A Year of Raising the Village Week #34: Make the Invisible--Visible!
Have you ever watched a video about “community” where the images stay with you long after the viewing?
Are you someone who promotes the power of social realities being spoken?
Well, watch these clips from The Wildflowers Institute and see what’s stirred for you. You can expect to see people constructing neighbourhood models that express their views so honestly that you are bound to hear some truth ring off the film. You can expect to see perceptions animated through interactive activity. And the real kicker, what you can expect to see is people helping to make the invisible, visible.
The first video in the series piqued RTV’s social radar years ago- http://www.wildflowers.org/bird.html In this clip a youth (Bird) explains his community model and his keys to living. In his own clear and crisp way he imparts his profound advice, “Knowledge doesn’t have a color, nor does it have a skin tone”.
Enough said. Watch. Let us know what you think.
For all video clips and the full report go to: Making Visible the Invisible Power of Community http://www.wildflowers.org/WFmonograph.pdf
We believe in these interactive ways of hearing and building community – check out our Collaboration: Authentic Engagement Workshops for the RTV version. http://www.raisingthevillage.ca/
p.s. (Listen for the above quote from Bird- it’s near the end of the video when he speaks of the importance of listening to elder knowledge).
Village Raising Question #1: Your turn. What’s a video you’ve watched that’s changed the way you’ve looked at community or a video that portrayed a social reality in an honest gripping way? Post your say on our facebook or twitter page.
Village Raising Question #2: What would your community model look like? What about your neighbour?
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