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Summit Date Set
The CoreChange summit date is set for Feb. 16-18, 2012. For more information, call 513-745-3896.
Cincinnati citizen Dante Ingram speaks for many with his comment on this: "I can't wait for the summit. CoreChange is the future. I am a proud participant of this movement. We can change lives, we can change thinking, we can dramatically change the future for our youth."
Read more below on reasons others see potential in this, as well as what might amplify its success.
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Blog
Why Systems Thinking
You've heard me say that "thinking in systems" is crucial for insight into some of the biggest problems we face such as hunger, poverty, environmental degradation, inner city violence, health and social  disparities. The reason is that these issues are essentially system failures.
They cannot and will not be solved by fixing one piece or what the uninitiated views as one facet of the problem in isolation.
When you gain some facility in seeing "systems" and the interdependence of "systems nested within a larger system" you are humbled by the realization that our communities' most vexing problems cannot and will never be solved by our continuing to fix one piece in isolation from the others.
Click here to read the full blog by Dr. Victor Garcia.
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CoreChange can be Great for Cincinnati: Nathan Pelletier
Young professional calls for engagement with city council, mayor's office
Nathan Pelletier describes Cincinnati as a city "just waiting to blossom, " and the CoreChange effort underway as having great potential to cultivate that growth. He sees significant opportunity in collaborating with the Cincinnati city council and mayor's office to move this effort forward.
"I believe CoreChange can make a difference. It will make a much broader difference if we can get the (city) leadership on board to amplify it as big as it can be," says Nathan,
Click here to read the full story.
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Newsroom Notes
New Cincinnati Page
Axiom News is excited to announce we've gone live with a new site. We include a section dedicated to Cincinnati as a thriving community.
Please check it out by clicking on this link. If you have content, including blogs, you think would make sense for this page, we'd love to consider it.
You can connect via our Twitter account @cincysummit, by contacting the newsroom at 705-741-4421 or by e-mailing michelle(at)axiomnews.ca.
Axiom News dedicates 10 per cent of its gross revenue to covering people, systems and movements that we believe are creating the world we want to see, this Cincinnati effort among those.
To learn more about joining this Cincinnati work in that respect, please contact peter(at)axiomnews.ca.
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recommended video
Click this link to watch a video on changing the Cincinnati narrative. Peter Block is joined by Peggy Holman and Anne Stadler to show how to shift the conversation with media and citizens from problems to possibilities.
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our favourite tweets of the week
@corechangecincy: Thinking in Systems is essential if we as a community hope to flourish and not just survive or limp along. @cincysummit: We can change lives, thinking and the future for our youth: Cincinnati young adult Dante Ingram on strengths-based movement in city.
@PeggyHolman: Because unknowns can trip u up, strive for excellence rather than perfection. #complexity
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