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From: Sharon Villines (sharonsharonvillines.com) | |
Date: Wed, 4 Feb 2009 20:33:51 -0800 (PST) |
>We call ours the Meeting of the Hearts. I would be interested in knowing more about this. We have an NVC group but it isn't the same as a less formal sharing group. One group I think about organizing but when? A biography group. I did one years ago a the Unitarian Church. The group shares their life in 5 year increments. Ages 0-5, 5-10, 10-15, etc. The younger people have only questions as the group goes on and the older ones have more time, and the time periods can get longer. Nothing sacrosanct about about the time periods. Eastern Village, I heard, also did a sharing in which the older residents explained what their life was like when they were children. I began thinking about this again on Martin Luther King Day when my two grand-daughters came home from school singing what can only be called ditties singing happy birthday to Dr. Martin Luther King to the tune, I think, of Twinkle Twinkle Little Star, or something like that. The second was about "If you miss me in the back of the bus, I'll be upfront just sitting there" and goes on with verses about "If you're missing me picking cotton in Mississippi, I'll be up a the law school library." Not exactly the words. The school had done an excellent job on explaining the importance of Dr. Martin Luther King but not really how bad things were before him. I had to explain Rosa Parks -- that made no sense to them at all. Having lived through all of that, it was very strange to hear ditties sung about it. They attend a school that is at least 90% African American, including the teachers, 5%+ African from the embassies in DC, and the rest Hispanic and European, so it's evidence of a new stage. It was an interesting experience to try to explain life in the 1950s, 50 years later. And the sharing of various views of it would be revealing and bonding. Sharon --- Sharon Villines In Washington DC Where all Roads Lead to Martin Luther King
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Community-building activities prior to move-in Susana Michaelis, February 1 2009
- Re: Community-building activities prior to move-in David Entin, February 2 2009
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Re: Community-building activities prior to move-in Mac Thomson, February 3 2009
- Sharing Meetings Sharon Villines, February 4 2009
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