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“Us” and “Them” The Importance of Language in Creating a Shared Vision of Change Dennis Deery [email protected] http://irishrose.biz

"Us" and "Them" - The Importance of Language in Creating a Shared Vision of Change

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This presentation for the Community Development Society Annual Conference 2013 explores how language shapes communities and their ability to come together behind a shared vision.

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“Us” and “Them”The Importance of Language

in Creating a SharedVision of Change

Dennis [email protected]://irishrose.biz

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my home, your playground

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communitas

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togetherness

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…it must be admitted that the political skills, which order the life of the larger community, always lag behind the technical skills which create the potential society in which a greater order is required. -- Reinhold Niebuhr