It's been a labor of love for community, and a community-relationship building experience to create the new (third) 2017 version of The Walkabout Talkabout Book. The book originally was written and designed in 1988 by The Maverick Institute co-founders Leslie Johnston (graphic artist) and Anita C. Fonte (writer) and funded by the Arizona Humanities Council. It was reprinted by the University of Arizona's Cooperative Extension and 4-H and used by 4-H Groups throughout the State.
In 2016, as part of the collaborative effort to Build UP^ Tucson & Beyond, others came into the process of envisioning how a revised version could benefit various community-building efforts. These groups include: the Southwest Fair Housing Council, the Pima County Ending Poverty Program, the Geospatial Collaborative LLC, the Limberlost Neighborhood Association and Feng Shui Planning.
In 2017, Leslie Johnston/What We Think Design, created a new cover for the book which features a water-harvesting element. Content suggestions from the City of Tucson's Trees for Tucson Program, the Pima County Ending Poverty Program, and Feng Shui Planning were added under the authorship and coordinationa of Anita C. Fonte/Community Renaissance & its pro bono program, The Partnership for Equity and Civic Engagement (PECE).
The Walkabout Talkabout Book is free and available to download at www.geospatialcollaborative.org. It is a book that is friendly to children as well as adults. Limited hard copies are printed by the Pima County Ending Poverty Program and the Geospatial Collaborative LLC.
Please use the Walkabout Talkabout Book and let us know how it helped you and your neighborhood at anitafonte@gmail.com
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