Super idea, Gabriela! anyone else want to work on this with us? I would like to link this initiative with those already at play within the framework of 11 Days of Global Unity (9/11-9/21) <OneWorld.com> and <pathwaysforpeace.org>, which I founjd after I'd sent that first message off. This way we could call on the international OS community to join in.
Thanks Harrison! Patricia ----- Original Message ----- From: Gabriela Ender <gabriela.en...@openspace-online.com> To: osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu Sent: Tue, 16 Jan 2007 20:55:47 +0100 Subject: Re: Opening Space for Peace Week '07? > Hi Patricia, I like your idea very much! > > Just a further thought: Maybe you could additionally invite to an > OpenSpace-Online real-time conference on Peace - perhaps within this Peace > Week or as an online follow-up for example 4-6 weeks later or as a > pre-meeting 6-8 weeks before your Open Space event - this could also enable > further powerful complementary synergies. It would be even possible to have > simultaneous online meetings in different towns and to immediately share all > the conference documentations among all the nation-wide participants. > > Here one application example, which was also connected with an 'Education > for Sustainable Development Project' in one German Town (also an > online/offline combination): > <http://www.openspace-online.com/oso_en/html/kundenstimmen/osnabrueck.html> > > If you like the idea, write me. Let's see how I could support you. > > Best regards from Berlin > Gabriela > www.OpenSpace-Online.com > Free eBook: > <http://www.openspace-online.com/OpenSpace-Online_eBook_en.pdf> > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Patricia Haines" <levelgr...@kaxy.com> > To: <osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu> > Sent: Tuesday, January 16, 2007 4:01 PM > Subject: Opening Space for Peace Week '07? > > > >I have an idea I'd like this group's thoughts on - > > > > Taking inspiration from Harrison and Michael's experience, I've been > > working with others in my > > hometown (Ithaca, NY) to put together a series of events and gatherings > > for what we're calling Peace > > Week - Sept 11 through Sept 21st, the International Day of Peace. > > > > Thanks to the email below, I'm now adding an Open Space on Peace to our > > calendar. > > > > I'll also be inviting members of the U.S. Partnership for the Decade of > > Education for Sustainable > > Development (global UN decade - see<uspartnership.org> to offer up their > > own versions of Peace Week. > > Since the Partnership uses Open Space as a core process, if any of you > > would like to join this > > effort for your own hometowns, let me know. We'll be putting information > > and linkages up on the > > Partnership website, Adult & Community pages - and, as I know you all > > know, the synergy of doing > > this together creates irresistable energy. > > > > Your thoughts? > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: Harrison Owen <hho...@verizon.net> > > To: osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu > > Sent: Fri, 12 Jan 2007 08:37:26 -0500 > > Subject: Opening Space for Peace > > > >> You may remember that last year Michael Pannwitz and I had the privilege > >> of > >> Opening Space for the Congress of Imams and Rabbis in Seville. The > >> occasion, > >> as I reported, was more than a little exciting and definitely not > >> according > >> to whatever "Plan" I might have had. That said, the gathering was also > >> profoundly moving and powerful for the two of us and, we believed, the > >> participants as well - at least that is what we saw, and they said. Now > >> almost a year later it was very nice to receive a note from an advisor to > >> the King of Jordan and sometime Ambassador to the UN, which said in > >> part," > >> It was wonderful in Seville and the great role you played changed the > >> entire > >> atmosphere, into what turned out lively, warm and cordial." > >> > >> Had the event been only another community/corporate gathering, the words > >> would have seemed nice but not particularly significant. But that event > >> was > >> filled with virtually every conflict and tension imaginable - and at > >> points > >> seemed quite ready to fly into a million pieces. The shift from > >> catastrophe > >> (as some were calling it) into "lively, warm and cordial" was, to put it > >> mildly, mind blowing, and confirmed once again, if confirmation was > >> needed > >> that opening space for peace can be very effective. And of course, the > >> real > >> heroes were not Michael, me or Open Space. The people did it all by > >> themselves, as usual. Once they had the space to become what they already > >> were - a vibrant self-organizing system searching for peace with > >> themselves > >> and their world, nothing else was needed. > >> > >> As we sit at the edge of 2007 watching the so called "world > >> powers/leaders" > >> going in circles, seeking to control events and the lives of others with > >> disastrous results, I find the experience of Seville to be nothing short > >> of > >> uplifting. To be sure we could all blow it this time around, but there is > >> an > >> alternative. It is also true, I think, that we in this funny little > >> online > >> community have a lot of work to do. > >> > >> Harrison > >> > >> Harrison Owen > >> 7808 River Falls Drive > >> Potomac, Maryland 20854 > >> Phone 301-365-2093 > >> Skype hhowen > >> Open Space Training www.openspaceworld.com > >> <http://www.openspaceworld.com/> > >> > >> Open Space Institute www.openspaceworld.org > >> Personal website www.ho-image.com > >> OSLIST: To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives > >> Visit: www.listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html > >> <http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html> > >> > >> > >> > >> * > >> * > >> ========================================================== > >> osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu > >> ------------------------------ > >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, > >> view the archives of osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu: > >> http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html > >> > >> To learn about OpenSpaceEmailLists and OSLIST FAQs: > >> http://www.openspaceworld.org/oslist > > > > - fostering social, economic and environmental justice through > > collaborative initiatives in > > hospitality, education and the arts, in the grassroots democracy community > > spirit of the 150 > > year-old Danish Folk School. > > > > -- > > This email was brought to you by Kaxy Mail > > http://www.kaxy.com/free_email_account.htm > > > > * > > * > > ========================================================== > > osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu > > ------------------------------ > > To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, > > view the archives of osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu: > > http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html > > > > To learn about OpenSpaceEmailLists and OSLIST FAQs: > > http://www.openspaceworld.org/oslist > > > > * > * > ========================================================== > osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu > ------------------------------ > To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, > view the archives of osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu: > http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html > > To learn about OpenSpaceEmailLists and OSLIST FAQs: > http://www.openspaceworld.org/oslist - fostering social, economic and environmental justice through collaborative initiatives in hospitality, education and the arts, in the grassroots democracy community spirit of the 150 year-old Danish Folk School. -- This email was brought to you by Kaxy Mail http://www.kaxy.com/free_email_account.htm * * ========================================================== osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu ------------------------------ To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives of osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu: http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html To learn about OpenSpaceEmailLists and OSLIST FAQs: http://www.openspaceworld.org/oslist
