Friends, Lucas Cioffi just passed on this very tragic news (which came from the NCDD list).
A fair number of us knew Cheryl Honey and the approach she had brought into the world, Community Weaving. Cheryl, you will remain in my heart. warmly, raffi On Sat, Apr 27, 2013 at 6:52 PM, Sandy Heierbacher <sa...@ncdd.org> wrote: I am so sorry to have to share this news with all of you, and I'm still a little in shock at this news myself. I found out earlier today that one of our members and colleagues, Cheryl Honey, was killed on Wednesday. Cheryl was recently engaged to a man named Robert Hedgers, and they were living together in Vancouver. Cheryl and Robert were both found dead in their home on Wednesday, and yesterday police reported that it was a murder-suicide. Cheryl was shot in the arm and the chest, and Robert turned the gun on himself. > > >There is not a lot of information on this tragedy online, but here are two >articles that provide the basics: > > > Couple found dead were recently engaged - >http://www.columbian.com/news/2013/apr/25/police-investigating-death-man-woman-found-vancouv/ > Medical Examiner: Couple died in murder-suicide - >http://www.columbian.com/news/2013/apr/26/medical-examiner-couple-died-murder-suicide/ > > >As some of you know, Cheryl was the founder of the Family Support Network >International and Community Weaving. She often wrote to the listserv about >community weaving, and many of you met her at the Seattle conference. She >also attended our 2010 regional event in Portland (she was living in Seattle >until recently), and came down to Austin for our 2008 conference. > > >Cheryl was a very kind person, and she was dedicated to encouraging neighbors >to connect with one another to share resources and build local networks of >support. I'll paste a description of Community Weaving below. Cheryl wrote >this description, and we posted it on the NCDD site last year. > > >I am so sorry to upset any of you with this horrific news, but I knew many of >you would want to know this has happened to Cheryl. I do not have information >at this point about her memorial, or where cards or donations can be sent. I >will let the list know when I do. > > >Sandy Heierbacher >Director, National Coalition for Dialogue & Deliberation >sa...@ncdd.org • www.ncdd.org • @ncdd & @heierbacher > > > > >Community Weaving (CW) is a social architecture that syncs existing programs >and initiatives to create an interdependent functioning whole community >system. Learn more at www.communityweaving.org. >In Seattle, volunteers contributed approximately 175,000 hours, valued at $2.6 >million in community service on a budget of less than $12,000. Community >Weaving leverages real change to deal with the challenges impacting >relationships, neighborhoods, communities and the nation. A description of >Community Weaving is in the Change Handbook (2nd Ed.) and referred to as a >structural change methodology. The approach creates a reciprocal feedback loop >that generates data that informs governing systems where to allocate funds and >upgrade responsiveness to empower the people, as well as creates a voice of >“we the people” on public policy issues using action research, dialogue and >Community Forums. Community Weaving is a useful strategy to increase >engagement levels and ignite the community spirit to create a more caring, >just and civil society. > > >Also, here is her NCDD bio: >Cheryl Honey, pioneered Community Weaving and received the prestigious >Jefferson Award, the mini-Nobel Prize for Public Service. Community Weaving is >an innovative change method featured in the Change Handbook (2nd Ed.) that >shifts hierarchical community silos into interdependent functioning whole >community systems. Communities tap her expertise to develop innovative >solutions to challenges affecting lives and the community. Cheryl is an >Ambassador for Peace, recipient of the Excellence in Leadership Award and >received the Giraffe Award, for sticking her neck out for peace and justice >for all. >>________________________________ > > >NCDD's discussion and announcement lists are generously donated by L-Soft >(www.lsoft.com) and are powered by L-Soft's LISTSERV mailing list management >software (www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html). Learn more about all of >NCDD's email lists at www.ncdd.org/rc/item/4434 -- and please read over the >NCDD Discussion list's ground rules before you post. >Email j...@ncdd.org to change the email address you're subscribed with or to >switch to a daily digest. To unsubscribe from the NCDD-DISCUSSION list, click >the following link: >http://lists.thataway.org/scripts/wa-THATAWAY.exe?SUBED1=NCDD-DISCUSSION&A=1
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