🧵 3/4: talking about #communityorganising & dependency on large #socialmedia, a woman created this great #Googlesheet of missing people https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1WAA1iFGIOT7H3xJcr5aRgqVbUdwPnJkBolBc-eFFlJE/htmlview?fbclid=PAAaZUtGEiXuC0vKF0GwvhIYk6wYf8ZNkGsD6Vq7lFdfnn4aoYMa_46JiHl1Y_aem_AUZApL2ENPz31FMIgqSrYER0vgs0rhn7xHPFs7q-dT5wRvc5q30HrBL9aONlhjBf_bQ. That's where I found the cousin first, saw she was safe, then looked her up on Facebook (she's a firefighter). There is growing anger in #Hawaii against the #federal government's response. In #FEMA's defense, the logistics are a nightmare, 2,390 miles from mainland, with narrow #road access & mountain pass. https://theconversation.com/maui-wildfires-extra-logistical-challenges-hinder-governments-initial-response-when-disasters-strike-islands-211384

How can we shift away destructive, extractive hierarchies, towards a world where everyone brings the best of themselves and embraces and celebrates the best in other people?

#Accidentalgods #podcast w
@ZahraDavidson
of
@Huddlecraft

https://accidentalgods.life/the-fine-art-of-huddles-multiplying-our-potential-by-the-power-of-our-peers-with-zahra-davidson-of-huddlecraft/

#WednesdayMorning #RegenerativeFuture
#Community #CommunityOrganising #SocialEntrepreneurship

Posting this week's podcast by way of an #introduction

In the first #AccidentalGods #podcast of 2023, we explore how Eva Schonveld and Justin Kenrick's work is transforming communities around the world, particularly in our shared homeland of #Scotland, where #Independence feels a breath away

https://accidentalgods.life/plan-pause-reset-real-steps-to-radical-transformation/…

#Community #Communityorganising
#permaculture #PermacultureForPeople
#LiquidDemocracy #ParticipatoryDemocracy

@stevenson I’m a youth and community organiser from North East Wales. I have been searching here for some #communityorganising networking but it seems pretty quiet. Can you kindly share any community recommendations with me here? Pleased to meet you here ✌🏻

Hello I’m new here 🫶🏻 looking to network with #communityorganising in and around #northeastwales #youthwork #wrexham

Breakthrough begins to fill the void left by the Labour Party
#BreakthroughParty
#Labour
#CommunityOrganising

Community organising seems to have become a swear word in Starmer's Labour - and the Breakthrough Party is using that to its advantage

https://www.thecanary.co/trending/2022/11/29/the-breakthrough-party-put-labour-to-shame-in-just-two-days/

Quite strange that I can't find any #academic writing on the recent turn to radical #CommunityOrganising in the UK. It's not exactly fresh at this point, I expected to find at least one journal article on it. I guess it reflects how little #SocialMovement writing there is in UK academia. Or does anyone know of anything?

Things I like and am interested in connecting over, in no particular order:
#books
#podcasts
#cooking
#ESEAEats
#travel
#Senegal (where I live)
#Scotland (second home)
#Vietnam (ancestral homeland)
#history
#FamilyHistory
#SocialJustice
#AntiRacism
#CommunityOrganising
#MentalHealth
#DEI
#languages
#gardening
#nature
#feminism
#storytelling
#writing
#translation
#localization

Its been a late finish for me tonight. Been facilitating all day then evaluating a #communityorganising project tonight, using #CSH and #VSM. Some interesting insights are emerging. I observed a Celebration Assembly tonight- there was breakdancing, football keepy uppies and singing. All good fun but I’ve just finished and I’m shattered now. #systemsthinking #systemschange

Its been a late finish for me tonight. Been facilitating all day then evaluating a #communityorganising project tonight, using #CSH and #VSM. Some interesting insights are emerging. I observed a Celebration Assembly tonight- there was breakdancing, football keepy uppies and singing. All good fun but I’ve just finished and I’m shattered now. #systemsthinking #systemschange

Here are some hashtags for what they're worth, in case people are searching #chelmsford #essex #anglican #church #conlang #zinzendorf #lay #clergy #training #stott #alinsky #CommunityOrganising #CommunityOrganizing #eckhart #curates #vocation #swallows #ecotheology #ChildTheology That will probably do for the moment!

Some of my interests:

#zen
#buddhism
#meditation
#politics
#CommunityOrganising
#MutualAid
#rap
#HipHop
#poetry
#fiction
#philosophy
#CriticalTheory
#ScottishIndependence
#SocialHousing
#ClassIssues
#environmentalism
#ExperimentalMusic
#urbanism
#socialism
#iceland
#history
#StreetArt
#graffiti
#feminism
#FilmNoir
#JapaneseFilms
#EuropeanFilms
#horror
#animism
#DeepEcology
#paganism
#psychology
#cooking
#sustainability
#writing
#science
#privacy
#OpenScource

In case we haven't previously connected on Twitter, insta etc
I run a small #research and #training firm with a great team, interest/expertise is #equality #humanrights and #justice. I keep a hand in #irishsociology and #highereducation
My research and activism is in #racism #disability #refugees #hatecrime #antifascism #communityorganising #youth #transinclusivefeminism #intersectionality #integration #migration #decolonisation
Interests in #irishpolitics #history #arts #dogs

So, introduction.

I am the Policy and Advocacy Manager at Environment Victoria, the peak not-for-profit environmental advocacy organisation in #Victoria. I am also an #EnvironmentalLawyer having practiced in #pollution #EnvironmentalJustice #climate and #biodiversity law.

At Environment Victoria I lead a team of nerds who use their campaign and advocacy skills to:
- fight for the #MurrayDarlingBasin and other #rivers
- bring in #CleanEnergy and accelerate the #EnergyTransition to slow down #climatechange and
- protect our critters and #nativeforests

An important part of my role is to help our #CommunityOrganising team empower communities to engage in environmental decision making, and parliamentary and democratic processes, to shift the balance of power to people.

I'm also on a mission to spread the word that #policy isn't dry and dull. #EnvironmentalPolicy and #ClimatePolicy impacts us all whether we realise it or not. It's an incredibly dynamic and creative space that we all should feel comfortable to engage with and influence.

They started the revolution without you… but you are welcome to join in
Easter weekend I was transported to a vision of the future. Not in some vague, William Morris, utopian way (although, all power to that!.. we definitely need more utopian visions to counter the pathological cynicism of dystopian fun-sponges), but in a very real, practical a
https://freedomnews.org.uk/2022/04/28/they-started-the-revolution-without-you-but-you-are-welcome-to-join-in/
#communityorganising #DIYAlliance

Haringey Solidarity Group: A Celebration of 30 years of radical ideas and campaigning in Haringey and beyond
May 11th 2021 was the 30th anniversary of the Haringey Solidarity Group in North London. To celebrate we held a special online event looking at some of the activities and struggles the group
https://freedomnews.org.uk/2021/05/24/haringey-solidarity-group-a-celebration-of-30-years-of-radical-ideas-and-campaigning-in-haringey-and-beyond/
#communityorganising #HaringeySolidarityGroup

Activism Survival Manifesto

1. My ability to be a force for good and change in the world begins with my own existence and health. I will tend to and be mindful of my own health, and be aware of and respect my strengths, weaknesses, and limits.
2. The world and its problems are larger than me. Working together with others, finding those to work with, ensuring their own health and wellness, and working effectively with them, maximises my own contribution. Doing more on fewer issues focuses my efforts and results.
3. Problem resolution is a process beginning with awareness and concluding with assessment and learning. Contributions throughout this cycle are useful.
4. Knowledge of leverage points and community activism tactics is useful. Generally, maximising effect through actions toward goals at minimum effort should be my operational standard.
5. Often communications is activism. Even a minimal contribution, yes, even a “like” or reshare, is a contribution, though substantial contributions may be far more useful. Do what I can.
6. Keeping interactions polite to the extent possible is helpful, but so are firmly establishing boundaries and protecting that which I, or those working with me, require.

https://joindiaspora.com/posts/e52eb55030d40139ee9b002590d8e506

#activism #politics #SurvivalManifesto #BigProblems #CommunityOrganising

RT @TF_Ambassadors@twitter.com

Today we’ll be exploring community organising in the context of schools. Here @corganisers@twitter.com CEO & TF Ambassador @NickGardham@twitter.com shares stories of the impact #CommunityOrganising has had around the country https://twitter.com/corganisers/status/1179794993793392640?s=20 #TFNetworkEvents

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/TF_Ambassadors/status/1233711008062959616

RT @SamRexEdwards@twitter.com

We're recruiting for a communications officer @TCCWales@twitter.com. We're doing lots of exciting, much needed #communityorganising and some of us know how to make a good cup of tea. A winning combination, I'd say!
https://www.tcc-wales.org.uk/jobs

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/SamRexEdwards/status/1230461115580264448

RT @corganisers@twitter.com

“Use the community’s starting point as your own and move at their pace according to need.”
#CommunityOrganisers’ Principles of Practice No.13

#communityorganising #principles #communityorganizing #communityaction #communityorganizers #communityorganizer

https://www.corganisers.org.uk/what-is-community-organising/co-principles-of-practice/

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/corganisers/status/1230533613411852290