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York Region Map of Emerging Community Initiatives (Tribes)

October 12th, 2009

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I’m fortunate to be a participant in a number of York Region social change initiatives. These groups plan and implement projects that strive to make a difference in our York Region community.

This post is about the shared journey that these groups are following and the interconnectedness of these diverse yet complementary initiatives.

From my vantage point I recognize how these unique programs, working towards a common purpose of a stronger, healthier, inclusive York Region, are implementing their projects with values sets that are very similar or at the least overlapping.

I thought it would an interesting reflection exercise to map out these initiatives with their diverse, yet shared value sets. Firing up my Mindmeister collaboration mapping software (free) I began adding the names of these initiatives and what I believed were the predominant supporting values that guided activities within the initiatives.

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Social Web Partners

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