I was invited to a Dialogue early this week at SEAMEO Innotech in Quezon City. It was organized by the Community-Based Natural Resources Management Learning Center with the theme OD Dialogues: Learning from an Emergent Future. It was a culminating activity for a three year project in Organizational Development among non-government organizations for community-based coastal resources management. However, the participants to the project and the dialogues were not only those who are involved in CBCRM. Some are into other natural resources management and some in feminist groups as well. The “celebrities” (what we were called because the activity was also a celebration of the project’s gains) were diverse and this resulted to lots of ideas and stories.
The activity may have been about OD, Learning and the Emergent Future but as I heard and observed, there were several references to motherhood. Concepts were explained by citing women and childbirth. When I prepared for a synthesis, I can’t help but think of childbearing myself. Again, another reference to motherhood.
