Mitchel gave a brief overview of the Citizen Advocacy model. His main thesis was that the primary mission of Citizen Advocacy is generally to safeguard the welfare of a vulnerable person through one-to-one (or near… Read More »Mitchel Peters: Citizen Advocacy and valued roles
Janet shared several stories as well as an analysis of the nature of contribution, particularly contributions from and by societally devalued people in valued roles in typical contexts. Sharing of gifts and personal contributions are… Read More »Janet Kleese: The nature of contribution
Tom spoke about Citizen Advocacy as developed by Wolfensberger in the 1960s in Nebraska (US). He described Citizen Advocacy as a coherent service model (model coherency described in SRV: are the right people doing the… Read More »Tom Doody: The possibility and desirability of Citizen Advocacy
Rosey spoke about the power of Citizen Advocacy relationships in terms of wounding and devalued roles, and the link between valued roles and access to the ‘good things of life.’ Rosey is from Citizen Advocacy… Read More »Rosey Olbrycht: Citizen Advocacy, valued roles, access to the ‘good things of life’
George is responsible for training and formation at l’Arche. His talk reminded me of the Wolfensberger teaching and article on the gifts of mentally retarded people. George shared stories of personal encounters early in his… Read More »George Durner: l’Arche and relationship
Debbie shared stories of her own life, as someone who was jailed both as a young person and later as an adult. She compellingly described her own early life as one of cascading vulnerability: being… Read More »Debbie Kilroy: women and prison