Movement Generation has been coalescing in our (virtual) dream tank and like many of you we are leaning into and processing the range of emotions stirred up by the pandemic crisis. We also recognize this as a time of possibility to act collectively to make the ecological and economic shifts we need.  In that spirit, we are leading with our hearts to create a four-session online course series that helps reframe the COVID-19 crisis. If you’re hungry to discuss real solutions and strategies that address the structural inequities that got us into this mess, then join us! 

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Join CCEDNet for a conversation to explore how local organizing principles and approaches can contribute to the creation of more sustainable, fair and inclusive economies.

July's conversation will be on "Equity, Justice, & Access in Digital Organizing."

The COVID-19 pandemic has made most of our organizing, community building, and local power building work transition online. Many who were used to in-person organizing were forced quickly to adapt to online scenarios. Those already steeped in digital organizing practice had to step up their game. Either way, it is crucial to understand the lenses of equity, justice, and access at the heart of our digital organizing practice. This session will explore important themes of power, colonization, and equity in digital spaces, and dive into ways to infuse digital democracy and inclusion in your organizing work. 

We may be in a scenario where our organizing work is predominantly online for some time to come. And, the COVID-19 pandemic will undoubtedly change the way we organize. Together, we'll discuss Equity, Justice, and Access in Digital Organizing through this interactive 1.5 hour session, to collectively strengthen our Local Organizing for Fair Economies work.

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In conceiving of our problems, it takes effort to shift perspective from: “It’s big, it’s scary, it’s hopeless!” to “It’s designed, it’s vulnerable, and we can change it.” We understand our root problems perpetuate each other. In this webinar we explore how to unmask their vulnerabilities, and contest them. Safiya Noble is the author of Algorithms of Oppression: How Search Engines Reinforce Racism, and co-director of the Center for Critical Internet Inquiry at UCLA. Composer and curator Andrew C. Smith will offer relevant musical interludes from his own work and by The Happy Valley Band.

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Democratize This! What Time is It on the Clock of the World with Ricardo Levins Morales is the public launch of the Democratize This! weninar series July 5th through August 16, 2020.

During Democratize This! organizers invite people to think and collaborate rather than panic and react. Through presentation, performance, and small group work we will explore the question: How do small groups instigate systems change towards a more just and desirable future for everyone? 

This first event will explore the nature of the crisis we are living in and the opportunity to design strategic social interventions in many domains. Our guest will be Ricardo Levins Morales, the well known Minneapolis based, Puerto Rican artist and movement elder who has worked for decades on sustainable activism, organizing, and strategy.

Registration for the entire seven-week webinar is not required. Sliding scale options available.

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