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== Project Description (purpose, etc.) ==
 
== Project Description (purpose, etc.) ==
  
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The goal of the CIRAL is to create a sustaining enterprise at Evergreen (whether it be program, class, organization, or something else) that engage in research and action through a focus on <em>Civic Intelligence</em>. Due to the nature of this focus students will necessarily become ''active'' leaders. The program  will encourage and teach social action for the betterment of not just our community, but those around the world. The work will not be restricted to working with local organizations, but &mdash; at least at the onset &mdash; there will probably be a focus on the local community. The hope is that this class will persist over time, perhaps somewhere between 2-10 years, although the ideal is an indefinite end.  
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The goal of the CIRAL is to create a sustaining enterprise at Evergreen (whether it be program, class, organization, or some combination) that engages in research and action through a focus on <em>Civic Intelligence</em>. Due to the nature of this focus students will necessarily become ''active'' leaders. The program  will encourage and teach social action for the betterment of not just our community, but those around the world. The work will not be restricted to working with local organizations, but &mdash; at least at the onset &mdash; there will probably be a focus on the local community. The hope is that this class will persist over time, perhaps somewhere between 2-10 years, although the ideal is an indefinite end.  
  
 
Among the goals of this project are:
 
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===Why is CIRAL Needed?===
 
===Why is CIRAL Needed?===
  
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===Why Evergreen?===
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Evergreen is home to an immense number of community-academia partnerships, ranging from longer-term projects (such [http://gateways.evergreen.edu/ Gateways project for incarcerated youth]) to relatively brief sessions lasting one quarter or even less. A high percentage of Evergreen students participate in community work as part of their academic work and a large number of Evergreen programs support this work as well.
  
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In this  section we discuss why Evergreen is a natural home for  such an enterprise. Part of this should describe some  past as well as projects that are going on now. Ultimately this should include ways in which Evergreen might need to  change institutionally to better support this work.
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So why is CIRAL needed? Simply stated we envision CIRAL as a way to help Evergreen do this work better and more easily basically by building on what we're already doing.  
  
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We could (should?) also discuss somewhere why this is such an important endeavor right now (educating students for  21st Century realities) and other relevant current factors (endemic budget crises; employment; globalization?)
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* Build longer relationships. This would benefit the community and the student experience.
  
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===Course Description===
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* Continue year-round. Communities don't take the summers off.
  
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The Civic Intelligence Research and Action Lab is a program for students that want to learn about studying, planning, and enacting meaningful change in the public sphere through ongoing study and work. The core of the CIRAL curriculum will build a knowledge of group dynamics and organizational principles, and equip students with the tools to engage in ongoing research and action projects that address important civic issues. In addition to the action-oriented perspective, there will be ongoing research and theoretical work to help understand the context of the work, historically, currently, and for the future. The unique structure of CIRAL allows projects to span multiple academic quarters and students to participate according to their academic goals.
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* Be permanent. For one thing,  students with more experience on a project can help inform others with less
  
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CIRAL gives students the opportunity to work collaboratively in the classroom and beyond the academic walls.  Projects are student originated and partner with organizations in the community of Olympia and beyond.  Most projects are interdisciplinary, opening opportunity for any student to pursue their chosen field of study while learning lifelong skills of collaboration and teamwork.  Many graduate programs conduct similar projects.  But, the CIRAL curriculum is designed to make participation possible at what ever level you are at in your academic career.
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* Incorporate the community work into academic / research work in a more regular and coherent way
  
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For a listing of current projects and more information about the Civic Intelligence Research and Action Lab, please visit our website. ''(Should we put together a web site &mdash; or is there one?!?)''
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* Maintain several relationships at a time. At any given point, some relationships may be young, some maturing, and some in the process of stopping.
  
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===Is it to early to think about [[possible logos]]?===
 
  
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== Stakeholders ==
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The rest of this verbiage is rough...
  
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As we flesh out the Implementation Model we'll be able to get a better idea of who we need involved in what capacity. This may become more than just a description of who will be involved in what capacity. Part of our consideration should be how to get these people involved and excited about CIRAL.
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Evergreen is a natural home for  such an enterprise. Part of this should describe some  past as well as projects that are going on now. Ultimately this should include ways in which Evergreen might need to change institutionally to better support this  work.
  
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''Should there be a description or some discussion about each of these groups?''
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We could (should?) also discuss somewhere why this is such an important endeavor right now (educating students for  21st Century realities) and other relevant current factors (endemic budget crises; employment; globalization?)
  
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*Students in Patterns of Intelligence program
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===Course Description===
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*Prospective CIRAL students at Evergreen
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*Olympia and other local community members
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*Center for Community-Based Learning and Action (CCBLA)
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*Evergreen Faculty
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*Evergreen Administration
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*Evergreen Alumni, especially members of the [http://www.evergreen.edu/alumni/entrepreneurs/directory/index.htm Evergreen Alumni Entrepreneur's Association]
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*Students and Faculty of other community action based programs
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*Donors (N.B. if allowed.  See 'Barriers and Constraints' on this page)
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*Others??
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==[[CIRAL Implementation]]==
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The Civic Intelligence Research and Action Lab is a program for students that want to learn about studying, planning, and enacting meaningful change in the public sphere through ongoing study and work.  The core of the CIRAL curriculum will build a knowledge of group dynamics and organizational principles, and equip students with the tools to engage in ongoing research and action projects that address important civic issues. In addition to the action-oriented perspective, there will be ongoing research and theoretical work to help understand the context of the work, historically, currently, and for the future. The unique structure of CIRAL allows projects to span multiple academic quarters and students to participate according to their academic goals.
  
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  Follow the link above
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CIRAL gives students the opportunity to work collaboratively in the classroom and beyond the academic walls. Projects are student originated and partner with organizations in the community of Olympia and beyond. Most projects are interdisciplinary, opening opportunity for any student to pursue their chosen field of study while learning lifelong skills of collaboration and teamwork.  Many graduate programs conduct similar projects.  But, the CIRAL curriculum is designed to make participation possible at what ever level you are at in your academic career.
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  [[User:Onemic18|Onemic18]] 01:23, 27 October 2011 (PDT)
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== Course Components ==
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For a listing of current projects and more information about the Civic Intelligence Research and Action Lab, please visit our website. ''(Should we put together a web site &mdash; or is there one?!?)''
  
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===Learning Objectives===
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===Is it too early to think about [[possible logos]]?===
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''The following learning objectives are from the Patterns of Intelligence program (Fall 2011). They may or may not be relevant. And &mdash; probably &mdash; they'd need to be augmented when strongly coupled with community work.''
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The program has 12 learning objectives. Obviously, not all of these objectives will receive the same emphasis in the program. Equally important, each student will find some objectives more important and interesting than others. For these reasons I encourage every student to consider these objectives in relation to their own goals, interests, learning styles, etc. As you consider the objectives, remember that the most important or interesting objectives may not be the easiest to achieve for you or for the class overall. Finally, a thorough understanding of program objectives will help both students and faculty in the evaluation process. The student's self-evaluation of progress and the faculty evaluation of student progress should both be based on the learning objectives to a large degree.
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1. Program Themes. To gain a better understanding of major program themes including intelligence, collective intelligence, and civic intelligence — and their relation to various sectors and components of society
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==[[CIRAL Implementation]]==
  
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2. Understanding of Context. To gain a better understanding of underlying social, technological, and other circumstances that affect the spectrum of possibilities for understanding and addressing challenges
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This section talks about how to make the Lab materialize, and possible models.
  
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3. Processes of Social Change. To gain increased knowledge of how social change takes place
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Follow the link above
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[[User:Onemic18|Onemic18]] 01:23, 27 October 2011 (PDT)
  
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4. Understanding of Challenges. To gain an increased understanding of the particular challenges of our era and the mechanisms that are now governing it
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==[[CIRAL Components]]==
  
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5. Risks and Responsibilities. To gain a better understanding of the risks and responsibilities of civic engagement and civic intelligence
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This section is where we are developing all of the pieces we would like to see in the final Lab.
  
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6. Speak the Language. To gain a better understanding of pertinent lexicon, theories, issues, ideas, and data
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See the above link
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[[User:Onemic18|Onemic18]] 01:30, 27 October 2011 (PDT)
  
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7. Skills, Tools, and Processes. To gain a better awareness, appreciation, and proficiency with communication approaches and other skills, tools, and processes available to the public that can influence social directions as well as learning about the barriers to participation
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==[[CIRAL Competencies | CIRAL Competencies ~~ A Pattern Language]]==
  
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8. Tools and Frameworks. To gain increased knowledge of useful analytic tools and frameworks
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The following scheme may be adequate for categorizing the broad range of CIRAL work -- and for, just possibly, organizing a pattern language to guide its implementation and employment.
  
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9. Foundation for Future Work. To build a foundation for future paid or unpaid professional, avocational, community, or activist work
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* Philosophy and Perspective
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* Community (within)
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* Capacity (skills; techniques; knowledge; resources (online and otherwise); researching; research, activist, professional networks)
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* Processes and Procedures (and other administrative) (It could be called “Institutionalization”)
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* Projects (the particular focus that we determine to apply ourselves towards)
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* Relationships (with “outside” groups, the CCBLA, the administration, various non-profits)
  
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10. Foundation for Future Inquiry. To build a foundation for pursuing the questions we didn't answer after the program ends
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== Stakeholders ==
  
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11. Active Role in Personal and Community Education. To improve your own approach to learning, to do what you can to ensure that your educational needs are met, and to help improve the educational environment around you, for you and for others.  
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As we flesh out the Implementation Model we'll be able to get a better idea of who we need involved in what capacity. This may become more than just a description of who will be involved in what capacity. Part of our consideration should be how to get these people involved and excited about CIRAL.
  
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12. Personal Power and Social Imagination. To gain a better sense of one's own power and social imagination for the future. To learn how to catalyze change; to speak the truth even if your voice shakes
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''Should there be a description or some discussion about each of these groups?''
  
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===Core Class Contents===
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*Students in Patterns of Intelligence or other relevant Evergreen programs
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*Prospective CIRAL students at Evergreen
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*Non-profit organizations in Thurston County, Washington State, and around  the world
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*Community members from Olympia and around the  region
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*Schools from  Olympia and around the  region
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*Center for Community-Based Learning and Action (CCBLA) and other Evergreen Centers and  Institutes
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*Evergreen Faculty
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*Evergreen Administration
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*Evergreen student organizations
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*Evergreen Alumni, especially members of the [http://www.evergreen.edu/alumni/entrepreneurs/directory/index.htm Evergreen Alumni Entrepreneur's Association]
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*Students and Faculty of other community action based programs at colleges and universities around the world
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*Donors (N.B. if allowed.  See 'Barriers and Constraints' on this page)
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*News media
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*Policy-makers
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*Others??
  
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*Teaches basics of understanding ideas in a group context
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''What needs to be said about these various groups?''
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*Enables people on different contracts/projects to communicate, share ideas, compare and enhance their own projects
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*Has a manual designed to help students ask the right questions, especially in terms of coordinating group planning. ([[Tasks For Planners]])
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*Provides space for ideas to have pollenate, or at least resembles Steven Johnson's idea of a coffee house, where students will "identify environments that stimulate networks of ideas/insight," and where this "liquid network of ideas and experiences lead to innovation" and hopefully the "slow hunch." ([http://www.ted.com/talks/steven_johnson_where_good_ideas_come_from.html "Where Good Ideas Come From (Ted Talk)]).
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*Creates an environment where ideas can spread as potent memes to pragmatically deal with and confront real world issues.
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<span style="color:purple;">What do we do ''summer'' quarter??</span>
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==[[CIRAL References and Resources]]==
  
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===Course Topics===
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books, websites, organizations, etc.
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Brainstorm topics that should (or could) be covered in the core class.
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([[Tasks For Everyone]])
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Please add to this list ([[Tasks For Everyone]])
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==[[CIRAL Group Project Metacognition]]==
  
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*Budgeting
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This space is for our group communication and task management.
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*Cybernetics
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*Epistemology
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*Ethnography
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*Facilitation skills
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*Grant Writing
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*Information Science
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*Intelligence -- Individual, Collective and Civic
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*Models of Non-profit Organizations
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*Motivational Speaking
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*Ontology
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*Planning and Management
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*Social Change -- Theory and Practice
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*Sociology
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*Trust (in ones' self and community)
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*Writing Evergreen Learning Contracts
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*Visual Presentation Abilities
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===Course Projects===
 
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====Project Explorations====
 
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This section should evolve into at least five projects that students could engage in through the lab. In the four credit core model, these projects could be proposed as individual/group learning contracts that students could sign on to during the first week of class.
 
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===== [[Local Economy]] =====
 
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===== [[Social Action: Presence and Voice]] =====
 
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=====Producing a good or a service=====
 
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Examples:
 
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# Growing food
 
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# Cleaning water
 
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# Building machines
 
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# Creating a space for community to come learn and teach
 
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=====Community Building/Life Enriching Event=====
 
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Hosting an event that will either strengthen the community or enrich peoples' lives.
 
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Examples:
 
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# Secret Cafe
 
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# Non-zero sum game nights
 
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# Workshops
 
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=====Crowdsourcing information for civic ends=====
 
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Scientific research through smart phones, imagery analysis during natural disasters.
 
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=====Organizational Accountability=====
 
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Researching an organization through publically available information, as well as investigating private details.
 
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=====Public Mental Health Care=====
 
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Creating a (radical) local mental health solution that connects people with neural diversity/mad gifts with resources that they need. Depathologize mental illness, as well as mental health symptoms that we all face as everyday life issues, by providing alternative literature/audio for self-care.
 
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=====Non-zero sum game workshop=====
 
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Simulation of how life is a non-zero sum game, and making the connection through activities that use a proxy as the platform of discussion.
 
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=====Mycorestoration action team with Education and Spawn Bank=====
 
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===== [[Public Space Clean Up]] =====
 
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===== [[Free School Project]] =====
 
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===== [[Interactive Wiki Training Game|Interactive Wiki Training Game (Galen, ?, ?)]] =====
 
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===== [[Revamping Shelters]] =====
 
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Working with several communities and companies to pull resources, especially in this time of hardship, to help youth, minorities, battered men and women the displaced. Provide better opportunities to learn trades/skills and the resources for education.
 
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====Projects from Workshop====
 
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We were addressing a foundation for how a class could start out and progress long term, and what types of actions and research they would be doing along the way.
 
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[[Pattern Card Workshop]]
 
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Please correct project themes if this is inaccurate. ([[Tasks For Everyone]])
 
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# [[Multicultural Community Space]]
 
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# [[Free School Project]]
 
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# [[Wiki Training]]
 
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=====Research=====
 
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Here's our summary from Saturday's workshop. 
 
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([[Tasks For Everyone]])
 
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<blockquote>The first step for our research component is to build a framework for exploration.  As we begin data gathering we will need to develop tools for parsing that information.  Specific research projects will develop out of interest of participants and better understanding of the group's capability.  The scope of research will broaden from local inquiry to international as the project develops.</blockquote>
 
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=====Action=====
 
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Can someone post a summary from Saturday?
 
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(Task for Nur, Brandon, Erika, Gary, Jerrimiah)
 
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<span style="color:purple;">The following photos probably don't belong here!</span>
 
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[[File:Workshop-10-16-2011.cluster-1.png|thumb|none|400px|Cluster 1]]
 
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[[File:Workshop-10-16-2011.cluster-2.png|thumb|none|400px|Cluster 2]]
 
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[[File:Workshop-10-16-2011.cluster-3.png|thumb|none|400px|Cluster 3]]
 
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[[File:Workshop-10-16-2011.cluster-4.png|thumb|none|400px|Cluster 4]]
 
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=== Think Tank / Ongoing Research and Other Work in "Home Office" ===
 
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"Home Office" / "Think Tank"
 
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In addition to preparing people to go into the field (which includes cultural competency, skill-building, etc.), the following research and related activities could be undertaken as part of the research work in what we might call the "home office" or "think-tank". Although these activities are specifically listed in relation to Evergreen's Gateways project, that supports education for incarcerated youth at Green Hill, they are generally applicable to other projects as well.
 
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*Policy research and development work
 
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*PSA & other public awareness work
 
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*Research on economic impacts of incarceration (now about 60 - 70 billion dollars direct expenses yearly in US)
 
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*Institutional memory of the project
 
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*Curricular development or other training and educational programs for Gateway and Evergreen community members
 
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*Educational philosophy of the project and Evergreen's support
 
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*Institutionalization of the project, in general and at Evergreen
 
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*Exporting model (to other schools and other regions)
 
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*Researching other relevant approaches (in other regions, countries, departments, etc.)
 
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*Placement in jobs, education
 
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*Surveys and other approaches to understanding the problem and evaluation
 
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*Technical support to project, e.g. logistics, computer, administration, planning, facilitating design
 
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*Mapping and community studies (e.g. of places students come from)
 
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*Understanding problem domain, history, economic and political contexts,
 
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===Administering CIRAL===
 
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How would we describe various "life-cycles?"  (And where might we go to find out more about this?)
 
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What documents might we sign? Is there a covenant, for example?
 
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==References and Resources==
 
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books, websites, organizations, etc.
 
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==[[CIRAL Group Project Metacognition]]==
 
 
  I've moved everything into the link above.
 
  I've moved everything into the link above.
 
  [[User:Onemic18|Onemic18]] 01:01, 27 October 2011 (PDT)
 
  [[User:Onemic18|Onemic18]] 01:01, 27 October 2011 (PDT)
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Project Description (purpose, etc.)

The goal of the CIRAL is to create a sustaining enterprise at Evergreen (whether it be program, class, organization, or some combination) that engages in research and action through a focus on Civic Intelligence. Due to the nature of this focus students will necessarily become active leaders. The program will encourage and teach social action for the betterment of not just our community, but those around the world. The work will not be restricted to working with local organizations, but — at least at the onset — there will probably be a focus on the local community. The hope is that this class will persist over time, perhaps somewhere between 2-10 years, although the ideal is an indefinite end.

Among the goals of this project are:

  • Creating a culture of lifelong education
  • Building the skills necessary to be effective citizens
  • Integrating community with academia, starting locally but expanding in later years
  • Integrating social theories with social practice
  • Exploring, encouraging, and cultivating social innovation, social imagination, and civic intelligence

Why is CIRAL Needed?

Evergreen is home to an immense number of community-academia partnerships, ranging from longer-term projects (such Gateways project for incarcerated youth) to relatively brief sessions lasting one quarter or even less. A high percentage of Evergreen students participate in community work as part of their academic work and a large number of Evergreen programs support this work as well.

So why is CIRAL needed? Simply stated we envision CIRAL as a way to help Evergreen do this work better and more easily basically by building on what we're already doing.

  • Build longer relationships. This would benefit the community and the student experience.
  • Continue year-round. Communities don't take the summers off.
  • Be permanent. For one thing, students with more experience on a project can help inform others with less
  • Incorporate the community work into academic / research work in a more regular and coherent way
  • Maintain several relationships at a time. At any given point, some relationships may be young, some maturing, and some in the process of stopping.


The rest of this verbiage is rough...

Evergreen is a natural home for such an enterprise. Part of this should describe some past as well as projects that are going on now. Ultimately this should include ways in which Evergreen might need to change institutionally to better support this work.

We could (should?) also discuss somewhere why this is such an important endeavor right now (educating students for 21st Century realities) and other relevant current factors (endemic budget crises; employment; globalization?)

Course Description

The Civic Intelligence Research and Action Lab is a program for students that want to learn about studying, planning, and enacting meaningful change in the public sphere through ongoing study and work. The core of the CIRAL curriculum will build a knowledge of group dynamics and organizational principles, and equip students with the tools to engage in ongoing research and action projects that address important civic issues. In addition to the action-oriented perspective, there will be ongoing research and theoretical work to help understand the context of the work, historically, currently, and for the future. The unique structure of CIRAL allows projects to span multiple academic quarters and students to participate according to their academic goals.

CIRAL gives students the opportunity to work collaboratively in the classroom and beyond the academic walls. Projects are student originated and partner with organizations in the community of Olympia and beyond. Most projects are interdisciplinary, opening opportunity for any student to pursue their chosen field of study while learning lifelong skills of collaboration and teamwork. Many graduate programs conduct similar projects. But, the CIRAL curriculum is designed to make participation possible at what ever level you are at in your academic career.

For a listing of current projects and more information about the Civic Intelligence Research and Action Lab, please visit our website. (Should we put together a web site — or is there one?!?)

Is it too early to think about possible logos?

CIRAL Implementation

This section talks about how to make the Lab materialize, and possible models. 

Follow the link above
Onemic18 01:23, 27 October 2011 (PDT)

CIRAL Components

This section is where we are developing all of the pieces we would like to see in the final Lab. 

See the above link
Onemic18 01:30, 27 October 2011 (PDT)

CIRAL Competencies ~~ A Pattern Language

The following scheme may be adequate for categorizing the broad range of CIRAL work -- and for, just possibly, organizing a pattern language to guide its implementation and employment.

  • Philosophy and Perspective
  • Community (within)
  • Capacity (skills; techniques; knowledge; resources (online and otherwise); researching; research, activist, professional networks)
  • Processes and Procedures (and other administrative) (It could be called “Institutionalization”)
  • Projects (the particular focus that we determine to apply ourselves towards)
  • Relationships (with “outside” groups, the CCBLA, the administration, various non-profits)

Stakeholders

As we flesh out the Implementation Model we'll be able to get a better idea of who we need involved in what capacity. This may become more than just a description of who will be involved in what capacity. Part of our consideration should be how to get these people involved and excited about CIRAL.

Should there be a description or some discussion about each of these groups?

  • Students in Patterns of Intelligence or other relevant Evergreen programs
  • Prospective CIRAL students at Evergreen
  • Non-profit organizations in Thurston County, Washington State, and around the world
  • Community members from Olympia and around the region
  • Schools from Olympia and around the region
  • Center for Community-Based Learning and Action (CCBLA) and other Evergreen Centers and Institutes
  • Evergreen Faculty
  • Evergreen Administration
  • Evergreen student organizations
  • Evergreen Alumni, especially members of the Evergreen Alumni Entrepreneur's Association
  • Students and Faculty of other community action based programs at colleges and universities around the world
  • Donors (N.B. if allowed. See 'Barriers and Constraints' on this page)
  • News media
  • Policy-makers
  • Others??

What needs to be said about these various groups?

CIRAL References and Resources

books, websites, organizations, etc.

CIRAL Group Project Metacognition

This space is for our group communication and task management. 

I've moved everything into the link above.
Onemic18 01:01, 27 October 2011 (PDT)

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