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Date(s) - Thu - 15 Oct
12:00 pm - 1:30 pm
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Dear friends of the Urban Futures Centre @ Durban University of Technology (UFC@DUT)
The UFC@DUT will be running its 27th seminar on Thursday, the 15 October 2015.
Topic : Connecting communities with love, compassion and accountability
Presenter: Dr Rama Naidu
Date: 15 October 2015
Time: 12:00 to 13:30
Venue: ESBE Boardroom, L3, S4, S Block, Steve Biko Campus- Entrance from
gate 2.
About the Presentation
“The essential challenge is to transform the isolation and self-interest of our communities into connectedness and caring for the whole” Peter Block
Join us for a fascinating experiential conversation on how this transformation occurs simply by shifting our attention from the problems of community to the possibility of community. Communities have been fragmented and yearn for a sense of belonging, and an end to the isolation and self-interest that has been so pervasive and so destructive
When we think of community, especially poor and marginalised ones we think of them as a problem to be fixed rather than as having any social capital to create a future distinct from the past. How we engage communities and amplify their authentic voices is a process that has become the hallmark of a new way of being in the world and initiating social transformation.
Each participant will leave with a new sense of awareness of how our perceptions, values and beliefs shape our lives and millions of others who are in our sphere of influence. Each of us contributes to the stories we hear and repeat about community. Would you like to change your story?
About the Presenter
Dr Rama Naidu
He is the Executive Director of the Democracy Development Programme, a Gestalt Organisational Development Practitioner and the Lead facilitator of DDP’s Community transformation processes. He has headed this NGO that deals with activating citizenship for the past 20 years. He has also consulted extensively in Africa and is presently part of the internationally acclaimed Gold Gestalt programme that has exposed him to work in many other parts of the world.
He has a Doctorate in Social Geography and was a fellow of North Western University in Chicago He also holds several Organisational Development qualifications.
He is passionate about working with communities with the intention to engage and initiate real transformation from within the community itself.
He describes himself as a self-proclaimed warrior for community transformation and not a saviour
Kindly RSVP to confirm your attendance to UFCadmin@dut.ac.za
Looking forward to seeing you at this seminar.
Please feel free to send this on to others who might be interested.
Kind Regards
Omashnee Govender
Administrator : Urban Future Centre @ DUT
Tel : 031 373 2100
Email : UFCadmin@dut.ac.za