Community Assemblies – How to engage community in democratic participation that is fun, builds connections and produces results

One of the primary goals of a Wellbeing Economy is to get people involved in their local democracies in a way that feels life giving, productive and satisfying.   Community gatherings and assemblies are shown to accomplish this, and also create positive connectivity among stakeholders and produce a sense of inner wellbeing.

On Wed, Sep 17 at 11am Pacific, Louis Alloro of Wellbeing Lab, Powered by Champions of Change will present on the strengths-based and future-focused work he has been leading all over the country to convene communities on topics that matter.  He’ll explain how he worked with the City of Palmdale to convene 200 professionals to set a vision and plan for how to better prevent mental illness, substance abuse, crime, violence and financial ruin in the Antelope Valley.

Louis incorporates a variety of techniques designed to produce connection, safety and wellbeing.

As always, there will be plenty of time for Q&A so that you can learn what this might look like in your community or workplace.

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Learn more about Louis on his website or Linkedin.

Read about the Palmdale event at https://www.avpress.com/news/prevention-summit-eyes-thriving-future/article_6ddb12fb-d530-4153-bdf5-f6f13fb4347e.html

 

Using Values to Create Local Community

Dr. Neil Hawkes specializes in community.

Neil is the founder of Values-based Education(VbE), which is a whole school philosophy and methodology to create a learning and teaching environment based on universal human values. It enables young people to develop their character, which is Self-led.

Self leadership is the gift of VbE, which is so needed in the world. VbE includes students, parents, teachers and the community. It has been successfully run all around our planet.

If you are interested in how deep discussions about Values can build community, please join us this event hosted by US Values Alliance on Friday, May 30 at 9am Pacific.

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You can learn more about Dr. Hawkes at https://www.neilhawkes.org/

 

 

Innovations in Community Wellbeing Metrics

How do you use metrics to not only drive change, but increase civic engagement from community members? Two organizations are partnering to make metrics part of a story that community members feel invested in and can relate to.

Dark Matter Labs and the David Suzuki Foundation are collaborating on a program in Canada where communities participate in setting the metrics that matter to them. Through an innovative approach, the qualities that matter to a community are turned into “cornerstone indicators” – metrics that are underpinned by numerous factors yet remain relatable human stories.

Maddy Capozzi, Emily Harris and Vlad Afanasiev of Dark Matter Labs, alongside Tara Campbell and Maham Kaleem of David Suzuki Foundation, will step us through two previous projects as well as their brand new pilot in Canada.

Join Us – Tuesday, April 23 at 9am Pacific

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