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Great work, Gordon and Marti and all who contributed to the effort!
Keep us up on what's continuing to unfold.<br>
<br>
Gail<br>
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On 5/17/12 3:45 PM, Gordon Harper wrote:
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<big><font face="Comic Sans MS">I know that many of us are engaged in
some way with the Occupy movement, and it's a subject worth talking
about. We've had Occupiers in our facilitation training here in
Seattle, and Molly Shaw and I have worked with several of their
projects. <br>
<br>
I caused something of a disturbance in the Force (who, me?) this
January. I announced at the annual ToP conference in Sacramento that I
thought we might have some things to learn as well as to share about
grassroots facilitation through dialogue with the Occupy movement--and
that I had therefore invited about fifteen Occupiers from Seattle and
UC Davis to our gathering for an interchange session. <br>
<br>
This came about because I had mentioned to some of my troublesome
friends here in Seattle that I would be attending this conference and
then learned that a number of them would be on a trek visiting other
Occupy groups along the Pacific coast during that same time. It became
very clear to me that God intended for our two groups to connect.<br>
<br>
The ToP leadership team put this on the schedule as a small Open Space
option on the last afternoon of our conference. It would be while most
attendees would be completing </font></big><big><font
face="Comic Sans MS">action planning in </font></big><big><font
face="Comic Sans MS">their task forces for the year ahead. <br>
<br>
However, when I asked that morning for how many were interested in
being part of this Occupy encounter, over 90% of the hands in the
plenary shot up. The leadership team died: there went the prime
working time for all that planning. (I may never be invited to another
ToP conference.)<br>
<br>
Nonetheless, despite shooting me looks that would have dropped a more
sensitive soul in his tracks, our leaders rebounded gracefully,
declared it a consensus that the whole conference would adjourn to the
hotel veranda outdoors for this event and that the scheduled planning
would simply start earlier, over lunch that day.<br>
<br>
As you'll see from the video, I had a ball doing this. This included
participating in a little direct action after the session, led by the
Occupiers, at the Capitol Mall a few blocks away (what's called a
Guerrilla Mic Check, to use the technical term--not something included
in this clip. The marching that opens the video is of us on our way to
cause that trouble). No, no one got arrested doing it.<br>
<br>
Joanna Kohler was our videographer, and Marti Roach and I worked with
her on the editing. You'll recognize a number of Order colleagues in
the group, as well as interesting ritual activity, a great witness,
clearly stated rubrics for participation and team facilitation being
created on the spot by people who have just met one another. <br>
<br>
Enjoy--and, if you share my sense of its importance, let's talk more
about just what is going on with this movement and why we maybe should
pay attention to it.<br>
<br>
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<br>
Gordon</font></big>
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