The Center for Policy Planning and Performance – Specializing in Organizational and Social Change Since 1999. This poem, written by Elana Centor in 2002 explains our logo and ultimately the work we do and why we do it. Please explore our website, share it with others and stay tuned for some exciting resources and learnings that we will be adding in this second half of 2025 and beyond.
The Circle Poem
We at the Center look towards
the future…
Like an isolated dirt road
Our collective memory
Is no more
than a dead end
And still
We travel this road
Alone
in silence
Over
And over again
Back and forth
Forth and back
Moving
Always moving but going
No where
Our eyes see a different road!
A noisy
Crowded boulevard
Packed with travelers
listening, talking, sharing
Moving forward until the road
is magically
Transformed into a circle
Of social justice
And our collective memory soars
To a place of hope, tolerance and
peace.
By Elana Centor – 2002