@kengillgren

Cultivating civic imagination and engagement

 Seattle
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Joined November 2008
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I have relaunched my email newsletter “The Way of Communication as Engagement.” Subscribe now for early access to posts, templates and recommended resources: sendfox.com/GillgrenCommunic… #emailmarketing

Exploring the Way of Communication as Engagment

EXPLORING THE WAY OF COMMUNICATION AS ENGAGEMENT Early access to posts, templates and tools and “the rest of the story” behind discoveries for re-connecting, learning, and building together across...

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Add your voice to this campaign! nwmd.social/s/twitter/4AmOZk…
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[From the Archives] Of Geese, Wooden Shoes and Soft Landings Apparently even a single goose can still take down a jetliner--nature just keeps getting in our way; another reminder to change our way." vist.ly/3mwy585
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This is some of the most exciting and transformative work that @rainierbeach is engaged in; be sure to follow this development closely and support in any way you can
Messiah Fagerholm@fn_mfagerholm2 Jan 2025
youtube.com/watch?v=MnUTs2YW… RBAC's Seeds of Change team is making a documentary! And not just about their program, but about the farmers. Local Seattle farmers and their thoughts, struggles, joys, and more!🌱 Look out for the full documentary in the near future!
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Not quite independent and driving the parent a little nuts
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[Journey Milestones from the Archives] The Blessings of Babel "It’s the secret of Babel. The insatiable quest to push back the mystery of our interconnectedness, in a quest that ultimately ends in a yet deeper mystery." vist.ly/3mn3g6g
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[Journey Milestone from the Archives] Anonymity as a Seed of Transparency An early reflection on the ying/yang balance of anonymity and transparency vist.ly/3mmw7et
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[Journey Milestones from the Archives] From a different wing of my journey constituents and the "world in which we lived in" in the midst of this world as the driving force for engagement vist.ly/3mmqwnc
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[Journey Milestones from the Archives] An early posting on my early experimentation with applying Liberating Voice patterns in Rainier Beach, now memorable for the central role that Citizen Journalism played in the development of the work. vist.ly/3mmgzik
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[Journey Milestones from the Archives] An early outline of the formation of was then called, the Rainier Beach Wisdom Commons, and an early set of FreedomNet milestones. Watch for more detailed reflections to follow soon... vist.ly/3mmbqsz
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[Journey Milestones from the Archives] This early contribution to Liberating Voices: A Pattern Language for Communications Revolution still captures the spirit of my journey in exploring communication as engagement, vist.ly/3mm6f2t
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[Journey milestones from the archives] A very humble offering from my past postings... "I have come to believe now, that everyone knows or is related to someone…who has come through. And there is power in that shared knowing." vist.ly/3mkwixu
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[FROM THEARCHIVES] Over the course of my work in community development, I had an opportunity to study Tai Chi, and discovered connections among diverse perspectives, from the classic texts to pattern languages and other literary sources. vist.ly/3mkra6p
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[FROM THE ARCHIVES] Extending an insight from Ta Nehisi Coates on the role of language for seeing and understanding vist.ly/3mkjzfn
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Sounds like fun; join online if you can!
Rainier Beach@rainierbeach24 Oct 2024
Join us next Wednesday, October 30th at noon on Facebook Live for the A Place for Everyone Showcase! To continue to donate and learn more about Four Branches, Four Colors, check out the link in bio! #RBAC #Seattle #Fundraiser
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Join us next Wednesday, October 30th at noon on Facebook Live for the A Place for Everyone Showcase! To continue to donate and learn more about Four Branches, Four Colors, check out the link in bio! #RBAC #Seattle #Fundraiser
ID: Promotional graphic for an RBAC event with text and a Recreating Henderson public meeting photo.

ALT ID: Promotional graphic for an RBAC event with text and a Recreating Henderson public meeting photo.

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At Community Passageways fundraiser Pathway To Empowerment. The wonderful Kim Ford is opening and handed it over to our District 2 Council member Girmay Zahily. Send money. #RBAC
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At the Grand Opening of Africatown Plaza, a landmark development in Seattle’s Central District. I remember stewarding the Central Area Neighborhood Plan in the mid 1990's and anticipating this. Didn't anticipate the level of displacement though. Well done Africatown, Seattle, WA
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Other notables at the grand opening of the AfricaTown Plaza. A grand event for us all.
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Just a quick bit exciting glimpse of the depth and breadth of the community-based (and often Black and/or BIPOC-based) organizations and services that have flourished along with @rainierbeach Action Coalition (RBAC) over the past two decades
Rainier Beach@rainierbeach17 Oct 2024
At SEED's Envision celebration at the Rainier Arts Center. The event celebrates their work in affordable housing, arts and economic development. From Lake WA Apartments, to announcing the next SEED building, to the 25th Anniversary of the Columbia City Gallery. NW Tap was there.
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