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The IPCR Journal/Newsletter
Introduction
The Interfaith Peacebuilding and Community Revitalization (IPCR) Initiative believes that “constellations” of Community Visioning Initiatives, “Community Teaching and Learning Centers”, and “sister community” relationships—combined with having the treasured wisdom of religious, spiritual, and moral traditions “in the tool box”—can contribute much to overcoming the challenges of our times.
The IPCR Journal/Newsletter is a (sometimes) quarterly publication of The IPCR Initiative.
Current Issue—and Some Recent Back Issues
The IPCR Journal/Newsletter (Winter 2010-2011 issue; 58 pages) includes: a) an 11 page introduction to The IPCR Initiative (“Creating a Multiplier Effect of a Positive Nature”) b) a 15 step outline for Community Visioning Initiatives c) 8 sample questions for a preliminary survey d) a list of 117 related fields of activity e) an introduction to the concept “Peace Returned on Resources Invested” f) a 9 page section titled “A Call to Women’s Organizations Associated with Peacebuilding and Philanthropy” g) a section describing opportunities for local newspapers to contribute valuable community service—and thus contains enough detail associated with the IPCR peacebuilding approach to be a valuable starting point for brainstorming sessions, exploratory meetings, and workshops associated with planning and implementing a Community Visioning Initiative. Participants in this Discussion Forum are especially encouraged to glance through the 11 page introduction (mentioned above)—and to comment on the strengths and weaknesses of this 58 page document as an overview of a comprehensive approach for overcoming the critical challenges mentioned above. (There is a sticky post in this section which has a pdf file of this “Winter issue” document attached to it.)
An updated version which incorporated news of the financial crises of 2008. Contained three different introductions to the “1000Communities2” proposal (“A Greater Force Than the Challenges We Are Facing” and “The ‘1000Communities2’ Proposal: Creating a Multiplier Effect of a Positive Nature” (which was a part of” IPCR Outreach 2008”).
Introduced the “1000Communities2” proposal, which advocates for Community Visioning Initiatives, “Community Teaching and Learning Centers” with ongoing workshops, and “sister community” relationships, as a way of generating an exponential increase in our collective capacity to overcome the
challenges of our times. Also includes the section of the “1000Communities2” document titled “15 Suggestions for Preliminary Survey Questions”, and an excerpt from the document “Peacebuilding in its Most Compassionate Form”.
Introduced the new website of The IPCR Initiative, introduced a ten point assessment of the most difficult challenges of our times, and included excerpts from the document “Peacebuilding in its Most Compassionate Form”.
Features The IPCR Spring 2007 “Building Caring Communities” Questionnaire (60 Questions).
Note: For a list of other back issues of The IPCR Journal/Newsletter, see the bottom of this webpage.
Submitting Material for Future Issues of The IPCR Journal/Newsletter
The IPCR Initiative welcomes suggestions regarding subjects to explore in issues of The IPCR Journal/Newsletter—and will consider any information, documents, etc. which are sent as submissions. People who would like to assist the efforts of The IPCR Initiative are encouraged to contribute constructive comments, resource recommendations and links, relevant news, suggestions—and to relate relevant personal experiences which will be helpful to others working along similar lines. The description of “IPCR Journal/Newsletters” in the IPCR document “Brief Descriptions of The Eight IPCR Concepts”, and the “117 Related Fields of Activity” section of the IPCR website, should be sufficient to suggest that there is a wide range of activity which can be considered “working along similar lines”.
[Note to Contributors: The IPCR Initiative will make every effort to acknowledge that it has received submissions; and, if any material may be used in an issue of The IPCR Journal/Newsletter, the author will be contacted regarding permission, and any editorial concerns. Please include a SASE if sending any materials which you would like to be returned.]
Contact Information
To request a copy of previous issues; to submit material for future issues; to send a letter to the editor; or to send any comments, suggestions, etc. — please use the following contact information: Stefan Pasti, Editor The IPCR Journal/Newsletter P.O. Box 163 Leesburg, VA 20178 USA (703) 209-2093 stefanpasti@ipcri.net
The Eighth IPCR Concept
The “IPCR Journal/Newsletter” is one of The Eight IPCR Concepts. Here is a link to the “Brief Descriptions of The Eight IPCR Concepts” document.
The Writer and Editor of The IPCR Journal/Newsletter
At this point in time, The Interfaith Peacebuilding and Community Revitalization (IPCR) Initiative exists only as the efforts of the founder and outreach coordinator of The IPCR Initiative, and the writer and editor of The IPCR Journal/Newsletter, Stefan Pasti. [This writer gladly and willingly contributes time, energy, and money to make issues of The IPCR Journal/Newsletter (and the IPCR Website at www.ipcri.net ) accessible to those people who might benefit from them.]
Accessing or Requesting Issues
Current issues and back issues of The IPCR Journal/Newsletter will be posted in this section of The IPCR website, and issues are offered at no cost (free) for download or as an attachment to an e-mail. (Note: The first two issues of The IPCR Journal/Newsletter are only available in hard copy). As mentioned in connection with the “All IPCR Resources and Documents” section-- for people with special circumstances, it is also possible that hard copies can be post mailed to any address provided. The IPCR
Initiative, however, is currently very limited in its capacity to create hardcopies, and to postmail hardcopies. At this particular point in time, The IPCR Initiative can only respond to a very limited number of requests for hardcopies of documents.]
The IPCR Resource Sharing Policy
(Update of “The IPCR Copyright Policy”—activated July 10, 2011)
In light of the urgent need to build bridges and increase collaboration between diverse communities of people, all of the documents, information, resources, etc. created by The IPCR Initiative and accessible at The IPCR Initiative website (at www.ipcri.net ) are accessible for free, and may be used without permission and without attribution. This writer gladly and willingly contributes time, energy, and money to make the resources and documents of The IPCR Initiative accessible to people for their own personal use, or so that they can assist fellow human beings and contribute to the greater good of the whole. Also, anyone who would like to go forward with workshops along the lines of the "Workshops" section of The IPCR Initiative may do so, and may use whatever IPCR resources to do so, with no need for permission, attribution, or arrangements for compensation. The challenges ahead are significant; if IPCR resources can help people build solution-oriented momentum, that would be the best kind of compensation.
In addition, once a pilot project (using IPCR resources of any kind—for examples, see “A Four Page Summary of The IPCR Initiative” or “Brief Descriptions of The Eight IPCR Concepts”) is underway, the IPCR Initiative does not require that any such pilot projects use The IPCR Initiative name, or adhere to any common mission statement, or list of shared goals. In other words, any individuals or communities of people using IPCR ideas or resources will have no obligation to adhere to a “brand” message—or even reference or make attribution to IPCR resources which inspired their efforts. They can build, adopt, change, modify, and otherwise create their own way forward—with their own name for the initiative, their own website content, their own stated goals, etc. By encouraging innovation and creativity in this way many different experiments can be made, and there will be more chances that many communities of people will arrive at many different kinds of successful model projects.
[Please note: Quotes, statistics, and other copyrighted material used in IPCR documents have been appropriately attributed to their copyrighted sources. Readers may thus be assured that The IPCR Initiative encourages and supports the proper referencing of copyrighted material to their copyrighted sources.]
Additional Back Issues of The IPCR Journal/Newsletter
Vol. 2, No. 1 Winter 2006-2007
Vol. 1, No. 3 Spring 2005
[Note: The Spring 2005 issue of The IPCR Journal/Newsletter contains all the information provided by the IPCR website from May 2005 thru December 2007]
Vol. 1, No. 2 Spring 2004 (only available in hard copy)
Vol. 1, No. 1 Winter 2003-2004 (only available in hard copy)
The Interfaith Peacebuilding and Community Revitalization (IPCR) Initative
P.O. Box 163 Leesburg, Virginia 20178 (USA)
stefanpasti@ipcri.net (703) 209-2093
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