query: one on ones

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[ed: thanks to James and Soniar for replying to Rob's query. James also 
asks for others to talk about how they use relational meetings.]

From: james whelan <james at thechangeagency.org>


In response to Rob’s question...

Our small activist education collective facilitate workshops to 
introduce community organisers in Australia and our region to relational 
meetings (or one on ones), Our thinking about relational meetings and 
their importance in the craft of community organising is strongly 
influenced by the Industrial Areas Foundation, and Edward Chambers’ 
‘Roots for Radicals: Organising for power, action and justice’. 
Northeast Action and the Fair Immigration Reform Movement both have 
excellent resources on their websites.

This year, our ‘mobilising for change’ workshops have introduced 
relational meetings by sharing and discussing resources, reflecting on 
experiences of meetings that embody some elements of the approaches 
described, simulations and role-plays, then considering how to utilise 
relational meetings in participants’ campaigns.

I’d love to hear how other people are weaving relational meetings into 
their work.

James




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From: Sonia Rosen <soniar at dolphin.upenn.edu>


You could try general literature on Alinsky and the IAF...

-Sonia


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> I'm working on an article that includes some discussion of one-on-
> ones as practiced by congregation-based community organizations.
> These are also called one-to-ones or relational meetings. Does
> anyone know about:
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> 1. The history of one-on-ones. Where did these groups learn the
> practice &/or how did they develop them?
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> 2. Current practice. What other groups are using them, and where
> did they learn them?
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> Rob Kleidman
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