Barack Obama and the New Spirit of Empathy A ProgressiveSpirit.com Video Project

	The Center for Building a Culture of Empathy

2009-03-07 - Obama Empathy Meeting
Brainstorming Notes
El Cerrito, Ca
http://progressivespirit.com/Empathy
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2009-03-07 Kathys Minutes
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How might we nurture, promote or foster empathy within ourselves, as a group and within the larger culture through a balance of action and reflection?
 

In Attendance?

Bill
Edwin
Joan
Kathy
Leon
Patricia

 
Last Meeting Review:
 

Merging Project interests - Review the Projects

Propose - Organize around the Richmond Empathy Stories Grant
        Presentation - (Patricia and Chris)
       Kids projects interviewing children with arts (Lowell)
             Gathering local material - Empathy children's program
      Create curriculum for arts interview workshop (Joan)
      Learning and manifesting empathy in the group (Leon)
      Collaborative inquiry? (Kathy)

Open Close Group

Collaborative inquiry? (Kathy)
how to bring new people into the process
who is new person?  do you know them?
how to bring people up to speed
    do part online

 

Bill - commitment level - can come to 2 core groups
             grant writing
           podcasts
 

Wendy - commitment level - can come to 2 core groups
       

collaborative inquiry?
     should people know about it beforehand
      orientation -
         

Discuss Model for checking in?