What We Learned: Mobilizing the 3C's to Solve Homelessness. Ending the crisis of homelessness is both a survival strategy for and an aspiration of Impact Hub Seattle, which serves as Seattle’s “base camp” for social innovation. As part of this ongoing journey, Impact Hub entered our 6th year of operation by convening our community, partners and concerned citizens to sow the seeds of change through human connection. What made this unique? Our goal was to bring community organizations, government, business, homeless people, neighborhood associations, media, artists - people from different sectors who aren’t usually in conversation with one another - into conversation, rather than a lecture or panel.
Who Attended? 130 people RSVP’d and 80 attended over the course of the two events.20% of attendees indicated that they had experienced homelessness personally, or had friends or family who were homeless.11% of attendees indicated that they worked in the tech sector.15% of attendees are current members of the Impact Hub. How was the event facilitated? Intergroup Dialogue: IUPUI. White Ally Toolkit. The Wise Democracy Project – Design Tools for a Wiser Democracy. Issue Guides | NIFI. Home - National Dialogue Network. The Blog for Building Dialogue | Helping you connect with and understand dialogue resources. Network for Peace Through Dialogue.
Simon Fraser University | Study + Practice of Dialogue. Chief Robert Joseph Tribute Video Simon Fraser University's Centre for Dialogue presents a tribute video for Chief Robert Joseph. Chief Joseph is the recipient of SFU's 2014 Jack P. Blaney Award for Dialogue for a lifetime of outstanding achievements promoting reconciliation among Canada's Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal peoples.
More information about the award: www.sfu.ca/dialogue Video Credits: Produced by SFU Creative Services and Simon Fraser University's Centre for Dialogue. Some video footage and photographs contributed by: Jonas Gahr Støre: In defense of dialogue. Convergence Conflict Resolution. Mary Jacksteit: The Buffalo Case: Pro-Life and Pro-Choice Can Work Together. On May 17, 2009 at Notre Dame, President Obama voiced optimism that pro-life and pro-choice partisans can advocate for their causes with passion and conviction without demonizing their opponents, and that they can work together on shared goals such as preventing unintended pregnancies.
Fourteen days later, the murder of an abortion provider, Dr. George Tiller, in a Wichita, Kansas church, demonstrates that it will take more than Presidential vision to remove terrorism and violence from the abortion controversy. As the President's speech implied, it is one thing to advocate for civility and cooperation, but realizing them will require hard work, commitment, and willingness to learn from past tragedies. In 1993 I was co-director of the Network for Life and Choice, a new project of the Washington, DC-based Search for Common Ground. In October of that year, Buffalo abortion provider, Dr. That was just the beginning. AmericaSpeaks. American Values Are...® The Institute of Interfaith Dialog. Letstalkamerica. Search for Common Ground (SFCG)
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