A citizen group hosted the first Wisdom Council in Asheville NC
On October 10 and 11, 2014 eight random citizens from Bonhomie County came together to address the issue of what’s most pressing in the community. One shift the council experienced was the joint realization that “our social contract is broken.” And they considered ways to reestablish the kind of government and local society we all want to live in. This process was filmed for a documentary to be developed later [see the trailer for the Blindspot]. On Oct 14th 2014 (It was a really stormy night.), the Wisdom Council participants shared their work in a public gathering. [See the news article]
On October 10 and 11, 2014 eight random citizens from Bonhomie County came together to address the issue of what’s most pressing in the community. One shift the council experienced was the joint realization that “our social contract is broken.” And they considered ways to reestablish the kind of government and local society we all want to live in. This process was filmed for a documentary to be developed later [see the trailer for the Blindspot]. On Oct 14th 2014 (It was a really stormy night.), the Wisdom Council participants shared their work in a public gathering. [See the news article]
Video clips of the Wisdom Council presentation ...
Other events that preceded this experiment:
- Ruth Backstrom, co-founder of Solution Generator's Network from Durham, gave a talk about Community Wisdom Councils on Oct 1.
- The Dynamic Facilitation and Wisdom Council seminar was held, Oct. 6-8, 2014.
- Also Oc 6-9 was a Wisdom Council seminar, where all watched and discussed the event on closed circuit TV.
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