November 21, 2007

"Prosperous Communities" Vision & Mission

Here is the vision and mission for the program that is the manifestation of my bridge work. I would love to hear from folks who resonate with this. I am particularly interested in hearing from folks who want to be involved or support this work in some way.

VISION
We create strong communities nationwide, and in the process, change the way the U.S. approaches poverty to a whole-system approach that reflects shared responsibility, action, and benefits among all sectors of society. As we are successful...
...Communities across the country will create conditions that maximize the potential for all residents to prosper.
...The momentum from a nation of communities engaging in successful whole-system planning and action will create a societal view that reducing poverty and creating prosperous conditions for all is:
* A systemic issue in which everyone has a stake and a role in solving,
* A way to truly embody the principles upon which the nation is founded,
* A way to ensure sustainable national prosperity and security,
* An exercise in developing self-sustaining conditions at the individual, family, community, and societal levels,
* A win-win for society, institutions, and individuals, and
* A way to create conditions that encourage continued innovation, economic growth, strong relationships, non-violence, health and harmony.
...National strategies and policies will change to create and support conditions for all residents to prosper.

MISSION
Prosperous Communities, Prosperous Nation engages communities nationwide in whole-system planning and action to create increasingly prosperous conditions for their residents. We use the Future Search methodology, which has been proven to create high commitment to implementation and produce successful outcomes in communities across the globe. We leverage all participating communities’ work toward national planning and action by engaging policy makers in the community-level planning and in additional policy-level planning that focuses on creating the enabling conditions for our nation’s communities.

2 comments:

Unknown said...

I don't remember you 'ranting' - LOL. Stimulating conversation - yes, definitely!!!! Encouragement to do your thing! For SURE!!! Great site Nancy!!!!! I'll keep coming back to it.

Anonymous said...

The vision is awesome! It feels like forward movement...count on me for support! Great site, Nancy, really good.