ANNOUNCING THE FIRST COMMUNITY STEWARDSHIP ACADEMY: A Sustainable Leadership Training Institute

A forum to create positive change in today's

community for its future generations through the

adoption of sustainable community practices.

Date: September 17-19, 1998 Time: Thursday, Sept. 17, 9:30 a.m. - Saturday, Sept. 19, 12:00 p.m. Retreat Site: Holiday Inn, Manitowoc, Wisconsin

Coordinated by: Outreach and Extension, University of Wisconsin-Green Bay Co-Sponsored by: University of Wisconsin-Cooperative Extension; Social Change and Development, UW-Green Bay

What is the legacy we want to leave? Will we be able to assure our children and their children the same quality of life we have had? How will we be remembered? Can we set aside our differences to achieve a viable community vision?

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Does this describe you? *You have a strong desire to do something an area of concern in your community; OR *You are willing to make a long-term commitment to seeing a change take place; OR *You're satisfied with your community's current quality of life, and would like to create a plan for maintaining your current status for future generations.

If you're looking for a way to give back to your community, the Community Stewardship Academy is the place to begin. The Academy will help you respond to change in your community.

Through the Academy, you OR your community team will begin to understand relationships underlying your community's values and its future ambitions. You will learn how to effectively work with your neighbors to envision and plan for a sustainable future in which impacts on natural resources, economy, and society are effectively balanced.

Upon completion of the program, you will have had practice with: *using open dialogue skills of reserving judgment and listening from the heart; *modeling a community's interactions and influencing forces; *applying the underlying principles of sustainability to your community's issue, and; *building a scenario for your selected issue. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

Pre-Academy Activity:

A community team is recruited from individuals knowledgeable about and engaged in a current community concern. Team members will attend a pre-academy meeting, "Exploring the Community Issue with Your Team," to gain a clear understanding of the issue. A meeting date will be set by your community facilitator.

Individual students and community teams will be assigned readings on topics of the Academy. These will include dialogue, sustainability, and system dynamics.

Academy Schedule:

**Thursday, September 17, 1998** 9:30 a.m. Registration

10:30 a.m. to 9:45 p.m. Building a Shared Understanding *Learning and practicing principles of dialogue *Understanding other perspectives of the issue *Incorporating systems thinking *Discussion and work on a set of action scenarios for the selected issue.

**Friday, September 18, 1998** 7:00 a.m. Breakfast

8:00 a.m. to 9:50 p.m. Tackling the Community Issue Through Dialogue *Understanding your issue from a technical perspective *Learning and using system dynamics to model your community *Finding ways to interact with community's resources

**Saturday, September 19, 1998** 7:00 a.m. Breakfast

8:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. Scenario Building for a Successful Tomorrow *Grounded scenario development by the team *Ready--Set--Go - Implementing the community's set of action scenarios

Post-Academy Follow Through: Your team will follow-up with your community facilitator and/or an Academy facilitator.

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ "Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful committed citizens can change the world; indeed it's the only thing that ever has." - Margaret Mead ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

REGISTRATION FORM: Community Stewardship Academy

____I would like to be a member of the my community's team

____Racine County, Wisconsin

____Door County, Wisconsin

____Other, please specify:_______________________________________ ____ Send me information on how I can register a community team for the Academy ($6,000 per team). ____Send me information on how I can register as an individual ($750.00 registration fee) .

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Reply to: Sue Gullion, Program Coordinator Outreach and Extension University of Wisconsin-Green Bay 2420 Nicolet Drive Green Bay, WI 54311 (800) 892-2118 for more information E-mail - gullions@gbms01.uwgb.edu