Came here from "After Babel" when I saw my former home city of Birmingham mentioned. I cannot believe I lived there for three years and had no idea about this. I am so so behind it. Thank you for setting an example (and getting those Mountain Brook men to invest their generational wealth back into Bham).
Yes, yes, yes! So much to say here, but just know, I just discovered “Connective Tissue” today - I’m on Substack, too, and I am so in. I have been a teacher and community school coordinator for 35 years, and have a background in the community school strategy which is a place-based, responsive, shared-leadership, nurturing, promotive, preventive way of doing public school and I am now part of the Weavers and am thrilled to find all of you!
I love the physics example — that 10% of folks might be causing havoc, but the other 90% are not. The havoc creators won’t continue, as they’ll either leave or join in, with the actively creating community group who are proactively bringing in positivity and live. YES! And we say this with our schools too - when the community is involved, and there is a truly reciprocal relationship — everyone— the businesses , the non- profits, the neighbours, the teachers, the students, the seniors, the local gov — there is a shared responsibility, a shared care, a shared personal investment , in the school and it’s mission and it’s property. Less vandalism, a greater ethic of care and service, a better foundation and readiness for learning for the students, as their basic needs are met, their families are healthier and happier because they are involved and have the resources they need… and healthier, happier families are more likely to have healthier, happier kids, and healthier happier kids are more ready and able to learn. And… doing math again— all of these healthier, happier communities will meld to make a healthier happier society. These organized, grass-roots, connected and meaningful relationships in the neighbourhood, to the schools, make the good — in us, and around us — equitable and accessible. Paraphrasing MLK: those of us who are for peace, need to be as organized as those who are for war.
Excited to follow, and get more involved with all of this.
I love this! Have you ever read the book by Edgar Cahn called No More Throw-Away People? I would love your and Mr. Jones thoughts about it. I am in the middle of it now and it talks about the problem of agencies designed to help people struggling to get those same people to participate in what is being offered. Thank you for your great work!
Came here from "After Babel" when I saw my former home city of Birmingham mentioned. I cannot believe I lived there for three years and had no idea about this. I am so so behind it. Thank you for setting an example (and getting those Mountain Brook men to invest their generational wealth back into Bham).
Yes, yes, yes! So much to say here, but just know, I just discovered “Connective Tissue” today - I’m on Substack, too, and I am so in. I have been a teacher and community school coordinator for 35 years, and have a background in the community school strategy which is a place-based, responsive, shared-leadership, nurturing, promotive, preventive way of doing public school and I am now part of the Weavers and am thrilled to find all of you!
I love the physics example — that 10% of folks might be causing havoc, but the other 90% are not. The havoc creators won’t continue, as they’ll either leave or join in, with the actively creating community group who are proactively bringing in positivity and live. YES! And we say this with our schools too - when the community is involved, and there is a truly reciprocal relationship — everyone— the businesses , the non- profits, the neighbours, the teachers, the students, the seniors, the local gov — there is a shared responsibility, a shared care, a shared personal investment , in the school and it’s mission and it’s property. Less vandalism, a greater ethic of care and service, a better foundation and readiness for learning for the students, as their basic needs are met, their families are healthier and happier because they are involved and have the resources they need… and healthier, happier families are more likely to have healthier, happier kids, and healthier happier kids are more ready and able to learn. And… doing math again— all of these healthier, happier communities will meld to make a healthier happier society. These organized, grass-roots, connected and meaningful relationships in the neighbourhood, to the schools, make the good — in us, and around us — equitable and accessible. Paraphrasing MLK: those of us who are for peace, need to be as organized as those who are for war.
Excited to follow, and get more involved with all of this.
I love this! Have you ever read the book by Edgar Cahn called No More Throw-Away People? I would love your and Mr. Jones thoughts about it. I am in the middle of it now and it talks about the problem of agencies designed to help people struggling to get those same people to participate in what is being offered. Thank you for your great work!