Leaders- Take Away from this Meeting:

✦ Systemic Change & Collaboration involve Attitude Change

✦ Obligation of North America to the rest of the world.

✦ Anywhere we have a presence is a strong opportunity to move Systemic Change.

✦ What are the relationships for the International Society (Build a Strategic Plan)?

✦ Youth change is systemic change/need to be in communication channels.

✦ Ladies of Charity are not visible and we also have youth groups. (Jr. Ladies of Charity)

✦ Relationships: need to be reestablished

Leaders- Take Away from this Meeting (continued):

✦ Western Province is in a state of reorganization (10 months old with hundreds of years of history) 160 men, engaging in a planning process, vision statement, themes of the GA.

✦ Deepen understanding of the dynamic of Systemic Change

✦ Create enthusiasm for Systemic change

✦ We do good individually, but we do well together.

Ideas to promote collaboration in the Vincentian Family

✦ Leaders gather in a regional area with a Facilitator

✦ Leaders develop a Vision.

✦ Strategic plan for collaboration: could be integrated into the strategic plan for each part of the family.

✦ Establish a commission within the Province for Peace, Justice and Care of the earth.

✦ Working in a secular society we really need the support of each other to talk about God and do God’s work.

✦ DePaul USA is an example of international cooperation/collaboration of the Vincentian Family. Only a year and ½ old. Hope to extend to 5 states in the next few years.

Ideas to promote collaboration in the Vincentian Family

(continued)✦ Because our organizations are different: DC/CM

personnel change, not same for SVDP and LOC. Therefore leaders must speak together.

✦ As an outgrowth of the GA we are trying to generate ideas of how to generate enthusiasm for being part of the Vincentian Family.

✦ Is there a way to bring people to the table to do more than to share stories?

✦ Each leader appoint a Vincentian Family animator

✦ VinWest: appointing men to be representatives for the region to other branches (where we are located)

Assistance Needed✦ Money

✦ Directory of Branches

✦ Communication channels need to be integrated and accountability

✦ Tool for evaluation our ministries to move to Systemic Change

✦ Finding the others in a region English Speaking (Caribbean)

✦ Make sure that formation occurs-- Collaborative formation as well as collaborative evaluation.

✦ The VFC is the group to develop the next steps.

✦ Need written MOU for each group because leadership changes

✦ Theology of Systemic Change.

Next Steps

✦ Both/and. Leadership meet nationally and local meet

✦ Take the initiative and meet as a region

✦ Identify other groups in the region and determine what we can do together, even with small numbers across great distances. Map the groups

✦ Leaders must give the information of where groups are located.

✦ Designate someone who will reach out to others in the region.

✦ Do not talk about Systemic Change as something new.

Next Steps (continued)

✦ Training must be collaborative with different members taking the lead.

✦ Someone must be designated to convene the national Group. (VFC!)

✦ Our individual efforts in training must be expanded to see ourselves as part of a larger family.

✦ Start small (local) and grow large (national)

✦ Use the internet to make connections and reduce costs.

✦ (http://change,vinfamily.org) We have this tool and this can be done.