Despite the ideas of hopeful cohesion it might conjure, community organizing is also rife with tension—and this isn’t necessarily a negative thing. So much of community organizing relies on building, maintaining, and shifting relationships; the challenge is to do this in a way that allows...
We recently joined a Citizens Assembly hosted by Citizens UK. Community organisers reported on single-issue campaigns including jobs for youth; policing and race; digital inclusion and fair energy. We heard from members of the community who have been affected by these issues and benefited from the respective campaigns, in the presence of external representatives, such as Cllr Carole...
We are delighted to be co-hosting the seminar series ‘Designing the Commons’ with the Institute of Design Innovation. At the onset of the COVID crisis, new commons have emerged that responded to frontline struggles in crucial and urgent ways – through the formation of solidarity...