Hi Gale:



I direct the Southeast Community Research Center in Atlanta, GA. Currently,
we are working on a range of projects that are focused on promoting the
voice and decision making capacity or non-expert communities (community
members) on what have been seen as issues too technical or complex for their
involvement. Our work includes a range of projects, from a collaboration
with marginalized communities in the Alabama Blackbelt to change the rules
and policies governing research and intervention ethics on health, to a
project to put community groups in the leadership of the decision-making
process on strategies to attack and redress health disparities.



I've appreciated your recent contributions to this list. Please contact me
if you want to talk more about community driven problem solving.



Cheers,

Douglas K. Taylor, Director
The Southeast Community Research Center
P.O.Box 5731,  Atlanta, GA 31107
PH: 404.373.6688   MOBILE: 404.394.3263  FAX: 404.373.9080
Building Democracy Through Research


----- Original Message -----
From: "Gayle Rutherford" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Wednesday, April 02, 2003 11:51 AM
Subject: Meaningful participation-people on low-income


> Hi,
> I am working as project coordinator for a project titled, "Addressing
> Poverty as a Determinant of Health" in Calgary.  One of the desired
> outcomes of this project is to increase the involvement of the people who
> live in poverty in the identification of issues and problem-solving of
> these issues.  This is to be done along with stakeholders from other
> sectors such as public and not-for-profit organizations.  It is very
> important that this involvement be meaningful and safe for the
> participants.  One person on low-income suggested that she would be
> comfortable and interested in being part of a 'citizen advisory group'
with
> her peers but not sitting at the table with all the people in suits.
> I would like to be in touch with others who have worked within a model or
> framework that supports the process of collaboration between all sectors
> within a community (including people on low-income) or any literature that
> deals with this type of collaboration.  I look forward to your ideas.
> Thanks,
> Gayle Rutherford
> Rutherford Consulting Group Inc.
> 108 Valhalla Cres. N.W.
> Calgary, AB T3A 1Z9
> 403-286-5983
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