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Ann Marie Stuart left a comment for Robin Higa
Hi Robin,
I live in Olympia-would love to connect with you and your work with The World Cafe.
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Robin Higa commented on Amy Lenzo's video
I will forward this to the dozens of Community Cafes we have going around the country. The combination of visual, music and audio kept my interest. Thank you.
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- Please indicate World Café experience in one or more of the following roles.
- Host, Sponsor, Participant
- If you are new to the World Cafe, would you please share how you heard about this community?
- I have participated in World Cafes as a parent volunteer on several occasions and got the idea for using it to strengthen families from the Illinois Parent Cafe project at a conference sponsored by the Center for the Study of Social Policy. We use Cafes to build community and to help agencies and organziations partner with parents to build protective factors for kids.
- In what field is the primary focus of your World Café work?
- Community
- What knowledge, skills or resources would you like to contribute to the World Café community to help it grow and flourish?
- Using the World Cafe method to spark leadership to build the relationships necessary to strengthen families in the community. In just 3 years our parent volunteer efforts has grown to dozens of locations around the US including 3 tribes.
- What would you most like to receive from this community?
- Opportunities to share our learning and to learn from others. Our desire is to share our successes and challenges in the hopes of continuing to improve what we do and to be of service to others who would like to improve their own community.
- Would you like to share a Web or Blog address?
- http://www.ctfalliance.org
- What haven't we asked that you'd like to share?
- We have a leadership team of 10 volunteers who work to disseminate this important democratic approach to improving outcomes for children and families. We have partnered with local grass roots organizations, non-profits, schools, the Council for Children and Families and the National Alliance of Children's Trust and Prevention Funds to get our stories out there. We are not owned by a business, non-profit or agency.
Comment Wall (4 comments)
- At 11:33am on December 12, 2010,
Amy Lenzo said… Robin,
I am so impressed with your wonderful work, and hope you will please share some of these amazing stories in the StoryNet here in the online community since that's one of the most effective ways we learn from each other.
Warmly,
Amy
- At 1:01pm on April 23, 2010,
Desiree Kelley said… - How can I send you the Festival info/application?
Desiree
- At 8:38am on April 23, 2010,
Desiree Kelley said…
- Hi Robin,
I am Desiree Kelley - a member of the NTSD Multicultural Advisory Council (MAC). We are having our Diversity Festival next month and Karen Eitreim gave me your name. We were hoping you could arrange for the World Cafe to have a display at the festival. Please contact me and I will send you more info.
Thanks! Desiree
- At 4:01pm on August 10, 2009,
Ann Marie Stuart said… - Hi Robin,
I live in Olympia-would love to connect with you and your work with The World Cafe.
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