World café is one of my favourite tools in my facilitator toolkit. I never fail to be moved be the power and effectiveness of this elegant method and its inclusiveness.
I recently worked with a client to support them in leading their own world café and watched from the sidelines instead of hosting myself. I did the same a few weeks later with a friend working with a community group who was keen to have everyone in the group to feel equitable and empowered in the conversations.
And then just this weekend someone approached me to thank me for introducing them to the world café process. They had been a participant in a session I hosted in January and had just finished running one themselves with great results. If you’re not familiar with the process go look at www.theworldcafe.com it is an excellent resource and community.
28 February 2009
17 February 2009
Boy X
Arc Theatre’s Stereo Trilogy is a powerful series of plays aimed at 12-18 year olds and focuses on the issues of knife and gang related issues. In 2008 in London alone 29 young people aged between 10 to 19 were murdered with a knife.
The latest in the trilogy of plays is Boy X. The play begins at the graveside of another 16 year old who has lost his life. It was developed with four young actors and draws upon real experiences of living in gang dominated estates.
The play was first performed on 17 February at EC1 Music Project in partnership with The Flavasum Trust, in memory of Tom Easton who was stabbed to death after leaving work there in September 2006. Sarah sat in the audience at the EC1 Music Project amongst young people, their families, parents of young people who had been murdered as well as representatives from the Metropolitan Police and the Home Office. After the performance the four young actors facilitated a discussion with the audience to encourage debate about the fears associated with issues raised in the play and also to explore possible solutions. To find out more see http://www.theflavasumtrust.org/projects/arctheatre.
The latest in the trilogy of plays is Boy X. The play begins at the graveside of another 16 year old who has lost his life. It was developed with four young actors and draws upon real experiences of living in gang dominated estates.
The play was first performed on 17 February at EC1 Music Project in partnership with The Flavasum Trust, in memory of Tom Easton who was stabbed to death after leaving work there in September 2006. Sarah sat in the audience at the EC1 Music Project amongst young people, their families, parents of young people who had been murdered as well as representatives from the Metropolitan Police and the Home Office. After the performance the four young actors facilitated a discussion with the audience to encourage debate about the fears associated with issues raised in the play and also to explore possible solutions. To find out more see http://www.theflavasumtrust.org/projects/arctheatre.
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