[rsc] Re: Charlotte Gathering at Crossroads working agenda
- From: "Sheila Kerrigan" <kerrigan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <rsc@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 4 Jun 2008 09:25:42 -0400
Dear Hope, I'm not sure I can explain it so anybody could know what I'm
talking about, which is why I was cryptic in the agenda.
Rounds are a way of brainstorming on your feet for performers. Instead of
saying your ideas, you do them. At the end of rounds, people talk about the
ideas they saw that they want to explore further, and the ideas they got
from the ideas they saw. I'd be happy to lead a round at the ROOTS Annual
Meeting for RSC folks, if you'd like.
Best,
Sheila Kerrigan
kerrigan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
2310 Stansbury Rd
Chapel Hill NC 27516
919-929-1624
Check out my book, The Performer's Guide to the Collaborative Process:
www.collaborativecreativity.com
www.heinemanndrama.com/products/E00311.aspx
-----Original Message-----
From: rsc-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:rsc-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
Of Hope Clark
Sent: Monday, June 02, 2008 4:39 PM
To: rsc@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Cc: rsc@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [rsc] Re: Charlotte Gathering at Crossroads working agenda
Thank you Sheila!
This, and the other document are really helpful for us.
Can you explain a little more about:
"Rounds with whole group
On any idea connected with the topic.
Rounds discussion"
Thank you.
Hope
On Monday, June 02, 2008, at 04:01PM, "Sheila Kerrigan"
<kerrigan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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>Dear folks, Several people have asked me if they could see the agenda for
>our Charlotte event this weekend. I am attaching the still evolving agenda
>for the Charlotte Gathering at the Crossroads this weekend. It may get
>stripped, so I am pasting it below. I'm afraid the formatting below is
>messed up, but I haven't the time to fix it. It's in landscape, not
>portrait. (wide, not tall.) The two sidebars don't line up with the central
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>My discussions with Latonya and Omari lead me to believe that what we do in
>Charleston the following week will not look the same at all, because more
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>the Charleston people most likely to appear have more community
>arts-activism experience than the folks in Charlotte.
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>In Charlotte, April Turner will lead the Strategic planning process on
>Friday night. We don't know who is leading the listening session in
>Charleston for the strategic planning process. Omari has said he could do
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> but, more importantly, what are the questions? Who can we contact to get
>the information we need to conduct the listening sessions? Could someone
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>knows please email me, April Turner, Jeff Mather, Omari Fox, Latonya
>Wallace, and Eleanor Brownfield what you know about the strategic planning
>process, and what we need to know?
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>Thank you!
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>Best,
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>Sheila Kerrigan
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>kerrigan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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>2310 Stansbury Rd
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>Chapel Hill NC 27516
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>919-929-1624
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>Check out my book, The Performer's Guide to the Collaborative Process:
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>www.collaborativecreativity.com
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>www.heinemanndrama.com/products/E00311.aspx
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>Goals for the Day
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>ROOTS Goals
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>Introduce people to Alternate ROOTS, to CAPP
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>Invite people to the Annual Meeting & to join ROOTS
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>Give people technical support for CAPP
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>To Provide a learning exchange that shows:
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>* How the arts can effect transformation
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>* What the principles of community arts engagement are
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>* How the principles can be applied to a community arts residency
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>Attendee Goals
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>To get information about:
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>* How to use art to address community race issues
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>* Practical tools artists can use when working in communities (Will
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>* Who in our neighborhood is engaged in community arts activism
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>Coming together
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>Goals
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>Find out who is here
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>Help all feel welcome
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>Start to build a sense of support among those present
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>Sequence and Activities:
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>Welcome people, invite them to get a drink/snack and to make a nametag.
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>Ask people to post any resources they know of that have helped them in
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>work in communities using sticky-notes and markers on the wall. Look at
>what's up there and converse informally about them.
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>Also, point out Burning Issues/Questions paper and ask people to use it.
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>Getting Started: Resources for Social Change Principles of Community
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>* To model ways of using art to address issues/questions
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>* To model using art and dialogue as paths for learning
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>Sequence & Activities:
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>In four groups, in 10 minutes.
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>Group up according to preferred art form-movement/dance, literary/spoken,
>dramatic, visual art.
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>If the groups are larger than 3 people, assign roles:
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>* Director-listens to ideas, tries them out, and makes decisions
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>* Facilitator-makes sure everyone is heard; if someone is quiet,
>asks, "What do you think?"; if people are talking over each other, gives
>time for each to speak and listen.
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>* Timekeeper-keeps the group on task and lets them know how much
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>* Empath-pays attention to emotions, names them or checks in with
>someone who is exhibiting strong feeling.
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>Each group explores a different principle:
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>Group 1: Create (a) statue(s) and/or movement phrase or dance that looks
>like equitable partnership
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>Group 2: Create a short poem, haiku, rap, or other written piece that
>demonstrates or describes the change we want to be and see.
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>Group 3: Create a short dramatic scene that shows more than one instance of
>shared power.
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>Group 4: Create a visual art piece that has an aesthetic that includes both
>justice and beauty.
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>At the end of 10 minutes, everyone solo create a short movement and phrase
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>Show the results, with the solos last.
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>* What have we seen, felt, heard? What are we thinking?
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>* How was it to have different group process roles? What are the
>implications in terms of power, leadership development, & equity?
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>* How do you feel now about your group members, as opposed to when
>you came in? What caused the change?
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>* What have we learned? What do we want to remember? What can we
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>* What questions do we have?
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>* What do you do in your community work that is in a similar vein?
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>Look at handout and go over the principles and explain some of the things
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>Answer questions. What handout? coming soon.
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>Artsharing
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>Three or four people get two minutes each to share their work.
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>CAPP Nitty Gritty
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>To let people know about Community Artist Partnership Projects:
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>* What is a viable partnership
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>* What a rockin CAPP project looks like
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>Ask who is already engaged with a community partner and hear from them.
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>ideas for a partner for an imaginary (or maybe not imaginary) C/APP
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>* Who would be the most obvious choice for you as a
>community partner?
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>* What partner would be the easiest or most fun to
>collaborate with?
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>* Can you think of a potential partner that would be a
>real challenge to work with?
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>* Is there a potential partner that you might not have
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>Go over CAPP information.
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>Review application form.
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>We can ask people to caucus in groups that have something similar that they
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>same place, or people working in similar communities or. whatever they
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>Sequence and Activities
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>Story Circle on Race, Racism, & Oppression, &/or Opposing Racism & Working
>for Justice
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>Can we sing a song to start with?
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>Introduce the topic
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>Explain how a story circle works (Also here cite examples of orgs that have
>successfully used story circles. Maybe like a case study of how and how
>effectively the tool can work):
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>* Everybody gets a chance to tell their story
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>* Tell something that happened to you, from your experience, not
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>* Tell the deepest story you feel comfortable sharing here
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>* Everybody gets 3 minutes (we have to check the math) we'll give a
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>* Everybody's story is important
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>* Listening is as important as telling-listen fully! No cross talk,
>questions, or comments when somebody is telling
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>* Avoid spending your precious listening time thinking about what
>you will tell-tell what comes up at the moment your turn comes
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>* You can pass if you're not ready when your turn comes; we'll come
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>* If you have questions or comments, save them for the end
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>Brief conversation about what has come up in the stories. Think in terms of
>snapshots, images, metaphors, connections, conflict.
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>Rounds with whole group
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>How could you use these processes in your work?
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>What adjustments would you make?
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>What unanswered questions do you have?
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>What do you do in your work that is effective for building community or
>sparking transformation?
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>Next Steps
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>What are your/our next steps?
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>Affirmation Go-Round
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>What has someone (including yourself) said or done that you want to
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>Evaluation
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>Considerations &
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>Handouts
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>Paper on wall: "Burning Issues/Questions"
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>"Principles of Community Engagement"
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>Refreshments:
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