1000Communities2 ("1000CommunitiesSquared")

This "1000Communities2" ("1000CommunitiesSquared") group is a location for discussion of the "1000Communities2" proposal written by Stefan Pasti.

The "1000Communities2" proposal is "on file" at this group location, and is available for free (as a pdf file) at the website of The Interfaith Peacebuilding and Community Revitalization (IPCR) Initiative (at www.ipcri.net).  Stefan Pasti, the administrator for this Group Site, is founder and outreach coordinator for The IPCR Initiative. 

To facilitate discussion-- and as a way of focusing member contributions towards specific and constructive results-- 26 excerpts from the original 161 page proposal have been made into Wikipages for this group.  (See “List of ‘Titles’ for the 26 Excerpts” below).

Members of this group are encouraged to make posts in the “Discussion” section of this group site—or in the corresponding Wikipage area-- which are related in some way to one or more of the 26 excerpts, or to some specific element of the "1000Communities2" proposal.  Hopefully, back and forth discussion on various elements of this “1000Communities2” proposal will supplement, add to, and refine the relevant and practical “how-to” and “why” information already in the proposal.   Such discussions may encourage and inspire people in different parts of the world to create similar community-specific proposals, and result in active participation by many people in a Community Visioning Initiative associated with their specific community.

Members of this group are also encouraged to add resource suggestions and files—and to make any number of suggestions for how to develop and refine the “1000Communities2” concept, and this “1000Communities2” Group Site.

Special Note:  Members are encouraged to leave the 26 Wikipages listed below as they are, as those pages are meant to be common points of reference for group discussion (and this arrangement was the best this administrator could think of for doing that). 

Please direct specific suggestions, comments, recommendations, and questions to the Admininstrator of this “1000Communities2” Group Site, Stefan Pasti.  My e-mail address is stefanpasti@ipcri.net">stefanpasti@ipcri.net">stefanpasti@ipcri.net.  I can also be contacted through my WiserEarth profile, and by way of the contact information at The IPCR Initiative website.

“List of ‘Titles’ for the 26 Excerpts”  (List corresponds to the Wikipages for this Group Site)

1.  Introduction

2.  The “1000Communities2” Proposal

3.  What are Community Visioning Initiatives?

4.  The Community Visioning Initiative Model Advocated by the “1000Communities2” proposal

5.  Many Hands Make Much Work Light

6.  About “Community Teaching and Learning Centers”

7.  Why are “Community Teaching and Learning Centers” so important?

8.  Concluding Comments (in section about “Community Teaching and Learning Centers”)

9.  Advocating for “Sister Community” Relationships

10.  Summary of the 15 Step Outline for a Community Visioning Initiative

11.  Step 12—Summary Presentations and Job Fairs

12.  Suggestions for Making Best Use of the Community Visioning Initiative Process

13.  Examples of Questions for “Preliminary Surveys” (see Step 3 “Preliminary Surveys” in 15 Step Outline)

14.  Concluding Comments from “Areas to Explore for Collaboration and Partnership Formation”

15.  Problems That May Arise

16.  Evaluating the Process

17.  “If even a few….”

18.  Concluding comments from the writer of this proposal 

19.  A Ten Point Assessment of “the Most Difficult Challenges of Our Times”

20.  Sifting Through Some Very Complex Information

21.  Bringing it all together at the local community level

22.  Evidence of the Need for an Increase in Compassion for Our Fellow Human Beings

23.  Food Price Increases Threaten Global Security

24.   Cultures of Violence

25.  105 Fields of Activity Related to Peacebuilding, Community Revitalization, and Ecological Sustainability

26.  A Few Excerpts Repeated for Emphasis, and as Concluding Comments

With Kind Regards,

Stefan Pasti