If you can get to hear Mia Birk speak...
...do it! I just heard her today. Her story about the journey she's helped to lead in Portland is very interesting...and she's a very good and entertaining speaker! The road map she lays out for "starting where you are (in your community) and progressing from there" is articulated well.
For all I know, she's a TE member in cognito ... if so, WELL DONE!
She's author of Joyride...and has been referenced in a few posts here. She's going to be in a few communities represented here over the next few months. Follow the link to her schedule.
If you don't grow where you're planted, you'll never BLOOM - Will Rogers