[Dialogue] The Transestablishment Stance

[Beret Griffith]

Thanks Jo.



On Thu, May 30, 2019, 12:54 PM Jo Nelson via Dialogue <
dialogue at lists.wedgeblade.net> wrote:

> ICA Canada has an online study of the book Courage to Lead. (The spring
> session is nearly finished: there will be another in the fall.)
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> The study of the week before last was on Chapter 8:  Trans-establishment
> Style. This chapter has some good points about the trans-establishment
> style that it is easy to forget. Here is a pertinent quote:  “While the
> disestablishment and pro-establishment argue over the shape of the present
> or the past, the trans-establishment asks the futuristic questions on
> behalf of everyone else, and dares to imagine something different.”
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> The participants had some good examples of how they are asking the “what
> if?” questions about the future and stepping into the trans-establishment
> role in their organizations and communities.
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> Personally, one thing I am doing that I think is trans-establishment is
> sharing stories on my blog (jofacilitator.ca) of “Ordinary People who are
> Making a Positive Difference”.  My intention is to highlight the places
> where positive change is happening that we can affect, and to support a
> stance of gratitude.  Some of these stories are quite mundane.  Others show
> ordinary people who have made radical changes that have benefitted their
> communities.  I believe that this is where we can impact change.  I share a
> story every week, from the ones people sent for my 70th birthday. I
> currently have 36 more to share.   Everyone is invited to send a story to
> me to add to the list to share
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> *What are others  doing to ask the futuristic questions to make a
> difference?*
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> Take care,
>
> Jo
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> *“You never change things by fighting the existing reality. To
> change something, build a new model that makes the existing model
> obsolete.” R. Buckminster Fuller*
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> *From: *Dialogue <dialogue-bounces at lists.wedgeblade.net> on behalf of
> Carleton Stock via Dialogue <dialogue at lists.wedgeblade.net>
> *Reply-To: *Colleague Dialogue <dialogue at lists.wedgeblade.net>
> *Date: *Thursday, May 30, 2019 at 1:31 PM
> *To: *"dialogue at lists.wedgeblade.net" <dialogue at lists.wedgeblade.net>
> *Cc: *Carleton Stock <carletonstock at aol.com>
> *Subject: *[Dialogue] The Transestablishment Stance
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> I have been thinking a lot about this lately, especially with The Donald
> in the White House and Congress in dysfunctional mode.  We know how to be
> the establishment dimension by supporting the status quo and we know how
> to be the disestablishment dimension by being critical of the
> establishment.  Those of us on the Left do a lot of shouting at screens
> these days.....anger and frustration with the way things are going in the
> government.  Personally, I have been more engaged in politics since
> November 2016 than I ever was, sometimes jumping into the mud pit to take
> on the other side.  But what about the third dimension, the
> trans-establishment, that we talked so much about in the Institute over the
> past 50 or 60 years?!  That was the correct stance we said.  But what does
> it mean to be trans-establishment in the Trump Era when things we love and
> care about are being dismantled?  I didn't worry too much during the Reagan
> or Bush years though they were conservative Republicans.  We knew this too
> would pass, hopefully after the next election.  But during the Trump years
> I worry about lots of things, not the least of which is the survival of
> democracy, the survival of life on the planet, White Supremacists in
> power, human rights for minorities and people of color, women,
> unconventional life-styles, etc.  The list goes on and on but you get my
> point.
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> Is the trans-establishment stance still viable in these times and if so,
> what's it mean to live it out as a Movement Network and in individual
> families and in faith communities and other groups?
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> Any wisdom on this matter would be much appreciated.
>
> Carleton Stock
>
> St. Louis, MO
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