Our Sector, Our Community, Our Time; 2 Day Summit on Colorado Non Profits and the Econony

Discussed in dyads; a few people shared with larger group:

• Short-term solutions that hamper long-term
• We'll become more territorial
• Not enough $ to fund - to survive
• Competition for our jobs/I'll lose my job
• Not enough skills, skill deficit
• Fear of change and collaboration
• Our fears will be manipulated to create greater division
• Not enough resources
• Great people with great skills won't be enough

We discussed the importance of acknowledging and actually allowing ourselves to feel our fears - so that they cannot be manipulated.

Group 1: 

·         Health & Healthcare is a Human Right : mind/body/spirit

·         Balance

·         Caring for others & creativity

·         Trust instincts

·         patience, acceptance, introspection

·         self-healing, reflection

Group 2:

·         Balance & Space

·         Being present & “person” oriented

·         Connection & community

·         Compassion & celebration

·         Real community integration

·         Community & celebration

·         Compassion, community, celebration

Group 3:

·         Support

·         Communication

·         Education

·         Inspiration

·         Human potential

·         Compassion

·         Advocacy

·         Honesty

·         Integrity

·         Clear goals

·         High standards

Group 4:

·         Focus – legacy for family

·         Community building

·         Community + service to others

·         Possibility, community, dignity

·         Care, compassion, connect

·         Love, giving of self, legacy

·         Positive based upon perspective

Group 5:

·         Feeling/Being connected

·         Using my voice

·         Raising awareness

·         Balance & honesty

·         Concern & commitment

·         Re-focus & balance

·         Family, community, stability

Group 6:

·         Family

·         Slowing down

·         Making a difference

·         Voice

·         Empowerment

·         Sincere communication

·         Justice

·         Change

·         Awarding others’ achievements

·         Competence

·         Presence

·         True to self

·         Intentional community

Group 7:

·         Sharing passion

·         Silent

·         Listen with heart

·         Peace

·         Community

·         Listening for meaning without critique

·         Sharing/caring for children

·         Family connections

Group 8:

·         Generosity and balance

·         Sharing and giving

·         nature and sharing

·         Patience and encouragement

·         Family values/quality time

·         Positive contributing

·         Independence and self-sufficiency

Group 9:

·         Mindful

·         Engaged

·         Love what I do

·         Laughter

·         Healing

·         Quality Time

·         Pause

·         First things first

·         Selflessness

·         Priorities

·         Reflect on past

·         Energize for future

·         Fun

Messiness

Group 1:

Transformation to healthy Food:

Food together

·         “chilis”  7-11 à Farmer’s market

·         community gardens, healthy food

·         coming together, walking in park, talking with each other

·         Young people à food justice

·         urban-rural, organic movement

·         activity – people interacting, doing what they love (instead of talking on cell phone)

·         present in world, in nature

·         Civil discussions, optimism

Group 2:

·         People had causes

·         Smiling faces

·         Graffiti wall – place to make statements

·         People/Cars stopping – going slowly/ interacting

·         People chatting, biking, walking dogs

·         A lot of brown faces

·         Stakeholders (everyone)

·         Live music

·         Farm animals

·         Farmer’s market

·         Square/Plaza with coffee shop, kids doing art

·         Diverse people

·         Decisions – Rock/paper/scissors

·         People outside/talking/happy

·         Hammocks

·         Healthy people

·         Flowers

·         Books

·         No Trash

Ideal Community:

·         Diverse, relaxed, hospitable, comfortable, lack of boundaries

·         Challenges are huge to achieve “ideal”

·         Taking care of each other

Group 3:

·         Mixed group – racially

·         Abilities, cultures in community

·         Big picture – small/large

·         Happy kids

·         Sunny spring day

·         N.A. Veterans with PTSD

·         Neighborhood, library, Whole Foods (everything we need is there)

·         People working on problems together

·         Ownership society

·         Tranquility/Peace

Ideal Community:

·         Peace

·         Engaged

·         Global

·         Non-hierarchical

Group 4:

·         Sunday

·         Trees & green space

·         Main st. no cars, people interacting

·         Safe place for kids to play

·         Community garden

·         Faces of different ages/backgrounds

·         Colorful buildings/homes

·         Young & elders with strong sense of purpose

·         Biz that adopt triple bottom line + glad for it

·         Many smiles

·         School that embraced ed. change + led a priority + diverse learning, mentors

·         Playful

·         Enjoying arguing

·         Less stressful traffic

·         Front porches

·         Dogs (happy dogs, no barking)

·         Summer

·         Trust kids with neighbors

·         Take care of each other

·         Differences acceptable

Group 5:

·         Safe

·         Birds singing

·         Wheat Fields

·         Church/love/family & friends

·         Fluffy animals

·         Rainbows and lollipops

·         Multicultural

·         Quiet

·         Active dialogue

·         opportunity

·         People working things out

·         A vibrant, growing community

·         Respecting the environment

·         Open community – people were trusting and trustworthy

·         Gardens

·         Bikes, slow-moving vehicles, no exhaust fumes

·         Slower pace

·         No jobs or no people working

·         Mutual concern

·         Holyoke

·         Tolerance

·         Active participation

·         Open dialogue

·         Discussion à Action

Group 6:

·         Environmentally Responsible

·         Urban Community development

·         Individual/common gardens

·         Neighborhood inter-dependence

·         Life’s contrasts

·         Centered collaborative vision

·         Multi-racial neighborhood

·         Community center

Group 7:

·         Grace, tranquility, C-cubed

·         Interactive community center

·         Celebration

·         Respect for land, growing food

·         Friendly people working together

·         All children + people included

·         Life-giving, caring interactions vs. emphasis on systems

·         Compassion/engagement

·         Respect for each other

·         Compassion, cooperation

·         Big community gathering place

·         Shared consciousness

·         Fountain, book store, coffee shop, auditorium

·         Lots of joy

·         Beautiful community gardens

·         Open dialogue, communication leads to action

Group 8:

·         Families outside

·         Foot traffic

·         Pets

·         People talking that wouldn’t otherwise

·         Community center

·         Farmer’s market

·         Food for all needs

·         Cleansing environment

·         Fishing

·         Hands-on integrated involvement

·         Prosperity

·         Mutually respected borders

·         Accepting of diversity

·         Organization

·         Cooperation

·         Nature

·         Sharing

·         Unstratified society

·         Shared consciousness

Group 9:

·         Outdoor activity

·         Winter, Diverse religiously

·         Friendly Lebanese restaurant

·         Created my own (what I needed)

·         Delaney’s Deli

·         Everyone knows us

·         People in streets

·         Kids, interactions, talking to each other

·         Garden

·         Welcoming people

·         Town Square

·         Fountain, Kids, sunny, gathering, simple

·         Schools are fun, open

·         Family (extended, joy and excitement)

·         Smile on their faces

·         Houses have people

Sharing back to larger group:

·         Town center with shared space : elders, young people together

·         People can take a nap in the community green

·         Responsible decisions -  based on centered collaborative vision

·         Measure giving in a different way

·         We can trust our kids with neighbors

·         C cubed – Collaborative, compassionate, cooperative community

·         Open dialogue à Discussion à Action

·         Diverse intergenerational interaction

·         Shared consciousness – internal, cultural, natural

·         Active, creative peace

·         711’s à Farmer’s Markets

·         Forum specifically designed to bring collaborations together

·         Include people who aren’t already @ table – Honest look @ power dynamics

·         Bring government into dialogue

·         Look @ what communities really want + freedom from government bureaucracy

·         Government shouldn’t be watchdog over our $

·         Create 10 year plans to go out of business

·         Believe it can work/it can happen

·         Collective advocacy – move beyond doing work government is doing

·         Challenge ourselves to talk to different people – ask young people what they want

·         More forums where funders/service providers cooperate/share – ongoing, continuous

·         Social sector ßà Triple Bottom Line Businesses

·         Pathways/bus stops to facilitate collaboration

·         Open up to different points of view

·         Repentance of non-profit sector

·         Social profit sector – new identity – not a “not”

·         How do we become the resource to other sectors’ economic relevance

·         Change expectations of what private sector businesses do to help

Challenge ourselves to be the example of collaboration/partnership