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Belltown workshop
This document outlines strategies for unleashing community power by mobilizing local assets. It discusses tapping into the gifts of individuals, voluntary associations, the built and natural environment, local economy, culture and identity, and local agencies. Specific tools are presented for mapping assets, identifying connector leaders, creating bumping places, being welcoming, forming block/building action groups, creating a common vision, and using open space technology. The overall message is that every community has untapped strengths and that a process of discovery, connection and action can strengthen communities from the ground up.
Belltown workshop
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- 2. Community is Definedby Circle of Relationships Economic Exchange Participation Friendship Intimacy
- 3. YOUR TURN: -What isyour name? -How are you involved in Belltown? -What would you like to get out of this workshop?
- 4. POWER OF COMMUNITY • Create Great Places • Care for the Earth • Care for One Another • Prevent Crime • Emergency Response • Health and Welfare • Happiness • Social Justice • Democracy
- 5. Power to Carefor the Earth Ballard Neighborhood, Seattle
- 18. Power to PreventCrime Limerick, Ireland
- 34. Power to Respondto Disaster Christchurch, New Zealand
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- 58. Power to Carefor One Another Lang Gang, Taiwan
- 65. Power to MakeSocial Change London, England
- 68. Power of Community Care for the Earth Prevent Crime Respond to Disasters Care for One Another Advance Social Justice Promote Health Instill Happiness Create Great Places Strengthen Democracy
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- 77. YOUR TURN: Tell about a time when you experienced community at its best
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- 79. Community in Crisis Single-purpose land use Increased mobility More time working Fear Electronic screens Consumerism Globalization Specialization Professionalization
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- 83. We all saythat it takes a village to raise a child. And yet, in modernized societies, this is rarely true. Instead, we pay systems to raise our children – teachers, counselors, coaches, youth workers, nutritionists, doctors, and McDonald’s. We are often reduced as families to being responsible for paying others to teach, watch, and know our children, and to transport them to their paid child raisers. Our villages have often become useless – our neighburs responsible for neither their children nor ours. As a result, everywhere we talk about the local “youth problem.” There is no “youth problem.” There is a neighborhood problem: adults who have forgone their responsibility and capacity to join their neighbors in sharing the wealth of children. It is our greatest challenge and our most hopeful possibility. -John McKnight and Peter Block The Abundant Community
- 84. Keys to OpeningYour Community to Broad and Inclusive Participation
- 85. #1 – HaveFun!
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- 131. #2 - Startwhere people are: ►Their block or building ►Their language and culture ►Their networks ►Their passions ►Their call
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- 150. #3 …but don’tleave them there: Strive for Results!
- 151. #4 – Don’tsit on your assets:
- 152. Every individual hasgifts of the head, heart and hands
- 153. YOUR TURN: Whatare your skills, passions & knowledge?
- 154. Labeled People: • Homeless • Unemployed • Poor person • Non-English speaking • Single parent • Addict • Offender • Old person • At-risk youth • Disabled
- 157. Involving All Neighbors,Seattle
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- 166. YOUR TURN: Howdo you or could you use these keys to open the Belltown community to broad and inclusive participation?
- 167. DISCOVER BURIED TREASURE IN BELLTOWN
- 170. Every place has: •Gifts of individuals
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- 182. YOUR TURN: Whose gifts are underutilized in Belltown?
- 183. Every place has: •Gifts of individuals • Voluntary associations
- 184. Individuals share theirgifts when they are in association with one another
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- 200. YOUR TURN: What arethe community associations in Belltown?
- 201. Every place has: •Gifts of individuals • Voluntary associations • Built and natural environment
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- 205. Queen Anne Neighborhood,Seattle
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- 223. YOUR TURN: In Belltown,what are… -the bumping places? -the visible treasures? -the buried treasures?
- 224. Every place has: •Gifts of individuals • Voluntary associations • Built and natural environment • Local economy
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- 253. Time Bank, UnitedKingdom
- 257. YOUR TURN: How could your Belltown assets strengthen your local economy and how could your economy better support your community?
- 258. Every place has: •Gifts of individuals • Voluntary associations • Built and natural environment • Local economy • Culture and identity
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- 275. YOUR TURN: -What isthe unique identity of Belltown? -What are your cultural and historical assets?
- 276. Every place has: •Gifts of individuals • Voluntary associations • Built and natural environment • Local economy • Culture and identity • Local agencies
- 277. Agencies vs. Associations STAFF & BUDGET VOLUNTEERS CLIENT CITIZEN CONSUMER NEEDS ASSETS
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- 281. YOUR TURN: What are Belltown’s agencies and what are their underutilized assets?
- 282. STEPS TOWARDS AGENCY- COMMUNITYPARTNERSHIPS
- 283. Move Beyond SiloedThinking
- 284. to Focusing onWhole Places
- 285. Move Beyond Startingwith Needs
- 286. to Starting withStrengths
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- 289. TOOLS FOR MOBILIZING COMMUNITY ASSETS
- 290. Map Local Assets Melville,Western Australia
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- 296. Do Learning Conversations CREDENTIAL WARM UP TALK MOTIVATION TO ACT ● Gifts/talents to contribute ● Dreams to realize ● Concerns/needs to address WILL THEY PARTICIPATE? WHO ELSE DO THEY KNOW?
- 297. Create Bumping Places PARKing Day
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- 329. Form Block/Building ActionGroups Lawrence, Massachusetts
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- 337. SUGGESTIONS FOR BLOCK/BUILDINGACTION GROUPS Crime prevention Emergency preparedness Block parties Skills exchanges Share tools, pickup truck, camping equipment, etc. Buy in bulk Policy discussions Support for latchkey kids Support for housebound seniors Support for one another Rideshares Improve/maintain common spaces: Paint mural in intersection Plant street trees Provide broad base for neighborhood association Create website for block/buildiing Create a manifesto of block/building values and commitments to one another Create a directory of available expertise (recycling, technology, etc) Create a green block/building in which each household commits to reducing carbon footprint Conduct a talent show Show outdoor movies on side of a building Celebrate Neighbor Appreciation Day by recognizing good deeds
- 338. Form a Networkof Associations
- 339. Create a CommonVision Senior Services of King County
- 340. Photos of CentralArea Gathering by Max Wells
- 348. Actions from InitialGatherings Neighborhood walking map Planning for senior co-housing Gay/lesbian community projects A one-stop lifelong learning website
- 349. Peppi’s Woods MaintenanceProject
- 350. Time bank fromShoreline to Edmonds
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- 365. YOUR TURN: What isyour vision for Belltown? (What would a healthy Belltown look like, both physically and socially? What would you keep, change and add?)
- 366. Use Open SpaceTechnology High Point Neighborhood House
- 384. YOUR TURN: Brainstorm actionsthat would utilize Belltown’s strengths and move towards your vision of a healthy community?
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- 386. YOUR TURN: Whatare you going to do as a result of this workshop?
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