COMMUNITY FORUM
"A FINE WIND IS BLOWING
A NEW DIRECTION OF TIME...
A PROJECT FOR THE TOWNS
AND HAMLETS OF THE EARTH
GIVING NEW FORM . . .
TO EVERY HUMAN SETTLEMENT
ALL AROUND THE WORLD
people are
looking for
ways to
change things
meaningfully
in their com-
munity. In
many places
creative efforts
are beginning
to attack the
heart of the
social chal-
lenges
HERE AND THERE
in surprising
places are lit-
tle groups.
Maybe they
are planning,
organizing a
workday or
engaged in
community
beautification.
Perhaps they
are setting up
a preschool.
Certainly, they
are creating
great cele-
brations.
GLOBAL COMMUNITY FORUM
MORE THAN 1,500 COMMUNITIES IN 24 NATIONS AROUND THE
WORLD HAVE ELICITED THE CREATIVE PARTICIPATION OF THEIR PEOPLE
THE INTERLUDE Refreshment and entertainment by community groups provide a festive interlude.
THE CHALLENGES Through workshops participants discover the underlying challenges before their community.
THE WELCOMING Citizens gathering greet each other and are welcomed into the activities of the day.
A FORUM EVENT
THE PROPOSALS The challenges of the first workshop are met with practical suggestions for community action.
THE REPORTING The various groups report their proposals and share in the new story, song and symbol for their community.
THE DOCUMENT As the Forum comes to a close, each participant receives a copy of the results in published form.
In the U.S. there have been several Statewide cam-paigns. For example, in Oklahoma on March 26 there were 100 forums across the State. Where this has happened there has been a State Assembly to bring together interested people to evaluate the happening in terms of the State. The Assembly has illuminated a network of care across the State. It has enabled people to affirm their care for the globe in a new way, and it has allowed some careful thinking about the future direction of the State. The days have been great celebrative occasions.
Nob Hill: California: Citizens immediately activate a public awareness campaign with particular help for elders.
Ferndale, Wales: Coordinator takes a week's holiday to make sure forums come off in other places nearby.
Lower East Side, New York: Citizens organize a thirteen week training programme for leadership.
Maliwada, India: Community gathers to construct a health clinic.
AND AFTER A FORUM
The Global Community Forum has been developed by the Institute of Cultural Affairs, a notforprofit research, demonstration and training organization. The Institute of Cultural Affairs is concerned with community development. It has initiated twentyfour Human Development Projects across the globe. These are in the forgotten communities which are now undertaking comprehensive social and economic reformation programmes. The Global Community Forum, described in this booklet is another focus of the work of the Institute.
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