1. Leaders- Take Away from this Meeting: ✦ Systemic Change & Collaboration involve Attitude Change ✦ Obligation of North America to the rest of the world. ✦ Anywhere we have a presence is a strong opportunity to move Systemic Change. ✦ What are the relationships for the International Society (Build a Strategic Plan)? ✦ Youth change is systemic change/need to be in communication channels. ✦ Ladies of Charity are not visible and we also have youth groups. (Jr. Ladies of Charity) ✦ Relationships: need to be reestablished

2. Leaders- Take Away from this Meeting (continued): ✦ Western Province is in a state of reorganization (10 months old with hundreds of years of history) 160 men, engaging in a planning process, vision statement, themes of the GA. ✦ Deepen understanding of the dynamic of Systemic Change ✦ Create enthusiasm for Systemic change ✦ We do good individually, but we do well together.

3. Ideas to promote collaboration in the Vincentian Family ✦ Leaders gather in a regional area with a Facilitator ✦ Leaders develop a Vision. ✦ Strategic plan for collaboration: could be integrated into the strategic plan for each part of the family. ✦ Establish a commission within the Province for Peace, Justice and Care of the earth. ✦ Working in a secular society we really need the support of each other to talk about God and do God’s work. ✦ DePaul USA is an example of international cooperation/collaboration of the Vincentian Family. Only a year and ½ old. Hope to extend to 5 states in the next few years.

4. Ideas to promote collaboration in the Vincentian Family (continued) ✦ Because our organizations are different: DC/CM personnel change, not same for SVDP and LOC. Therefore leaders must speak together. ✦ As an outgrowth of the GA we are trying to generate ideas of how to generate enthusiasm for being part of the Vincentian Family. ✦ Is there a way to bring people to the table to do more than to share stories? ✦ Each leader appoint a Vincentian Family animator ✦ VinWest: appointing men to be representatives for the region to other branches (where we are located)

5. Assistance Needed ✦ Money ✦ Directory of Branches ✦ Communication channels need to be integrated and accountability ✦ Tool for evaluation our ministries to move to Systemic Change ✦ Finding the others in a region English Speaking (Caribbean) ✦ Make sure that formation occurs-- Collaborative formation as well as collaborative evaluation. ✦ The VFC is the group to develop the next steps. ✦ Need written MOU for each group because leadership changes ✦ Theology of Systemic Change.

6. Next Steps ✦ Both/and. Leadership meet nationally and local meet ✦ Take the initiative and meet as a region ✦ Identify other groups in the region and determine what we can do together, even with small numbers across great distances. Map the groups ✦ Leaders must give the information of where groups are located. ✦ Designate someone who will reach out to others in the region. ✦ Do not talk about Systemic Change as something new.

7. Next Steps (continued) ✦ Training must be collaborative with different members taking the lead. ✦ Someone must be designated to convene the national Group. (VFC!) ✦ Our individual efforts in training must be expanded to see ourselves as part of a larger family. ✦ Start small (local) and grow large (national) ✦ Use the internet to make connections and reduce costs. ✦ (http://change,vinfamily.org) We have this tool and this can be done.http://change