Deirdre Downie, Director of Insight Now
"Our capacity to generate future possibilities and bring about new realities is closely linked with finding our voice, having conversations that matter, deeply listening to others and together taking bold action. The study circles process is the way to provide this capacity." |
Mary Hannan, Project Manager, Adult Learning Australia Inc.
"The study circle approach has been a prominent part of adult education across a number of years in Australia. My first involvement in this very powerful methodology was over fifteen years ago when Adult Learning Australia ran a study circle program on Aboriginal Reconciliation with 5000 participants resulting in changed perceptions in the Australian community.
I am particularly excited about the formation of the Australian Study Circles Network and fully endorse their aims and objectives." |
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Gail Plowman, Founder and Editor of Pigswillfly
"Let's not ignore grassroots value." | |
Tom Verghese, Director, Cultural Synergies
'Being inclusive to diverse viewpoints broadens mindsets and reduces groupthink and leads to better decisions.The Community Wide Study Circle Program is a powerful method and a proven approach that enables this to occur.'
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Sally Burgess de Castillo, Corporate Strategist, Centacare Employment and Training
"Study circles are a great way to embed resilience deep inside the community." |
Christine Harris, GHD, Melbourne
"Study Circles are a great tool for building strength and support within communities. I hope ASCN can contribute to this much needed work both in Australia and more broadly with our neighbours." |
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Liz Suda, Educator
"My experience as a community educator, educational researcher and practitioner has convinced me that dialogue can lead to the transformation of individuals and communities. A study trip to the Dialogic Literary Circles, la Tertulias, in Spain, in 2002, revealed the extraordinary power of dialogue conducted in a circle. The process had transformed individual lives. The movement spread through a dynamic grassroots approach fuelled by the power of dialogue.
The Australian Study Circles Network is an organisation that could transform community consultation in Australia, and make an enormous contribution to the practice of Participatory Democracy in this country. I am delighted to be part of this network." |
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