[Ailist] AI for coalition buidling accross disparate racial and economic groups?

[Lionel Boxer]

Have a look at Father Bob's website.  http://fatherbob.tk 

I saw him talking about his attempts to do this, but is not an AI
practitioner.  However, his ideas might offer some hints from the
reality of merging street people with the middle class that are
gentrifying a former working-class neighbourhood.  I saw him speaking on
TV yesterday.

Father Bob is a RC priest in South Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.  He
was a army reserve padre during 1960s and a fulltime army padre during
Vietnam War.  (Interesting chap for a RC priest - he promotes
exploration extra-(Vatican)doctrinal interpretations of Christian
mythology.)

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>>> "Jennifer Swift-Morgan" <JSwiftMorgan at edc.org> 28/03/2007 7:45 am
>>>
Dear friends,

 

Do any of you know of successes using AI for building lasting
coalitions
specifically between racially and economically disparate groups? In
particular, I am interested in hearing about experiences bringing
together people across city-suburb lines in order to develop lasting
regional/metropolitan arrangements that encourage desegregation and
are
better on the whole for everyone.

 

As AI in a sense is all about building coalitions between disparate
groups, I imagine it has indeed been used for the purposes I note
here.
To further a discussion I am having with colleagues and researchers
along these lines, I'd love to hear about any particular cases that
you
know of - or have helped make happen!

 

Many thanks in advance for your stories,

Jennifer

 

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