weDialogue is pleased to announce our first session of Conversations for the 21st Century, in partnership with the World Cafe Community Foundation:
Community for the 21st Century
“I am cognizant of the interrelatedness of all communities... We are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny. Whatever affects one directly affects all indirectly.” – Martin Luther King, Jr., Letter from Birmingham Jail (1963)
WHAT: an interactive public conversation on the changing definitions of community and its importance in today's world.
WHY: To reflect on this topic together, and explore ideas about what community is and what it is evolving into
WHEN: Friday, April 1st
WHERE: a telephone or VOIP (e.g. Skype) in the privacy of your home
TIME:
9am-12pm Pacific Time
12pm - 3pm Eastern Time
5pm - 8pm Greenwich Mean Time
7pm - 10pm in South Africa
5am - 8am (on April 2nd) in New Zealand
COST: Free (except for any long distance charges you may incur)
REGISTER: Please use THIS LINK to register (you must be registered to participate).
HOSTS: Amy Lenzo and Ben Roberts
GRAPHIC RECORDERS: Nancy Margulies and Susan Kelly
CONVERSATION STARTERS: Peter Block, Nancy White, Maria Scordialos, Sarah Whiteley (more below)
(For more about the context and purpose for this series, see "Conversations for the 21st Century")
(For background information on how to get the most from this session, including the link to an online group formed to support the series)
About the "Community for the 21st Century" conversation starters:
Peter Block, Author of Community: The Structure of Belonging, and The Abundant Community: Awakening the Power of Families and Neighborhoods, with John McKnight. Peter's work is in the restoration of communities and creating systems that restore our humanity. Peter will be supported by colleagues Charles Holmes and Louise van Rhyn.
Nancy White, author of Digital Habitats, with Etienne Wenger and John Smith. Nancy is an experienced guide in the realms of online community and e-learning, internationally recognized as an online interaction designer, facilitator and coach for distributed learning, teams and online communities. Nancy blogs at FullCircle.com
Sarah Whiteley and Maria Scordialos are stewards of the land-based community Axladitsa Avatakia in Greece. They are also Directors of Hara Practice Limited (UK) and co-founders of the Living Wholeness Institute with Vanessa Reid.
More on the Conversation Starters & their "Call to Action" Resources
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Special Guests:
Besides the World Cafe community, we have also invited a few key participants who we know will add substantially to the comversation, including:
Please come prepared to engage with the conversation starters, special guests, and each other!
If you know someone you think should be part of this conversation, please invite them, too. Here is a downloadable pdf postcard invitation to pass on: Download C21C
Your donations to the registered 501(c)3 World Cafe Community Foundation will help us continue to offer these events and are very much appreciated:
