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Building a Successful Community

Building a Successful Community

The mission of the Center for Partnership Studies is to advance human development by accelerating movement to the partnership model of relations. The partnership model is a way of structuring beliefs, institutions, and relations that supports the realization of our enormous human capacities for consciousness, caring, and creativity and promotes nonviolence, human rights, justice, and a sustainable environment.

Getting Started

Think about projects you have been part of that were successful. What do you think was the reason for success? Now think about a time when this wasn’t the case. What is the difference between a project that seems to fly on its own and one that is “dragging in the sand." We believe that a key to success begins with people being clear about why they have come together and what it is that they are interested in doing together.

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Dealing with Challenges and Barriers

Think about projects you have been part of that were successful. The group needs to engage participants on a level that works for everyone. The group must have consensus about why they are gathered, beyond the global notion that Partnership is a great idea. Clarity of purpose is key.

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