<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=us-ascii"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Dear Elaine and John,<div><br></div><div>The work Ruth and so many others with the Fifth City Preschool is part of our Imaginal Education collection of the archives. Although many things are not scanned and available for download, we do have hard copy of hundreds of talks, models, manuals and constructs. We are working on how people can visit the site and request documents for a small fee. </div><div><br></div><div>Here is the link to the collection if you haven't seen it. <<a href="http://wedgeblade.net/wordpress/imaginaleducation">http://wedgeblade.net/wordpress/imaginaleducation</a>></div><div><br></div><div>But the real task of the IE collection team is to figure out how to reach a new audience, a new group of pioneers who are working on how to transform the task of education at all levels. (Check out Tim Dove interview to see how IE is transformative in a Middle School). How to communicate the insights and the life stance that is required to be effective in the Imaginal Education task. We want this to be global and we would like to ask one or both of you to consider being part of our IE team. We're just at the front end of this task and we can really use any wisdom, contacts, relationships and passion you have "down under". </div><div><br></div><div>This is an open invitation to anyone on this list serve.</div><div><br></div><div>Good luck with the meeting.</div><div><br></div><div>Grace & Peace,</div><div><br></div><div>Jack</div><div>For the Imaginal Education Collection team.</div><div><br><div><div>On Jul 31, 2013, at 9:30 AM, "Lynda Cock" <<a href="mailto:llc860@triad.rr.com">llc860@triad.rr.com</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite">
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<div dir="ltr" align="left"><font color="#0000ff" size="2" face="Arial">Dear Telfords, What wonderful work you two are
doing in the Blue Mountains of East Timor. We celebrate with
you!!!</font></div>
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<div dir="ltr" align="left"><font color="#0000ff" size="2" face="Arial">I don't know if Elise is on this list or not, so I am
making sure. The first item that came to mind as a gift to the
minister of education would be a statue of the Iron Person, standing tall, along
with this wonderful story of Alice Baumbach's about the gifts of local people
being trained to do the jobs they care so much about, except lacking
credentials. Also Lela Jahn's & Karen Bueno's reflection yesterday
about those early years. Since we only have 24 hours, I would suggest a
framed copy of the Iron Person ( Great one on cover of 2010 Directory about the
right size). I also thought of the current work that Elise is doing with
Early Childhood Education. Don't know what is downloadable, but could
certainly be pointed to as an ongoing program. There is someone
at Kemper who is Elise's teammate who might have ideas. Pam
or Jean or Marge could possibly direct this to her if Elise is out
of town. </font></div>
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<div dir="ltr" align="left"><font color="#0000ff" size="2" face="Arial">Our best wishes for a successful and meaningful meeting
with the Friendship Committee. Keep us posted.</font></div>
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<div dir="ltr" align="left"><font color="#0000ff" size="2" face="Arial">With fond memories of our work down under many
years ago. (Jeremiah was 8 months old so that makes it 35 years ago.
Surely not!)</font></div>
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<div dir="ltr" align="left"><font color="#0000ff" size="2" face="Arial">Lynda Cock</font></div><br>
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telfords<br><b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, July 31, 2013 2:44 AM<br><b>To:</b> Order
Ecumenical Community<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Oe List ...] Ruth Carter -- Iron
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<div></div><br>Dear Colleagues<br>Although I never actually met Ruth, her name
and her contribution to our common mission is lodged in my memory.<br><br>Now, a
question - was the curriculum which was developed in 5th City the foundation for
what later became known as Imaginal Education?<br><br>This coming weekend the
Blue Mountains East Timor Friendship Committee, which Elaine & I are members
of, are hosting a visit by Dulce Soares, the East Timor government's
Vice-Minister for Pre-School and Basic (primary) Education - the ET Government
has recently launched a new Pre-School initiative to establish pre-schools
widely across the nation and I understand they are at the stage of putting
together a curriculum.<br><br>I was meeting with a couple of members of our
organising team this morning and we were discussing what would be an appropriate
gift to give to the Vice-Minister, and having just read about Ruth and the 5th
City curriculum before I went to the meeting, I said I could possibly come up
with a gift related to that.<br><br>Is there something I could download which at
least would give her an introduction to our approach to early
learning/development?<br><br>Any suggestions you can make in the next 24 hours
will be most welcome.<br><br>Grace & Peace<br>John<br> <br>
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