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GBIO hosts Dem Candidates for Senate
Over 800 people came together on Sunday night November 14th to ask the candidates for Senate to work together on issues like bringing more jobs to Massachusetts, ensuring the strength of the Massachusetts health reform, lowering high credit card interest … Read More
JOI Session | Nov. 6, 2009
At Friday’s JOI session, fellows revisited the art of the 1:1, paying special attention to the role agitation plays in these intentional meetings. Together with Rabbi Stephanie Kolin, the group discussed what makes a good agitation, including respectful pushing, trust … Read More
JOI Session | Oct. 30, 2009
At this session, Fellows workshopped “stories of self” that they had a week to prepare. Prior to the session, Fellows were asked to reflect on a story that would help its listener to understand why the Fellow was organizing now. … Read More
JOI Session | Oct. 23, 2009
This week we started our discussion on how to use stories to articulate values and build relationships. Telling our stories lets us explain why we’re doing this work. Stories can be especially important when coming into a community as an … Read More
JOI Session | Oct. 9, 2009
In the first hour we worked with the two values that we are focusing on as a group right now: patience and calmness. Eliza led the group in some breathing and meditation exercises that can hopefully be used to maintain … Read More
