World Café comes to the Ukraine
On April 17, 2008, L’viv was the site for the very first World Café to be held in the country of Ukraine and hosted by Linda Knudsen McAusland (OSR 12) and Ihor Savchak.
Over 30 people attended to explore the issue: a cultural vision for L’viv. The conversation question was "What does it mean to have a creative, dynamic cultural community?"
Linda writes, "This was my first experience working with dialogue and World Café outside the United States. It was reaffirming to see it work in ways I was familiar with back home — that steady increase in the volume/energy in the room and its positive tone that comes from engagement. It’s the energy that comes from people intrigued and excited by the experience of meeting new people, sharing ideas, being heard/listened to and in finding common ground — and it is palpable. You know you have done something constructive when folks don’t want to leave at the end of the Café, and they explicitly state they will be back for the next one. And that is what we need — they must come back for more. If they don’t return and talk with each other and with us, we can not engage in cultural planning that is rooted in community."
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