New Approach to Collaborative Problem Solving and Citizen Peacebuilding

(being introduced by two companion websites and four key documents)

[Below is the first section of a 6 page introduction to the Community Visioning Initiative Clearinghouse website and the Community Teaching and Learning Center Clearinghouse website.  The complete 6 page document is accessible from this link…

Which citizen participation/problem solving process has the better cost/benefit ratio for problem solving on a scale most of us have never known before?

Introduction

We live in a time of unprecedented opportunities, in many ways created by the expansion of the Internet, and by electronic devices, communication satellites, etc which make it possible for information, knowledge and wisdom to be passed quickly to a broad range of international…

Summary:  This post introduces two new documents from the Founder and Outreach Coordinator of The Interfaith Peacebuilding and Community Revitalization (IPCR) Initiative:

1)  “An Autobiographical Sketch” (11 pages) (with significant updates in March, 2012)

2)  “Four Positive Effects from the Teachings of Sri Sathya Sai Baba” (subtitled:  “A Companion Document to ‘An Autobiographical Sketch’”)  (13 pages)  (April, 2012)

Full text of…

March 11, 2012

To:  ______________

I am writing to you to share a summary report from the “IPCR Critical Challenges Assessment 2011-2012” project. 

Since July 2011, I have been giving much attention to an “IPCR Critical Challenges Assessment 2011-2012” project.  Due to accumulated evidence and unfolding events, one of the sections I was working on   became a preview of what the final report for the whole “Assessment” project might look like.…

In the past, the details of this 15 step outline were only included as a part of larger documents (the “1000Communities²” document, and “The IPCR Workshop Primer”).  The IPCR document “A 15 Step Outline for a Community Visioning Initiative” was created to feature the details of the 15 Steps in a shorter document (28 pages).  Appendices were added to provide a “big picture” context, to illustrate how this 15 Step process would support The IPCR Initiative “constellation of…

October 2, 2011 update to “IPCR Critical Challenges Assessment 2011” project.

Drafts of the “Statistics and Observations” piece—and the “Commentary” piece—for Section #7 of the “IPCR Critical Challenges Assessment 2011” are now accessible at the website of The Interfaith Peacebuilding and Community Revitalization (IPCR) Initiative (at www.ipcri.net ).

Section #7 (Critical Challenge #7) is “A…

The website of The Interfaith Peacebuilding and Community Revitalization (IPCR) Initiative now has a Discussion Forum.  The IPCR Discussion Forum can be accessed from any IPCR website page at www.ipcri.net  and also at http://ipcrdiscussionforum.proboards.com/index.cgi . The Discussion Forum is from ProBoards (at www.proboards.com ).  The…

The Five Sections in This Post:

Introduction

Two Similar “Big Picture” Assessments

Previous IPCR Initiative Assessment Documents—and What is Different Now

Ways to Maximize Citizen Participation and Solution-Oriented Activity

Draft “Table of Contents” for “A Ten Point Assessment of the Most Difficult Challenges of Our Times”

Introduction

This writer [founder and outreach coordinator of The…

Introduction—How Comprehensive Can Peacebuilding Efforts Be?

There is much that can be done to generate goodwill and promote peace that has not yet been done.  Having this conviction—and seeing the potential for much compassion and much solution-oriented activity in many spiritual traditions and many fields of activity relating to peacebuilding, community revitalization, and ecological sustainability—has led this writer to explore ways of actualizing such potential. …

The Interfaith Peacebuilding and Community Revitalization (IPCR) Initiative is currently carrying out an ongoing effort called “IPCR Outreach 2011”. 

This outreach effort includes:

1)  discussion postings at various platforms 

2)  cover letters and “A Four Page Summary of The IPCR Initiative” sent by post mail to many people and organizations 

3)  sending occasional “groupings of tweets” at Twitter (as a way of linking short tweets with…

About The IPCR Initiative

A central focus of The IPCR Initiative is its advocacy for a combination Community Visioning Initiatives, “Community Teaching and Learning Centers” with ongoing workshops, and “sister community” relationships as a way of generating an exponential increase in our collective capacity to overcome the challenges of our times.

The Interfaith Peacebuilding and Community Revitalization (IPCR) Initiative is currently carrying out an…

Having finished a cycle of writing projects as part of building The Interfaith Peacebuilding and Community Revitalization (IPCR) Initiative, and having also created a website for my “Collected Writings”—this writer feels he has sufficient resources to trade with, and is seeking to re-locate to any place where there are people who can make good use of the resources he has to offer.

Recommended resources include:

1)  “A Four Page Summary of The IPCR…

This writer is considering a more comprehensive introduction to this concept; but here he offers some parts of his thinking so far, to share something of his ideas, and to see if some constructive discussion can help define the concept better, and make it more useful.  The parts offered are organized into the following sections:  Definitions, Propositions—and a Conclusion; An Example Transition; and Concluding Comments.

[Special Note:  This 5 page…

Greetings,

There is a new resource available from The IPCR Initiative--The IPCR Journal/Newsletter (Winter 2010-2011 issue).   This 48 page issue features a most comprehensive introduction to The IPCR Initiative (a 13 page paper titled “The IPCR Initiative:…

Introduction



In 1984, the non-profit organization Chattanooga Venture [Chattanooga, Tennessee (USA)] organized a Community Visioning Initiative that attracted more than 1,700 participants, and produced 40 community goals—which…

From this writer’s point of view, there is a wealth of resources relevant to responding to the challenges of our time. Unfortunately, many such resources and initiatives are not quite “coming through the mist as much as they should be”



“The IPCR Initiative: Executive Summary 2010” (69 pages) is an attempt to summarize and provide…