[WestMALocals] Fwd: [rsumass] Invitation to the Valleywide Spokescouncil

[Owen Broadhurst]

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From: American Friends Service Committee <afsc at crocker.com>
Date: May 25, 2006 3:21 PM
Subject: [rsumass] Invitation to the Valleywide Spokescouncil


Greetings all:

Passing this along from the following organizers:

>Tim Anderson (781) 307-2142 timothymasonanderson[at]gmail.com
>Lois Barber (413) 549- 8118 lois[at]earthaction.org
>Sandra Boston (413) 774-5952 bostons[at]aol.com
>Sanford Lewis (413) 549-7333 gnproject[at]earthlink.net
>Lisa Oxboel, (413) 522-7424 loxboel[at]yahoo.com


>Invitation to the Valleywide Spokescouncil Informational Meeting
>May 30, 2006 7-9 PM at the Bangs Community Center,
>South Meeting Room, Boltwood Walk, Amherst, MA
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>If you are part of a group or organization of 20 or more people in western
>Massachusetts and can serve as their spokesperson, you are invited to join
>the Valleywide Spokescouncil ­ a peer group of representatives from the
>Pioneer Valley converging to build critical mass for unified action.  Our
>intention is to join forces with each other to generate critical mass and
>take practical, effective action for a better community and world.  And to
>have fun in the process!  This will be the first of two Informational
>Gatherings.
>
>We hope that our collective effort will help displace frustration, fear,
and
>malaise with a sense of community, responsibility, focus, and effective,
>practical power.  It¹s time.
>
>As a quick and easy way of defining our common ground, we ask those who
join
>this Council to be in general agreement with The Earth Charter.
>http://www.earthcharter.org. Its preamble states: We stand at a critical
>moment in Earth¹s history, a time when humanity must choose its future.  As
>the world becomes increasingly interdependent and fragile, the future at
>once holds great peril and great promise.  We must join together to bring
>forth a sustainable global society founded on respect for nature, universal
>human rights, economic justice and a culture of peace.
>
>The Valleywide Spokescouncil leadership will be equally shared by all
>present through consensus decision-making based roughly on the Formal
>Consensus http://www.consensus.net/ocaccontents.html  process as outlined
by
>CT Butler.  The Valleywide Spokescouncil will meet monthly, with additional
>communications and gatherings as needed.
>
>The initial organizers of this process, Sandra, Lisa, Sanford, Lois and
Tim,
>will not attempt to achieve their personal or organizational preferences
for
>action while facilitating; we are assuming service roles, taking
>responsibility to call the circle, help facilitate meetings and keep the
>process moving within the mission of the Valleywide Spokescouncil.
>
>The mass of people eventually represented by the Council will undertake the
>most effective series of actions upon which it can agree.   As a process
>grounded in consensus we expect that people will come together with diverse
>issues they care about, and will find common ground through sharing and
>listening. We will not act until we have achieved the critical mass
>necessary for the greatest possible impact.  We expect that these actions
>will be diverse in nature, scale and scope.
>
>If this concept makes sense to you and you feel called to attend this
>Council, please RSVP to connect at valleywidespokescouncil.net and join
us.  If
>you have questions, please see the FAQ at Valleywidespokescouncil.net or
>call or email any of us.
>
>If you know of others who may meet the qualification of responsibly
>representing at least 20 others and should be invited, please invite them.
>
>With great respect and anticipation,
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>We stand at a critical moment in Earth¹s history, a time when humanity
>must choose its future.  As the world becomes increasingly interdependent
>and fragile, the future at once holds great peril and great promise.  We
must
>join together to bring forth a sustainable global society founded on
respect
>for nature, universal human rights, economic justice and a culture of
peace.
>  (From the Earth Charter)
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"What would happen if one woman told the truth about her life?
        The world would split open"  ~ Muriel Rukeyser


Jo Comerford
American Friends Service Committee, Western Massachusetts
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Florence, Massachusetts 01062
413.584.8975 (W)
413.584.8987 (F)
413.695.6059 (C)
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www.WesternMassAFSC.org

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Owen R. Broadhurst
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Third Hampden District
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