Ken Gillgren

Cultivating civic imagination and engagement

[Ken Gillgren @kengillgren]

I have relaunched my email newsletter “The Way of Communication as Engagement.” Subscribe now for early access to posts, templates and recommended resources: https://t.co/QwQ4K4n54W #emailmarketing

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Add your voice to this campaign! https://t.co/lp3kbXhMq0

[Ken Gillgren @kengillgren]

[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."
https://t.co/yUegfgOwmQ

[Ken Gillgren @kengillgren]

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_mfagerholm]

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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!

[Ken Gillgren @kengillgren]

Not quite independent and driving the parent a little nuts

[Ken Gillgren @kengillgren]

[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."

https://t.co/C7QBdNgqv3

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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

https://t.co/DBOiVVFi9w

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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

https://t.co/J8TyCDqf2B

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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.
https://t.co/eiEcNcRHoY

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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...

https://t.co/Opi2obmmv4

[Ken Gillgren @kengillgren]

[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,
https://t.co/MsJKbqc5vv

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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."

https://t.co/ZJonJEjNta

[Ken Gillgren @kengillgren]

[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. https://t.co/7sZig9HGUV

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[FROM THE ARCHIVES] Extending an insight from Ta Nehisi Coates on the role of language for seeing and understanding https://t.co/VYu4PUH92R

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Sounds like fun; join online if you can!

[Rainier Beach @rainierbeach]

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

[Rainier Beach @rainierbeach]

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

[Rainier Beach @rainierbeach]

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

[Rainier Beach @rainierbeach]

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

[Rainier Beach @rainierbeach]

Other notables at the grand opening of the AfricaTown Plaza. A grand event for us all.

[Ken Gillgren @kengillgren]

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 @rainierbeach]

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.