Community Weaver Certification Training

Posted by on September 23, 2005

COMMUNITY WEAVER CERTIFICATION TRAINING

November 14-16, 2005
(Free Training of Trainers of Volunteers Nov. 17-18)

Cascade People’s Center
309 Pontius Ave. N.
Seattle, Washington

FAMILY SUPPORT NETWORKING

In the aftermath of the recent disasters, communities are looking for ways to better prepare citizens, coordinate efforts at all levels and develop a pool of resources that can be tapped in an emergency. The Family Support Network is a non-profit organization that is growing a nation-wide interconnected network of trained volunteers who pool resources, network with one another and co-create initiatives for the health and safety of their communities.

This interconnected support system is mobilized in times of disaster to provide shelter, collect resources, make repairs, and show humankindness in times of need. Community Weavers are trained how to implement Family Support Networking in their community and receive the materials and support necessary to start-up Family Support Networks in schools, churches, neighborhoods, associations and agencies in communities. They learn how to recruit and train volunteers as Family Advocates/Liaisons who empower families to help themselves.

In this leadership training, you will gain insight into disaster preparedness efforts, transformative community building theories and practices. You will also learn practical applications of ABCD (Asset-Based Community Development) and Family Support principles that underpin the FSN methodology. All the tools, techniques, technology and expertise you need are provided to customize change initiative(s) that empower families toward self-sufficiency and that better meet the needs of your community.

You’ll be amazed at how easy it is to engage, train and mobilize a grass roots social support system that serves as a safety net for families, fosters social capital and functions interdependently with formal systems to improve the health, welfare and safety of the whole community from the inside out.

Presenters
Cheryl Honey, C.P.P. & FSN Founder
Cheryl Honey is the pioneer of Transformative Community Building practices. She founded the Family Support Network, a non-profit organization, in 1993 and has trained and certified over 400 Community Weavers and Family Advocates who are respected leaders and change agents in their communities. Cheryl graduated from Antioch University Seattle with B.A. in Liberal Arts. She received the Giraffe Award for sticking her neck out in 1996 and was presented with the Ambassador of Peace and Excellence in Leadership Awards from the International and Interreligious Federation for World Peace. The ABCD Institute and Institute for Civil Society have recognized the Family Support Network model as an exemplary approach to capacity building. Cheryl is a writer and lecturer and resides with her family in Bothell, Washington.

Jim Diers
Jim is on the ABCD faculty and author of Neighbor Power, a compilation of citizen driven initiatives that sparked the spirit of community in Seattle neighborhoods. He served 15 years in the Seattle Department of Neighborhoods and was instrumental in establishing the Neighborhood Matching Fund.

Marilyn Schoeman Dow
Marilyn is a Seattle-based creative strategist, international speaker and recent president of the American Creativity Association. She is the recipient of the David Tanner Champion of Creativity Award for creating BOFF-O!? (Brain On Fast Forward).

Suggested contribution: $300-$500
(Includes training, materials & meals)
(No one will be turned away due to financial constraints)

Rooms have been reserved at the Baroness Hotel for attendees coming from outside the Seattle area.

To request registration information: register@familynetwork.org

Cheryl Honey, C.P.P.
206.240.2241
cheryl@familynetwork.org

Family Support Network
http://www.familynetwork.org

Good Neighbors Net is a web-based technology developed by social entrepreneurs in Boston that Community Weavers use to connect people together to share resources and spearhead activities and initiatives. To tour GNN features go to: http://www.goodneighborsnet.org. This technology has flexible applications for connecting members of associations, neighborhoods, churches, and schools together. View GNN-Seattle at: http://www.goodneighborsnet.org/locals.htm to see how the Seattle neighborhood structure was replicated on this powerful technology.

*Cascade People’s Center is located in the heart of one of Seattle’s most culturally diverse communities, the Denny Regrade. We engage the families we serve by helping them organize a variety of activities and special events for the whole community. You are welcome to drop in and tour our center and walk through the garden that surrounds us.