Changing the way you live through citizen led #community action. Focused on #mentalhealth and wellbeing, psychosocial support and collective #resilience. #ABCD
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Narrow conceptions of social determinants and an overreliance on biomedical explanations of emotional distress & mental health conditions, deflect political attention away from rights-based policies & actions that promote health." @DainiusPuras #MentalHealth #parity
“Community is much more than belonging to something; it’s about doing something together that makes belonging matter.” Brian Solis
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“We have a broken theory of change. Which is that if we point out what’s going wrong, we think we’ve done our job."- David Brooks
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Learning to let go has become a sacred journey. I would describe it as a mix of grief and gratitude sometimes both at the same time.
The next time you feel certain about something, you might stop and ask yourself: "Could I be wrong?
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Intellectual humility means keeping an open mind, even when you’re convinced you are right. It involves being receptive to new facts and constantly seeking the truth rather than simply trying to win an argument.
“You don’t fear people
Whose story you know
Real listening always brings people closer together.
Trust that meaningful conversations can change your world.
Rely on human goodness.
Stay together”.
Meg Wheatley
"You are worth the quiet moment. You are worth the deeper breaths and you are worth the time it takes to slow down, be still, and rest." -Morgan Harper Nichols
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We need spaces for reflection more than ever!
“I’m very concerned that our society is much more concerned with information than wonder, in noise rather than silence. How do we encourage reflection? … Oh my, this is a noisy world.”-Fred Rogers
So important to consider when working in and with communities.
Orange= Done To Communities/Led by Institutions
Blue= Done For Communities/Led by Institutions
Green=Done With Communities/Led by Institutions
Red=Done&Led By Communities.
Red is the colour of a #rekindlingdemocracy
Artwork Graham Ogilvie in collaboration @NurtureDev
“Healing-centered transformation means equipping neighbors in historically marginalized communities with the tools to realize their vision for themselves, their children, families and communities.”-Lea Whitehurst-Gibson
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“Don't ask yourself what the world needs. Ask yourself what makes you come alive, and go do that, because what the world needs is people who have come alive.”
- Howard Thurman (American theologian & civil rights leader)
"Co-design is a design-led process that uses creative and participatory methods. There is no one-size-fits-all approach." KA McKercher
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Wisdom is the art of balancing the known with the unknown, the suffering with the joy; it is a way of linking the whole of life together in a new and deeper unity. - John O'Donohue
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We daily engage the threadbare social fabric of our post-industrial society, where people often lack secure embeddedness in a family, a workplace, a neighbourhood, or a community of interest...community building is the response. @CormacRussell
