Storywalk: Community Co-Design for Liveable Futures

Walking backwards from the thing that needs to get done (grant-writing, policy proposals, risk assessments, budgets, marketing, social media campaigns, staff transitions), we co-design a process that is unique for each context and community. The process draws on a mix of community-based research tools, consensus-building dynamics, grief groups, ancestor consultation, and ritual practice. The weaving of spiritual practice with practical goals is intentional and the individual and shared stories that surface throughout the process are the sign-posts for charting a new path. It is a process I like to call “story-walking” because the stories we share with one another are like the stones we lay to walk on, we create the ground as we go.

This is community engagement - writ large and going deep. We will not end up the same place we start. And we will have fun along the way.