Archive for March, 2011
Thinking About Japan
I watched ABC World News the other night following the coverage of Japan and what has occurred since the earthquake and tsunami devastated that country. The last five minutes really struck me. People waiting in line, patiently, for their rations of water, food and other supplies. Displaced residents living in shelters setting up their own [...]
Mapping The 2010 Census in Sarasota
Today the Sarasota Herald-Tribune published this front-page story about the first wave of demographic data released in relation to the U.S. 2010 Census. It includes a map of population change in Florida, by county. Here at SCOPE, we are most interested in within-county patterns, so our GIS mapper Matt Roach generated a related map today. [...]
Data Byte: “The Policy Map”
Check out this great website called “The Policy Map”. It provides an online interactive mapping tool so you can access data about many different domains of society. Think of it as an advanced version of Google Maps for the mapping of communtiy data to help make more informed policy decisions. The Policy Map includes data [...]
Stoking Engagement with Community Mapping
As many of you know, SCOPE’s mission is community engagement for positive community change. We talk about this in terms of becoming “connected and inspired to create a better community.”
One of the things we’ve grown to appreciate over the past ten years is that the community of Sarasota County is LARGE, with 370,000 people spanning [...]
SCOPE 2011 Winter Forum Mapping
Check out these maps that show where the people who attended the SCOPE 2011 Winter Forum are living throughout Sarasota County and the surrounding region. For commentary on these maps, click here. Click several times to make the maps larger.
Vital Involvement “On the Block”
At the 2011 Winter Forum, Dr. Helen Kivnick talked with Harry Hobson about her longtime collaboration with Erik and Joan Erikson, who were pioneers in the field of lifespan human development. She spoke about their concept of “vital involvement” - the idea that all of us, no matter what our age, benefit when we are [...]
Community Engagement and Daniel Pink
“I am only interested in what works.” That’s what Daniel Pink says about workforce, schools, artists, everything. This author of A Whole New Mind and Drive talked to a crowd of people convened by the Patterson Foundation around their initiative on Cultural Connections with Students. The studies and the data generated through this initiative are [...]
White Privilege
This is a follow-up to the Florida Studio Theater discussion about RACE. More to come. See the FST blog site for the entire blog discussion.
Several previous blogs mention issue of power and privilege. These interconnected realities are little acknowledged and their history is little understood. Several years ago, in my role at SCOPE, [...]
I Believe
A couple weeks ago the West Coast School for Human Development chose to identify me as someone they feel has positive;ly impacted the community. I was honored and I wrote this statement in relationship to that experience.
A statement of beliefs.
I believe that one person can make a difference
And people, connected can change [...]
The play RACE at Florida Studio Theater
Not long ago I was on a panel that convened in reflection to the play RACE at the Florida Studio Theater. Here is the blog I posted about that experience. There are several that are related to this experience.
Contributing to a community discussion about a timely and relevant issue is not [...]