<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#110F3D">Dear Open Space Friends,</font><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#110F3D"><br></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#110F3D">If you or someone you know will be in Arizona on September 23, 201, please consider joining me and the Collaborative Spark group as we open the space for civic action. During the convergence, Justice Sandra Day O'Connor and Frances Hesselbein will be listening carefully because they will leave the open space for a reception and then on to be interviewed during a dinner focusing on leadership and civic action.</font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#110F3D"><br></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#110F3D">Our convening question is: I</font><strong><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#110F3D">f anything imaginable were possible, if there were no constraints whatsoever, how can we participate, collaborate and innovate to stimulate civic action in Arizona?</font></strong></div><div><strong><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#110F3D"><br></font></strong></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#110F3D">I'm especially excited about this event because it represents a breakthrough in collaboration among some of our most respected social sector organizations.</font></div><div><strong><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#110F3D"><br></font></strong></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#110F3D">If you want more info, the press release is below my signature. You can register at <a href="http://www.itsuptomeaz.org">www.itsuptomeaz.org</a>.</font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#110F3D"><br></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#110F3D">Warm wishes from a hot Phoenix evening,</font></div><div><b><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#110F3D"><br></font></b></div><div><div apple-content-edited="true"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: medium; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Candara; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: medium; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Candara; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: medium; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Calibri"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#110F3D">Christine</font></font><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Calibri"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#110F3D"><br></font></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Calibri"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#110F3D">Christine Whitney Sanchez</font></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Calibri"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#110F3D">CWS - Collaborative Wisdom & Strategy</font></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Calibri"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#110F3D">2717 E. Mountain Sky Avenue</font></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Calibri"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#110F3D">Phoenix, AZ 85048, USA</font></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Calibri"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#110F3D">+1.480.759.0262</font></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Calibri"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#110F3D"><a href="http://www.christinewhitneysanchez.com">www.christinewhitneysanchez.com</a></font></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Calibri"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#110F3D"><a href="http://www.innovationpartners.com">www.innovationpartners.com</a></font></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Calibri"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#110F3D"><a href="http://www.collaborativespark.com">www.collaborativespark.com</a></font></font></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></span></div></span></div></span> </div><br></div><div><p>Imagine discussing what you care most about in lively conversations with people who want to make Arizona a better place.</p><p>Imagine contributing to innovative ideas and taking action to increase the health, vitality and success of our state.</p><p>Arizona
residents are invited to engage in a community conversation designed
to spur civic action on topics chosen by those who attend. The
conversation will be <strong>from 1:45 p.m. to 5:45 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 23, </strong>the <strong>Wyndham Phoenix Downtown</strong>,
50 W. Adams Street, Phoenix and is among the activities featured
during the “It’s Up to Me AZ” Day of Civic Action, collaboratively
sponsored by Arizona Foundation for Women, Arizona Town Hall, Center
for the Future of Arizona, Girl Scouts Arizona-Cactus Pine, and
O’Connor House. Admission to the conversation is $10.</p><p>Collaborative Spark, a consulting group with
expertise in large-group conversations and deliberations, will guide
the Open Space process, which provides a simple, dynamic and powerful
way for diverse groups to engage in productive conversations.</p><p>Participants
will be invited to host discussions about topics for which they have
passion and to formulate action based on where the energy is.
Conversation topics, selected by the participants themselves, will be
generated by this question: <strong>If anything imaginable were
possible, if there were no constraints whatsoever, how can we
participate, collaborate and innovate to stimulate civic action in
Arizona?</strong></p><p>People who participate will discover
ways to self-organize for action around the issues that are most
meaningful to them. The conversations are designed to generate personal
commitment and empowerment as a shared experience and leadership that
is based on collective action. Diversity becomes a valuable resource,
rather than something that needs to be “managed.”</p><p>Best of all, the process is a lot of <strong>fun</strong>.</p><p>For more information, go to <a href="http://www.itsuptomeaz.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.itsuptomeaz.org/</a>.</p><p><em>If
you are prepared to believe in the people, trust them, and acknowledge
that they are the true experts about what needs to be done, then Open
Space will deliver – and fundamental change is a likely consequence</em>.— <strong>Harrison Owen</strong></p></div></body></html>*
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