Media that Matters
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At a time when humanity needs to work as one, the media climate is increasingly fractured. Today’s information society seems to support nuance rather than knowledge, conflict over conversation, isolation over integration. Cultural and technological shifts continue to change the way most of today’s media produce content, reach audiences, and fund their ...learn more
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4. The Community Visioning Initiative Model Advocated by the “1000Communities2” proposal
[This is Part D Subsection 4 from Section 3 of the original 161 page document “1000Communities2” (see p. 8)]
4. This particular proposal—“1000Communities2”—advocates a model for Community Visioning Initiatives which would allow as much time, possibly even as much as 1½ years, so as to give as much importance to developing a close-knit community as it does to
a) contributing to accumulating and integrating the knowledge and skill sets necessary for the highest percentage of people to act wisely in response to challenges identified as priority challenges
b) helping people to deliberately channel their time, energy, and money into the creation of “ways of earning a living” which are directly related to resolving high priority challenges
c) assisting with outreach, partnership formation, and development of service capacity for a significant number of already existing (or forming) organizations and businesses
d) helping to build a high level of consensus for specific action plans, which will help inspire additional support from people, businesses, and organizations with significant resources
Hopefully, by 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—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.
