an interesting meeting in Berlin

Chris Macrae wcbn007 at easynet.co.uk
Sun Sep 3 17:10:10 PDT 2006


Yes its very interesting and the guy behind it designs extraoridnary community 
experiments
anyone going to be there; I would love to know if there's going to be a 
network beyond the event of the largest brainstrust ever to sit round a 
European Square if not a worldwide one



Previously Nominees For 100 World Changemakers http://worldcitizen.tv nominates
Dr. Ceasar L. McDowell,
Berlin Global Town Hall Event http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14216322/ 
The Web site dropping knowledge is sponsoring the thought summit, which will 
bring together 112 artists, scientists, philosophers and others near 
Bebelplatz Square, site of Nazi book burnings in 1933.
They include Harry Wu, the dissident held by the Chinese government in 1995 
before being expelled from China; Oscar Olivera, a Bolivian anti-globalization 
activist; the German filmmaker Wim Wenders; and Bill Joy, former Sun 
Microsystems chief scientist and now a venture capitalist. 
Actor Willem Dafoe will pose the questions to the panelists, who will gather 
around a massive table to discuss topics from national security to personal 
values, racism to environmental concerns. 
The Berlin event will be the first public meeting of what its creators 
envision as a global town hall meant to allow the common person to participate 
in a discussion of international issues.
“We're launching what we think will be an infrastructure for a global 
community of citizens,” said Dr. Ceasar L. McDowell, dropping knowledge's U.S. 
director of operations, in an interview from Berlin. “There's a need to have 
something that allows people to share their knowledge with each other on a 
platform that's not controlled by an interest group or a government, with no 
one trying to drive an issue.” 
 
He coordinates deep community projects out of MIT  
http://crcp.mit.edu/subhead.php?id=30&tab=13  
Center for Reflective Community Practice
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Building 7, Room 307
77 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02139

Ceasar L. McDowell, Ed.D. is Associate Professor of the Practice of Community 
Development at MIT and Director of the Center for Reflective Community 
Practice, where he is also Co-Director of the Community Innovation Lab. His 
interests include the use of mass media in promoting democracy, the education 
of urban students, the organizing of urban communities, civil rights history, 
peacemaking and conflict resolution, and testing and test policy. 

Dr. McDowell has extensive experience in the area of public engagement, and 
the design and conduct of civic conversations that create opportunities for 
individuals from minority and poor communities to be included in a cross-
generational and cross-racial public discourse. He serves as chairperson of 
The Algebra Project, was co-founder of The Civil Rights Forum, and served as 
Senior Researcher for the National Commission on Testing and Public Policy. 
Dr. McDowell has been an advisor to several national foundations and was a 
1991 W. K. Kellogg National Leadership Fellow. 


Quoting Harrison Owen <hhowen at adelphia.net>:

 OK Funda. You are indeed the "mystery woman." No more mysterious than now. . .
 What interesting meeting in Berlin????
 
 ho
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Quoting Harrison Owen <hhowen at adelphia.net>:

 OK Funda. You are indeed the "mystery woman." No more mysterious than now. . .
 What interesting meeting in Berlin????
 
 ho
 Harrison Owen
 7808 River Falls Dr.
 Potomac, MD  20854
 USA
 301-365-2093
 207-763-3261 (summer)
 website www.openspaceworld.com
 Personal Website www.ho-image.com
 
   ----- Original Message ----- 
   From: Funda Oral 
   To: OSLIST at LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU 
   Sent: Sunday, September 03, 2006 4:21 PM
   Subject: an interesting meeting in Berlin
 
 
   http://www.droppingknowledge.org/
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