Oh how very sad. Cheryl and I spoke just a few weeks ago although I didn't know her very well.
Big Tree Strategies Tel: 416-792-0971 Cell: 647-461-0971 Change that's grounded On Apr 28, 2013, at 9:23 AM, Raffi Aftandelian <[email protected]> wrote: > Friends, > > Lucas Cioffi just passed on this very tragic news (which came from the NCDD > list). > > A fair number of us knew Cheryl Honey and the approach she had brought into > the world, Community Weaving. > > Cheryl, you will remain in my heart. > > warmly, > raffi > > > On Sat, Apr 27, 2013 at 6:52 PM, Sandy Heierbacher <[email protected]> wrote: > I am so sorry to have to share this news with all of you, and I'm still a > little in shock at this news myself. I found out earlier today that one of > our members and colleagues, Cheryl Honey, was killed on Wednesday. Cheryl > was recently engaged to a man named Robert Hedgers, and they were living > together in Vancouver. Cheryl and Robert were both found dead in their home > on Wednesday, and yesterday police reported that it was a murder-suicide. > Cheryl was shot in the arm and the chest, and Robert turned the gun on > himself. > > There is not a lot of information on this tragedy online, but here are two > articles that provide the basics: > > Couple found dead were recently engaged - > http://www.columbian.com/news/2013/apr/25/police-investigating-death-man-woman-found-vancouv/ > Medical Examiner: Couple died in murder-suicide - > http://www.columbian.com/news/2013/apr/26/medical-examiner-couple-died-murder-suicide/ > > As some of you know, Cheryl was the founder of the Family Support Network > International and Community Weaving. She often wrote to the listserv about > community weaving, and many of you met her at the Seattle conference. She > also attended our 2010 regional event in Portland (she was living in Seattle > until recently), and came down to Austin for our 2008 conference. > > Cheryl was a very kind person, and she was dedicated to encouraging neighbors > to connect with one another to share resources and build local networks of > support. I'll paste a description of Community Weaving below. Cheryl wrote > this description, and we posted it on the NCDD site last year. > > I am so sorry to upset any of you with this horrific news, but I knew many of > you would want to know this has happened to Cheryl. I do not have > information at this point about her memorial, or where cards or donations can > be sent. I will let the list know when I do. > > Sandy Heierbacher > Director, National Coalition for Dialogue & Deliberation > [email protected] • www.ncdd.org • @ncdd & @heierbacher > > > Community Weaving (CW) is a social architecture that syncs existing programs > and initiatives to create an interdependent functioning whole community > system. Learn more at www.communityweaving.org. > In Seattle, volunteers contributed approximately 175,000 hours, valued at > $2.6 million in community service on a budget of less than $12,000. Community > Weaving leverages real change to deal with the challenges impacting > relationships, neighborhoods, communities and the nation. A description of > Community Weaving is in the Change Handbook (2nd Ed.) and referred to as a > structural change methodology. The approach creates a reciprocal feedback > loop that generates data that informs governing systems where to allocate > funds and upgrade responsiveness to empower the people, as well as creates a > voice of “we the people” on public policy issues using action research, > dialogue and Community Forums. Community Weaving is a useful strategy to > increase engagement levels and ignite the community spirit to create a more > caring, just and civil society. > > Also, here is her NCDD bio: > Cheryl Honey, pioneered Community Weaving and received the prestigious > Jefferson Award, the mini-Nobel Prize for Public Service. Community Weaving > is an innovative change method featured in the Change Handbook (2nd Ed.) that > shifts hierarchical community silos into interdependent functioning whole > community systems. Communities tap her expertise to develop innovative > solutions to challenges affecting lives and the community. 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