Webinar: December 8 th, 2010 Sarah Byrnes and Dakota Butterfield

Common Security Clubs Core assumption #1 Community connections that support resourcefulness have weakened over the past 50 years. We need to rebuild our collective community muscles.

Common Security Clubs Core assumption #2 The world is changing.

Common Security Clubs Core assumption #2 The next 15 to 20 years are likely to be very different than any recent period in our history. We will most likely be facing deep, destabilizing challenges in our communities.

Common Security Clubs Core assumption #2 Growing economic difficulties from an increasingly destabilized global economy Rising oil prices dramatically affecting food and transportation costs, as well as other basic needs Disruption and stress from increasingly frequent extreme weather events, locally and globally

Common Security Clubs A Common Security Club is one way to respond… Learn about challenges together Build community connections Provide support for one another Take action together …structured but flexible tool…

Common Security Clubs Who is here with us today?

Common Security Clubs POLL Sprout: interested/excited by idea; want to learn more Seedling: preliminary conversations with a few others; possible partners identified Sapling: one or two organizing meetings under yr belt; on your way to an Intro Session Branch: under way -- committed group has met

Common Security Clubs Our first webinar – an experiment Topics Value of an organizing partner How to communicate about Common Security Clubs Finding a facilitator (if you’re not the one to do it) Using the curriculum

Common Security Clubs Topics: Value of an organizing partner How to communicate about Common Security Clubs Finding a facilitator (if you’re not it) Using the curriculum

Common Security Clubs Value of an organizing partner What’s one of the most important things to look for in a partner?

Common Security Clubs Value of an organizing partner Excited by the idea of a Club Good chemistry Magnet for other people; not an obstacle Dependable

Common Security Clubs Value of an organizing partner Experience with facilitation Connected to circles of interested people

Common Security Clubs Value of an organizing partner How to communicate about Common Security Clubs Finding a facilitator (if you’re not it) Using the curriculum

Common Security Clubs How to communicate about Common Security Clubs What attracted you to the idea? Why are you interested in starting a Club?

Common Security Clubs How to communicate about Common Security Clubs Think about who you are talking to. What do they care about? How is what they care about connected to the idea of a Club?

Common Security Clubs How to communicate about Common Security Clubs What handles help you communicate the essence? Six 2-hour sessions over a couple months…? Learn about the roots of the economic turmoil we’re facing and think about how to create more security with one another…?

Common Security Clubs How to communicate about Common Security Clubs What handles help you communicate the essence? Structured but flexible group meetings that are… Very participatory Help people get to know one another Read things together Brainstorm ideas

Common Security Clubs How to communicate about Common Security Clubs What handles help you communicate the essence? Check out stories from other Clubs. Look for tidbits that seem inspiring to you and commit them to memory. Print out 1-pager from the curriculum as a handout. [Attachment Intro-3]

Common Security Clubs Topics Value of an organizing partner How to communicate about Common Security Clubs Finding a facilitator (if you’re not it) Using the curriculum

Common Security Clubs Finding A Facilitator Poll: On a scale of 0 to 3, how experienced are you (or someone on your team) as a facilitator?

Common Security Clubs Finding a facilitator (if you’re not it) Religious communities, especially folks who lead religious education classes

Common Security Clubs Finding a facilitator (if you’re not it) Religious communities Helping organizations: anti-poverty groups, Neighborhood Development Corps, food pantries, foreclosure prevention agencies

Common Security Clubs Finding a facilitator (if you’re not it) Religious communities Helping organizations: anti-poverty groups, Neighborhood Development Corps, food pantries, foreclosure prevention agencies Neighborhood groups, block associations

Common Security Clubs Finding a facilitator (if you’re not it) Religious communities Helping organizations: anti-poverty groups, Neighborhood Development Corps, food pantries, foreclosure prevention agencies Neighborhood groups, block associations Environmental activists/groups

Common Security Clubs Finding a facilitator (if you’re not it) Religious communities Helping organizations: anti-poverty groups, Neighborhood Development Corps, food pantries, foreclosure prevention agencies Neighborhood groups, block associations Environmental activists/groups Labor groups, unions

Common Security Clubs Finding a facilitator (if you’re not it) Religious communities Helping organizations: anti-poverty groups, Neighborhood Development Corps, food pantries, foreclosure prevention agencies Neighborhood groups, block associations Environmental activists/groups Labor groups, unions Used clothing exchanges, book clubs Other ideas?

Common Security Clubs Finding a facilitator (if you’re not it) What are their interests and goals? How might supporting a Club help them achieve something important to them? Paint a positive vision with details from real stories. Ask for help directly.

Common Security Clubs Topics: Value of an organizing partner How to communicate about Common Security Clubs Finding a facilitator (if you’re not it) Using the curriculum

Common Security Clubs Curriculum Notes Follow it step-by-step OR Use it as a treasure chest to pull ideas from as you invent your own meetings OR Adapt it around the edges to suit the culture of your group

Common Security Clubs Curriculum Notes What matters: Space to talk, both comfortable and contained No dominance, no preaching Whole selves: mind/heart/body Exposure to new ideas Focus on taking action together Sharing food/rituals

Common Security Clubs Curriculum Notes Session One Who’s here? What do we have in common? Learning: Roots of the Great Recession – What happened? Concept: Phantom Wealth vs. Real Wealth

Common Security Clubs Curriculum Notes Session Two Who’s here? What do we have in common? Learning: Banks, Borrowing and Debt – Where have we come to? Concept: Relying on Ourselves – Past, Present and Future

Common Security Clubs Curriculum Notes Session Three Learning: Our Ecological “Debt” Concepts: Facing Denial Redefining Growth Choosing Resilience and Transition

Common Security Clubs Curriculum Notes Session Four Learning: The Great Risk Shift Concept: Redefining What Gives Us Security Action: Things We Can Do Together

Common Security Clubs Curriculum Notes Session Five Action: Gifts and Needs Concept: The Commons – Seeing it, protecting it, sharing it

Common Security Clubs Curriculum Notes Session Six Concept: The New Economy – Local, decentralized Less consumption, more community Diverse sources of income in every household Activity: Visualizing a positive future Decision: What’s next?

Common Security Clubs Staying in Touch Facebook Writing for the blog Stories from the field Close out conversation

Common Security Clubs Future Training Events corner/facilitator-training-opportunities/