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Questions
Ten
Questions
to Deepen Understanding of Beloved
Communities
1. How did the community begin?
2. Who are its moving spirits?
3. What are its major characteristics?
4. What’s really happening here?
5. What are the issues being addressed and the challenges being tackled?
6. What is the philosophy/cosmology/theory of change guiding this community and informing its activities?
7. What are the key practices and rituals, the culture and flavor, of this community?
8. What aspects and elements of this community may be transferable or can be emulated?
9. What are this community’s key achievements and how do you tell if a positive difference is being made?
10. What are common characteristics or elements shared between this beloved community and others?
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Personal Set of Questions
When Engaging Beloved Community
1. What sources of hope in community touch our hearts and spirits?
2. What aspects of this community challenge us in new ways?
3. What energizes us?
4. What gives us hope?
5. Where are the points of convergence, intersections that provide a new foundation for “building beloved communities”?
6. What about this community gives us a new sense of connectedness?
