Uplift Hotline
- Also Known As
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Hello Peace
- Intent
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This pattern establishes a dial-in telephone hotline which people may call to talk to people
on the other side of political, religous, or culture divides. It provides an opportunity for people to connect at their positive
core values in a safe manner. Ideas and stories which emerge from the hotline relationships can be used to further detect and
replicate uplift patterns.
- Motivation
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Overcome tensions and dividing issues and allow people to communicate at their
positive core values and concerns for community uplift.
- Applicability
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Two or more groups divided by social, political, or cultural
barriers can use an anonymous telephone hotline system to meet each other, discuss differences in
a safe, positive environment
- Method
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Set up a hotline which allows dial-in access for people to call each other.
- Consequences
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Improved social cohesion, relief of tensions, community
building even in the face of tensions. Conversations may trigger other stories and patterns of uplift.
- Variations
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Can this be used for other forms of uplift, for example on-line chat rooms, etc.?
- Known Uses
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This hotline started in Israel, and drew 25,000 callers per month several months after it started.
- Related Patterns
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PosValues
- References
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https://curly.mindtel.com/upspace/Communities/hellopeace/
http://www.hellopeace.net/callnow.htm
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