[Dialogue] Joe Slicker

Thu Mar 24 03:10:44 PDT 2016

I have known Joe Slicker since I was a child.  My earliest are as Joanne
and John's dad (Bill was a lot older so I did not hang out with him.

India is where our relationship changed and changed me.  I was one of Joe's
team.  A story I have told many times in leadership programs since .  My
first or second regional gathering I was supposed to select a village for a
consult before arriving.  I failed so when I showed up at the meeting Joe
told me to turn around and not return until I was done.  I was embarrassed,
angry and felt cut off from serious collegiality, dialogue as well as fun
and friends.  I returned complete and from that moment determined I would
try never to show up unless I completed my tasks.  India was trsnsformative
for and Joe was a big party that.

When I left India in 1980 I was tired and planning to return to Chicago and
talk Evelyn Kurihara into marrying me.

I arrived in Chicago Joe was in the lobby Larry I need you to come to Kenya
and live in a village.  I said no.  Then I called Evelyn in Nigeria she
said her plan was to go to Kenya.  I asked if she had talked to Joe.  She
said no .  I knew the universe was aligning with Joe's plan .  This seemed
to happen a lot.

Joe was my mentor and to this day here his voice saying my, my ,my.

He will be missed.  He was a great strategist.  Always trying for the
breakthrough assuming even if we failed transformation had better chance
On Mar 24, 2016 1:10 AM, "via Dialogue" <dialogue at lists.wedgeblade.net>
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>       (Doris Hahn via Dialogue)
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>       (Jack Gilles via Dialogue)
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> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Doris Hahn via Dialogue <dialogue at lists.wedgeblade.net>
> To: Joanne Mulcahy <jsm1122 at aol.com>
> Cc: OE List <oe at lists.wedgeblade.net>, Colleague Dialogue <
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> Date: Tue, 22 Mar 2016 15:48:26 -0400
> Subject: Re: [Dialogue] [Oe List ...] Joe Slicker Memorial Service
> 4/02/2016
> Dear Bill, Joanne, and John,
>
> It is hard to imagine being the child of Joe Slicker! What a man! In many
> ways, he was so tough, but inside there was deep concern and spirit. I
> remember being in a group called, "Research Centrum" that he led in the
> early 70's. This was during the time that The Man of La Mancha film was
> really popular. Our group met at eight o'clock every morning, and yes,
> every morning, Joe had us sing, "The Man of La Mancha." At first I thought
> it was rally hokey, but as the quarter progressed, the words and music
> became more important to everyone. It turned out to be a real spirit
> exercise, that I think only Joe could have pulled off.
>
> In gratitude for Joe's life,
> Doris Hahn
>
> On Tue, Mar 15, 2016 at 4:06 PM, Joanne Mulcahy via OE <
> oe at lists.wedgeblade.net> wrote:
>
>> *Joseph Allen Slicker*
>> *Dec. 1, 1920- Feb. 10, 2016*
>>
>> *Memorial Service*
>> *April 2, 2016, 11:00AM*
>> *Preston Hollow Presbyterian Church*
>> *Chapel*
>> *9800 Preston Road, at Walnut Hill Ln*
>> *Dallas, TX  75230*
>> *Reception to follow in Church Parlor*
>>
>> *Please feel free to email us a story or remembrance of Joe.  *
>>
>> *Also, if you are planning to come to the service, please email Joanne at
>> the email address below.  Thank you.*
>>
>> *Bill Slicker:                         billslicker at gmail.com
>> <billslicker at gmail.com>*
>> *Joanne Slicker Mulcahy:   jsm1122 at aol.com <jsm1122 at aol.com>*
>> *John Slicker:                      jkslicker at gmail.com
>> <jkslicker at gmail.com> *
>>
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> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Jack Gilles via Dialogue <dialogue at lists.wedgeblade.net>
> To: Joanne Mulcahy <jsm1122 at aol.com>
> Cc: Tracy Longacre via OE <oe at lists.wedgeblade.net>, Frank Cookingham via
> Dialogue <dialogue at lists.wedgeblade.net>
> Date: Tue, 22 Mar 2016 15:20:18 -0600
> Subject: Re: [Dialogue] [Oe List ...] Joe Slicker Memorial Service
> 4/02/2016
> Dear Joanne and Family,
>
> I met Joe in early 1967 and it was clear from the start that he was a
> giant man of the Spirit. The smile, the laugh, the “my-my-my” and the
> passion of the mission were so embodied that I knew I was honored to be
> with such a man on the Great March. The one specific story was when I was
> assigned to the Local Economic Development Team of the 232 Replication
> Campaign in Maharashtra. It was my assignment was to figure out how to
> triple the income of our chosen villages (that is another story and a great
> life lesson!), and I had never been in a Consult. It came time to meet the
> strategic objective of finishing the task of putting a demonstration
> village in the remainder of the 25 Districts, which would require everyone
> to be on a Consult team. It felt like it must have been when all the cooks
> had to grab their rifle and head to the front lines in WW II! So off I went
> to a village called Narayan Chinchole. I was the first to arrive and
> Cyprian was to arrive to lead it. I knew nothing! I helped Jim Patterson in
> the pre-work, but as the day was approaching I was panicked as to who was
> going to lead this! So I rushed to the telegraph office and sent Joe a
> telegram that called for HELP! I was so naive that I thought he would get
> it, but it arrived two weeks later. It was a painful Consult and it was
> clear to me and just about everyone else that we were *way* over our
> heads in so many of the Consults done that week. I thought there was going
> to be a mutiny when all returned and the reports we made. General Joe just
> stood there, like Patton, and received it all. No apology, just “let’s keep
> moving”!
>
> Now the “three Joe’s” are together, patiently waiting for the rest of the
> Blue Shirts to arrive so we can all walk into heaven together!
>
> Thank you Joe!
>
> Jack
>
> On Mar 22, 2016, at 1:48 PM, Doris Hahn via Dialogue <
> dialogue at lists.wedgeblade.net> wrote:
>
> Dear Bill, Joanne, and John,
>
> It is hard to imagine being the child of Joe Slicker! What a man! In many
> ways, he was so tough, but inside there was deep concern and spirit. I
> remember being in a group called, "Research Centrum" that he led in the
> early 70's. This was during the time that The Man of La Mancha film was
> really popular. Our group met at eight o'clock every morning, and yes,
> every morning, Joe had us sing, "The Man of La Mancha." At first I thought
> it was rally hokey, but as the quarter progressed, the words and music
> became more important to everyone. It turned out to be a real spirit
> exercise, that I think only Joe could have pulled off.
>
> In gratitude for Joe's life,
> Doris Hahn
>
> On Tue, Mar 15, 2016 at 4:06 PM, Joanne Mulcahy via OE <
> oe at lists.wedgeblade.net> wrote:
>
>> *Joseph Allen Slicker*
>> *Dec. 1, 1920- Feb. 10, 2016*
>>
>> *Memorial Service*
>> *April 2, 2016, 11:00AM*
>> *Preston Hollow Presbyterian Church*
>> *Chapel*
>> *9800 Preston Road, at Walnut Hill Ln*
>> *Dallas, TX  75230*
>> *Reception to follow in Church Parlor*
>>
>> *Please feel free to email us a story or remembrance of Joe.  *
>>
>> *Also, if you are planning to come to the service, please email Joanne at
>> the email address below.  Thank you.*
>>
>> *Bill Slicker:                         billslicker at gmail.com
>> <billslicker at gmail.com>*
>> *Joanne Slicker Mulcahy:   jsm1122 at aol.com <jsm1122 at aol.com>*
>> *John Slicker:                      jkslicker at gmail.com
>> <jkslicker at gmail.com> *
>>
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