I love this conversation. Many thanks to you, Peggy. If we are not to judge people and are supposed to just let them 'be' in Open Space -- create space for them and get out of the way -- then it seems to me we really cannot judge whether something they do with this is good or bad. Here we are assuming that gang-does-this. Open Space creates space to do deeper thinking and communication, along with a lot of work.
In my discussion facilitation with gang members (after a theatre-in-education play on teen homophobic hate violence) we got to deeper levels, shared confidences, inside truths, ahas, and other amazing things that I fully expected. Seems to me that whenever you treat people with respect, especially if they don't feel they get any, they blossom (grow and expand). And of course, it's important to create a safe space with your every action and word. So those gang members communicated on a deeper level with themselves and with others that day. Sort of like what happens in Open Space. So after that facilitated discussion, can they use that deeper knowing for 'bad'? I'm not sure they can. They can stuff it back in, but they cannot manipulate 'knowing'. I would l-o-v-e to give gang members the Open Space experience. Sign me right up. Lisa * * ========================================================== osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives of osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu Visit: http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html =========================================================== osl...@egroups.com To subscribe, 1. Visit: http://www.egroups.com/group/oslist 2. Sign up -- provide an email address, and choose a login ID and password 3. Click on "Subscribe" and follow the instructions To unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives of osl...@egroups.com: 1. Visit: http://www.egroups.com/group/oslist 2. Sign in and Proceed
