Workshop 2 in the Community Assembly training was engaging communities
I have started the Trust The People free Community Assembly course.
The second workshop on Monday 13th November was Engaging Communities. Just for reference, he is my feedback:
Universe of obligation
- I was struck by the fluidity of the relationships. The boundaries between and within the 3 circles aren’t static, and it feels as though your obligations shift according to the needs of those who you have contact with, and your own needs as well.
- The exercise is quite anthropocentric. How much obligation do we have to other living creatures and ecosystems? Interesting to compare between anthropocentrism, biocentrism and ecocentrism
- Wales has a Wellbeing of Future Generations Act, which firmly places an obligation on public bodies to consider future generations in policy
- I love this quote in relation to obligation:
“Ours is not the task of fixing the entire world all at once, but of stretching out to mend the part of the world that is within our reach”
~ Clarissa Pinkola Estés
Active listening exercise
Might help with the exercise to say that the observer needs to keep time for 3.5 minutes