-family: Arial; font-weight: 400; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Sunday, March 21, 7 - 8:30pm ET /4-5:30 pm PT</span></h1><br class=""><div class="" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-left: 36pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span class="" style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Please join friends and family of Therese Marie Fitzpatrick (Tree) to honor and remember her fierce and loving spirit.</span></div><br class=""><div class="" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-left: 36pt; text-align: center; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span class="" style="font-size: 13.999999999999998pt; font-family: Arial; font-weight: 700; font-style: italic; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Register on Zoom </span><a href="https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fus02web.zoom.us%2Fmeeting%2Fregister%2FtZYoduuopzgoHN2vKzyF97Nzb1A7QylbkRuL%3Ffbclid%3DIwAR0XNSGDZGAFiFJGqduraxDEzcPf9OhUfcS7aJeVTzK9ODvPP5tURf4bmKI&h=AT308juvIIQvhA5O66DniMa9XTTZ3__4eK0sIVOs0CuoA6reOrn3iMSdaXABrYwpEK3cDV9FN70Ft1UaYzp7iYW5Glar05eT8vyoUXQbts9LBlACBLWEK9auXU7FogpRKSVs9x2PPHnwabDUQS-Quebi" class="" style="text-decoration: none;"><span class="" style="font-size: 13.999999999999998pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(17, 85, 204); font-weight: 700; font-style: italic; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration: underline; text-decoration-skip: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">here</span></a><span class="" style="font-size: 13.999999999999998pt; font-family: Arial; font-weight: 700; font-style: italic; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">.</span></div><br class=""><div class="" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-left: 36pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span class="" style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Our purpose is to:</span></div><ul class="" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; padding-inline-start: 48px;"><li dir="ltr" aria-level="1" class="" style="list-style-type: disc; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre; margin-left: 36pt;"><div class="" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span class="" style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Honor Tree</span></div></li><li dir="ltr" aria-level="1" class="" style="list-style-type: disc; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre; margin-left: 36pt;"><div class="" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span class="" style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Share/process our feelings</span></div></li><li dir="ltr" aria-level="1" class="" style="list-style-type: disc; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre; margin-left: 36pt;"><div class="" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span class="" style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Draw her family into the circle of love that Tree created among her friends</span></div></li><li dir="ltr" aria-level="1" class="" style="list-style-type: disc; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre; margin-left: 36pt;"><div class="" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span class="" style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Offer some sense of closure</span></div></li></ul><h1 dir="ltr" class="" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 20pt; margin-bottom: 6pt;"><span class="" style="font-size: 20pt; font-family: Arial; font-weight: 400; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-dc671a55-7fff-58e7-8fdd-1fa0eb9bff92" style="white-space: normal;" class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>We’ll be sharing stories at the celebration so please bring yours.</span></span></span></h1><h1 dir="ltr" class="" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 20pt; margin-bottom: 6pt;"><span class="" style="font-size: 20pt; font-family: Arial; font-weight: 400; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Additional Ways to Celebrate </span></h1><h2 dir="ltr" class="" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-left: 36pt; margin-top: 18pt; margin-bottom: 6pt;"><span class="" style="font-size: 16pt; font-family: Arial; font-weight: 400; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Share Favorites</span></h2><h1 dir="ltr" class="" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-left: 72pt; margin-top: 20pt; margin-bottom: 6pt;"><span class="" style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; font-weight: 400; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Whether or not you come to the memorial, here are other ways to celebrate Tree’s life:</span></h1><ul class="" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; padding-inline-start: 48px;"><li dir="ltr" aria-level="1" class="" style="list-style-type: disc; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre; margin-left: 72pt;"><div class="" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span class="" style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Post on her </span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/764707827506392/?active_tab=discussion" class="" style="text-decoration: none;"><span class="" style="font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(17, 85, 204); font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration: underline; text-decoration-skip: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Facebook Memorial event page</span></a></div></li><li dir="ltr" aria-level="1" class="" style="list-style-type: disc; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre; margin-left: 72pt;"><div class="" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span class="" style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Send music suggestions and pictures to Nancy White </span><span class="" style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">at <a href="mailto:nancy.white@gmail.com" class="">nancy.white@gmail.com</a>. </span><span class="" style="font-size: 12pt; font-weight: 700; font-style: italic; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">We’ll use them during the memorial service so share now! </span></div></li></ul><h2 dir="ltr" class="" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-left: 36pt; margin-top: 18pt; margin-bottom: 6pt;"><span class="" style="font-size: 16pt; font-family: Arial; font-weight: 400; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Make a Donation</span></h2><div class="" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-left: 72pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span class="" style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Three suggestions from her daughter:</span></div><br class=""><ul class="" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; padding-inline-start: 48px;"><li dir="ltr" aria-level="1" class="" style="list-style-type: disc; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre; margin-left: 72pt;"><div class="" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><a href="https://walkerart.org/" class="" style="text-decoration: none;"><span class="" style="font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(17, 85, 204); font-weight: 700; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration: underline; text-decoration-skip: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Walker Art Center</span><span class="" style="font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br class=""></span></a><span class="" style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">This is an incredible museum in Minneapolis that my mother took me to once a month as a child, and at which my mother was a volunteer and tour guide. </span><span class="" style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br class=""><br class=""></span></div></li><li dir="ltr" aria-level="1" class="" style="list-style-type: disc; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre; margin-left: 72pt;"><div class="" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><a href="https://stfrancisfriends.org/" class="" style="text-decoration: none;"><span class="" style="font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(17, 85, 204); font-weight: 700; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration: underline; text-decoration-skip: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Saint Francis Friends of the Poor</span></a><span class="" style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">.</span><span class="" style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br class=""></span><span class="" style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">This is an organization in NYC whose mission is as follows: "</span><span class="" style="font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">to offer permanent housing and supportive services to homeless men and women with histories of chronic mental illness</span><span class="" style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">." Saint Francis Friends of the Poor is an organization that is near and dear to my heart, and with which I work closely. They are trailblazers who revolutionized the supportive housing model in NYC 40 years ago, and are well known to be the standard-bearers for the provision of housing and services to individuals with chronic mental illness in New York. I consider my work with St. Francis and other similar organizations to be my own personal way to honor my mother, and I can’t think of a better way for her friends to honor her than to support the work of an organization dedicated to providing a dignified, meaningful life to individuals with similar challenges. </span><span class="" style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br class=""><br class=""></span></div></li><li dir="ltr" aria-level="1" class="" style="list-style-type: disc; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre; margin-left: 72pt;"><div class="" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><a href="https://depts.washington.edu/uwbrtc/about-us/support-dr-linehans-legacy/" class="" style="text-decoration: none;"><span class="" style="font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(17, 85, 204); font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration: underline; text-decoration-skip: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b class="">Dr. Marsha M. Lineham’s Legacy at the University of Washington</b></span><span class="" style="font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br class=""></span></a><span class="" style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">This fund will create fellowships in Dr. Lineham’s name to support students who are training to be the next generation of </span><span class="" style="font-size: 13.5pt; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">dialectical behavior therapy (</span><span class="" style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">DBT) practitioners and researchers. Dr. Lineham’s program brought my mother to Seattle, and she often spoke of their positive impact.</span></div></li></ul><br class=""><br class=""><div class="" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span class="" style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">With love,</span></div><div class="" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span class="" style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Katie Devine, Peggy Holman, Lana Harris, Mary Ella Keblusek, Kenoli Oleari, Nancy White</span></div><br class=""><br class=""><br class=""><div class="" style="line-height: 1.38; text-align: center; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span class="" style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">****</span></div><br class=""><div class="" style="line-height: 1.38; text-align: center; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span class="" style="font-size: 16pt; font-family: Arial; font-style: italic; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I am in the Golden Tunnel today. Great to be back. Everything is holy in the Golden Tunnel. Everything is happy. Love is all around. So is Light.</span></div><div class="" style="text-align: center; line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span class="" style="font-size: 15pt; white-space: pre-wrap; text-align: right; font-family: Arial;">Tree Fitzpatrick, December 8, 2018</span></div><br class=""><br class=""><br class=""></div><br class=""><br class=""><div class=""><div class="" style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div class="" style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div class="" style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;">_________________________________<br class="">Peggy Holman<br class=""><a href="mailto:peggy@peggyholman.com" class="">peggy@peggyholman.com</a><br class="">Twitter: @peggyholman<br class=""><br class="">15347 SE 49th Place<br class="">Bellevue, WA 98006<br class="">206-948-0432<br class=""><a href="http://www.peggyholman.com" class="">www.peggyholman.com</a><br class=""><a href="http://www.journalismthatmatters.org" class="">www.journalismthatmatters.org</a><br class=""><br class="">Enjoy the award winning <a href="http://www.engagingemergence.com" class="">Engaging Emergence: Turning Upheaval into Opportunity</a><br class=""><br class=""> <br class="">"An angel told me that the only way to step into the fire and not get burnt, is to become <br class="">the fire".<br class=""> -- Drew Dellinger</div></div></div></div></div></body></html>