Photos from an Open Space in a traditional west coast Big House

[Chris Corrigan]

On Wed, 2 Feb 2005 14:58:58 +0800, Brendan McKeague
<mckeague at iprimus.com.au> wrote:
> Thanks for this experience Chris - a beautiful insight into a community
> connecting...
> As I looked at the pictures I felt as though I was present and could feel
> something of the atmosphere created - very moving and inspirational.
> I would love to know more about how this project came about..?
> Cheers
> Brendan
>

Hi Brendan:

I've been working with these youth for years.  In Canada there is a
government sponsored program called the Urban Multipurpose Aboriginal
Youth Centres initiative (UMAYC).  Back in 2000 I started working with
these youth councils across western Canada using Open Space to set
priorities for the UMAYC councils to spend their money.  Eventually,
some of the youth asked me to train them in Open Space and I agreed. I
can hardly ever turn them down.  For several years I volunteered
training and facilitation services whenever they needed organizing.

In 2003 my partner Chris Robertson and I facilitated a meeting that
had long been a dream of ours.  We were invited by our BC Regional
Vice Chief, Satsan, to convene a meeting of 100 emerging Aboriginal
leaders.  The story and proceedings from that
event are here: http://www.chriscorrigan.com/clients/2003_11_01_archive.html

Satsan stepped down at the end of his term in December 2003, and the
new Vice Chief Shawn Atleo stepped in.  Shawn is an old friend and an
HR consultant and facilitator and is a hereditary chief of the Ahousat
Nation, part of the Nuu-Chah-Nulth people from Vancouver Island.  He
was so taken with the emerging leadership work we were doing that he
agreed to put whatever resources he could muster into supporting an
extension of this work.  So, last spring, he found some money with the
help of the federal government (whose rep took some of these photos of
me) and we planned out the five forums to bring the spirit of the
emerging leadership gathering out to the communities.

And so here we are.  The project is called BOLT: Building our Legacy
Together.  And that's what we're doing.  One down and four to go.

Cheers,

Chris

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CHRIS CORRIGAN
Consultation - Facilitation
Open Space Technology

Weblog: http://www.chriscorrigan.com/parkinglot
Site: http://www.chriscorrigan.com

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