<div dir="ltr">I facilitated a second NYC Open Space in the past 2 months as a response to the tragic violence at the Sandy Hook School, in Newtown,<div>Connecticut. An article link below highlights some of what occurred for the 70 plus people who participated. Community individuals, teens, justice officials and interfaith leaders have continued to meet since the OS 2 weeks ago. In early May, I will be teaching community leaders, teens, citizens, children's advocates, probation, school, and the prosecutors office in Queens, NY how to conduct their own Open Space meetings within their organizations and for their respective constituencies. The community asked for how they could do this themselves.</div>
<div style>The closing circle responses reinforced how freeing this process was.</div><div style><br></div><div style>Thank you Harrison and thank you Open Space. </div><div><div class="gmail_quote"><br><div style="word-wrap:break-word">

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<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;border-collapse:collapse;font-size:13px;white-space:pre-wrap">Scott Gassman
IdeaJuice
(917) 951 - 0258
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America Speaks on Scott:  <a href="http://www.americaspeaks.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=page.viewPage&pageID=919&nodeID=1" target="_blank">http://www.americaspeaks.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=page.viewPage&pageID=919&nodeID=1</a>



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<br></div></div><br><br clear="all"><div><br></div>-- <br>Scott Gassman<br>IdeaJuice<br>(917) 951 - 0258<br><a href="mailto:scott.gassman@gmail.com" target="_blank">scott.gassman@gmail.com</a><br><a href="http://www.ideajuices.com" target="_blank">www.ideajuices.com</a><br>

<br>America Speaks on Scott:  <a href="http://americaspeaks.org/facilitator-spotlight/spotlight-on-scott-gassman/" target="_blank">http://americaspeaks.org/facilitator-spotlight/spotlight-on-scott-gassman/</a><br><br><br>

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