Lessons Learned…
Collaboration 5 and Final
Interviews.
Rehearsals. Articles. Rehearsals. Meetings. Rehearsals. A growing list of enthusiastic collaborators.
Photographs capturing stunning local historic structures, gorgeous local
settings, and familiar hometown images were snapped and recorded on postcards
to share. A mayoral proclamation
acknowledging and celebrating the special event was declared. Funds were raised
to transport all of the city’s third grade students to the beautiful theater.
Funds were raised to rent the theater and for all other involved expenses. New,
strong friendships were made as elbows were linked in support of our city and
our story. Together we worked for a common good. Together we learned. Together
we celebrated. And everyone was proud of
the gifts they brought to our “city hug,” and rightly so. The beautiful event came and went with all of
the pomp and circumstance necessary to lift local hearts and spirits, if even
for just a brief shining moment. The event received the Mayor’s Arts Award of
Cultural Collaborative Event of the Year; a tremendous honor truly to be shared
by countless participating neighbors. The greatest honor, though, was in being
a part of the passion which fueled the collaborative efforts. We did something; we had to do something. But change, the long-term sort of change that
truly bumps one off Forbes list, will
require an ongoing stream of bridge-building collaborative events and the
ensuing relational blessings. Friendships
grow. Trust grows. Compassion
grows. Fear diminishes. Walls come down
as bridges go up. And cities can heal. They
can. Together we are stronger. Together we are better.
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