Melissa R NeelyQUOTE HARVESTERS FIRST CROP ART OF HOSTING ILLINOIS ARRIVING WITH INTENTION AND SHARING IN WORLD CAFÉ, MAY 23 2010
Stages of VOICE 1. We should have had a voice. 2. We could have a voice. 3. We are the voice. with variations 1. I should have had a voice. 2. I could have a voice. 3. I am the voice.
What is lacking? People who need our services with a voice at the decision-making table.
We are the voices for our children.
Someone with a voice equals a champion.
If not me who… passion sharing
Programs don’t make changes; relationships make changes.
Relationships are important exponentially.
We all possess the ability to change.
Moving energy from fight to co-create.
Hope is within us.
Educate our communities.
There is no finish line in community work.
Budget problems give us hope for the community to step up.
Prevention, restoration, chance.
FAMILIES KNOW! They know when they are in need, even if they don’t know what they need. . .
We are who we have been waiting for.
You must be crazy to keep going. I am crazy and I keep going.
Susan: I’m so wired I can’t go to sleep. Melissa & Liz: Why are you so wired? Susan: BECAUSE THIS IS A GREAT DAY!
