Here is a wonderful 7 minute video by Deborah Frieze on the Berkana model of systems change. I find that this is a very useful model for thinking about transformation. Berkana has identified these four key actions for supporting communities throughout the two loops:
- Name the community
- Connect the community
- Nourish the community
- Illuminate the community
This model reminds me some of Joanna Macy’s model for The Great Turning in which she identifies the need for three types of action to be happening together:
- Actions to slow the damage to Earth and its beings
- Analysis of structural causes and the creation of structural alternatives
- Shift in Consciousness
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