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Transcript of Belltown workshop
NEIGHBOR POWER UNLEASHED
Community is Defined by Circle of Relationships
Participation
Friendship
Intimacy
Economic Exchange
YOUR TURN:-What is your name?-How are you involved in Belltown?-What would you like to get out of this workshop?
POWER OF COMMUNITY• Create Great Places• Care for the Earth• Care for One Another• Prevent Crime• Emergency Response• Health and Welfare• Happiness• Social Justice• Democracy
Power to Care for the Earth
Ballard Neighborhood, Seattle
Power to Prevent Crime
Limerick, Ireland
Christchurch, New Zealand
Power to Respond to Disaster
Blue Pallet Pavilion
Dance-O-Mat
Cycle-Powered Cinema
Urban Poetica
Lang Gang, Taiwan
Power to Care for One Another
Power to Make Social Change
London, England
Power of CommunityCare for the Earth
Prevent Crime
Respond to Disasters
Care for One Another
Advance Social Justice
Promote Health
Instill Happiness
Create Great Places
Strengthen Democracy
Power of Belltown
YOUR TURN:Tell about a time
when you experienced community at its best
Community in Crisis
Community in CrisisSingle-purpose land
useIncreased mobilityMore time working
FearElectronic screens
ConsumerismGlobalizationSpecialization
Professionalization
Ballard Neighborhood, Seattle
We all say that it takes a village to raise a child. And yet, in modernized societies, this is rarely true. Instead, we pay systems to raise our children – teachers, counselors, coaches, youth workers, nutritionists, doctors, and McDonald’s.
We are often reduced as families to being responsible for paying others to teach, watch, and know our children, and to transport them to their paid child raisers. Our villages have often become useless – our neighburs responsible for neither their children nor ours. As a result, everywhere we talk about the local “youth problem.” There is no “youth problem.” There is a neighborhood problem: adults who have forgone their responsibility and capacity to join their neighbors in sharing the wealth of children. It is our greatest challenge and our most hopeful possibility.
-John McKnight and Peter Block The Abundant Community
Keys to Opening Your Communityto Broad and Inclusive Participation
#1 – Have Fun!#1 – Have Fun!
Surrey, British Columbia
Tacoma, Washington
#2 - Start where people are:#2 - Start where people are:►Their block or buildingTheir block or building►Their language and cultureTheir language and culture►Their networksTheir networks►Their passionsTheir passions►Their callTheir call
Darwen, England
Soldiers’ Support Group
New Rad Conservation and Wildlife
GreenCycle
St. James Estate Cleanup
Skatepark
Scarecrow Festival
#3 …but don’t leave them there:#3 …but don’t leave them there:
Strive for Results!
#4 – Don’t sit on your assets:
Every individual has gifts of the head, heart and hands
YOUR TURN:What are your skills,
passions & knowledge?
Labeled People:• Homeless• Unemployed• Poor person• Non-English speaking
• Single parent
• Addict
• Offender• Old person• At-risk youth
• Disabled
Involving All Neighbors, Seattle
Ravenna Neighborhood
Westwood Neighborhood
Capitol Hill
YOUR TURN:How do you or could youuse these keys to open
the Belltown community to broad and inclusive
participation?
DISCOVER BURIED TREASUREIN BELLTOWN
Every place has:
• Gifts of individuals
SODO Neighborhood, Seattle
Adelaide, South Australia
YOUR TURN:Whose gifts
are underutilized in Belltown?
Every place has:
• Gifts of individuals• Voluntary associations
Individuals share their gifts when they are in association with one another
Columbia City, Seattle
YOUR TURN:What are the community associations in Belltown?
Every place has:
• Gifts of individuals• Voluntary associations• Built and natural environment
Phinney Neighborhood, Seattle
Queen Anne Neighborhood, Seattle
Eastlake Neighborhood, Seattle
White Center, Washington
YOUR TURN:In Belltown, what are…-the bumping places?-the visible treasures?-the buried treasures?
Every place has:
• Gifts of individuals• Voluntary associations• Built and natural environment
• Local economy
118th Avenue, Edmonton
Lake Street, Minneapolis
Yackandandah, Victoria
Local Currency, Canada
Time Bank, United Kingdom
YOUR TURN:How could your Belltown assets strengthen your local economy
and how could your economy better support your community?
Every place has:
• Gifts of individuals
• Voluntary associations
• Built and natural environment
• Local economy
• Culture and identity
Eritrean Community, Seattle
Bulls, New Zealand
YOUR TURN:-What is the unique identityof Belltown?-What are your cultural and historical assets?
Every place has:• Gifts of individuals• Voluntary associations• Built and natural environment• Local economy• Culture and identity• Local agencies
Agencies vs. Associations
STAFF & BUDGET VOLUNTEERS
CLIENT CONSUMER
CITIZEN
NEEDS ASSETS
Columbia School, Seattle
YOUR TURN:What are Belltown’s
agencies and what are their underutilized assets?
STEPS TOWARDS AGENCY-COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS
Move Beyond Siloed Thinking
to Focusing on Whole Places
Move Beyond Starting with Needs
to Starting with Strengths
Move Beyond Top-Down
to Community-Driven
TOOLS FOR MOBILIZING COMMUNITY ASSETS
Map Local Assets
Melville, Western Australia
Identify Connector Leaders
Do Learning Conversations
CREDENTIALWARM UP TALK
MOTIVATION TO ACT● Gifts/talents to contribute
● Dreams to realize● Concerns/needs to addressWILL THEY PARTICIPATE?
WHO ELSE DO THEY KNOW?
PARKing Day
Create Bumping Places
Beacon Hill, Seattle
Little Free Library
Portland, Oregon
Be Welcoming
Waterloo, Ontario
Melbourne, Victoria
Port Phillip, Australia
Form Block/Building Action Groups
Lawrence, Massachusetts
Big Lunch, United Kingdom
Wallingford Neighbourhood, Seattle
Wedgwood Neighbourhood, Seattle
SUGGESTIONS FOR BLOCK/BUILDING ACTION GROUPS
Crime preventionEmergency preparedness
Block partiesSkills exchanges
Share tools, pickup truck, camping equipment, etc.Buy in bulk
Policy discussions Support for latchkey kids
Support for housebound seniorsSupport for one another
RidesharesImprove/maintain common spaces:
Paint mural in intersectionPlant street trees
Provide broad base for neighborhood associationCreate website for block/buildiing
Create a manifesto of block/building values and commitments to one anotherCreate a directory of available expertise (recycling, technology, etc)
Create a green block/building in which each household commits to reducing carbon footprintConduct a talent show
Show outdoor movies on side of a buildingCelebrate Neighbor Appreciation Day by recognizing good deeds
Form a Network of Associations
Senior Services of King County
Create a Common Vision
Photos of Central Area Gathering by Max Wells
Actions from Initial Gatherings
Neighborhood walking mapPlanning for senior co-housing
Gay/lesbian community projectsA one-stop lifelong learning website
Peppi’s Woods Maintenance Project
Time bank from Shoreline to Edmonds
Intergenerational, multicultural dance party
Summit
YOUR TURN:What is your vision for Belltown? (What would a healthy Belltown look like, both physically and socially? What would you keep, change and add?)
High Point Neighborhood House
Use Open Space Technology
YOUR TURN:Brainstorm actions that would utilize Belltown’s strengths and
move towards your vision of a healthy community?
Share Stories
Seoul, South Korea
YOUR TURN: What are you going to do
as a result of this workshop?