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It all began as Tom Kohler
joined slides and written materials with a reflection written by Susan
Earl to create a talk for people concerned about community building,
and especially about community building as it is
done by people associated with Chatham-Savannah Citizen Advocacy, as
Mr. Welcome was. Response
to the talks led to this book.…You will see Lester Johnson, a
citizen advocate, in this story, but this story is bigger than that.
It is the story of Mr. Welcome's eighty-seven years.
. . .We would not usually be telling a person's story in such detail; people's
lives are private. But Mr. Welcome became in the latter part of his life a
public figure and a man who felt his life had a message. Mr. Welcome's great
nieces have seen the story and think that it is respectful.
This is the story of a remarkable man and the people who surrounded him to
make their whole community stronger. It is a life lesson in community building
from people who became masterful by doing it.
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