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CWC's People's Theory

Our People's Theory, developed by speaking with hundreds of people from many different cultural groups, says that

Individualism and loss of community and culture make us sick.

The People's Theory informs how we define issues such as "racial disparities" in health, economic status and education. Loss of culture and community have produced disastrous effects that only reconnection to these vital resources can heal and reverse. 

 

People's Theory

 

Philosophy of Community

Based on cultural epistemologies and knowledge systems

 

In a Philosophy of Community. . .

The group is valued and empowered. . .      

     which results in community ownership, responsibility, problem–solving, common ground

Authority is given to the organic  idea. . .

     which results in the birthing of new ideas, creative solutions, acknowledgment of 

     spirituality as a process

Power rests within people’s experiences. . .

     which results in a community which values & respects the development of each person’s

     potential

Citizens have collective interests. . .

     which results in strategic thinking, community problem-solving

Everyone is a student & a teacher. . .

     which results in new knowledge, responsibility, valuing self

Knowledge derives from internal experience. . .

     which results in a community where every person’s and every culture’s knowledge is

     valued, a respect for the richness and wisdom of all traditions, acknowledgement of the

     spiritual

Thinking is honored. The process is the product. . .

     which results in healthy, active, purposeful citizens, harmony, integral thinking, self-

     development, self-discipline

Participants are the evaluators. . .     

     which results in  standards set and followed by the group, attention to process, questions

     that initiate learning, practices that are consistent with culture and tradition.

 

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