[Oe List ...] FW: From the Archives

Tue Jun 16 06:42:42 PDT 2015

Right now I am saving them under the gmail label Dialogue-OE:Lists,
Sub-Label: Stories

We can put this in as a discussion at the Archive Advisory Council Hangout
on Wednesday.

Beret

On Tue, Jun 16, 2015 at 8:23 AM, Mary Laura Jones <mljones2022 at gmail.com>
wrote:

> I think this kind of storytelling is a key element in the future of the
> Archives AND in raising money for it.  Is someone harvesting these
> stories?  Mary Laura
>
> Mary Laura Jones
> Grants Resource Development Consultant
> 1454 W. Fargo Avenue
> Chicago, IL 60626
> cell: 773 636-2022
> mljones2022 at gmail.com
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Susan Fertig via OE <oe at lists.wedgeblade.net>
> Date: Mon, Jun 15, 2015 at 7:21 PM
> Subject: [Oe List ...] FW: From the Archives
> To: "OE serve (OE at wedgeblade.net)" <OE at wedgeblade.net>
>
>
>  I love remembering TM76! Nelson’s essay took me back in time. I worked
> on the Town Meetings in Houston (the Clarks were Priors, and it’s where I
> got to know Sherwood and others there between ’74 and ’76).
>
>
>
> I coordinated one of the first bilingual (English and Spanish) TM76
> precursors or test cases in what we called at that time a “Chicano”
> neighborhood. I think this was in early ‘75 (maybe even ‘74)when the
> program was just getting off the ground. I stumbled through creating my own
> translation of sorts of what was still just a typed copy (and only in
> English) of the manuals—none of the fancy dancy stuff that came later all
> slick and in color. Afterward, some of the grandparents, caught for years
> in the eddy of not speaking English, came to me and said in Spanish, often
> with tears in their eyes, “I never could talk to my grandchildren—today we
> listened to each other.”  And teens, all-the-way assimilated into American
> culture and disdaining to learn Spanish, came to me and said in English
> things like, “Wow—I never knew my grandparents could have good ideas!” or,
> “I just learned today how smart my grandma is!”
>
>
>
> Then I coordinated the White Oak TM76 (sometime in early ’76 I think) in
> my own neighborhood (Inwood Forest area). We had 200 or more people there,
> including Don Clark and some of the Houston Religious House and a few from
> the Cadre. And by then we had the slick Town Meeting 76 manual all in
> vibrant color—I was so proud of the ICA that day!  There were two adjacent
> neighborhoods that never got along but participated together (we had to
> choose a non-existent name both groups could live with, hence White Oak
> (which apparently had some historical significance that allowed both
> neighborhoods “ownership”).  We held it in a local school, and we filled
> the placed up. A local network TV sportscaster (who later went on to more
> fame) was our MC and we snagged a few local political celebrities etc.
> Then, after the all-day TM76 we held weekly meetings for a while to tinker
> with and implement our action plans. Somewhere in there we moved to Denver,
> and I’ve always wondered what became of the two neighborhoods learning to
> be friendly with each other.
>
>
>
> *Susan*
>
>
>
> Susan Fertig-Dykes
>
> (personal email account)
>
>
>
>
>
> *And the Lord shall guide thee continually, and satisfy thy soul in
> drought .  Isaiah 58:11*
>
>
>
>
>
> STOP E-MAIL ADDRESS HARVESTING
> Protect your family and friends
> Please use "BCC" when sending to multiple addresses!
> Please delete E-Mail addresses when forwarding!
> Please be kind and remove my email address when you forward.
>
> NOTE:
>
> I won’t be offended if you ask me to remove you from my emails.
>
>
>
>
>
> *From:* OE [mailto:oe-bounces at lists.wedgeblade.net] *On Behalf Of *Lynda
> Cock via OE
> *Sent:* Monday, June 15, 2015 9:08 AM
> *To:* via OE
> *Subject:* [Oe List ...] From the Archives
>
>
>
> Nelson Stover shared this message with us today, which was also sent to
> the Archives.  I thought many of you would also appreciate this recall of
> Town Meeting days.
>
>
>
> Lynda
>
>
>
>
>
> *From: *Nelso work <StoverN at bellsouth.net>
> *Date: *Sunday, June 14, 2015 at 4:54 PM
> *To: *"'steve har (via Google Docs)'" <stevehar11201 at gmail.com>
> *Cc: *John Cock <jpc2025 at triad.rr.com>
> *Subject: *How do you file this?
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> ->
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> OE mailing list
> OE at lists.wedgeblade.net
> http://lists.wedgeblade.net/listinfo.cgi/oe-wedgeblade.net
>
>
>
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://lists.wedgeblade.net/pipermail/oe-wedgeblade.net/attachments/20150616/46ad8e68/attachment.html>