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Winter 2024 Resources
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January 18: Hosting Conditions For Creation

Welcome to the Journey

Beth Mount welcomes the Pathfinders' Studio Group to the flow of our Journey together - introducing the hosts for the 8 sessions - and our shared commitment to build full contributing lives in the community. The overarching question: What more is possible? in the interest of inclusion.

Hosting A Creative Space

Jack Pearpoint welcomes the talents of the group into a safe space for listening. learning, connecting: A place to share stories that reveal our gifts - and discover our dreams and possibilities - avoiding 'boxed boundaries'. It is an invitation to build a bigger we - a creative space for sense making. The invitation is to be courageous and create Radical Hospitality with open minds, open hearts and open wills.

Threads and Shifts

Dave Hasbury tells us his story - threads and shifts in his life - that have allowed him to begin a deeper understanding of his and our creativity. He recalls that Shafik Assante taught us that 'we are all born in' and then asked the question about how we need to prepare our society to receive and not exlcude our children. Following his thread and exploring creativity, he reminds us that Rick Rubin says that everything begins with a question. And if we are open to questions, we will discover what we do not know - and that is the window to creativity.

Organizational Conditions

Patti Scott introduces the complexity of maintaining both 'heart' and a spirit of creativity in organizational cultures that are dominated by demands for compliance and endless rule changes. In that reality it is vital to remember that the purpose of our structures and support systems is to support people to have a good life. Patti talks about some of the ways they make it work at her organization - Neighbours Inc.

Words to "Live With"

John O'Brien draws from the wisdom of Sesame Street where individual segments were brought to you by a word or number. In that spirit - our word is INCLUSION. You are invited to notice how it comes up in your life and work as we begin our journey together.

January 25: Inclusion

Welcome

Beth Mount sumarizes Week 1, and introduces our group to Week 2 exploration.

A Brief History of the Language of Inclusion

Jack Pearpoint revisits 1988, when a decision and commitment to use the language of "inclusion" was born.

Getting From There to Here

Dan Trabue tells us the remarkable story of his partnership and collaboration with a wonderful young artist - Sebastian Duverge. He uses a video clip, slides of Sebatian's work - and his skill as a story teller. Watch and be inspired.

Lynda Kahn - Metaphors

Lynda kahn introduces the concept of METAPHOR - and gives examples of the power of using images that we already know to explain the inexplicable.

John O'Brien - Keywords

Drawing on the Sesame Street tradition, the Studio is givng the group a word a week to think about ,,, John O'Brien introduces the Word of the Week: CHOICES

How to Use Padlet

One of the approaches to sharing our learning will use the PADLET app. Dave Hasbury introduces the app with instructions about how to sign up - and post your learnings.

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Padlet Page QR Code

You can use your phone to scan the QR Code for the Padlet page. You will have options to:

  • Login if you have a Padlet account

  • Sign Up for a free Padlet account

  • Continue as a guest

If you use a Padlet account, your posts will be attributed to you. Guest posts will be anonymous.

February 1 - Choice

Welcome to Week 3

In support of our purpose to support families, Jack reminded us that given the presures of our current realities, we must build 'Islands of Sanity" where we can nurture curiosity, listening and respect. Then he introduced two people who contributed their reflections after week 2. Sariah Syeda thinking about "A Garden of Diversity" and Sarah Grandberg who riffed on the Pink song, "All I Know so Far".

Mindfulness Bridge to Inclusion

Kirk Hinkleman is the Director of Creative Design and Wellbeing at LifeWorks. As a mindfulness practitioner, Kirk reminded us that humans are hard wired for connection... We need to connect with and fortify our own hearts... Kirk led us into a Meditation to cultivate a heart that includes - and for Kirk creates a bridge from the qualities of the heart - to Inclusion. Our open hearts are compassionate. Kirk concluded with a John O'Brien quote: "What got us here, isn't necessarily what will get us there"

Life Works Stories - All In!

Beth Gallagher introduces a series of stories introducing team members - and their uniquely designed journeys based on the conviction to work for Choice and Love. Beth and Lamika relay stories about the gifts of Sally, Shay, Usha, Joy, Rafi, Dwayne, Daniel, Erik: In short: TEAM ALL IN

Journaling - John O'Brien

A brief time of reflection and journaling with John O'Brien

February 8 - Neighborhood

Walking the Neighbourhood

Sandi Cooper, Doug Adams and Josh Godown tell stories about the adventures of 'Walking the Neighbourhood' - a newish practice emerging from Neighbours Inc - probing to find ways to make connections with people in their neighbourtoods

An Introduction to Cynefin

Patti Scott introduces CYNEFIN - developed by Dave Snowden - a way of looking at the world to make sense of it - so we are able to act in the world.

February 15 - Family

Welcome 

Patti Scott reviewed some of the reflections posted in the chat and on Padlet for the past week - then welcomed the group into Week 5, Keyword: Family

Family - Marieta Austin

Marietta Austin is a remarkable connector in New York. She talked about pearls of wisdom which Lynda 'expanded' in her introduction. Marietta then talked about her work with families - and her remarkable success - over TIME - with Alex

Beloved Economies 

Beth Mount gives us a compressed synopsis of the book (in your collection) - Beloved Communities: Transforming How We Work.

February 22 - Citizenship

Welcome & Saniah's Creation

Lynda Kahn scans the earlier sessions - and introduces a remarkable artifact - created by Soniah and her sister.

Home & Citizenship 
Community Vision

Community Vision in Portland has been innovating supports for people for over 3 decades. Kim Elliott, Rachel Witbeck, Jacob Jewkes, and Kristy Oliver,  presented a glimpse of housing options for people developed and implemented by Community Vision

Citizenship - John O'Brien

John O'Brien outlines the basic elements of citizenship - which over time became the 5 Values Experiences that have been utilized around the globe as guidelines for a good life - as a citizen.

February 29 - Creating Possibilities

Welcome and Journaling 

Miguel Torres Castro offered up a musical contribution, a fitting selection of Bob Marley's "One Love", a song that captures the spirit of the Studio group, and on the week of the movie release of Bob Marley's story call "One Love". John O'Brien guides a journal reflection for the group to begin to gather the shifts and movements inside of us in preparation for co-creating with our organization design teams.

Wisdom of Our Hands

Beth Mount offered instructions for a model sculpturing process to notice where we are now in Sculpture 1, and then create Scuplture 2 as a shift, a move into what is possible next in our movement forward. Experience the wisdom of our hands.

Nourishing Our Shifts

Patti welcomes the group back after the sculpting experience, discovering the wisdom in our hands, and invites participants to gather in our organizational design teams to consider how our organizations might be able to support and nourish the shifts that we identified in the sculpting exercise.

Co-Creating Possibilities

Dave Hasbury introduced a template for our organization design teams to identify the "great questions" we can rally around and the "safe to fail" probes (Cynefin®), small actions we can take in exploring how me might explore the great question that holds the value we seek.

Shining Seeds of Possibility

Beth Mount narrates the story quilt she has created as an artifact that captures the heart, spirit, and insights from our learning journey together in the Pathfinders' Studio - Winter 2024...a creative space for reflection, where we can pay attention to what is, and what more is possible, and deeply know that we are not alone.

March 7 - Harvesting Possibility

Videos
... Jan 18 - Creation
... Jan 25 - Inclusion
... Feb 1 - Choice
... Feb 8 - Neighborhood
... Feb 22 - Citizenship
... Feb 29 - Creating Possibilities
... Mar 7 - Harvestig Possibility
Documents

January 18 - Creation

Pathfinders' Studio Intention
Renewing Keywords Canvas
Download
Reflections on Keywords

January 25 - Inclusion

How Art Creates Us - David Brooks (New York Times)

February 1 - Choice

Valued Experiences (coloring book) - John O'Brien
Credibility Through Visibility and Presence - Kirk Hinkleman 
Our Hearts As A Bridge To Inclusion - Kirk Hinkleman 
What More For Joaquin?

February 8 - Neighborhood

Leadership in Complexity (Cynefin) - John O'Brien & Patti Scott
How We Know Our Community - John O'Brien & Beth Mount
Working on the Root System of Social Connections in a Community - Cormac Russell & Joop Hofman

February 15 - Family

Beloved Economies Introduction - John O'Brien

February 22 - Citizenship

Valued Experiences Coloring Book - John O'Brien

February 29 - Creating Possibilities

Companions On The Journey - Beth Mount and John O'Brien
Wisdom Making: What The Hands Know - Beth Mount 
CoCreating Possibilities - David Hasbury
Documents
... Jan 18 - Creation
... Jan 25 - Inclusion
... Feb 1 - Choice
... Feb 8 - Neighborhood
... Feb 29 - Creating Possibilities
.... Feb 15 - Family
... Feb 22 - Ciizenship
Links
... Jan 18 - Creation
Links 
(icons in footer are links too!)

January 18 - Creation

Shafik Assante - Inclusion Press
Making Space For Social Change - JustUs Cafe
Following Threads Blog - David Hasbury

January 25 - Inclusion

Sebastien Duverge Studios
Dan Trabue Art
Podcast- Going Deep With David Brooks on Connection

February 1 - Choice

Life Works 
Revision
Poem - "Paid To Be Human" - Dave Hingsburger
Credibility Through Visibility and Presence - Jacob (video)

February 8 - Neighborhood

Cynefin - Leadership in Complexity - video
Cynefin Informing Practice - video
The Learning Tree (Indianapolis with DeAmon Harges)
Work That Reconnects
The Cynefin Co. (Dave Snowden)
... Jan 25 - Inclusion
... Feb 1 - Choice
... Feb 8 - Neighborhood
Generative Images
... Jan 25 - Inclusion
Generative Images
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January 25 - Inclusion

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Creative Tensions
contributed by Jim Karpe 
Inclusion/Exclusion
Jack Pearpoint
A Garden of Diversity

contributed by Saniah Syeda 

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Killer Whales
by Doug Cranmer(Kwakwaka'wakw)1987
contributed by Rachel Witbeck

February 1 - Choice

Shifts
Shifts in thoughts create shifts in words and shifts in choices and vise versa.
Sarah Rogers
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Borders
from Chris Liuzzo
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from Becca Glore
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from Rachel Witbeck
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from Michelle Beazley
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Holding
from Kim Elliott

February 8 - Neighborhood

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Connect
from Rachel Witbeck
Our home group talked about the importance of "disconnection" (stepping away from the chaos!) in order to calm our minds and truly connect with others.
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Inclusion. Choice. Neighborhood.
from Carol Blessing
Bringing words to life.
Shifts
from Kirk Hinkleman
from Dan Trabue

At the close of last week, someone said

"It starts with the opening of a door..."

and I ran with that.

 

When all the doors
and all the windows
and all the gateways
are all finally opened
and every barrier has finally been torn down
all the universe will be opened as well.

February 15 - Family

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from Kayla Bolink

“Fit” into the “pattern” to introduce. 

•Start with a blank slate

•Introduce yourself

•Walk the dog

•Sit with someone for a meal/snack

•Being kind by leaving a crosswalk free (backing the car up if needed)

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from Linda Leavitt
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seeing with eyes of the heart. transformative inner shifts. never ending learning journey and stretch, done collectively and committed to co- creation. SPACE MAKING. what more is possible?

from Lynda Kahn
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from Kirk Hinkleman
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from Michelle Bazeley
from Rachel Witbeck

When we talked about 'neighborhoods' it was less about a physical location or more about the people, places and activities in it.

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from Saniah Syeda

​" Our family is an ocean of emotions we all share and the depths of our connections are not always visible on the surface"

This doodle art collage was co-created by me and my sister showing that a family is an intricate,deep and complex entity with a range of emotions and connections. Its true strength lies in the profound and hidden bonds.These range of emotions are vast, varied and sometimes vulnerable much like the changing moods and currents of an ocean. The word"visible" was intentionally hidden by a fish which is trying too hard to put up a brave front. We tried to show the creatures in the ocean(as members in a family) experiencing crests and troughs of life. Every little thing in the art signifies an aspect of life, physical, mental, spiritual and emotional like the family bus, music from the radio, churning wheel, broken and joyful hearts, leaves of different colors etc.We are all a family when we listen, understand, love and care for each other.

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from Beth Mount

This image is sticking with me in relationship to neighborhoods...the possibility of bringing the star down to the ground...with care..

February 22 - Citizenship

from Kirk Hinkleman

"In the corridors of my mind,

I envision a state 

where the barriers of nationality and citizenship 

fade into the recess of collective consciousness. 

I want to be unburdened by bureaucratic delineations and witness the dismantling of autocratic fortifications, 

allowing the free flow of interconnected thoughts 

and shared humanity."

Saniah Syeda

from Saniah Syeda

February 29 - Creating Possibilities

Sculpture 1

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Sculpture 2

Anonymous

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Sculpture 1

Sculpture 2

Carol Blessing

"Like water, bring life."

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Sculpture 1

Sculpture 2

Dan Trabue

The rope was all tied in knots, the Pen, captured in the knots. The door handle was locked. The old chunk of wood was worn and gnarly.

The chunk of worn wood, when cut, turned out to be a beautiful cedar inside. The knots were untied and the Pen set free. The door had a Key to open it. The old bell was ringing like Freedom.

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Sculpture 1

Lynda Kahn

Sculpture 2

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Saniah Syeda

Sculpture 2

Sculpture 1

"Every soul finds its space in the cosmic dance."

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Creativity...Rachel Witbeck

The phrase "we're not in social services, we're in creation" has really stuck with me these last few weeks. This poster in my office is a reminder of that--we can flex our creativity and dream up better worlds for ourselves and those that come after us.

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​I've been off and on adding to this doodle as we've been meeting together and today I added in some of the words and phrases that arose in our conversations that I was visualizing. I let it serve as the backdrop for my "sculpture" today.

Doodling...Dan Trabue

March 7 - Journey Stories

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Life Works

How do we realize our Highest Future Potential? Perhaps it starts with a pause, an opening and a relaxing into ourselves with curiosity. Can we be still enough to let the light shine through the cracks and illuminate the very best of us. As individuals first, then collectively. Let’s stay connected and hold each other with compassion so we may do the holding of others. Much Metta! ~kirk

Mattingly Edge

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Community Vision

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Alice Saddy

Saniah Syeda

How should we see people?

See me with love, a gaze so tender, In your eyes, warmth and understanding render.

 

How should we hear people?

Hear me with a heart, attuned to my song, In the melody of empathy, we both belong.

 

How should we mobilize people?

Walk with my feelings, step by step, Through the valleys of joy, the mountains of depth.

 

How should we train people?

Fly with my thoughts, like a bird in the sky, Unbounded by limits, together we'll fly.

 

No more questions Please.....

Hand in hand, let's venture, you and I, Through the vast landscapes where dreams touch the sky. In the symphony of connection, we're a shining star, See me with love, and we'll go far. See me with love, and we'll go far.

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Sarah Grandberg

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... Feb 1 - Choice
... Feb 8 - Neighborhood
... Feb 15 - Family
...Feb 22 Citizenship
... Feb. 29 Creating Possibities
... Mar 7 - Journey Stories
Books
Books 
Pathfinders - John O'Brien and Beth Mount
How To Know A Person - David Brooks
The Creative Act: A Way of Being - Rick Rubin
Your Brain on Art - Susan Magsamen and Ivy Ross
Caste: The Origins of Our Discontent - Isabel Wilkerson
Who Do We Choose To Be? - Margaret Wheatley

Facing Reality / Claiming Leadership / Restoring Sanity

CYNEFIN® - Dave Snowden

WEAVING SENSE-MAKING INTO THE FABRIC OF OUR WORLD

Radical Candor - Kim Scott

Be a Kick Ass Boss Without Losing Your Humanity

Dare To Lead -Brene Brown

Brave Work. Tough Conversations. Whole Hearts

Beloved Economies - Jess Remmington & Joanna L. Cea

Transforming How We Work

Creating Blue Space - Hanns Meissner
Studio Songbook
Pathfinders' Studio Songbook
All I Know So Far
Pink
Anthem
Leonard Cohen
Every Star in the Sky Above
Dan Trabue and Friends
We Should Start Right Now
Loving Caliber
YESS i'm a MESS
Wheelchair Sports Camp
"One Love" Studio version
Miguel Torres Castro
(with thanks to Bob Marley)
"A Million Dreams"
Pink
(The Greatest Showman)
"Welcome To The Rock"
Come From Away
Broadway cast
Re-Creating Us Podcast
Re-Creating Us Podcast

Neighbours International

What happens to people, families, communities, and society when we designate a person as ‘other’, based on perceptions of abilities or disabilities? Conversations about the power and meaning of words, practices, and stories, that make a difference in the work of reclaiming personhood, and re-creating the experience of Us.

The Re-Creating Us podcast is available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and a video version on YouTube

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