here is a story of what 35 young people got started in racine, wisconsin. like harrison says, they noticed it as a process, but really didn't care. after the event, they asked if they were an action or a process. they decided they were both, called themselves 'youth action' and got on with doubling, then doubling again, their numbers. they took on and beat the local chamber of commerce and did a number of other things, including teach ost to other young people nationally. http://www.michaelherman.com/cgi/wiki.cgi?YouthActionRacineStory
then there is the program that julie smith championed in fairbanks, alaska, where 250 youth and adults worked on 'becoming peacemakers.' we did 2 days of conference and 2 days of 'training' and action planning and six months later julie reported an average of 3 ost meetings happening somewhere in the area each week, some of them official meetings and others small groups of students meeting to resolve conflicts or plan projects afterschool. http://www.michaelherman.com/cgi/wiki.cgi?FairbanksPeacemakersConferenceAndPracticeWorkshop On 3/15/06, Tree Fitzpatrick <[email protected]> wrote: > On 3/15/06, Patricia Haines <[email protected]> wrote: > > Has anyone used Open Space with school-age children or youth? seems like > > they would get the process > > quickly! > > > > Yes, Patricia. OS has been used many times with younger > constituencies. Peggy Holman facilitated an OS event for over 2,000 > street youths in Bogota, Colombia in 2004. She shared a report with > the list, which means, I think, that it is accessible. I have never > been able to adeptly manuver the OS webpages so I am not giving you > the link to the story of this event. . . but someone else on this list > probably can direct you there. Plus, of course, there are other > stories in the archives. Again, I've never figured out how to access > OS archives, even though I know there is a rich treasure trove > available. > > -- > Warmly, > Tree Fitzpatrick > Hearthkeeper > > * > * > ========================================================== > [email protected] > ------------------------------ > To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, > view the archives of [email protected]: > http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html > > To learn about OpenSpaceEmailLists and OSLIST FAQs: > http://www.openspaceworld.org/oslist > -- Michael Herman Michael Herman Associates 300 West North Ave #1105 Chicago IL 60610 USA Phone: 312-280-7838 [email protected] skype: globalchicago http://www.michaelherman.com http://www.openspaceworld.org Executive Facilitation ...getting the most important things done in the easiest possible ways. * * ========================================================== [email protected] ------------------------------ To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives of [email protected]: http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html To learn about OpenSpaceEmailLists and OSLIST FAQs: http://www.openspaceworld.org/oslist
