Dear Avner - In that OST is about connecting not just to others who share your passions but also connecting to your fuller self, I have found (as you indeed have also found) that having Open Spaces both serves the individual (for example, gives the one using drugs a fuller sense of their own worth, and helping them find / others hear their own true voice) and the system (including people served by systems or services in the Open Space - as well as those who wish to serve / work in the system/service - brings the 'client's' ideas for change and needs assessment and what works back into the whole process, thus serving all. Plus the other thing you know in Open Space is that finally people can truly witness people as people (one of the recurring statements I hear in closing circle from those who were supposedly 'served' - such as youth among adults - is "finally you heard me fully but didn't feel the need to solve, just truly hear me" and "finally I found those (adults, whomever) who wish to work *with* me, not *for* me."
You know it will work beautifully, and I am glad you are there. Warm wishes from chilly Berkeley, Lisa ________________________________ L i s a H e f t Consultant, Facilitator, Educator O p e n i n g S p a c e 2325 Oregon Berkeley, California 94705-1106 USA +01 510 548-8449 [email protected] From: OSLIST [mailto:[email protected]]On Behalf Of Avner Haramati Sent: Saturday, January 03, 2004 11:57 AM Subject: coping with drug use A small city in Israel (about 50,000 people) is interested in the use of OS on the issue of coping with overuse of drugs, especially among the youth. The local agencies and the educational system feel quite helpless. Do any of you have an actual experience with this kind of OS? Avner Haramati Jerusalem * * ========================================================== [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
