Date: Jan. 28, 2007
Location: Northern Light Community Center
Check out reports from the dialogues:
Group One: "Friend's Dilemma," led by moderator Ilene Wasserman.
Group Two: "History of the Future," led by Chris Satullo, Harris Sokoloff, Jean di Sabatino and Jose Morales.
Participants in each group were first asked to describe one hope or one fear as the city enters its election year. Participants then took part in one of two exercies.
Friend's Dilemma: One exercise asked participants to imagine they were giving a good friend’s family advice on whether to move to Philadelphia.
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What would be the pros and cons of that move?
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What forces and factors underlie those pros and cons?
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What steps could the city and region take to strengthen those pros or weaken those cons?
For a full description of the exercise, see http://go.philly.com/friendsdilemma
History of the Future: In the other exercise, participants were asked to imagine that it's 2015 and that the city has mobilized to fulfill its pontential as The Next Great City. Participants put together a narrative about what it's like to live in Philadelphia, what the city does that it didn't use to do, and what does better than before.
For a full description of the exercise, see http://go.philly.com/historyfuture