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Tuesday, September 07, 2010

A "Green Room" is a room in a theater, studio, or other public venue for the accommodation of performers or speakers when not required on the stage.  Sometimes a Green Room is viewed as a private and closed area where only those "important" people are allowed to go in a way that is cut-off from the rest of the people. However, it is here that those people practice, rest and prepare for their next actions.  So, is a Green Room used for unification or separation? That may depend on how it's used.  If it used as a place of rest and peace for the purposes of creating, preparing and planning for an upcoming event that is meant to express beauty, then it's use is good.  However, if it is used to create a space that separates people based on some sort of artificial class system, then it's use is not good.

Our desire is to take the concept of Green Room and use it to prepare, plan and create expressions and actions to help those in need. However, no one is excluded from this Green Room.  Ideally, the expression of this Green Room will continue to grow until everyone in our community is united, and the concept of a Green Room is redefined to mean a place of peace, rest and joy for all. A place where no need exists.

(inspired by Andy Crouch)


 

What is the Green Room?

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Green Room Calendar

 
       
9/13/2010 6:30 PM


Green Room Directions

Rogers Location

Offices of Crossland Construction

Springdale Location

Cobblestone Project D.C.

Fayetteville Location

New Offices of NorthStar Partnering Group


Green Room Goals & Format

You can not have "A Community Without Need" and never meet!  So, every 4 to 6 weeks will be set aside to gather together in order to...

1)  Build Community

  • Welcome anyone who is interested in learning about or becoming a part of one of the many initiatives currently underway.
  • Develop friendships among initiative teams, families and common causes.

2)  Empower Individuals

  • Release the Vision & Mission of the Cobblestone Project to individuals in step with our core values
  • Provide a space for one person to step in a make a difference
  • Allow people to be involved in all areas of initiatives, coordination, awareness, etc.

3)  Share Stories

  • Share the stories of our experiences within each initiative to gain encouragement, new ideas and show that hope is real.

4)  Brainstorm new ways of Creatively Engaging our Communities

  • Brainstorm new and creative ways for meeting the needs of our communities
  • Establish strategies, calendars and work through needs in order to bring an idea to reality
  • Tap into each person's creative talents that hold the key to engaging people and moving towards solutions to the needs in our communities.

Green Room Archives

Oct 25, 09 - Initiative Planning & Coordination

Green Room Agenda

  • Help Portrait & Shear Kindness - Dec 12, 2009
  • The Garden
  • Community D.C. (Distribution & Collection) Update
  • Note:  90% of Evening dedicated to Initiative Planning & Coordination

Sept 09 - Initiative Foundations

Focus of Sept's Green Room

  • Past 30 Days (One year of Laundry Love, Shear Kindness)
  • World Garden Update
  • Initiative Planning & Coordination

Aug 09 - 1,287 Follow-Up

World Garden Food Program Development & New Housing Program Initiative

Click to Read Blog Posting

June 09 - Initiative Spotlight

Special Guest:  Bishiop Bahati, Faith Victory Orphans House

May 09 - Community Organization Spotlight

Special Guest:  Deb Rambo & Jen Boyle, Samaritan Community Center

April 09 - Issue Spotlight:  Homelessness

Special Guest:  Dr. Kevin Fitzpatrick (PhD), Director of Community and Family Institute, Professor and Jones Chair in Community

Links:  Northwest Arkansas Community Indicators Project: 
http://sociology.uark.edu/2571.htm

February 09

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