Subject: Re: PROPOSAL FOR ACTION (AND REQUEST FOR OTHERS)
Date: Sat, Oct 18, 2014
Msg: 101156
Dear Trans-partiers,
I was surprised there wasn't a bigger response to Mark Gerzon's "proposal for action." I thought it was a great way to gather ideas from the people willing to lead them.
In collaboration with Joan and Debilyn at Living Room conversations, I've been working up a draft manuscript of an idea that several others have raised in the past (Amanda Roman, Michael Ostrelink, Steve Bhaerman, John Steiner) - and that I'm excited to move on and help convene the right team to make it happen: namely, a Red-Blue "dictionary" of sorts that helps elucidate (and translate across) different meanings and interpretations of the "same" terms being used across socio-political divides in the U.S.
Done right, this could only be pulled off by a team of diverse colleagues that share a passion for language, interpretation and their relationship to political dialogue. I've reached out to several individuals already that I've personally been drawn towards - but also wanted to put this out there on the listserv to see if others have interest.
And as Mark suggested, if you would like to hear more, feel free to contact me directly, either via e-mail (jzhess@gmail.com) or in person at the conference in a few days.
Looking forward to our upcoming Dialogue General Conference! (: --Jacob
Jacob Z. Hess, Ph.D. Co-founder, Alloflife.org
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