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wonderful story – and you did a good job telling it, so lively that I can “see”
the surroundings and the event happening. And I recognized so much (the
teachers behaviour) from when I had an OST with kids. And I must say that I wish
that you had had this meeting before me because I learned so much from your
story.<o:p></o:p></span></font></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:65.2pt'><font size=2 color=black
face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;color:black'>-----Ursprungligt
meddelande-----<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Frĺn:</span></b> OSLIST
[mailto:OSLIST@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU]<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>För </span></b>Marleny
Munoz<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Skickat:</span></b> den 9 november 2004 10:48<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Till:</span></b>
OSLIST@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Ämne:</span></b> Re: GOOD WORK FOR 2,000
COLOMBIAN STREET KIDS (long)</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:65.2pt'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><![if !supportEmptyParas]> <![endif]><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:65.2pt'><font size=2 color=black
face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'>Daer Peggy:</span></font><font
color=black><span lang=EN-GB style='color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext;
mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:65.2pt'><font size=2 color=black
face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'>I appreciate the excellent job you have
done in Colombia. As a Colombian person to know more about your work there. </span></font><font
color=black><span lang=EN-GB style='color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext;
mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:65.2pt'><font size=2 color=black
face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'>Regards,</span></font><font color=black><span
lang=EN-GB style='color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:65.2pt'><font size=2 color=black
face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'>Marleny Munoz</span></font><font
color=black><span lang=EN-GB style='color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext;
mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:65.2pt'><font size=2 color=black
face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'>Ph: 403 284 5322</span></font><font
color=black><span lang=EN-GB style='color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext;
mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<div style='border:none;border-left:solid black 1.5pt;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 4.0pt'>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
margin-left:68.95pt;border:none;mso-border-left-alt:solid black 1.5pt;
padding:0cm;mso-padding-alt:0cm 0cm 0cm 4.0pt'><font size=2 color=black
face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'>----- Original Message ----- </span></font><font
size=2 color=black face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
margin-left:68.95pt;background:#E4E4E4;border:none;mso-border-left-alt:solid black 1.5pt;
padding:0cm;mso-padding-alt:0cm 0cm 0cm 4.0pt'><b><font size=2 color=black
face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB;font-weight:bold'>
<div style='font-color:black'>From:</span></font></b><font size=2 color=black
face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'> </span></font><font size=2 color=black
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'><a
href="mailto:peggy@opencirclecompany.com" title="peggy@opencirclecompany.com"><span
lang=EN-GB style='mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'>Peggy S. Holman</span></a></span></font><font
size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'> </span></font></div>
<font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
margin-left:68.95pt;border:none;mso-border-left-alt:solid black 1.5pt;
padding:0cm;mso-padding-alt:0cm 0cm 0cm 4.0pt'><b><font size=2 color=black
face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB;font-weight:bold'>To:</span></font></b><font
size=2 color=black face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'> </span></font><font
size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:black'><a href="mailto:OSLIST@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU"
title="OSLIST@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU"><span lang=EN-GB style='mso-ansi-language:
EN-GB'>OSLIST@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU</span></a></span></font><font size=2
color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'> </span></font><font size=2 color=black
face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
margin-left:68.95pt;border:none;mso-border-left-alt:solid black 1.5pt;
padding:0cm;mso-padding-alt:0cm 0cm 0cm 4.0pt'><b><font size=2 color=black
face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB;font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></font></b><font
size=2 color=black face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'> Monday, November 08, 2004
5:13 PM</span></font><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext;
mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
margin-left:68.95pt;border:none;mso-border-left-alt:solid black 1.5pt;
padding:0cm;mso-padding-alt:0cm 0cm 0cm 4.0pt'><b><font size=2 color=black
face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB;font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></font></b><font
size=2 color=black face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'> GOOD WORK FOR 2,000
COLOMBIAN STREET KIDS (long)</span></font><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black;mso-color-alt:
windowtext;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
margin-left:68.95pt;border:none;mso-border-left-alt:solid black 1.5pt;
padding:0cm;mso-padding-alt:0cm 0cm 0cm 4.0pt'><font size=3 color=black
face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black;
mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'><![if !supportEmptyParas]> <![endif]></span></font><font
color=black><span lang=EN-GB style='color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext;
mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:68.95pt;border:none;mso-border-left-alt:
solid black 1.5pt;padding:0cm;mso-padding-alt:0cm 0cm 0cm 4.0pt'><font size=3
color=black face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt;
color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'>GOOD WORK FOR 2,000 COLOMBIAN STREET KIDS</span></font><font
color=black><span lang=EN-GB style='color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext;
mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:68.95pt;border:none;mso-border-left-alt:
solid black 1.5pt;padding:0cm;mso-padding-alt:0cm 0cm 0cm 4.0pt'><font size=3
color=black face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt;
color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'> </span></font><font color=black><span
lang=EN-GB style='color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:68.95pt;border:none;mso-border-left-alt:
solid black 1.5pt;padding:0cm;mso-padding-alt:0cm 0cm 0cm 4.0pt'><font size=3
color=black face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt;
color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'>Where to begin to tell this story?<span
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>I hope to channel two of my favorite
story tellers, Harrison Owen and Chris Corrigan, who always seem to capture the
vibrant aliveness of the event itself.</span></font><font color=black><span
lang=EN-GB style='color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:68.95pt;border:none;mso-border-left-alt:
solid black 1.5pt;padding:0cm;mso-padding-alt:0cm 0cm 0cm 4.0pt'><font size=3
color=black face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt;
color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'> </span></font><font color=black><span
lang=EN-GB style='color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:68.95pt;border:none;mso-border-left-alt:
solid black 1.5pt;padding:0cm;mso-padding-alt:0cm 0cm 0cm 4.0pt'><font size=3
color=black face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt;
color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'>THE SET-UP</span></font><font color=black><span
lang=EN-GB style='color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:68.95pt;border:none;mso-border-left-alt:
solid black 1.5pt;padding:0cm;mso-padding-alt:0cm 0cm 0cm 4.0pt'><font size=3
color=black face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt;
color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'>I was already on my way to <st1:City u1:st="on">Bogota</st1:City>,
<st1:country-region u1:st="on">Colombia</st1:country-region>, to teach a class
at <st1:place u1:st="on"><st1:PlaceName u1:st="on">Los</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceName u1:st="on">Andes</st1:PlaceName>
<st1:PlaceType u1:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType></st1:place> on Whole
Systems Change.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>About five weeks
before leaving, I received an e-mail from Andrés Agudelo , </span><a
href="mailto:aagudelo@tandemadr.com"><span lang=EN-GB style='mso-ansi-language:
EN-GB'>aagudelo@tandemadr.com</span></a></font><font color=black><span
lang=EN-GB style='color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'>, one of my contacts in <st1:place u1:st="on"><st1:City u1:st="on">Bogota</st1:City></st1:place>:</span></font><font
color=black><span lang=EN-GB style='color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext;
mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:68.95pt;border:none;mso-border-left-alt:
solid black 1.5pt;padding:0cm;mso-padding-alt:0cm 0cm 0cm 4.0pt'><font size=3
color=black face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt;
color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'> </span></font><font color=black><span
lang=EN-GB style='color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:68.95pt;border:none;mso-border-left-alt:
solid black 1.5pt;padding:0cm;mso-padding-alt:0cm 0cm 0cm 4.0pt'><font size=3
color=black face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt;
color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'>> Hi Peggy,<br>
><br>
> Just a quick note to let you know some good news. I had a meeting with an<br>
> italian priest, Javier de Nicolo who has worked in the<br>
> streets of <st1:place u1:st="on"><st1:City u1:st="on">Bogota</st1:City></st1:place>
helping kids who are abandoned by their families, and get<br>
> into drugs and prostitution (or the guerrilla) to survive. What he
has been<br>
> doing is training them in different skills, and he gets them jobs, or
makes<br>
> team of youngsters to pave the streets of the city, financed by the mayors<br>
> office and some private funds. He agreed to make an OST in order to
motivate<br>
> the kids: they start working with energy, and then fade out.<br>
> What do you think? Would it be interesting for you when you come next<br>
> october?<br>
><br>
> Best regards,<br>
> Andrés Agudelo</span></font><font color=black><span lang=EN-GB
style='color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:68.95pt;border:none;mso-border-left-alt:
solid black 1.5pt;padding:0cm;mso-padding-alt:0cm 0cm 0cm 4.0pt'><font size=3
color=black face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt;
color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'> </span></font><font color=black><span
lang=EN-GB style='color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:68.95pt;border:none;mso-border-left-alt:
solid black 1.5pt;padding:0cm;mso-padding-alt:0cm 0cm 0cm 4.0pt'><font size=3
color=black face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt;
color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'>Of course I said yes.<span
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>The next message, two weeks before the
event, added one interesting and challenging wrinkle – this Open Space would be
for 2,000 people:</span></font><font color=black><span lang=EN-GB
style='color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:68.95pt;border:none;mso-border-left-alt:
solid black 1.5pt;padding:0cm;mso-padding-alt:0cm 0cm 0cm 4.0pt'><font size=3
color=black face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt;
color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'> </span></font><font color=black><span
lang=EN-GB style='color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:68.95pt;border:none;mso-border-left-alt:
solid black 1.5pt;padding:0cm;mso-padding-alt:0cm 0cm 0cm 4.0pt'><font size=3
color=black face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt;
color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'>> Hi Peggy,<br>
><br>
> The priest would like to do an OS for two thousand of the
kids/adolescents,<br>
> including three hundred of the people who work with them, if possible oct<br>
> 31st and Nov. 1st. Would this be fine for you?<br>
> </span></font><font color=black><span lang=EN-GB style='color:black;
mso-color-alt:windowtext;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:68.95pt;border:none;mso-border-left-alt:
solid black 1.5pt;padding:0cm;mso-padding-alt:0cm 0cm 0cm 4.0pt'><font size=3
color=black face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt;
color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'>> When would be a good time to talk by
phone?</span></font><font color=black><span lang=EN-GB style='color:black;
mso-color-alt:windowtext;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:68.95pt;border:none;mso-border-left-alt:
solid black 1.5pt;padding:0cm;mso-padding-alt:0cm 0cm 0cm 4.0pt'><font size=3
color=black face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt;
color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'>><br>
> Ciao,<br>
> Andrés<br>
<br style='mso-special-character:line-break'>
<![if !supportLineBreakNewLine]><br style='mso-special-character:line-break'>
<![endif]></span></font><font color=black><span lang=EN-GB style='color:black;
mso-color-alt:windowtext;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:68.95pt;border:none;mso-border-left-alt:
solid black 1.5pt;padding:0cm;mso-padding-alt:0cm 0cm 0cm 4.0pt'><font size=3
color=black face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt;
color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'>I remember thinking, “2,000 people?<span
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Is that for real?<span
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>I’m sure when we dig into the details,
it will be a more ‘normal’ size.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>And
if not, it will be fine (I hope).”</span></font><font color=black><span
lang=EN-GB style='color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:68.95pt;border:none;mso-border-left-alt:
solid black 1.5pt;padding:0cm;mso-padding-alt:0cm 0cm 0cm 4.0pt'><font size=3
color=black face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt;
color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'> </span></font><font color=black><span
lang=EN-GB style='color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:68.95pt;border:none;mso-border-left-alt:
solid black 1.5pt;padding:0cm;mso-padding-alt:0cm 0cm 0cm 4.0pt'><font size=3
color=black face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt;
color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'>We talked the next day.<span
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>And sure enough, they wanted 2,000
people present.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>The context and
questions all sounded straightforward enough.<span style="mso-spacerun:
yes"> </span>I trusted Andrés’ judgment and made the leap.<span
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>It was a go.</span></font><font
color=black><span lang=EN-GB style='color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext;
mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:68.95pt;border:none;mso-border-left-alt:
solid black 1.5pt;padding:0cm;mso-padding-alt:0cm 0cm 0cm 4.0pt'><font size=3
color=black face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt;
color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'> </span></font><font color=black><span
lang=EN-GB style='color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:68.95pt;border:none;mso-border-left-alt:
solid black 1.5pt;padding:0cm;mso-padding-alt:0cm 0cm 0cm 4.0pt'><font size=3
color=black face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt;
color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'>A few days later, 12 days before the event
was scheduled was my first conversation with the sponsor; actually the
sponsor’s right hand—<st1:City u1:st="on"><st1:place u1:st="on">Helena</st1:place></st1:City>.<span
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>As I later learned, <st1:City u1:st="on"><st1:place u1:st="on">Helena</st1:place></st1:City>
is a remarkable dynamo with an extraordinarily competent staff that is used to
dealing with very large numbers of kids.</span></font><font color=black><span
lang=EN-GB style='color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:68.95pt;border:none;mso-border-left-alt:
solid black 1.5pt;padding:0cm;mso-padding-alt:0cm 0cm 0cm 4.0pt'><font size=3
color=black face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt;
color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'> </span></font><font color=black><span
lang=EN-GB style='color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:68.95pt;border:none;mso-border-left-alt:
solid black 1.5pt;padding:0cm;mso-padding-alt:0cm 0cm 0cm 4.0pt'><font size=3
color=black face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt;
color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'>I should mention a couple interesting
twists to this story.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Since we
were in <st1:City u1:st="on"><st1:place u1:st="on">Bogota</st1:place></st1:City>,
the OS would be in Spanish, a language in which I can count to ten and name a
few colors.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>While I had met Andrés
during my first trip to <st1:country-region u1:st="on"><st1:place u1:st="on">Colombia</st1:place></st1:country-region>
during the summer, this would be our first work together.</span></font><font
color=black><span lang=EN-GB style='color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext;
mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:68.95pt;border:none;mso-border-left-alt:
solid black 1.5pt;padding:0cm;mso-padding-alt:0cm 0cm 0cm 4.0pt'><font size=3
color=black face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt;
color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'> </span></font><font color=black><span
lang=EN-GB style='color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:68.95pt;border:none;mso-border-left-alt:
solid black 1.5pt;padding:0cm;mso-padding-alt:0cm 0cm 0cm 4.0pt'><font size=3
color=black face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt;
color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'>During our conference call, I learned that
<st1:City u1:st="on"><st1:place u1:st="on">Helena</st1:place></st1:City>’s
exposure to OS consisted of what she had learned through Andrés and one
50-person self-conducted experiment with some of the adults who work with this
jobs program.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>They loved the
experience and the results and they were completely committed.</span></font><font
color=black><span lang=EN-GB style='color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext;
mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:68.95pt;border:none;mso-border-left-alt:
solid black 1.5pt;padding:0cm;mso-padding-alt:0cm 0cm 0cm 4.0pt'><font size=3
color=black face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt;
color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'> </span></font><font color=black><span
lang=EN-GB style='color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:68.95pt;border:none;mso-border-left-alt:
solid black 1.5pt;padding:0cm;mso-padding-alt:0cm 0cm 0cm 4.0pt'><font size=3
color=black face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt;
color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'>I called both Harrison Owen and Michael
Pannwitz to gather any information from their 2,108 person OS that might be
useful.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>They both said essentially
the same things:</span></font><font color=black><span lang=EN-GB
style='color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:68.95pt;border:none;mso-border-left-alt:
solid black 1.5pt;padding:0cm;mso-padding-alt:0cm 0cm 0cm 4.0pt'><font size=3
color=black face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt;
color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'> </span></font><font color=black><span
lang=EN-GB style='color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:68.95pt;border:none;mso-border-left-alt:
solid black 1.5pt;padding:0cm;mso-padding-alt:0cm 0cm 0cm 4.0pt'><font size=3
color=black face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt;
color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'>The dynamics are the same as any other
OS….be prepared to be surprised…and have fun.</span></font><font color=black><span
lang=EN-GB style='color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:68.95pt;border:none;mso-border-left-alt:
solid black 1.5pt;padding:0cm;mso-padding-alt:0cm 0cm 0cm 4.0pt'><font size=3
color=black face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt;
color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'> </span></font><font color=black><span
lang=EN-GB style='color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:68.95pt;border:none;mso-border-left-alt:
solid black 1.5pt;padding:0cm;mso-padding-alt:0cm 0cm 0cm 4.0pt'><font size=3
color=black face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt;
color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'>I arranged to fly in a day early to see
the site.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Andrés was going to be
out of town, so I was on my own in sorting through the logistics.<span
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>I was still a bit in denial that there
might be anything special that I needed to consider for an OS this size.</span></font><font
color=black><span lang=EN-GB style='color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext;
mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:68.95pt;border:none;mso-border-left-alt:
solid black 1.5pt;padding:0cm;mso-padding-alt:0cm 0cm 0cm 4.0pt'><font size=3
color=black face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt;
color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'> </span></font><font color=black><span
lang=EN-GB style='color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:68.95pt;border:none;mso-border-left-alt:
solid black 1.5pt;padding:0cm;mso-padding-alt:0cm 0cm 0cm 4.0pt'><font size=3
color=black face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt;
color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'>THE SITE</span></font><font color=black><span
lang=EN-GB style='color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:68.95pt;border:none;mso-border-left-alt:
solid black 1.5pt;padding:0cm;mso-padding-alt:0cm 0cm 0cm 4.0pt'><font size=3
color=black face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt;
color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'>My first impression was of the sheer
beauty of the place.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>I learned
that Fr. Javier de Nicolo was 75 and has been working with street kids for 40
years, helping tens of thousands find a better life.<span style="mso-spacerun:
yes"> </span>Through the years, he has attracted the resources to build
about 8 facilities around the city to house and educate the young people.<span
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>The site of the OS was primarily for
young girls, ages 8-12, many of whom had experienced physical and/or sexual
abuse.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>The plan was to take them
off campus when the OS participants, ages 16-22, mostly male, arrived.</span></font><font
color=black><span lang=EN-GB style='color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext;
mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:68.95pt;border:none;mso-border-left-alt:
solid black 1.5pt;padding:0cm;mso-padding-alt:0cm 0cm 0cm 4.0pt'><font size=3
color=black face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt;
color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'> </span></font><font color=black><span
lang=EN-GB style='color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:68.95pt;border:none;mso-border-left-alt:
solid black 1.5pt;padding:0cm;mso-padding-alt:0cm 0cm 0cm 4.0pt'><font size=3
color=black face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt;
color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'>My next impression gave me great reason to
question my sanity in saying yes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>I
saw the room planned for the OS.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Unlike
the <st1:country-region u1:st="on">US</st1:country-region>, in <st1:City u1:st="on"><st1:place u1:st="on">Bogota</st1:place></st1:City>,
there’s no handy sign posted with the room capacity.<span style="mso-spacerun:
yes"> </span>I did a bit of walking and counting and my best estimate was
the main floor would hold 750 people sitting on the floor with a tiny circle in
the center.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>The stage could
accommodate perhaps another couple hundred and the balcony, with no inside
access for posting sessions might hold another couple hundred. <span
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span><st1:City u1:st="on"><st1:place u1:st="on">Helena</st1:place></st1:City>
seemed completely unfazed by the seeming impossibility of putting 2,000 people
in a space that, by her own admission, had never held more than 1,000.<span
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>That’s when I took the leap and thought
to myself, “I’m working with a religious organization.<span
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>We’re in god’s hands.”</span></font><font
color=black><span lang=EN-GB style='color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext;
mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:68.95pt;border:none;mso-border-left-alt:
solid black 1.5pt;padding:0cm;mso-padding-alt:0cm 0cm 0cm 4.0pt'><font size=3
color=black face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt;
color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'> </span></font><font color=black><span
lang=EN-GB style='color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:68.95pt;border:none;mso-border-left-alt:
solid black 1.5pt;padding:0cm;mso-padding-alt:0cm 0cm 0cm 4.0pt'><font size=3
color=black face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt;
color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'>The courtyard leading to the room was big,
square and could easily accommodate 2,000.<span style="mso-spacerun:
yes"> </span>We agreed to prepare both the room and the courtyard and
would be outside if the weather made that possible.<span style="mso-spacerun:
yes"> </span></span></font><font color=black><span lang=EN-GB
style='color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:68.95pt;border:none;mso-border-left-alt:
solid black 1.5pt;padding:0cm;mso-padding-alt:0cm 0cm 0cm 4.0pt'><font size=3
color=black face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt;
color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'> </span></font><font color=black><span
lang=EN-GB style='color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:68.95pt;border:none;mso-border-left-alt:
solid black 1.5pt;padding:0cm;mso-padding-alt:0cm 0cm 0cm 4.0pt'><font size=3
color=black face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt;
color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'>Ah, the weather.<span style="mso-spacerun:
yes"> </span>We were in the rainy season. <span style="mso-spacerun:
yes"> </span><st1:City u1:st="on"><st1:place u1:st="on">Bogota</st1:place></st1:City>
is a lush, green place, much like my home town, Seattle.<span
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>That meant I knew and appreciated the
price paid to live in such a beautiful, green place.<span style="mso-spacerun:
yes"> </span>It rains a lot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>I had looked at weather.com and saw nothing but rain in the future.</span></font><font
color=black><span lang=EN-GB style='color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext;
mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:68.95pt;border:none;mso-border-left-alt:
solid black 1.5pt;padding:0cm;mso-padding-alt:0cm 0cm 0cm 4.0pt'><font size=3
color=black face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt;
color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'> </span></font><font color=black><span
lang=EN-GB style='color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:68.95pt;border:none;mso-border-left-alt:
solid black 1.5pt;padding:0cm;mso-padding-alt:0cm 0cm 0cm 4.0pt'><font size=3
color=black face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt;
color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'>We talked about tape on the floor to mark
aisle ways.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>We made one
accommodation for the limited space inside and windiness outside.<span
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Rather than putting the paper and markers
on the ground in the center of the circle, lots of volunteers would pass out
paper and markers to everyone who wanted them.<span style="mso-spacerun:
yes"> </span>Conveners would come to the center to announce their
issues.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>That enabled us to keep
the center circle small, maximizing sitting space.</span></font><font
color=black><span lang=EN-GB style='color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext;
mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:68.95pt;border:none;mso-border-left-alt:
solid black 1.5pt;padding:0cm;mso-padding-alt:0cm 0cm 0cm 4.0pt'><font size=3
color=black face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt;
color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'> </span></font><font color=black><span
lang=EN-GB style='color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:68.95pt;border:none;mso-border-left-alt:
solid black 1.5pt;padding:0cm;mso-padding-alt:0cm 0cm 0cm 4.0pt'><font size=3
color=black face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt;
color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'>They had 40 computers on site and
volunteer teachers to support the kids with entering their reports.<span
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Plus, they had plans to prepare 2,000
breakfasts and lunches for the two days.</span></font><font color=black><span
lang=EN-GB style='color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:68.95pt;border:none;mso-border-left-alt:
solid black 1.5pt;padding:0cm;mso-padding-alt:0cm 0cm 0cm 4.0pt'><font size=3
color=black face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt;
color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'> </span></font><font color=black><span
lang=EN-GB style='color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:68.95pt;border:none;mso-border-left-alt:
solid black 1.5pt;padding:0cm;mso-padding-alt:0cm 0cm 0cm 4.0pt'><font size=3
color=black face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt;
color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'>We talked about the theme.<span
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>The priest had just gotten some
devastating news: the jobs they had from public and private sources for the
work program were in jeopardy because kids were showing up stoned and were
stealing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>The theme took on a new
urgency and a decidedly fear-based twist: from the best possible job
opportunities now and in the future, it became saving the jobs they had.<span
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>I did my best to open the theme to be
more affirmative, future focused.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>In
the end, saving jobs won.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>The
theme:</span></font><font color=black><span lang=EN-GB style='color:black;
mso-color-alt:windowtext;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:68.95pt;border:none;mso-border-left-alt:
solid black 1.5pt;padding:0cm;mso-padding-alt:0cm 0cm 0cm 4.0pt'><font size=3
color=black face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt;
color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'>"<st1:place u1:st="on"><st1:City u1:st="on">Como</st1:City></st1:place>
puedo colaborar YO para que los empleadores nos sigan dando trabajo ahora y en
el futuro?"</span></font><font color=black><span lang=EN-GB
style='color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:68.95pt;border:none;mso-border-left-alt:
solid black 1.5pt;padding:0cm;mso-padding-alt:0cm 0cm 0cm 4.0pt'><font size=3
color=black face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt;
color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'><br>
Loosely translated (I think): How can I contribute to employers not canceling
work for us now and in the future?<br>
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<![endif]></span></font><font color=black><span lang=EN-GB style='color:black;
mso-color-alt:windowtext;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:68.95pt;border:none;mso-border-left-alt:
solid black 1.5pt;padding:0cm;mso-padding-alt:0cm 0cm 0cm 4.0pt'><font size=3
color=black face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt;
color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'>The oddest part to me is that I never
panicked.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Rain seemed inevitable
and in no way could I picture 2,000 people fitting in the room.<span
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>The theme was the most fear-based I’d
ever work with.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>And I was
calm.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Some part of me thought that
was very odd.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Most of me just knew
it would work.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Perhaps it was
because I was VERY clearly working with people who had handled huge crowds
before.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>While they needed my
expertise on the OS logistics, it was clear the kids and I were all in good
hands in every other way. </span></font><font color=black><span lang=EN-GB
style='color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:68.95pt;border:none;mso-border-left-alt:
solid black 1.5pt;padding:0cm;mso-padding-alt:0cm 0cm 0cm 4.0pt'><font size=3
color=black face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt;
color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'> </span></font><font color=black><span
lang=EN-GB style='color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:68.95pt;border:none;mso-border-left-alt:
solid black 1.5pt;padding:0cm;mso-padding-alt:0cm 0cm 0cm 4.0pt'><font size=3
color=black face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt;
color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'> I didn’t actually see Andrés until
the day before the event.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>I had
just finished an intense three-day course and he was returning from running an
equally consuming multiple day workshop in <st1:country-region u1:st="on"><st1:place u1:st="on">Ecuador</st1:place></st1:country-region>.<span
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>He saw our OS site for the first time
that afternoon.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>He thought it
could hold 1,500, still not the 2,000 we expected.<span style="mso-spacerun:
yes"> </span>We were both pretty tired.<span style="mso-spacerun:
yes"> </span>We reviewed a few logistical items that evening but didn’t
actually agree to how we would work until the next morning as we drove to the
site.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>And still I was calm.<span
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>So was Andrés.</span></font><font
color=black><span lang=EN-GB style='color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext;
mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:68.95pt;border:none;mso-border-left-alt:
solid black 1.5pt;padding:0cm;mso-padding-alt:0cm 0cm 0cm 4.0pt'><font size=3
color=black face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt;
color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'> </span></font><font color=black><span
lang=EN-GB style='color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:68.95pt;border:none;mso-border-left-alt:
solid black 1.5pt;padding:0cm;mso-padding-alt:0cm 0cm 0cm 4.0pt'><font size=3
color=black face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt;
color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'>For the opening, we took our cue from
Harrison and Michael.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>I’d speak in
English, Andrés in Spanish.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>He
wouldn’t do exact translation, rather he’d speak the OS rituals in his own
way.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>We took it a step
further—since the number of English speakers was tiny, I would speak one line
and he’d add all of the specifics in Spanish.<span style="mso-spacerun:
yes"> </span>(I actually suggested not appearing at all.<span
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Ultimately, we agreed that while they
wouldn’t understand my words, there was something important about the presence
of this stranger coming from another country to work with them.)</span></font><font
color=black><span lang=EN-GB style='color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext;
mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:68.95pt;border:none;mso-border-left-alt:
solid black 1.5pt;padding:0cm;mso-padding-alt:0cm 0cm 0cm 4.0pt'><font size=3
color=black face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt;
color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'> </span></font><font color=black><span
lang=EN-GB style='color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:68.95pt;border:none;mso-border-left-alt:
solid black 1.5pt;padding:0cm;mso-padding-alt:0cm 0cm 0cm 4.0pt'><font size=3
color=black face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt;
color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'>DAY ONE</span></font><font color=black><span
lang=EN-GB style='color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:68.95pt;border:none;mso-border-left-alt:
solid black 1.5pt;padding:0cm;mso-padding-alt:0cm 0cm 0cm 4.0pt'><font size=3
color=black face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt;
color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'>After gloomy, grey skies and constant rain
since I’d arrived, the day, October 31<sup>st</sup>, dawned with blues skies
and sun shine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>As far as I was
concerned, it was a minor miracle.</span></font><font color=black><span
lang=EN-GB style='color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:68.95pt;border:none;mso-border-left-alt:
solid black 1.5pt;padding:0cm;mso-padding-alt:0cm 0cm 0cm 4.0pt'><font size=3
color=black face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt;
color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'> </span></font><font color=black><span
lang=EN-GB style='color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:68.95pt;border:none;mso-border-left-alt:
solid black 1.5pt;padding:0cm;mso-padding-alt:0cm 0cm 0cm 4.0pt'><font size=3
color=black face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt;
color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'>We convened in the courtyard, with huge
letters put together on the sides of the buildings spelling out the law of two
feet, the four principles, the conference theme.<span style="mso-spacerun:
yes"> </span>It was spectacular.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>The priest spoke (at length) then turned the microphone over to us.<span
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>We began.<span style="mso-spacerun:
yes"> </span></span></font><font color=black><span lang=EN-GB
style='color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:68.95pt;border:none;mso-border-left-alt:
solid black 1.5pt;padding:0cm;mso-padding-alt:0cm 0cm 0cm 4.0pt'><font size=3
color=black face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt;
color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'> </span></font><font color=black><span
lang=EN-GB style='color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:68.95pt;border:none;mso-border-left-alt:
solid black 1.5pt;padding:0cm;mso-padding-alt:0cm 0cm 0cm 4.0pt'><font size=3
color=black face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt;
color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'>In recent years, I’ve begun asking for a
brief silence anytime the whole group gathers. <span style="mso-spacerun:
yes"> </span>At a minimum, it is a chance for people to collect their
thoughts.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>More subtlely, there is
something very powerful about groups, particularly very large groups sitting
together in silence.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>We were
curious how these young people, with their drug-addicted backgrounds and
reputation for violence would respond.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>It was AWESOME!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Two
thousand young people so quiet you could hear a pin drop.</span></font><font
color=black><span lang=EN-GB style='color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext;
mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:68.95pt;border:none;mso-border-left-alt:
solid black 1.5pt;padding:0cm;mso-padding-alt:0cm 0cm 0cm 4.0pt'><font size=3
color=black face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt;
color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'> </span></font><font color=black><span
lang=EN-GB style='color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:68.95pt;border:none;mso-border-left-alt:
solid black 1.5pt;padding:0cm;mso-padding-alt:0cm 0cm 0cm 4.0pt'><font size=3
color=black face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt;
color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'>We took them through the opening and then
it was time to post sessions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>And
I got my only big surprise.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>EVERYONE
stood up and started milling around.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>I wasn’t sure what was happening or whether anyone would post
anything.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>And then it began.<span
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Andrés was suddenly surrounded by kids
with topics on their papers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>For
the next forty minutes, he stood, rock solid, holding the microphone as one by
one, 300+ sessions were announced and posted.<span style="mso-spacerun:
yes"> </span>So much for our neatly taped aisle ways!<span
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>The kids entered the hall to look at
the agenda wall.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>And they were on
their way.</span></font><font color=black><span lang=EN-GB style='color:black;
mso-color-alt:windowtext;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:68.95pt;border:none;mso-border-left-alt:
solid black 1.5pt;padding:0cm;mso-padding-alt:0cm 0cm 0cm 4.0pt'><font size=3
color=black face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt;
color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'> </span></font><font color=black><span
lang=EN-GB style='color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:68.95pt;border:none;mso-border-left-alt:
solid black 1.5pt;padding:0cm;mso-padding-alt:0cm 0cm 0cm 4.0pt'><font size=3
color=black face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt;
color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'>One theme was named over and over: taking
responsibility for their actions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>The
sessions themselves were filled with remarkable conversations:</span></font><font
color=black><span lang=EN-GB style='color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext;
mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
</div>
<div style='border:none;border-left:solid black 1.5pt;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 4.0pt'>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:86.95pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;tab-stops:
list 18.0pt;border:none;mso-border-left-alt:solid black 1.5pt;padding:0cm;
mso-padding-alt:0cm 0cm 0cm 4.0pt'><font size=3 color=black face=Symbol><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;
mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol;color:black'>ˇ</span></font><font size=1
color=black><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:7.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:
Symbol;color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'>
</span></font><font color=black><span lang=EN-GB style='color:black;mso-ansi-language:
EN-GB'>Is it time to end the “code of silence” and speak out when someone shows
up to work stoned?</span></font><font color=black><span lang=EN-GB
style='color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:86.95pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;tab-stops:
list 18.0pt;border:none;mso-border-left-alt:solid black 1.5pt;padding:0cm;
mso-padding-alt:0cm 0cm 0cm 4.0pt'><font size=3 color=black face=Symbol><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;
mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol;color:black'>ˇ</span></font><font size=1
color=black><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:7.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:
Symbol;color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'>
</span></font><font color=black><span lang=EN-GB style='color:black;mso-ansi-language:
EN-GB'>How do we handle people who don’t obey the rules of the program?<span
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Should they be kicked out?<span
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Helped back into drug rehab?</span></font><font
color=black><span lang=EN-GB style='color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext;
mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:68.95pt;border:none;mso-border-left-alt:
solid black 1.5pt;padding:0cm;mso-padding-alt:0cm 0cm 0cm 4.0pt'><font size=3
color=black face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt;
color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'> </span></font><font color=black><span
lang=EN-GB style='color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:68.95pt;border:none;mso-border-left-alt:
solid black 1.5pt;padding:0cm;mso-padding-alt:0cm 0cm 0cm 4.0pt'><font size=3
color=black face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt;
color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'>The kids were deeply engaged.<span
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>And our challenge was the
teachers!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>They were so used to
keeping the kids under control, fearful of violence if they didn’t, that some were
taking over moderating groups!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Wherever
we could, we coached the teachers in real time to participate but not take
over.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>We expressed our distress to
<st1:City u1:st="on"><st1:place u1:st="on">Helena</st1:place></st1:City> and
ultimately agreed that we would meet with the teachers in the morning before we
opened the space on day 2.</span></font><font color=black><span lang=EN-GB
style='color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:68.95pt;border:none;mso-border-left-alt:
solid black 1.5pt;padding:0cm;mso-padding-alt:0cm 0cm 0cm 4.0pt'><font size=3
color=black face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt;
color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'> </span></font><font color=black><span
lang=EN-GB style='color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:68.95pt;border:none;mso-border-left-alt:
solid black 1.5pt;padding:0cm;mso-padding-alt:0cm 0cm 0cm 4.0pt'><font size=3
color=black face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt;
color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'>Our concern reached its peak when we heard
<st1:City u1:st="on"><st1:place u1:st="on">Helena</st1:place></st1:City>’s
voice over the loud-speaker system that reached the entire campus announcing
that it was time to change sessions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>And then she kept talking.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Andrés
went to take the mike from her and returned empty handed.<span
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>I went out, found her talking to a
young man, just holding the mike, and I said, “I’ll take that,” removed it and
left.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>A few minutes later, she
joined Andrés and me.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>We talked to
her about how important it was for the young people to experience taking
responsibility.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>She thanked us for
the reminder that she was doing exactly what she often told the teachers not to
do!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span></span></font><font
color=black><span lang=EN-GB style='color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext;
mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:68.95pt;border:none;mso-border-left-alt:
solid black 1.5pt;padding:0cm;mso-padding-alt:0cm 0cm 0cm 4.0pt'><font size=3
color=black face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt;
color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'> </span></font><font color=black><span
lang=EN-GB style='color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:68.95pt;border:none;mso-border-left-alt:
solid black 1.5pt;padding:0cm;mso-padding-alt:0cm 0cm 0cm 4.0pt'><font size=3
color=black face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt;
color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'>A few minutes later, our blood pressure
was raised again.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>We heard the
priest, midday, lecturing over the loud-speaker, telling everyone they should
go to work.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>So much for
butterflies!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>I knew it was my
responsibility to keep the space open for the kids.<span style="mso-spacerun:
yes"> </span>Andrés, as my translator, and I, as someone from completely
outside the system, took off to find the priest.<span style="mso-spacerun:
yes"> </span>I took (respectfully) the microphone out of his hands as he
was about to launch into yet another lecture over the loud speaker
system. I told him that he was talking to them about responsibility but
not giving them the chance to practice it. The process we were using
supports people in taking responsibility for what they love, helping them learn
to embrace responsibility from within themselves rather than it being imposed
by others outside themselves.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>He
told me he wanted what was best for the kids.<span style="mso-spacerun:
yes"> </span>I said we wanted the same thing.<span style="mso-spacerun:
yes"> </span>It was a defining moment.<span style="mso-spacerun:
yes"> </span>He not only took what I said very graciously but the next
day, he came with a completely different attitude and no longer a need to
lecture at length!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>I thanked him
for his support at lunch on day 2. He said, "Day 1 was the
apocalypse. Day 2, we are in heaven."<span style="mso-spacerun:
yes"> </span>It is my favorite line from the whole event.<br>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:68.95pt;border:none;mso-border-left-alt:
solid black 1.5pt;padding:0cm;mso-padding-alt:0cm 0cm 0cm 4.0pt'><font size=3
color=black face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt;
color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'>DAY TWO</span></font><font color=black><span
lang=EN-GB style='color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:68.95pt;border:none;mso-border-left-alt:
solid black 1.5pt;padding:0cm;mso-padding-alt:0cm 0cm 0cm 4.0pt'><font size=3
color=black face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt;
color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'>The clear weather held.<span
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>We began the day meeting in a circle
with the teachers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>We asked them
how they saw things going.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Some
were quite distressed, feeling the young people needed better guidance.<span
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Others were thrilled with the
thoughtfulness and initiative.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>In
the end, we encouraged them to listen as much as possible; to assume that even
if what they saw wasn’t the way they’d approach the work, that it was just
fine; and if they couldn’t resist intervening, that they do it with a question.
</span></font><font color=black><span lang=EN-GB style='color:black;mso-color-alt:
windowtext;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:68.95pt;border:none;mso-border-left-alt:
solid black 1.5pt;padding:0cm;mso-padding-alt:0cm 0cm 0cm 4.0pt'><font size=3
color=black face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt;
color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'><br>
Another 140 sessions went up in the morning and 40 in the afternoon's action<br>
planning OS.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>The dynamics were
much the same as the day before.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>No
orderly queuing in aisles, just a mob, respectfully waiting their turn to
announce their sessions.<br>
<br>
The kids were quite amazing. I felt a bit like Mother Therese. Whenever
I walked through the square, they surrounded me.<span style="mso-spacerun:
yes"> </span>Mostly, they wanted to try their 3 or 4 words of English and
ask me questions. On the second day, I joined the film crew (yes, we had
a professional videographer with us) and started asking the kids
questions. They told me that they definitely want to do more OS. When
I asked why, one of these hard-core young men (no doubt carrying a knife or a
gun somewhere in all that baggy clothing) said it gave him a feeling of family.<br>
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mso-color-alt:windowtext;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:68.95pt;border:none;mso-border-left-alt:
solid black 1.5pt;padding:0cm;mso-padding-alt:0cm 0cm 0cm 4.0pt'><font size=3
color=black face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt;
color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'>One young man approached me right after
the space opened to tell me that he had left early on day one but was committed
to staying all day today.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>I
wondered if he’d just told me indirectly that he wouldn’t leave to get stoned
today.</span></font><font color=black><span lang=EN-GB style='color:black;
mso-color-alt:windowtext;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:68.95pt;border:none;mso-border-left-alt:
solid black 1.5pt;padding:0cm;mso-padding-alt:0cm 0cm 0cm 4.0pt'><font size=3
color=black face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt;
color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'> </span></font><font color=black><span
lang=EN-GB style='color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:68.95pt;border:none;mso-border-left-alt:
solid black 1.5pt;padding:0cm;mso-padding-alt:0cm 0cm 0cm 4.0pt'><font size=3
color=black face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt;
color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'>The man who ran the program was
thrilled.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>He told us that he had
learned so much from this.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>The
kids had told him that the program was far too easy on offenders, the rules
should be much tougher!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>His
solution: he would ask the kids to define the rules and the consequences.<span
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>What an incredible shift!</span></font><font
color=black><span lang=EN-GB style='color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext;
mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:68.95pt;border:none;mso-border-left-alt:
solid black 1.5pt;padding:0cm;mso-padding-alt:0cm 0cm 0cm 4.0pt'><font size=3
color=black face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt;
color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'> </span></font><font color=black><span
lang=EN-GB style='color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:68.95pt;border:none;mso-border-left-alt:
solid black 1.5pt;padding:0cm;mso-padding-alt:0cm 0cm 0cm 4.0pt'><font size=3
color=black face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt;
color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'>A teacher found me to say that she had
gone into a room where the kids were playing cards.<span style="mso-spacerun:
yes"> </span>Her first impulse was to tell them to get to work. Instead,
she remembered the suggestion of asking a question.<span style="mso-spacerun:
yes"> </span>“Did they need anything?”<span style="mso-spacerun:
yes"> </span>“No,” they replied, “we’re just fine.<span
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>We’re taking a break and will get the
work done just fine.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>The teacher
left, a bit bemused, but satisfied that she’d done the right thing.<br>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:68.95pt;border:none;mso-border-left-alt:
solid black 1.5pt;padding:0cm;mso-padding-alt:0cm 0cm 0cm 4.0pt'><font size=3
color=black face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt;
color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'> </span></font><font color=black><span
lang=EN-GB style='color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:68.95pt;border:none;mso-border-left-alt:
solid black 1.5pt;padding:0cm;mso-padding-alt:0cm 0cm 0cm 4.0pt'><font size=3
color=black face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt;
color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'>As you can imagine, there was incredible
support from many, many people to pull this off. The kitchen baked 8,000
loaves of bread for day 1. I understand that 2,300 lunches were served
that day, making the official count of 1,800 low.<span style="mso-spacerun:
yes"> </span>(We may have a new OS record! They're re-counting the
number registered.) The team working the computers posted reports as they
came in.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>The last I saw of the
report, it was at least 600 pages.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>None of it would have been possible without my extraordinary colleague
in this adventure, Andrés Agudelo. While relatively new to OS, he has
many years as a Gestalt therapist and exudes calm even when deluged by several
hundred kids surrounding him with sessions to announce. <br>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:68.95pt;border:none;mso-border-left-alt:
solid black 1.5pt;padding:0cm;mso-padding-alt:0cm 0cm 0cm 4.0pt'><font size=3
color=black face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt;
color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'> </span></font><font color=black><span
lang=EN-GB style='color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:68.95pt;border:none;mso-border-left-alt:
solid black 1.5pt;padding:0cm;mso-padding-alt:0cm 0cm 0cm 4.0pt'><font size=3
color=black face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt;
color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'>AFTERWARDS</span></font><font color=black><span
lang=EN-GB style='color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:68.95pt;border:none;mso-border-left-alt:
solid black 1.5pt;padding:0cm;mso-padding-alt:0cm 0cm 0cm 4.0pt'><font size=3
color=black face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt;
color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'>I left for home the next morning, the
weather gray and drizzly, leaving a request for Andrés to let me know what
happens.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>We were quite sure that
Pandora’s box was wide open and nothing would be the same.</span></font><font
color=black><span lang=EN-GB style='color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext;
mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:68.95pt;border:none;mso-border-left-alt:
solid black 1.5pt;padding:0cm;mso-padding-alt:0cm 0cm 0cm 4.0pt'><font size=3
color=black face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt;
color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'> </span></font><font color=black><span
lang=EN-GB style='color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:68.95pt;border:none;mso-border-left-alt:
solid black 1.5pt;padding:0cm;mso-padding-alt:0cm 0cm 0cm 4.0pt'><font size=3
color=black face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt;
color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'>Four days after the event, Andrés sent
this message:</span></font><font color=black><span lang=EN-GB style='color:
black;mso-color-alt:windowtext;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:68.95pt;border:none;mso-border-left-alt:
solid black 1.5pt;padding:0cm;mso-padding-alt:0cm 0cm 0cm 4.0pt'><font size=3
color=black face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt;
color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'> </span></font><font color=black><span
lang=EN-GB style='color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:68.95pt;border:none;mso-border-left-alt:
solid black 1.5pt;padding:0cm;mso-padding-alt:0cm 0cm 0cm 4.0pt'><font size=1
color=black face=Verdana><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:
Verdana;color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'>>Hi Peggy,<br>
><br>
>I will try to call yoou this weekend. A lot of things have happened, but
I’d rather talk to you.<br>
><br>
>Ciao,<br>
><br>
>Andrés Agudelo</span></font><font size=1 color=black face=Verdana><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:black;mso-color-alt:
windowtext;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:68.95pt;border:none;mso-border-left-alt:
solid black 1.5pt;padding:0cm;mso-padding-alt:0cm 0cm 0cm 4.0pt'><font size=1
color=black face=Verdana><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:
Verdana;color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'> </span></font><font size=1
color=black face=Verdana><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:
Verdana;color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:68.95pt;border:none;mso-border-left-alt:
solid black 1.5pt;padding:0cm;mso-padding-alt:0cm 0cm 0cm 4.0pt'><font size=3
color=black face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt;
color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'>And so it stands….</span></font><font
color=black><span lang=EN-GB style='color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext;
mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:68.95pt;border:none;mso-border-left-alt:
solid black 1.5pt;padding:0cm;mso-padding-alt:0cm 0cm 0cm 4.0pt'><font size=3
color=black face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt;
color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'> </span></font><font color=black><span
lang=EN-GB style='color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:68.95pt;border:none;mso-border-left-alt:
solid black 1.5pt;padding:0cm;mso-padding-alt:0cm 0cm 0cm 4.0pt'><font size=3
color=black face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt;
color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'> </span></font><font color=black><span
lang=EN-GB style='color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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Peggy Holman<br>
The Open Circle Company<br>
15347 SE 49th Place<br>
Bellevue, WA 98006<br>
425-746-6274<br>
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