Where in the World Are We?

From the Voluntary Sector Round Table

Political Expectations of Churches

Change Individuals

Communities ContinuityTradition

Social Democrats Liberals

Commutarians Conservatives

Moral Custodiansand Advisors

Individuals withGood Ideas

CommunityBuilding

SolidarityPartners Equal

Opportunity Commutative

Justice

Social JusticeSocial Equity

IndividualsChangeChange

Communities Continuity and Tradition

From David Pfrimmer’s “ A Study of Perceptions on Churches’ Role in Public Policy

Ten Commandments for Advocacy• Be Faithful

• Interrupt the False Assumptions

• Analyze, Analyze, Analyze ….

• Who is Hurt?

• Who Benefits?

• Go Public

• Demand Truth

• Build Coalitions

• Don’t Expect Perfection

• Recognize Humanity

What Do We Do?

Faith Groups Government

Identify Key Issues Informal Discussion Research Social Context Letters to

Government Coalition Building Meeting Legislators Strategizing Briefs to Government Public Policy Analysis Meetings with Leaders Policy Formation Reacting to Gov.

Policy Organizing and Action High Profile Public

Statements & Actions

A Public Policy Dialogue Approach

Boyd’s OODA “Loop”

Note how orientation shapes observation, shapes decision, shapes action, and in turn is shaped by the feedback and other phenomena coming into our sensing or observing window.

Also note how the entire “loop” (not just orientation) is an ongoing many-sided implicit cross-referencing process of projection, empathy, correlation, and rejection.

From “The Essence of Winning and Losing,” John R. Boyd, January 1996.

Note how orientation shapes observation, shapes decision, shapes action, and in turn is shaped by the feedback and other phenomena coming into our sensing or observing window.

Also note how the entire “loop” (not just orientation) is an ongoing many-sided implicit cross-referencing process of projection, empathy, correlation, and rejection.

From “The Essence of Winning and Losing,” John R. Boyd, January 1996.

FeedForward

Observations Decision(Hypothesis)

Action(Test)

CulturalTraditions

GeneticHeritage

NewInformation Previous

Experience

Analyses &Synthesis

FeedForward

FeedForward

ImplicitGuidance& Control

ImplicitGuidance& Control

UnfoldingInteraction

WithEnvironmentUnfolding

InteractionWith

Environment Feedback

Feedback

OutsideInformation

UnfoldingCircumstances

Observe Orient Decide Act

Defense and the National Interest, http://www.d-n-i.net, 2001

Public Witness is Persistent

Hope has two lovely daughters, anger and courage. Anger so that what must not be, shall not be. Courage so that what must be, shall be

St Augustine