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| Internal Organizational Vision
How will we know we have succeeded as a network?
What is our highest vision for a thriving Evolve Santa Barbara project? |
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Wholeness
In your opinion, what most needs to be redressed to make the country whole again?
The restorative/reparative justice side of this question is for participants to suggest how the needs of the victims of the injustice can be addressed to make them whole again in addition to holding the perpetrators accountable. Reparative justice frameworks address the victims needs being satisfied as well as holding the offender accountable. |
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Internal Organizational Mission
What can we do to develop a decentralized movement of groups that work together for mutual aid and community resiliency?
What can we do to effectively develop our network?
(This will suggest actions such as "consciousness raising activities, leadership development, group facilitation exercises, etc., or anything else that will help to develop us into a viable and effective network)
What resources/skills do we need?
What goals can we set for ourselves?
How do we build an effective network?
Who needs to be represented in this network in order for us to truly say "we are the 99%"?
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External Mission
What do we do to effect change in our local community?
What service/role do we provide/serve our greater local community with?
Example answers to this question will include stuff like: we will feed the homeless, we will occupy homes of people who are being threatened with foreclosure, we will carry out campaigns to hold our elected officials accountable, we will advance 'parallel institutions' (such as co-ops) throughout our community. The goal of these initiatives is so that when the community speaks of our network they do so with positive regard for the work we do in our community as an network/organization. Such as, Evolve SB is so awesome they hold trainings in leadership development that all organizations in SB can participate in and benefit from, or, they're so awesome they feed the homeless every Saturday at their Occupy rally, or, they're so awesome they succeeded in developing community gardens in all the available land in churches throughout our community, etc. |
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External Vision
By serving our community in this way what world are seeking to create? What is our highest vision for our world that we seek to realize by serving our community? What is our vision for the world and what do we do in our community to help realize that global vision?
This question corresponds to our "highest vision" for our network, how will we know we are successful as a network, but asks it at the global level "How will we know we have achieved our vision our creating a parallel society, founded on justice, to supplant the old broken system?" For example, we will have ended world hunger, all wars, ended poverty, our society will practice sustainability in all we do, parallel institutions will hold power, there will be an international of local and national grassroots councils modeled after our local network and working together for mutual aid and resilience on a national and international scale. |
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Core Values
What are our Core Values that we will demonstrate in all we do to fulfill our Mission and Vision?
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measure success?
we will know we are successful when each piece from each group fits togther to support a bigger vision
the pieces support the whole, and the whole supports the pieces
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We'l know when there are no hungry or homeless people on the streets - when we are independent from the Grid as we know it - when youth have opportunities, everyone has food, transport, roof, meaningful work
culture celebration human
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When we have all returned to our conscious colelctive stewardship. No ownership of anything -- just stewardship of everything -- for the good of the whole and liberation of everyone's creativity and cooperation.
Our council is holding space / vision / processes / structures / actions for this
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1) People learn to work out problems - stop fighting
2) Community center - coop
3) Seasonal transportation
4) More people off the grid, or use less power
5) More people using mass transit - fewer cars
6) More farms (urban)
7) more fruit trees and community gardens
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Barriers and divisons within our community, that today tend to divide us in destructive ways, will be replaced by constructive creative opportunities. Human differences -- cultural and financial and psychological differences -- are real. I want to see real radiance at the core of what we do, and graceful spirit of creative intercultural encounter can encourage this radiance...
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We will not notice a divison between 2 Santa Barbaras
gang violence will disappear/not be an issue
gardens in every home (if wanted)
slower lifestyle, not constant stress about $
community coop active and engaged and busy
maybe even in every neighborhood
we know our neighbors
we are using local resources - water, sun, food, community, caregiving and so much more
and giving back to nature in flow -- we can't distinguish between us and nature
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When the momvement attracts people from the community and empowers them and inspires them.
When we have these parallel institutions working in harmony with each other, and acting in powerful solidarity with each other.
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We will know we are successful when
- all groups working on sustainable living are connected
- all events are known about by everyone who wants to attend or thinks they want to attend
From 30,000 feet -- our efforts take place in harmonious union
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a) When people are connected, not isolated.
b) When people are happy, not anxious.
c) When people are secure collectively, not insecure individually.
d) When we have local places for people to connect, communicate, co-create, coordinate and celebrate.
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