[OSList] Cheryl Honey

Sun Apr 28 06:38:51 PDT 2013

Oh, no!

		:- Doug.

On 04/28/2013 09:32 AM, Esther Ewing wrote:
> Oh how very sad. Cheryl and I spoke just a few weeks ago although I
> didn't know her very well.
>
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> On Apr 28, 2013, at 9:23 AM, Raffi Aftandelian <raffi_1970 at yahoo.com
> <mailto:raffi_1970 at yahoo.com>> wrote:
>
>> Friends,
>>
>> Lucas Cioffi just passed on this very tragic news (which came from the
>> NCDD list).
>>
>> A fair number of us knew Cheryl Honey and the approach she  had
>> brought into the world, Community Weaving.
>>
>> Cheryl, you will remain in my heart.
>>
>> warmly,
>> raffi
>>
>> On Sat, Apr 27, 2013 at 6:52 PM, Sandy Heierbacher <sandy at ncdd.org
>> <mailto:sandy at ncdd.org>> wrote:
>>
>>     I am so sorry to have to share this news with all of you, and I'm
>>     still a little in shock at this news myself.  I found out earlier
>>     today that one of our members and colleagues, Cheryl Honey, was
>>     killed on Wednesday.  Cheryl was recently engaged to a man named
>>     Robert Hedgers, and they were living together in Vancouver.
>>      Cheryl and Robert were both found dead in their home on
>>     Wednesday, and yesterday police reported that it was a
>>     murder-suicide.  Cheryl was shot in the arm and the chest, and
>>     Robert turned the gun on himself.
>>
>>     There is not a lot of information on this tragedy online, but here
>>     are two articles that provide the basics:
>>
>>       Couple found dead were recently engaged -
>>     http://www.columbian.com/news/2013/apr/25/police-investigating-death-man-woman-found-vancouv/
>>       Medical Examiner: Couple died in murder-suicide -
>>     http://www.columbian.com/news/2013/apr/26/medical-examiner-couple-died-murder-suicide/
>>
>>     As some of you know, Cheryl was the founder of the Family Support
>>     Network International and Community Weaving.  She often wrote to
>>     the listserv about community weaving, and many of you met her at
>>     the Seattle conference.  She also attended our 2010 regional event
>>     in Portland (she was living in Seattle until recently), and came
>>     down to Austin for our 2008 conference.
>>
>>     Cheryl was a very kind person, and she was dedicated to
>>     encouraging neighbors to connect with one another to share
>>     resources and build local networks of support.  I'll paste a
>>     description of Community Weaving below.  Cheryl wrote this
>>     description, and we posted it on the NCDD site last year.
>>
>>     I am so sorry to upset any of you with this horrific news, but I
>>     knew many of you would want to know this has happened to Cheryl.
>>      I do not have information at this point about her memorial, or
>>     where cards or donations can be sent.  I will let the list know
>>     when I do.
>>
>>     Sandy Heierbacher
>>     Director, National Coalition for Dialogue & Deliberation
>>     sandy at ncdd.org <mailto:sandy at ncdd.org> • www.ncdd.org
>>     <http://www.ncdd.org/> • @ncdd & @heierbacher
>>
>>
>>     Community Weaving <http://www.communityweaving.org/> (CW) is a
>>     social architecture that syncs existing programs and initiatives
>>     to create an interdependent functioning whole community system.
>>      Learn more at www.communityweaving.org
>>     <http://www.communityweaving.org/>.
>>     In Seattle, volunteers contributed approximately 175,000 hours,
>>     valued at $2.6 million in community service on a budget of less
>>     than $12,000. Community Weaving leverages real change to deal with
>>     the challenges impacting relationships, neighborhoods, communities
>>     and the nation. A description of Community Weaving is in the
>>     Change Handbook (2nd Ed.) and referred to as a structural change
>>     methodology. The approach creates a reciprocal feedback loop that
>>     generates data that informs governing systems where to allocate
>>     funds and upgrade responsiveness to empower the people, as well as
>>     creates a voice of “we the people” on public policy issues using
>>     action research, dialogue and Community Forums. Community Weaving
>>     is a useful strategy to increase engagement levels and ignite the
>>     community spirit to create a more caring, just and civil society.
>>
>>     Also, here is her NCDD bio:
>>     Cheryl Honey,pioneered Community Weaving and received the
>>     prestigious Jefferson Award, the mini-Nobel Prize for Public
>>     Service. Community Weaving is an innovative change method featured
>>     in the Change Handbook (2nd Ed.) that shifts hierarchical
>>     community silos into interdependent functioning whole community
>>     systems.Communities tap her expertise to develop innovative
>>     solutions to challenges affecting lives and the community. Cheryl
>>     is an Ambassador for Peace, recipient of the Excellence in
>>     Leadership Award and received the Giraffe Award, for sticking her
>>     neck out for peace and justice for all.
>>
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