[Oe List ...] Consider attending the next archive sojourn: July 23 – August 5, 2023

Wed Feb 1 11:56:20 PST 2023

Colleagues,
Yes, yes to all the above.
The summer sojourn will be a great time to continue to get
documentation necessary to be able craft a history/story of EI/O:E/ICA .
Vincent, your image of a GRA is on target. How do you see it unfolding as a
virtual event so people from around the planet can join in the work? Thanks
to the ongoing work of folks on site the archive is positioned to take the
next step. At this point, the material is so extensive we need to think
about how to have teams working both on and off-site. For instance, the A/V
collection is enormous!!! Much of the A/V work does not need to be done on
site. All of the interviews done by Jim Wiegel are digital. Frank may not
be able to join us on site yet can easily contribute virtually, and the
same with Doug Druckenmiller if he is able to participate and also other
folks..

Karen and the team members who have been working on site over the year,
have, I think, the best take on what kind of working groups will be needed.
There is a lot of work to be done prior to the sojourn and with the work
already done this year, perhaps folks who have been working could suggest a
task/team arrangement that could set the next step on archive work in
motion now.

*The Chronological History 1952-1988 *was published in pdf form in 2015
https://wedgeblade.net/files/archives_assets/20197.pdf and the 150 pages
are a dip into the past. Jeanette Stanfield wrote an outstanding
*Foreword, *for Chronological History and for the work to come.

One of the first tasks in the Form Follows Function universe is to talk
through the imagined work now and to begin to form the onsite/offsite work
teams.
With anticipation....
Beret Griffith

P.S. Let's create as comprehensive a list of colleagues as possible and
encourage their involvement.

On Wed, Feb 1, 2023 at 12:43 AM Vincente S Scott via OE <
oe at lists.wedgeblade.net> wrote:

> Karen:
>
> Thanks for the report on the December 2022 Archives Sojourn. In response
> to your question about  what “* needs to happen next in the archives, *
>
> Here are two things: # 1. We need to go VISUAL: Interview on camera all
> colleagues who were in projects,  taught classes, academies, held consult,
> etc. We should write scripts, make movies, shoot short films, post to
> Facebook, twitter etc.
>
>
>
> # 2. Convene a Global Research Assembly focused on the work of O:E, EI,
> and ICA, for the purpose of creating a coherent COMPREHENSIVE  picture of
> our past present and future.  We need to show our work as ONE JOURNEY IN
> VISUAL SETS OF AUDIO VISUAL STORIES  from Faith and Life community, through
> RS-1, Local Church Experiments, Academies, Human Development Projects, TOWN
> Meetings, LENS, IERD, TOP into work for year 2099.
>
>
>
> We need to do this before we all die.  Yes this will take planning,
> fundraising, coordination, tactics. This is what we know how to do. --- v.
>
>
>
>
>
> *From: *Isobel and Jim via OE <oe at lists.wedgeblade.net>
> *Sent: *Tuesday, January 31, 2023 10:21 PM
> *To: *Order Ecumenical Community <oe at lists.wedgeblade.net>
> *Cc: *Isobel and Jim <isobeljimbish at optusnet.com.au>
> *Subject: *Re: [Oe List ...] Consider attending the next archive sojourn:
> July 23 – August 5, 2023
>
>
>
> Congratulations team!
>
> I was part of the Uptown project with Fred Haman and others.!
>
> Grace and peace,
>
> Isobel
>
> Isobel Bishop
>
> Mob.  0412 129 425
>
>
>
> On 1 Feb 2023, at 6:28 am, Karen Snyder via OE <oe at lists.wedgeblade.net>
> wrote:
>
> 
>
> *ARCHIVES SOJOURN REPORT *
>
> *Quarter IV - December 26, 2022 – January 1, 2023*
>
> Written by Alan Gammel and Karen Snyder
>
>
>
> *“In recovering abundance, we need storytellers and memory keepers *
>
> *who work to uncover all our stories and histories. It’s nice to know
> where we came from,*
>
> * but it’s also critical for our wholeness as communities and our sense of
> direction moving forward.”*
>
> *Recovering Abundance: Twelve Practices for Small-Town Leaders*, by Andy
> Stanton-Henry (2022), p. 252
>
>
>
> For the week following Christmas, ten people participated in the Archives
> Sojourn as ‘archivists’ with others joining on zoom for the daily morning
> context, that included readings, reports of what had been accomplished, and
> anticipations of the days work.
>
> Amazing results:
>
> ·      Sorting files for scanning:
>
> o   We revisited Uptown, rediscovered ICA’s engagement in the 70s –
> including sponsoring eight Valentine Balls for seniors at The Aragon
> Ballroom. Twenty-five hundred people attended the last ball. The ICA staff
> working in Uptown approached it like 5th City, like a human development
> project as it created stakes and guilds and multiple programs. See the end
> of this document for Vincent Scott’s draft of the “Uptown Story” and Alan
> Gammel‘s description of the Valentine dances.
>
> o   We remembered stories from the six Latin American Human Development
> projects – almost simultaneously: Bananeras, Brazil; Sol de Septiembre,
> Chile;  Conacaste, Guatemala; Woburn Lawn, Jamaica; Azpitia, Peru; Cano
> Negro, Venezuela.
>
> o   India’s three file cabinets of documents revealed many learnings from
> replicating the Maliwada Human Development throughout the State of
> Maharashta.
>
> ·      Ed Feldmanis has been the Master of Scanning, before, during and
> after the sojourn, turning past documents into readable messages for all.
>
> ·      A flowchart was created to aid in training of first time sorters
> in future sojourns – by Debra Harris Watson, Meg Ziegleman, and Rebecca
> Mahan.
>
> ·      Alan Gammel learned how to link scanned documents that he will
> continue to do in Seattle.
>
> ·      A writing team was initiated committed to meeting periodically
> between now and the next Archive Sojourn (July 23 – August 5, 2023).
>
> ·      Zoom calls included Beret Griffith, Paul Noah and Laura Grover.
> Beret and Laura both had health issues that prevented them from traveling
> this time.
>
> Sorting, scanning, linking were enhanced by lively questioning about the
> future of the archives. How can we use social media more effectively to
> inform a wider audience?  What are the transforming stories hidden in the
> documentation? How can we add pictures to enhance all the written material?
> What did we learn as we worked through the years that is informative to our
> present time?  There was a challenge to complete the file sorting before
> 2024.
>
> All work and… Of course not!       Christmas lights at the Lincoln Park
> Zoo      New Year’s Eve Fiesta at the Troxel’s        New Year’s Special
> Brunch by Alice Harriott       -      were highlights of our time together.
>
> In the end a group of strangers with different experiences over the past
> 60 years were surprised and delighted by all the things ICA has done and
> continues to do.  Whether we sojourned in a Religious House, were Priors,
> participated in Human Development Projects or an Odyssey, were ToP
> trainers, lived in the GreenRise, served on the ICA USA Board, the feeling
> of kinship, of community, was very strong.
>
> *We would love to hear from you regarding what you think needs to happen
> next in the archives.*
>
> The Archivists:  Adele Sims, Alan Gammel, Beret Griffith, Debra Harris
> Watson, Ed Feldmanis, Frances Tsai, Karen Snyder, Laura Grover, Meg
> Ziegleman, Paul Noah, Rebecca Mahan, Sierra Johnson, Vincente Scott
>
>
>
> *“The profound function of documentation is to change the world ….
> Recording, or more specifically, *
>
> *documenting victories, accomplishments, campaigns, etc., is essential to
> providing an objective picture of the present situation, what trends are
> appearing and where the edge is going to be."*
>
>  “Profound Function of Documentation”, Global Research Assembly 1979, page
> 2
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> <Uptown story DRAFT 2.docx>
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