"Why harm people who
harm people to teach people
that harming people is
wrong?"
The book is divided into
four chapters entitled;
Laying the Foundation,
Developing the Framework,
Strengthening the
Facilitation Team and
Building on the Foundation.
The book begins with
a preface, an introduction
and a short story, describing
a participant's reflections
of her Community
Conferencing experience.
Susan Sharpe cites the recent
literature well, and is
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understatedly modest about
the guide's potential use (it
should be widely accessed!).
She believes Calgary Community
Conferencing (CCC)
"offers many opportunities
for people to move beyond
their comfort zones" and
says this publication is a
"depiction of CCC's history,
practice, and evolution
[which] illustrates that opportunity
exists on the individual,
organizational, and
systemic levels (p. 81)."
The guide deserves wide
dissemination.
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Read in conjunction
with accessing other
resources on CCC's website
(www.calgarycommunityconferencing.com), it is a highly inspirational and informative impetus to develop such initiatives in every major city in Canada -- and beyond.
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