friends,
during january, i attended training on nonviolence. while i gained much
from, i was the only open space practitioner and its format was very much
not open space.
i shared open space (obviously) with other participants on an informal
basis. below is an invitation/report of someone who read harrison's practice
of peace and quickly began using open space in his community. he is another
example of never having formal training-he didn't even read the "users
guide," yet had the heart to move forward.
the february 23rd meeting referred to was their first open space on this
theme, convening 30 people.
john
"War? Peace? What do we do now?" Dialog
The public is invited to come and continue the dialog on the issues of
war and peace starting at 1:30 on the afternoon of March 2 at the Hampshire
Colony Congregational Church in Princeton, IL. This dialog was started on
2/23 and the participants felt so good about the experience they have
decided to do it again. In this forum, the participants set the agenda by
raising topics of concern to be discussed. The theme for this day will be
"War? Peace? What are we to do now?"
After the collection of discussion topics in regard to this theme,
participants are invited to enter into discussion groups of their interest.
No groups are assigned and participants are encouraged to move freely
between group. Our hope is that this will create opportunities where people
can express and exchange ideas and hopefully will be a time when people of
different positions can speak freely and really listen to each other. We
anticipate good dialog and shared learning. Key points of the discussions
will be recorded and reported to all participants.
Those with note-taking or laptop transcription skills are invited to
share their talents; bring what you need for this.
There will be a brief explanation of the meeting format. The public of any
persuasion is invited to come and go as their schedules and interest allow.
The sessions will end by 5:30 pm.
Questions;
Dialog planning Committee: Rick Fandel,875 2615 Steve Gunning, 875 4706
Jim Fitz 646 4672 Phil Kauffman 646 4889
Please announce this among friends and in your organizations and churches
and mark your calenders
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