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to communities to strengthen their resilience
in times of crisis and change.

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In the GFSC Online Library

Manuals and Workbooks
helping children, adults and facilitators
deal with disaster, crisis and change
English, Spanish and Chinese*
(*traditional and simplified)

Crisis > Change > Choice:
GFSC Workshop for Building Community Resilience

Bearing the Pain of Others:
How to Help the Helpers
Practical suggestions for recognizing and taking care of yourself and others in helping roles

Bad Things Happen to Good People
explaining the painful, but normal, necessary feelings and emotions that are part of every crisis and loss [print copy]

Debriefing A Traumatic Event
a conversation framework best used after immediate emergency needs are met, to help survivors work through shock and intial reactions; also useful as outline for personal journaling [English, Spanish, French]

Working With Groups After A Crisis
Sharing, Processing, Learning
Suggestions for working with
people under stress

About GFSC [print copy]

Facilitators...guide people though participatory processes so that the group identifies goals, makes decisions, plans organization strategies and learns from one another.

Successful facilitation improves group functioning, increases energy, effectiveness and efficiency as group members learn new skills they can apply to future challenges.

Facilitator Support

GFSC offers networking, mentoring, training, materials and other support services to facilitators and other professionals building community resilience and self-reliance, particulaly in areas affected by crisis and change. Read more...

To arrange for a workshop or other customized training to meet your needs and the needs of your organization or community, click here.

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Gratitude/Gracias

Our continuing thanks to

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Ximena Combariza for translating our newsletter and other documents from English to Spanish

GFSC Advisory Council for their patience, expertise, advice and caring.

Print Copy

GFSC News, May 2010

GFSC 2010 projects

Haiti/Dominican Republic [February]...
Ecuador/Hartford, CT [March-April]...
Chile [April-May]...
Philippines [July]...
Florida [pending]...
Ottawa, Canada [pending]...

IAF Community Outreach Award

.announcement of Gilbert Brenson-Lazan, a founding member (and guiding light) of GFSC, as the recipient of the first International Association of Facilitators Community Outreach Award, recognizing significant volunteer contributions to the community through the art of facilitation...Read more...

Chilean Facilitators: A Great Beginning

...we are very honored and proud to welcome Yelmo Duran Kreither and his team at 360º Alimentaria as part of the GFSC network of facilitators. They were the heart and soul of this first three-day workshop... Read more...

NOLA Facilitators Share Experiences with Chilean Facilitators

...Kathy McGraw ("I have been working with the survivors and their family members of the recent oil rig explosion off the coast of Venice, Louisiana."),

Julianna Padgett ("...GFSC pulled together familiar knowledge in a form that supported my own healing process and allowed me to pass on important tools to others."),

Lou Furman ("the most memorable experience I had with GFSC training was at Tulane when we did it for first responders..."),

and others, who wrote in response to a request from Michael Kane for the GFSC NOLA facilitators, to share their experiences after Hurricane Katrina with the Chilean facilitators. Read more...

Authors Supporting GFSC

Thanks to their generous support, the first 50 donors of $100 or more will receive an autographed book by one of the following authors: Gil Brenson Lazan, Larry Dressler, Izzy Gesell, Mirja Hanson, Chris Roland, Sybil Stershic, Dale Hunter/Stephen Thorpe.

And donors of $50 or more will receive Izzy Gesell's new pamphlet, Accentuate the Positive: Changing Negative Self-Talk.

Click here to make your donation
http://globalfacilitators.org/donation.html

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Regular updates from Haiti by John Engle* at http://www.haitipartners.org/the-blog/
(*an excellent source of current information; not affilitated with GFSC)