Report on the Peacebuilding Peacelearning Intensive
I got to sit next to Betty Reardon and other international, highly connected and respected folk at this training (see attached PDF). It was exhilarating to say the least!
My project plan for Eugene City of Peace has now been elaborated into this vision of the near future:
Gratefully,
David
David Hazen
Oregon State Coordinator, The Peace Alliance
Board Member, The Peace Alliance Educational Institute
Imagineer, Eugene City of Peace
innercom@peak.org
Skype: david.hazen
541.343.2109 home
541.520.6621 cell
Eugene, Oregon
As soon as the peace dilemma is re-framed as our personal need to uncover — release — our ability to respond to our frustration, anger, or sadness with creative solutions, that problem disappears.
ppi_synopsisreport.pdf
My project plan for Eugene City of Peace has now been elaborated into this vision of the near future:
I see a City that is vibrating with the spirit of cooperation.
The thought leaders of the community from grassroots peace, environmental and justice groups, Lane Interfaith Alliance, Human Rights Commission, the University, the hospitals, the police, the Chamber of Commerce, and City Council have been meeting for months in conversations that connect with the youth, the elderly, the gays and transgenders, the veterans, the Latinos, the Asians, and Native and African-Americans, using Appreciative Inquiry, World Café, and other peacelearning practices to define commonly held values and principles.
We now have a stated united purpose and definition of a City of Peace that will be fully funded and supported in public/private partnership to provide experiences that transform every neighborhood of the City, giving voice to the voiceless, tools of self-assessment and right relationship, whereby every child and every adult is unafraid to be seen for who they truly are and are welcoming to all with joy and gratitude for the vitality of the place that Eugene occupies in the ecosystem of this planet and this Universe.
The thought leaders of the community from grassroots peace, environmental and justice groups, Lane Interfaith Alliance, Human Rights Commission, the University, the hospitals, the police, the Chamber of Commerce, and City Council have been meeting for months in conversations that connect with the youth, the elderly, the gays and transgenders, the veterans, the Latinos, the Asians, and Native and African-Americans, using Appreciative Inquiry, World Café, and other peacelearning practices to define commonly held values and principles.
We now have a stated united purpose and definition of a City of Peace that will be fully funded and supported in public/private partnership to provide experiences that transform every neighborhood of the City, giving voice to the voiceless, tools of self-assessment and right relationship, whereby every child and every adult is unafraid to be seen for who they truly are and are welcoming to all with joy and gratitude for the vitality of the place that Eugene occupies in the ecosystem of this planet and this Universe.
Gratefully,
David
David Hazen
Oregon State Coordinator, The Peace Alliance
Board Member, The Peace Alliance Educational Institute
Imagineer, Eugene City of Peace
innercom@peak.org
Skype: david.hazen
541.343.2109 home
541.520.6621 cell
Eugene, Oregon
As soon as the peace dilemma is re-framed as our personal need to uncover — release — our ability to respond to our frustration, anger, or sadness with creative solutions, that problem disappears.
ppi_synopsisreport.pdf
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