Action of Love
A Coalition of LOVE Sharing Acts of Love
This group space is a place where all people can come to share inspirations on Actions of Love. During these times of Political and Environmental kaos, people who are actively engaged in alternative practices, setting the stepping stones and being the change, can share their visions of hope. This is a place where people can find inspiration in what others ...learn more
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Created: Feb 03, 2008
Updated: Nov 01, 2009
Membership: Open
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8. Concluding Comments (in section about “Community Teaching and Learning Centers”)
[This is the Part E of Section 5 in the original 161 page document “1000Communities2” (see p. 15)]
E. Concluding Comments
1. This “1000Communities2” proposal recognizes that creating the knowledge base, skill sets, and the compassion for our fellow human beings necessary to resolve the challenges of our times will require
a) recognizing deficiencies in the knowledge base and skill sets of our communities as they are now (which can be brought to the forefront by Community Visioning Initiatives)
b) recognizing deficiencies in compassion for our fellow human beings (which can also be brought to the forefront by Community Visioning Initiatives)
c) linking together the concepts of Community Visioning Initiatives, “Community Teaching and Learning Centers”, “teacher-leaders”, ongoing workshops, and “sister community” relationships
d) curriculum development “on the fly”
e) teacher training “on the fly”
f) community centers which are neighborhood-friendly, and which provide ongoing workshops that are deliberately affordable
g) encouraging as much formal and informal meetings with other people in the local neighborhoods for discussion, information sharing, mutual support and encouragement, fellowship and friendship—so that the result will include the building of a close-knit community of people with a healthy appreciation for each others strengths, and a well-developed capacity to resolve even the most difficult challenges.
2. This “1000Communities2” proposal also advocates three propositions which are especially relevant when considering the value of local community points of entry information clearinghouses, and ongoing workshops….
a) There are countless numbers of “things people can do in the everyday circumstances of their lives” which will contribute to peacebuilding, community revitalization, and ecological sustainability efforts, in their own communities and regions—and in other parts of the world.
b) People can, one by one, decide to deliberately focus the way they spend their time, energy, and money so that their actions have positive repercussions on many or all of the action plans which emerge from Community Visioning Initiatives.
c) The result can be that there are countless ‘ways to earn a living’ which contribute to the peacebuilding, community revitalization, and ecological sustainability efforts necessary to overcome the challenges of our times.
