Interfaith World Café Collective Intelligence

Question 1:  When you think of being part of an interfaith group, what makes you want to be involved (marked +)? What might keep you away (marked -)?

+ Networks of life

­­­­–Dominance by one

+ Human family together

–Obstinacy

+ Human first; together; common humanity

–No respect

+ Empower youth … use negative to get acquainted

–Hypocrisy

+ worldview & interest in others; commonalities pull us together

–Lack of knowledge

+ Share who we are; clear values

–Time (busy schedules prevent participation)

+ Understand, diversity, un-polarize

–Over-commitment

+ bring together/share

–Others force an agenda

 

Question 2: How could an interfaith organization improve the quality of life across Tampa Bay?

• Pull together diverse community
• Love & respect one another; learn about each other
• Sharing values leads to peace
• Short-term: commonalities of faith – leads to mission statement
• Long-term: educate youth
• Enlarge community in life – diverse & rich youth
• Acts of love & good, caring, group voice, healing; future generations
• Eliminate stereotypes
• Common ground & children are key
• Group voice for positive change
• Understand roots of division

 

Question 3: How have your perceptions about interfaith activities been affirmed or altered by this process today?

• Stimulates conversation, eliminates dominance, reflects diversity
• People first, religion second
• Achieve more together
• To know each other is to love each other
• Motivation & increase faith
• Nov. 12 India festival @ fairgrounds
• Learn from others, unity & diversity
• Vulnerable, open, share self
• Words have power – cautious
• Solutions together
• Babysteps – intermediate cafes before large area one