002 | The People of Reset Series: RAIN

INSIDE STORIES People in Places Podcast

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Genevieve Melito (AKA Rain) talks about her journey of self-discovery after some major life changes, the perils of conflating productivity with self-worth, why a fellow Resetter (Mars) likens her to a cartoon character, and how she (Rain) believes Reset is bound by magic.
GUEST BIO: Genevieve Melito is currently on a search for self after completing her masters of management innovation and entrepreneurship and leaving her role with Queen’s University as a program manager. She is a co-chair for Camp Reset, and feels in her element when working on projects that creatively connect people. She loves dinosaurs and spending times outdoors.
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RESET is a non-profit social enterprise that addresses loneliness by creating liminal and permanent social infrastructure including adult summer camp, pop-up playgrounds, and more.
The Reset Living Room is located in Little Jamaica at 634 Vaughan Road in Toronto.
Camp Reset is an annual four-day tech-free, "no-work-talk" immersive experience that takes place at a traditional summer camp in Bancroft, Ontario, where participants are invited to choose alternate names and engage in rest and play.
At Camp Reset, Lara Margaret Marjerrison is known as Gem.
After Camp Reset 2023, Gem/Lara found herself pondering what, specifically, brought together 250 people from such diverse backgrounds and lived experiences. The People of Reset Series is an exploration in search of the through-line.
Learn more about Reset.

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INSIDE STORIES exists to foster connection in a world suffering and dying from disconnectivity. It seeks to examine the stories we tell and don’t tell and how that impacts us.
The INSIDE STORIES PEOPLE in PLACES PODCAST examines specifically our relationship with Place and its influence on our ways of existing, our beliefs about ourselves and others, and our sense of belonging…or not.