Great stories John, as usual. Thanks for putting them out there to extend my learning about the possibilities of OST.
Chris --- CHRIS CORRIGAN Consultation - Facilitation Open Space Technology Bowen Island, BC, Canada http://www.chriscorrigan.com [email protected] > -----Original Message----- > From: OSLIST [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of john > engle > Sent: Monday, March 17, 2003 11:18 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: students in os as part of celebration of women > > This past Saturday I had the delightful opportunity of participating in > an > Open Space with roughly 110 Haitian High school students and 10 teachers > and > school administrative staff. > > The theme, translated from Haitian Creole to English, was, "What can we > do > to ensure that there is authentic harmony between girls/women and > boys/men?" > > We were at The Louverture Cleary School which is a private boarding > school > for kids who have been assessed as being academically gifted and who come > from desperately poor neighborhoods and households. > > I have been doing two to three Open Space meetings with teachers and > administrative staff each year for the last several years. This was our > first Open Space with students. What excites me most is that two young > teachers-both in their mid twenties-who have participated in previous > open > space meetings, initiated, organized and facilitated the event. > > It emerged from the school's custom of doing an annual two day program > for > female students celebrating international day for women. This year, the > female students joined together and said to the teacher responsible for > the > program something like this: "If the purpose of our celebrating > International Day of Women is to move forward in realizing a society that > honors the rightful role of women, than the boys have to be a part of the > program, because they are a big part of the problem." > > Madame Louis, their teacher, worked with other teachers and students to > come > up with a two-day program involving all students in grades 9-12--girls > and > boys--calling it: "Celebrate People." They designated Saturday morning, > the > second day, from 8:00 am to 12:00 noon as being a time in Open Space. I > only > learned about all this after the theme had been created. The two teachers > responsible for the program, one a Haitian women and the other a United > States-ian man, with encouragement from school's leadership, wanted to > facilitate. They simply contacted me to get some pre-meeting coaching and > help with setting up the space. > > The meeting was done outdoors in their school's courtyard, protected by > trees from the hot tropical sun. > > There were two different time periods, more than 20 subjects posted, > notes > from the majority of small group discussions turned in, a talking stick > type > exercise from 11:35 to 12:05, and nothing but positive comments about the > morning in Open Space. > > On April 10, the entire school-200 students and 30 teachers and staff are > invited by school's leadership to attend a full day in open space on a > theme > something like: "What needs to be a part of our apprenticeship to ensure > that we will be prepared, when we graduate, to help our country move > forward?" > > > http://www.beyondborders.net/experiment.htm > > _________________________________________________________________ > MSN Messenger : discutez en direct avec vos amis ! > http://www.msn.fr/msger/default.asp > > * > * > ========================================================== > [email protected] > ------------------------------ > To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, > view the archives of [email protected], > Visit: > > http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html * * ========================================================== [email protected] ------------------------------ To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives of [email protected], Visit: http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html
