...and to add to what Ria contributed: - a few days ago more than 80 people from around the world gathered in this virtual World Café: http://www.wedialogue.com/what-is-moving-and-awakening.html with the following online harvesting space<http://www.theworldcafecommunity.org/group/what-is-moving-and-awakening-around-the-world>
- through the YIP/KaosPilot network, I connected to this question "What is the future you want to occupy?" http://occupythefuture.org/ - And a small but deep Syntagma Café I co-hosted in Berlin in August around the question Imagine you wake up in Berlin and you are living in real democracy. What will happen on that day?<http://futureatschool.wordpress.com/2011/08/15/learning-by-doing-practicing-democracy-at-the-berlin-agora/> Best, Frauke On Sun, Oct 9, 2011 at 8:11 PM, Ria Baeck <ria.ba...@vitis-tct.be> wrote: > ** > Raffi, > > I guess you know about how Danni Gal started with putting round tables on > the square in Tel Aviv, where people could start to talk in small groups? > That eventually led to the 1000 Tabels event. > > http://artofhosting.ning.com/forum/topics/1000-table-world-cafe-in-israel-interview-inspiration-invitation > > Just a small thought, > Ria > > > On 8/10/11 06:35, Raffi Aftandelian wrote: > > dear open space and genuine contact friends (aka spaceniki and, perhaps, > "wheelies")- > > Tonight marked the spirited kick-off for Occupy San Diego, one of the > many local initiatives around the world taking place in solidarity with > Occupy Wall Street. Speaking as a process artist (OST facilitator and > Genuine Contact Program certified trainer) and a charmingly flawed co-human > with a heart who is planning on camping out (occupy?!) on site for while, I > wanted to share some thoughts and observations and also extend an > invitation. > > First off, taking part in all of this- tonight's march or attending the > General Assembly (I was at last night's assembly- 130 people were there!)- > really stretches me. I can't align with any of the adversarial language and > expression here. So, as we marched today I was just silent, holding my > multi-colored sign which read, "What does a wise, compassionate and glocal > response to massive economic injustice look like?" Heck, even calling it > "Occupy" make me shudder!!! > > It is physically just very challenging to be in the presence of all of > that energy. That said, from the the *moment* I heard of Occupy Wall Street, > I had an *immediate* intuitive hit that this is something different, that > this is something that I have to support. And at the very least this > initiative could be supported by bearing witness-- and the simplest way I > could do that is just camp there, just sleep there. That's it. > > Perhaps the act of sleeping in a public space can be a way of claiming > *and* opening space, a way of dreaming the New Story into being? > > Also, I'm amazed to see how many different people locally have heard of > the local Occupy San Diego initiative and how many different people I know > showed up tonight! It's almost as if somewhere deep down there was a part of > us that knew this is something we need to support. > > One of the things that encouraged me while attending General Assembly > last night was the readiness and willingness of people from disparate points > of view to hear each other out. What I'm seeing is messy, imperfect, and I > know and imagine that ball has been dropped. But overall, it's a rather > encouraging picture. It's also encouraging to see meditation part of the > picture, too. A 20+ minute flash mob still silent sitting meditation took > place after the march tonight > > And indeed it has a lot of open space feeling to it. The general assembly > and committees had been meeting at Children's Park (high play and high > learning anyone??) here downtown. The park is made up of large circular > patches of grass bordered with concrete. Each committee met in a different > patch - marked with the name of the committee. And you just went to the > committee you wanted. And from what i could see, if you wanted to create a > new committee, you could do that, too! (apparently, there is a process > committee here, too). > > I'm curious if there are other process artists out there on or off these > lists who are also supporting Occupy... where you are. I'd love to enter > into conversation (skype call anyone??) on or offlist to explore the ways we > as process artists can support this initiative. Drop me a line! > > > much warmth from the pacific coast, > raffi > > p.s. to catch some of the flavor of our local "Occupation," see > http://www.flickr.com/photos/occupysd/ > http://www.livestream.com/occupysd > > p.p.s. I look forward to circulating widely this piece by zen teacher and > peacemaker, Bernie Glassman > http://www.elephantjournal.com/2011/10/we-are-the-100/ > > p.p.p.s. to borrow a turn of phrase from a fellow spacenik who lives > DownUnder-- "What can happen?" > > powered by ubuntu 10.4 > > > _______________________________________________ > OSList mailing list > To post send emails to OSList@lists.openspacetech.org > > To unsubscribe send an email to oslist-le...@lists.openspacetech.org > To subscribe or manage your subscription click > below:http://lists.openspacetech.org/listinfo.cgi/oslist-openspacetech.org > > > > _______________________________________________ > OSList mailing list > To post send emails to OSList@lists.openspacetech.org > To unsubscribe send an email to oslist-le...@lists.openspacetech.org > To subscribe or manage your subscription click below: > http://lists.openspacetech.org/listinfo.cgi/oslist-openspacetech.org > > -- Frauke Godat --------------------------------------------------------------- Projektleitung "Zukunft geht zur Schule" Young Leaders Award 2008 der BMW Stiftung Herbert Quandt --------------------------------------------------------------- Registration for Art of Hosting Training Berlin, November 18-20, 2011 is open: http://tinyurl.com/64w72dr --------------------------------------------------------------- phone (mobile): +49 (0)176 50 47 88 06 Twitter: @futureatschool @fraukeatschool www.futureatschool.net -------------------------------------------------------------------
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