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Feb 28, 2009 - Obama Empathy Meeting
Brainstorming Notes
El
Cerrito, Ca
http://progressivespirit.com/Empathy
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In Attendance
Chris
Edwin
Joan
Lowell
Leon
Wendy
Topic: What Empathy Projects Do You Propose?
Chris
- lend ideas and skill to others projects
- no master minding projects
- will think about the Empathy Presentation
- what is empathy and why bother talking about
it
- for group discussion
- people try to plug in 'how can you be useful"
- how can it be used to solve a problem?
- empathy and practical - responsibility,
accountability, etc,
- theme questions
- what is empathy?
- younger audience
- who count's as a friend?
- how do Obama's priorities compare to past
- 90 minute meeting
- we can be group facilitator
- continuing the conversation
- take presentation to other places
- viral plantings process - to grow the
process
- a beginning orientation -
- target places where empathy doesn't exits
- Israel and Palestine
- Leon groups on Dialog
- something small keep building
- Practice with a project
Patricia
- Empathy Presentation to take around to organizations.
- churches UU, etc
- Quakers
- develop the video - grant
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Kathy
- Collaborative Inquiry Empathy Project
- research model - create new knowledge
- Saint Mary's' project
- - ends in April
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Edwin
- Create An Organization to Promote Empathy
- Research existing material on empathy and create a
resource website.
- (annotated bibliography, definitions, quotations,
history, etc, etc.)
- Create a Video Documentary on Obama and Empathy
- cut 2 - working on this now
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- Empathy Presentation to take around to organizations.
- Conference on Empathy with speakers, workshops
- Grant Proposal for a Video and Art Show Project
- I'm working on applying for a art based grant
- Art Exhibit
- Richmond Arts Community wide empathy project
Leon
- Proposed creating a Journal on Empathy
- starting quarterly online
- Teams Project
- is a process where everyone can feel they're part of
the group
- is feeling based
- Going deeper with empathy
- each project needs a good team
- balance empathy and goal orientation
- take time to ask how the team is working?
- anyone can request a weather report, emotional
weather report
- bring up at the beginning of next meeting
- building a great group - a prototype for
other groups
- harmonious functioning
- Check out using the Roots of Empathy model
- getting something in the school
- Leon run school board
- Empathocracy
Joan
- Publication, exercises, 'empathy'
- Art as a communication tool or vehicle
- creating a book - adult illustrated book about
art
- writing or drawing in the empathy presentation
- Roots of Empathy - has art activities
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Lowell
- writing stories on empathy... possibly a book
- audience? for adults, children
- working with children in the schools
- telling and writing their stories
- perhaps could work with Richmond Art Center
interview of children
- virtual vs. hard copy
- - Joan's example of book
- - NPR - story corps example
Wendy
- Sensory quality of empathy
- sitting in a warm bath
- eating chocolate pudding
- hugging bunnies
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- has ideas of how to contribute - hold back for now
- think tank and empathy tank
- empathy perfume - spray it everywhere
- putting it online - bloggingheads.tv
- podcasts
- conclusion call to action
- stilt walking group - has empathy peace - for
opening of exhibit
- sculpture and empathy
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Bill
- passion is spoken word and poetry
- walk in your own shoes as well as others
shoes
- be attuned to feeling judgmental
- red flags of empathy?
- Quaker open structure
- core of religion, traditions is to
connect
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Other Topics Covered
Next Meeting
Bring your empathy project to the floor for discussion
bring your topic or project for discussion
ask for support for a project and group can offer what
it can
get feedback from the group
Discuss Model for checking in?
- 2 words vrs as long as you need.
- as long as you need within reason
- emotional based
- group is for support
Have periodic 'Weather reports'
check in periodically with how we are each feeling to keep everyone
present, etc.
We need some meeting closing activity
Topics Raised
Lowell
- brought Roots of Empathy book
- law article - Halprin
- we showed Obama clip related to article
- she writes stories of empathy
- wants to create a book of empathy stories
- interested in equanimity
- empathy in business world
Chris
- equanimity
- live oaks list empathy discussion
- Obama code - Lakoff
Wendy
- internal reflection
- stories
- corporate world
Leon
- brought Roots of Empathy book
Lowell - Law article
