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Catch-23, Redoux
Catch-23, Revisited
Posted in the comments section of the post A Right to Privacy, in November's 11-15, archives, by Katie Laferte, on November 16th, 2005, -- we always wondered, what has this comment to do with the post to which it was attached?
I viewed it then as a statement and not a comment since it had nothing to do with the topic of 11-15, The Right to Privacy.
Given Irene's post cancer post, of 1-13, Empowerment Network, and in the spirit of community discourse, I re-submit Katie's colloquy here for comment and discussion.
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Catch-23
The much maligned CATCH program has held a series of meetings since the spring about "affordable housing." The fallout of these meetings is the idea that all Mount Hope organizations should get together and talk to one another, to develop trust and accountability and really try and deal with the various problems people perceive in the neighborhood rather than staking out territory and duking it out like the kids are doing in their ridiculous "gangs". In October they were generally successful in making the first step: representatives from the Learning Center, the Land Trust, Miriam Hospital, the Mount Hope Neighborhood Association, Brown University, the Vincent Brown Center, Rochambeau Library, The Providence Plan, the Department of Health, other organizations I can't even remember, and Kevin Jackson all attended. Everyone there made a commitment to work together. Just getting everyone in a room I think was quite an accomplishment. I'm not sure yet what this is going to mean for the neighborhood. It's sort of easy to attack groups like this, to decide that they're the enemy. I think it would be more helpful to follow these developments or even to join in on the discussion. The organizer of these meetings has told me she's contacted the GCCC leadership on a few occasions to extend an invitation to attend. I would like to pass on the information to a member who would like to get involved (not someone who would derail the process, but someone who would be willing to attend as a representative of the principles of the GCCC). Mount Hope doesn't need fifteen organizations fighting each other. We're talking about twenty blocks here.
Posted by: Katie at November 16, 2005 11:36 AM
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