[OSList] Open Space in Prison

Michael M Pannwitz mmpannwitz at gmail.com
Thu Aug 1 23:06:35 PDT 2019


hits?
Them is what I got when entering "prison" in the search field of the 
OSLIST Archives.
mmp

Am 02.08.2019 um 07:57 schrieb Michael Herman:
> matches, mmp?
> 
> --
> 
> Michael Herman
> Michael Herman Associates
> 312-280-7838 (mobile)
> 
> http://MichaelHerman.com
> http://OpenSpaceWorld.org
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On Thu, Aug 1, 2019 at 11:55 PM Michael M Pannwitz via OSList 
> <oslist at lists.openspacetech.org <mailto:oslist at lists.openspacetech.org>> 
> wrote:
> 
>     Yes Chris, it is an amazing success.
>     Exactly what I would expect.
>     But still amazing.
> 
>     By the way, a search in the LIST archives reveals that Birgit, then
>     Bolton, has an entry in 1998 and you responded to it a week later...
>     and
>     Lisa Heft has an entry in 2005 that started a string...
>     In all there are 415 matches.
> 
>     Keep it going.
>     mmp
> 
>     Am 02.08.2019 um 05:09 schrieb Chris Kloth via OSList:
>      > This week I have been doing some work with Adam Foss and his
>     Prosecutor
>      > Impact program in Columbus, Ohio. USA. (See link below)
>      >
>      > As part of this two week program we took 40+ prosecutors to Marion
>      > Correctional Institution for the day. Most had never been in a
>     prison.
>      > Without going into the details, a group of 12 inmates organized a
>     day of
>      > activities to provide the prosecutors to explore what it might
>     mean to
>      > re-imagine the roles of prosecutors on the criminal justice
>     system in
>      > the US and in Ohio.
>      >
>      > We entered a very large chapel in the prison and discovered a
>     very large
>      > circle of chairs. Imagine my surprise when Wayne, a lifer, said that
>      > while he had been inside he had learned about a process called Open
>      > Space Technology and entered into a brief review of the
>     Principles and
>      > the Law! He sent markers around the circle, explaining that they
>     were
>      > serving as both a talking sticks and ways to identify topics... an
>      > approach that accommodated the security concerns reflected in prison
>      > policies.
>      >
>      > Purists might raise a number of questions about how the process was
>      > planned and executed, but if the essence is opening space for
>     people to
>      > organize themselves to have several rounds of dialogue within the
>      > Principles and the Laws... I call it an amazing success. If
>     inmates and
>      > prosecutors crying and embracing as part of the closing circle...
>     I call
>      > it an amazing success.
>      >
>      > Before we left I asked Wayne how he learned about OST. He said he
>     found
>      > this "old green book" in the prison library!
>      >
>      > I have been blessed to have experienced and convened many OST
>      > experiences that left me feeling deeply touched, but I suspect this
>      > session will always live deep  in my heart as one of the most
>     profound!
>      >
>      >
>      >
>     https://www.ted.com/talks/adam_foss_a_prosecutor_s_vision_for_a_better_justice_system/discussion
> 
>      >
>      >
>      >
> 
>     -- 
>     Michael M Pannwitz
>     Draisweg 1, 12209 Berlin, Germany
>     ++49 - 30-772 8000
>     mmpannwitz at gmail.com <mailto:mmpannwitz at gmail.com>
> 
> 
>     Check out the Open Space World Map presently showing 486 resident Open
>     Space Workers in 76 countries working in a total of 141 countries
>     worldwide
>     www.openspaceworldmap.org <http://www.openspaceworldmap.org>
> 
>     At my publisher you find books and task cards on open space, most in
>     German, some in English, some as ebooks, some multilingual
>     https://www.westkreuz-verlag.de/de/Kommunikation
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-- 
Michael M Pannwitz
Draisweg 1, 12209 Berlin, Germany
++49 - 30-772 8000
mmpannwitz at gmail.com


Check out the Open Space World Map presently showing 486 resident Open 
Space Workers in 76 countries working in a total of 141 countries worldwide
www.openspaceworldmap.org

At my publisher you find books and task cards on open space, most in 
German, some in English, some as ebooks, some multilingual
https://www.westkreuz-verlag.de/de/Kommunikation


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