<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=windows-1252"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Dear colleagues,<span style="color: rgb(16, 73, 188); "> </span><div><p class="MsoNormal">In ICA and the Order Ecumenical we discovered that our only
limitation was our levels of courage, imagination and our own capacity to model
and mentor what we were asking others to do. But the ICA solutions, assumptions,
models, and perspective alone won't work any longer. Neither will the Rights
(Progressive talk) and Responsibility (Republican talk). They MUST be fused
together. They are interdependent. All of us need to open up our perspectives
to really make a difference today. </p><p class="MsoNormal">ICA’s traditional Top methods of ORID conversations and consensus
workshops just can’t get what we envisioned in the 60’s, 70’s, 80’s, & 90’s
done today in such a chaotic and turbulent time of self-serving agendas and
political games. Dialogue, traditional negotiation, or
redistribution/eqalitarian models driven by consensus are evolving into collaborative
DESIGN processes that include all points of view and produce Win:Win:Win
solutions that replace the <i>blame and be
blamed games</i> or <i>us versus them
silliness</i> from historical gripes and racial imbalances.</p><p class="MsoNormal">Shift New Orleans is just one of many initiatives to design the next
America beginning with the recovery and rebuilding issues that exposed the
racial and socio-economic imbalances. Other initiatives are emerging in Dallas
and Atlanta. This is a rare moment in world history and all of us need to open
our minds and join in a quest for unique and powerful solutions that are beneficial
to all. ICA’s experience and wisdom has so much to offer. </p><p class="MsoNormal">I am asking anyone who might be interested or willing to get
involved to contact me for more information.
<a href="mailto:jeanwatts@cox.net">jeanwatts@cox.net</a> 504 913 7828 <font color="#0042aa"><a href="http://www.shiftneworleans.org">http://www.shiftneworleans.org</a></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font color="#0042aa"> </font><o:p></o:p></p>
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