Strategies/Start-egies for Making the Vision Reality
Things are quiet once again at CCS. The Pastoral Care Year spring learning circle ended last Thursday. The following poem by Ted Dodd was used as part of a session on advocacy in pastoral care. (If you want more thought-provoking words, here are some other poems and quotations from that session.)
STRATEGIES/START-EGIES FOR MAKING THE VISION REALITY
Be aware
Learn
Model openness and attitudinal conversion
Accompany
Be an ally
Stand in solidarity
Empower
Encourage
Make change
Embrace transformation
Resist
Denounce
Challenge
Act
Initiate
Offer an alternative
Reflect
Question
Analyze
Build community
Cooperate
Honour diversity
Use collective process
Decide through consensus
Set collaborative goals
Find a voice
Provide a safe space to speak
Claim identity
Sustain (counter) cultural traditions
Tell the truth about the world
Overcome status quo
Be revolutionary
Subvert
Disrupt
Research
Interview
Hold focus groups
Communicate
Develop public relations
Write, phone, email, text, tweet
Contact media
Write letters to the editor
Employ social networks
Lobby
Connect with legislators
Prepare government briefs
Attend court as supporters
Explore alternative justice models
Network
Become board and committee members
Live Simply
Reduce, recycle, reuse
Compost
Turn off the lights, the water, the engine
Organize protests
Demonstrate
Host educational workshops
Fund raise
Hold vigils and ceremonies
Pray
Celebrate
Laugh lots
Be humble
Care
Show compassion
Maintain hope
Love
poem by Ted Dodd
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