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Q3(d): What role did you play in making this happen?
Q1(a): As you reflect on a time when people came together in a powerful way for positive change, choose one that stands out for you. Tell me your story about that time and any part you, your family and/or friends might have played in it [if relevant].
Q1(b): Why this is an important story? How has it influenced you? What lessons does it offer going forward?
Q2: At this time in history, what challenges do you see in the way we choose to organize ourselves politically, economically and socially? What opportunities do you see in the ways that things might be shifting, awakening and/or emerging in response to these challenges?
Q3 Context: Imagine we’re a few years down the line and people like you have been hugely successful in moving us towards lasting and far-reaching changes that benefit all people and the planet as a whole. Wherever you look, there are dramatic improvements in how leaders behave and how communities interact. As you walk through your city, town or village and talk with others across your country and around the world, you see evidence of positive change spreading everywhere.

Q3(a): Describe the differences you, hear, feel, and experience in your everyday life.
Q3(b): Describe the differences you see, hear, feel and experience in the way we choose to organize ourselves politically, economically and socially.
Q3(c): What did people do early on that helped to generate such positive outcomes?
Q4(a): What skills, talents and/or resources might you have to offer in service to collaborative work that emerges via the connect 2012 initiative?
Q4(b) What is the nature of this potential offer (as a paid service, barter, gift, a combination, etc.)?
Are you interested in developing the infrastructure of Occupy Cafe in support of this initiative or in other respects?
Are you interested in collaborating on the production of a short video or a blog post based on your stories and vision?

INTERVIEW
My work with FOUR YEARS.GO, and working with companies that do care. There are corporations doing good things, and we need more of it. The world needs to be aware of those companies that have changed the culture of their business from an industrial focus to a restorable focus. By finding these companies and sharing their practices and successes, they can provide the inspiration for others to follow. It is through this type of collaboration that the collective will needed to create the shift to a more sustainable world for all.

- Doug Neilson

I made snacks!

I convened conversations - on the Internet, conference calls, face-to-face. I assisted others in creating these conversations. I helped to organize and energize the community of conveners, hosts and facilitators of dialogue, so that we were able to create an infrastructure for global conversation to flourish in generative ways.

I worked to make the people I was closest to aware of the urgency and importance of this global shift.

I helped design a plug-in that generated maps of online text-based conversations so that people could be involved in much more generative conversations in that medium.

- Ben Roberts

Jim found the map; he recognized 3 fundamental truths

1. We live in this moment, which consists of energy and awareness [Ying and Yang]

2. In this moment of prime concern is our intent; decision between fear and love

3. Only love makes us happy

As a world changer Jim revealed these truths, which he models day to day. These truths are the foundation for a new way of looking at ourselves and being together, and they are consistent with over arching energy of our planet at this time.

Jim birthed and launched World5.0.

- Jim Prues

Became very inspired about the "global heart initiative" and "connect 2012." Passionate about empowering people to relax into themselves and fulfill themselves to be who they are. To clear ground so that we can do it more and more easily together.

Facilitator, teacher, cheerleader, mentor, always a student, of a process of becoming and revealing and connecting and synergizing. Instigator and a link to synergy. Poking at the unquestioned assumptions. Evoking. Empowering. Awakening.

- Jitendra Darling

As a change agent Cindy took an interest and got involved.

Hosted a Blog Talk Radio show called A Womans Journey.

Wrote 2 books: Crossing the Finish Line Becoming a Self Defined Woman

Coach people on one one.

Volunteer work.

- Cindy Stradling

Active volunteering, hosting workshops, mentoring, cultural exchange of sustainable agriculture, connecting people through humor, laughter, joy, honesty, and heart centered engagement.

- Cathy Nesbitt

Once I got a used camera and started posting videos, and spreading them with social media, I started spreading these communications beyond the Dallas area.

- Gregg Tull

Dave seeded many subtle activism circles to help create a space of openness to new possibilities that supported a profound shift in consciousness, toward a more awakened planetary culture.

- David Nichol

Organizer of the project.

- Donald Simon

I inspired people with a vision for synergistic community learning and design. It was simple, accessible so that people discovered how easy it was to do stuff together that they really enjoyed. The "naysayers" were persuaded to become co-creators too.

Facilitating democracy by affirming the dissent and conflict in organizations and communities. Helping people come to conversations from a position of humility instead of absolutes. Identifying assets in and among communities and then facilitating collaboration to best utilize these resources.

- John Teeling

Humble servant, scout, weaver, change agent. Working tirelessly for past 2 years. I have a mission from God. Start inquiries on what would thriving communities look like?

I've been working to create structures to of leaderful, non-hierarchical communities.

Occupy may be moving in this direction.

- Jeff Vander Clute

I helped get my little town connected and involved in the Occupy movement. I invented software to get people online together. I suggested tactics to the larger occupy movement.

- Matt Ready

Sincerely connected with my own visions and dreams. Personal focusing practices gave me confidence to participate where change was most needed. My activities brought groups together for common dialogue. ID resources and offer them up as tools. Facilitation and education of circle concepts and Sociocracy.

- Scott Krabler

I continued to learn and to become more aware of what is really going on in the world. Talked to strangers and helped them. Breaking down barriers and shifting things for people. No act of kindness is too small.

- Elaine Hansen

I lived my life creatively and tried to be kind to people.

- David

I was as loud as possible about the inequality in order to raise awareness.

- Lyndsay Werbecky

What I'm doing now. I put a lot of energy into my group of friends - a lot of sharing of information through facebook. People became more and more into signing petitions. I didn't really even have to leave the house to have a major affect. People occupied their families - spoke up and opened up the family dynamics.

- nita

I spoke up. It's all gone too far and I vowed that I would not go to my deathbed without speaking up. I taught people Nonviolent Communication, and tried to point out the ways we are violent in subtle ways that we don't recognize - even in our tone of voice or body language.

- Nina Roark

"Story about going to a Mexican high school and giving a talk. Much later, he hears that his words really had an impact. He decides to collaborate with someone from the school and a project emerges inspired by this talk, to plant trees.

Occupy Cafe takes over from Peace Posse and brings forth... something wonderful!"

- Mitch Gold

Writing and reviewing books – promoting good thinking. (In status-conscious, celebrity-culture world, the conundrum is that getting complex ideas across is difficult.) I am learning languages. I shifted my bank account from the RBS to the Cooperative Bank and Triodos - it’s really easy. I decided to have one flight a year to see my immediate family in South Africa and not to take any UK or European flights.

- Robert Eric Swanepoel

I shared a game that helped them to experience what makes us all fundamentally the same (The Four Healing Words).

- Bodie McCoy

i facilitated the process via workshops. Made plans for 30 hour long workshop. Worked w/ministry of health.

made assessment for community to participate in project due to their capacity and ability to go through the process of developing a water project

Encouraging and boosting their confidence to do the project

DEveloped the process/rules for the water development campaign.

Keeping in touch with ministry of health and community to guide project.

Learned don't want to do this on my own.

- Jeremy Capdevielle

I spoke about this a lot--articulated a powerful vision. Built internet systems that convened people. Was a humble facilitator of human congruence. A weaver, an activist for this vision. Daring to say that we have enough courage and humility to declare a set of core principles around which we can all align. I was FIERCE on this subject, in a gentle and magnetic way.

- Bruce Schuman