Group Reflection These tools can be especially helpful for groups navigating systems change efforts. Bringing a group of diverse individuals together to advance equitable systems change is a hefty endeavor in and of itself. Weaving together the wisdom, experience, and innovative thinking of each team member requires a great deal of skill. These reflection tools […]
To learn from all that is being revealed in this current moment, the Community Engagement for Equitable Systems Change core group convened a group of systems change practitioners to reflect together this past July. We welcome you to use this list of questions with your own co-conspirators. What insights and learning does this current moment […]
During our August 2020 gathering with systems change practitioners, we shared our success stories and reflected on the important lessons they revealed. We asked: What conditions made the systems change success you experienced possible?
To learn from all that is being revealed in this current moment, the Community Engagement for Equitable Systems Change core group convened a group of systems change practitioners to reflect together this past July. Here’s what we heard.
“Over the years, I learned to prepare people, one by one, to welcome the new. I learned that I would need to do a lot of cajoling and prodding, and to smile even when I felt like smacking someone. I learned about the necessity of helping people grieve the loss of old ways of behaving and cheer on their willingness to do new things.”