​​Questions/Comments/Feedback
​​TRC Co-Project Roundtable Part Two   
​​ 
​​ 
​
​Main Menu: ​+Home​ | ​+Intros​ | ​+Calls​ | ​+Story​ | ​+Criteria​ | ​+Funding​ | ​+What Else?​ | ​+HeArtspace​

​
​ 

​​Please post any questions, comments or feedback you have below. Let's do it blog-style, with the newest at the top. You can also email Ben, or look for him on Skype at benjamin_j_roberts. 
​​ 
​​Scroll down or use the table of contents on the right to see earlier posts.

​
​ 

​
​[Post Title and Date]
​​[post content, and name if desired]

​
​ 

​
​[Post Title and Date]
​​[post content, and name if desired]

​
​ 

​
​Thoughts from the Heartland  12/18/2014
​​I am new to this roundtable but am cochairing the TRCC with Leslie this year. I live in Amarillo, Tx, where, as a black minister said to me a few days ago"people in my community (it is still largely segregated here) are still 
​​living a 1960's sharecropper mentality.  I would add that the good ol' boy
​​ power structure in Amarillo reinforces it, not consciously but through 
​​ policy and privilege.  There are aspects of each of the sprouts that I like a lot.  If I were to look from the perspective of Amarillo, however, I would go with the action/learning about systems thinking.  I would do this for 
​​ three reasons: 
​​1) Action/reflection/action/reflection is for me the most empowering learning method.
​​2) Education is a big push here (but not living wage jobs), so this could be tailored in a way that would appeal here.  We've used an interest in 
​​community gardens, for example, as an opportunity to introduce Permaculture...This project would be a natural extension of that. 
​​3)  Potentially this could be open to a much wider circle of people across 
​​the country via Skype or an online educational service.  I've recently 
​​completed a doctoral program that used Moodle as an on-line forum through 
​​which we interacted several times a week, building a strong cohort among
​​ people across the country and in Europe.  We got together in person three 
​​ times a year, 
​​which was enough for strong cohort development. The potential there is for a network of local sprouts to stay connected and mutually reinforce and give 
​​guidance to each other, and the potential for documenting projects from across the country, which should aid in funding.  
​​     I look forward to what emerges!   
​​     mary emeny  
​​ 

​
​ 

​​ 
​​