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Stefan Pasti
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A 15 Step Outline for a Community Visioning Initiative
Jan 1, 2012
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In the past, the details of this 15 step outline were only included as a part of larger documents
(the “1000Communities2” document, and “The IPCR Workshop Primer”). The IPCR document “A
15 Step Outline for a Community Visioning Initiative” was created to feature the details of the 15
Steps in a shorter document (28 pages). (The “15 Step” document is accessible at
http://www.ipcri.net/A_15_Step_Outline_for_a_Community_Visioning_Initia.pdf )(and in the
"Highlights" section of the IPCR website).
One especially important reason for featuring the details of the 15 Step Outline in a document is
that there is an urgent need for problem solving on a scale most of us have never known before (see
“IPCR Critical Challenges Assessment 2011-2012” at
http://www.ipcri.net/Critical-Challenges-Assessment.html ), and thus a need for an exponential
increase in citizen participation. The challenges of our times are not going to be resolved by the
“experts”, while the rest of us are doing something else. All of us have important
responsibilities associated with resolving a significant number of very serious challenges in the
months and years ahead. But what does maximizing citizen participation in solution-oriented
activity actually look like? (Could this question be useful as an essay contest question?)
Another especially important reason is that there has been a high profile focus in the media on
people “mobilizing in the streets” and mobilizing by “occupying various public spaces” as a
way of calling attention to the need for significant social, economic, and cultural reform. This 15
Step Outline is an example of collaborative problem solving at the local community level—and an
example of the kind of problem solving which requires that each of us (not just those in power)
“actualize in our own lives” practices and processes which turn polarizing circumstances into
collaborative efforts (which make best use of the knowledge and skills each one of us has). There
are difficult challenges ahead. We will need the best efforts we can make at working together to
overcome such challenges.
Here is some brief commentary on Community Visioning Initiatives from “The Potential of Community
Visioning Initiatives (in 305 words)” (by this writer):
“This approach emphasizes ‘asking for ideas, giving people an opportunity to become actively
involved in a solution-charged environment, and providing a means for unemployed people to earn a
living—and is especially appropriate to the goals of creating large numbers of solution-oriented
and sustainable jobs, reducing future-oriented uncertainty, minimizing the risk of “transformation
unemployment”, and reducing the likelihood of future debt crises.
“1000 time-intensive Community Visioning Initiatives, in communities around the world, would
create an exponential increase in solution-oriented investment, an exponential increase in
solution-oriented employment, and an exponential increase in our collective capacity to overcome the
challenges of our times.”
I hope this post is helpful to readers. There can be much very useful public discussion on how to
create effective local Community Visioning Initiatives, of the kind which can succeed in turning
polarizing circumstances into collaborative efforts (which make best use of the knowledge and skills
each one of us has). I hope that I can participate in one of these Community Visioning Initiatives
someday. If many other people also hope for that very same thing, such visioning initiatives can
become a common experience… a common cultural tradition… which can link many diverse communities
of people together, in a fellowship of people working towards the greater good of the whole.
For a Peaceful and Sustainable Future,
Stefan Pasti, Founder and Outreach Coordinator
The Interfaith Peacebuilding and Community Revitalization (IPCR) Initiative
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K.Mathur
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Re: A 15 Step Outline for a Community Visioning Initiative
Feb 23, 2012
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I've always felt we should unite on a neighbourhood level, discuss (and hammer out) an action plan
and then follow it through in unity to be effective. I'd be really interested to know what else we
should do.
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K.Mathur
Author of "Never Mind Yaar"
http://www.nevermindyaar.com
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