http://radicaltransitions.net An Intention Model for Building Community Fri, 01 May 2009 02:51:56 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en This is the model we use and teach with communities. The model gives people in communities a new and sustainable way to move from isolated and fragmented efforts to collaborative and cohesive efforts in building communities that are attractive, affordable, and agile in the 7 core areas of quality of ... http://radicaltransitions.net/the-model/ Who can you have coversations with that will create new possibilities? Learn about assets? Talk about engaging in new ways? Co-create projects? http://radicaltransitions.net/four-questions/ Anthony Houston has been working with Instructions in the City of East Cleveland, one of the most impoverished areas in the country: We asked. We invited individuals to attend. We asked for engagement and questions. We asked for people to envision new partnerships, not based on previous relationships, but new ones. ... http://radicaltransitions.net/goverment-for-the-people-by-the-people/ Our good friend Anthony Houston has been teaching us the Seven Principles of Kwanzaa: Umoja: To strive for and maintain unity in the family, community, nation and race. Kujichagulia: To define ourselves, name ourselves, create for ourselves and speak for ourselves. Ujima: To build and maintain our community together and make our brother's ... http://radicaltransitions.net/principles-of-kwanzaa/ Very inspirational: I look for the organizations that engage everyday citizens in making their world a better place. I personally support agencies that say, yes you are a vital part of the solution. Cora Tomalinas, or Manang Cora (Tagalog term of respect for "Big sister"), has always been an inspiration ... http://radicaltransitions.net/acting-in-community/ Noticing this site that demonstrates much of what we wrote Instructions from the Cook about: We Are What We Do is a new kind of movement inspiring people to change the world one small action at a time. Our philosophy is simple: small actions x lots of people = big change We have the ... http://radicaltransitions.net/we-are-what-we-do-dot-org/ A free PDF copy of the book Instructions from the Cook: Recipes for New Conversation by George Nemeth & Jack Ricchiuto. The paperback version is for sale at DesigningLife.com. If  you download the book, read it and find it useful, please pass it along to someone who you think will ... http://radicaltransitions.net/a-free-pdf-of-instructions/ Carole Cohen reviews Instructions from the Cook and finds herself recalling a bunch of stuff, including the famous Jane Jacobs book The Death And Life of Great American Cities. Wow! It's a honor to be mentioned in the same post as Jacobs: Have you ever read a book that stays under ... http://radicaltransitions.net/carole-finds-herself-talking-to-other-people-in-the-neighborhood/ The beginning of a book review: During the arms race that dominated the 70’s and 80’s a friend of mine remarked something to the effect that “to accomplish change requires the intellectual ability to both accept that the situation is hopeless at the same time you believe it can be changed.” ... http://radicaltransitions.net/as-simple-as-stone-soup/ Thomas Mulready of CoolCleveland.com does a video interview with authors Jack Ricchiuto and George Nemeth. Here's the excerpt that accompanied the video in the newsletter: Jack Ricchiuto & George Nemeth, local community-builders, have teamed up to author a new book entitled Instructions from the Cook, a collection of creative recipes ... http://radicaltransitions.net/thomas-mulready-interview-instructions-authors-ricchiuto-and-nemeth/