In it Together: Organizing a Common Security Club

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from YES! Magazine:




In it Together: Organizing a Common Security Club
How to overcome the obstacles and cultivate a caring, supportive community group in the face of tough economic times.

by Sarah Byrnes
posted Feb 24, 2011


“Facilitating a Common Security Club feels like providing water to desperately thirsty people.”

That’s according to Trudy McNulty, a facilitator in Portland, Maine.

The pastor at Trudy’s church gave a sermon about Common Security Clubs, generating a lot of interest. “Our biggest challenge,” she says, “has been giving everyone a reasonable chance to talk in a group of thirty people.”

For some, organizing a Common Security Club is this straightforward. For others, a longer organizational process makes sense. ............(more)

The complete piece is at: http://www.yesmagazine.org/blogs/common-security-clubs/organizing-a-common-security-club

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1. many Unitarian churches have started these

...and they are highly recommended.