Consider attending the next archive sojourn: July 23 – August 5, 2023
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 
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@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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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<mailto:oe@lists.wedgeblade.net> Sent: Tuesday, January 31, 2023 10:21 PM To: Order Ecumenical Community<mailto:oe@lists.wedgeblade.net> Cc: Isobel and Jim<mailto:isobeljimbish@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@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 <Uptown story DRAFT 2.docx> _______________________________________________ OE mailing list OE@lists.wedgeblade.net http://lists.wedgeblade.net/listinfo.cgi/oe-wedgeblade.net CAUTION: This email was sent from someone outside of the university. Do not click links or open attachments unless you recognize the sender and know the content is safe.
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@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@lists.wedgeblade.net> *Sent: *Tuesday, January 31, 2023 10:21 PM *To: *Order Ecumenical Community <oe@lists.wedgeblade.net> *Cc: *Isobel and Jim <isobeljimbish@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@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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Beret, The July/Aug 2023 Archives group could start be setting a date for our 2025 GRA in Chicago for the in-person and virtual GRA. We could designate 11 people (Consultants) to meet on certain days and certain times to outline the steps. The 11 GRA Consultants would present a draft including GRA-2025 location, format, funding and logistics to the Globe in August 2023. Then the Globe’s colleagues would be in dialogue refining the working draft and begin the march toward July 2025 GRA. Our future is open. –v. Sent from Mail<https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=550986> for Windows From: Beret Griffith<mailto:beretgriffith@gmail.com>onSent: Wednesday, February 1, 2023 2:57 PM To: Order Ecumenical Community<mailto:oe@lists.wedgeblade.net> Cc: Karen Snyder<mailto:karen.snyder10@gmail.com>; Vincente S Scott<mailto:vscott@gsu.edu> Subject: Re: [Oe List ...] Consider attending the next archive sojourn: July 23 – August 5, 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<https://nam11.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwedgeblade.net%2Ffiles%2Farchives_assets%2F20197.pdf&data=05%7C01%7Cvscott%40gsu.edu%7C2b0031e78aa246d023b008db048e6adf%7C515ad73d8d5e4169895c9789dc742a70%7C0%7C0%7C638108782618198687%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=1fMcByNP95JA8c6e1xn%2FBxs8YhETVRwNugZvvmPRZRw%3D&reserved=0> 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@lists.wedgeblade.net<mailto:oe@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<mailto:oe@lists.wedgeblade.net> Sent: Tuesday, January 31, 2023 10:21 PM To: Order Ecumenical Community<mailto:oe@lists.wedgeblade.net> Cc: Isobel and Jim<mailto:isobeljimbish@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@lists.wedgeblade.net<mailto:oe@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 …. 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Beret & Karen , For July – August 2003, It would be great if we could get colleagues from around the planet to arrange video interviews of themselves (Planetary Selfies). Starting Now. People could interview themselves about the work and adventures EI, OE, ICA. Starting Now. Nearly everyone has a cell phone, or video camera in their home or office. If we started collecting self conducted video interviews STARTING NOW, we could set up a mechanism to start collecting the videos, STRTING NOW. then by July/ August 2023 we would have the raw data we need to MATCH archived text, pictures and still shots with LIVE speaking on camera story tellers. Meanwhile, the tasks of getting written documents onto the internet continues. Here is some imagery: What if GRA 2025 was composed of PLENARY SESSION in which we reported what we already have in hands. Then set 5 task forces. 1. Document Review & Video Editing, 2. Visons of the next 70 years into 2095, 3. Script Writing. 4. Technical Production, 5. Distribution Design. Moving forward, we could spend years 2025 & 2026 actually getting our movie(s) made and out to the world. V. Sent from Mail<https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=550986> for Window From: Vincente S Scott<mailto:vscott@gsu.edu> Sent: Wednesday, February 1, 2023 4:12 PM To: Beret Griffith<mailto:beretgriffith@gmail.com>; Order Ecumenical Community<mailto:oe@lists.wedgeblade.net> Cc: Karen Snyder<mailto:karen.snyder10@gmail.com> Subject: RE: [Oe List ...] Consider attending the next archive sojourn: July 23 – August 5, 2023 Beret, The July/Aug 2023 Archives group could start be setting a date for our 2025 GRA in Chicago for the in-person and virtual GRA. We could designate 11 people (Consultants) to meet on certain days and certain times to outline the steps. The 11 GRA Consultants would present a draft including GRA-2025 location, format, funding and logistics to the Globe in August 2023. Then the Globe’s colleagues would be in dialogue refining the working draft and begin the march toward July 2025 GRA. Our future is open. –v. Sent from Mail<https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=550986> for Windows From: Beret Griffith<mailto:beretgriffith@gmail.com>onSent: Wednesday, February 1, 2023 2:57 PM To: Order Ecumenical Community<mailto:oe@lists.wedgeblade.net> Cc: Karen Snyder<mailto:karen.snyder10@gmail.com>; Vincente S Scott<mailto:vscott@gsu.edu> Subject: Re: [Oe List ...] Consider attending the next archive sojourn: July 23 – August 5, 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<https://nam11.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwedgeblade.net%2Ffiles%2Farchives_assets%2F20197.pdf&data=05%7C01%7Cvscott%40gsu.edu%7C2b0031e78aa246d023b008db048e6adf%7C515ad73d8d5e4169895c9789dc742a70%7C0%7C0%7C638108782618198687%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=1fMcByNP95JA8c6e1xn%2FBxs8YhETVRwNugZvvmPRZRw%3D&reserved=0> 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@lists.wedgeblade.net<mailto:oe@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<mailto:oe@lists.wedgeblade.net> Sent: Tuesday, January 31, 2023 10:21 PM To: Order Ecumenical Community<mailto:oe@lists.wedgeblade.net> Cc: Isobel and Jim<mailto:isobeljimbish@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@lists.wedgeblade.net<mailto:oe@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. 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