by Danielle Conroy
I had a recent conversation with my oldest friend, Dr. Gull Herzberg, wherein he described the powerful actions he and a small group of fellow citizens of the Shire of Bellingen, New South Wales Australia, have taken in the last three weeks in response to COVID.
They recognized they needed to come together to get ahead of the pandemic and took action. As a group, they leveraged a collective learning mindset and took coordinated action, enabled by systems and tools. Specifically, they created a community network database, clarifying who is who, who needs what, and who can offer what. This was supported with a website, a connection center, and a special COVID clinic in town.
I outline the process and specific steps that this community has taken in a video conversation with Dr. Herzberg, available on YouTube entitled: “A Call to Action. The Time Is Now. COVID Interview Dr Gull Herzberg April 6 2020.” Our hope is that it will be shared widely, duplicated, improved upon, and scaled anywhere.
