Building Community & Embracing Diversity

Introduction

Module 1 Introduction

The Power of Building Community

Group Dynamics

Stages in Group Evolution

Groups as complex systems

The Group Field

Starting Community: the Essentials

Finding and Sharing the Vision

Vision, Mission and Goals

A Technique for Creating a Common Vision

Assessing your Vision Documents

Building Community & Embracing Diversity

Fostering Social Justice

Understanding Conflict

Designing Conflict Engagement Systems Based on Dialogue

Types of Conflict

Different Attitudes Toward Conflict

Conflict and connectedness

Recognising Our Interbeing

Module 1 Bibliography