Peace: Confict Well Done (more than stopping cyber-bullying)
Many of my friends are rallying to support Stop Cyberbullying Day. It is a good way to raise awareness. Bullying is a real issue online and offline.
I want to offer a complementary action, or maybe just some thoughts for reflection. Something that is not pinned to a day, a campaign, or a movement. It is one that starts with 'me' but always becomes 'we.'
I was trying to find a visual way to communicate, and I realized that some images created last week at the Nexus for Change gathering really hit the mark. So here is my offering, from the perspective of the Culture of Love and beginning with the hope and belief that "Peace is conflict well done." (Not my words, but I don't know whose they are. ) It is hard to "stop" others. It may even be an error when we do not or cannot understand their perspectives. We can really only activate ourselves.
No grand conclusions. No specific call to action other than to consider the issues at a personal level.
Hm, maybe I should take this out of the Slideshare contest. That looks pretty icky. I didn't realize it would show up in the embedded slide show.
posted by Nancy White at 7:59 AM
2 Comments:
As always -- great stuff Nancy -- one of the KS threat meme aspects that I've been cautiously keeping an eye on is the tendency we have to dehumanize the 'other' in heated discussion.
e.g. -- How easy it is for me to engage in a dehumanizing "glorify/crucify" cycle especially around topics I am passionate about like the demeaning of women (and my heroes) online.
The idea driven home most to me around this is that the deep breath that "appreciative inquiry" requires takes much practice -- for me anyway.
And that there is a delicate tension in all this -- "appreciative inquiry" toward the "other" held in tension with knowing when to put your foot down (and how to do it gracefully).
Thanks for the great images.
I'm ever so pleased to have stumbled across your blog today when I was doing some web searches on Wiki. You've got some great stuff here!
This particular posting reminded me of a safety video I saw years ago when I did the Avon 3Day walk for breast cancer. This was back when Dan Pallotta was running the event. The tag line was "Human Kind - be both." It was very powerful. For something as innocuous as a safety video to be done so well - with artistic style and loads of compassion really impressed me.
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