Getting Organized for the Time We Are In (Online)
A 3-hour interactive workshop for groups and communities, via Zoom
Participants are encouraged to gather locally to participate together, there will be several times when you can put down the screen and talk with each other.
Overview:
The re-election of our incoming President is ushering in a time of increased oppression and the systematic dismantling of many of the policies and institutions that offer some protection to different groups of people and our shared environment. Many of us are feeling overwhelmed by what is and what is coming; it can be hard to know how to move or act when we are feeling overwhelmed. Fear is a very effective tool of oppression and authoritarians. When we organize together to care for each other and resist oppression, moving through our fears, we create the space to build the world in which all of us can flourish.
This workshop is a space for existing groups and folks from communities to come together to: 1) deepen community, 2) learn effective strategies for resistance, and 3) to deepen the networks and supports that will help us survive this next chapter in the United States, and allow us to build into a future that is just for all. Grounded in the work of adrienne maree brown, Scot Nakagawa, Kristianna Smith, Daniel Hunter, and others, participants will leave with concrete, doable plans for how they can resist authoritarianism and support their communities.
This workshop assumes that many statements made during the campaign and spelled out in Project 2025 will be instituted, however, we are not focusing on the specifics of these policies in this workshop. Rather, we will be examining how we can work together to protect each other, our rights, and the well-being of our communities. Teens who are interested in this workshop are welcome to attend. This workshop is not appropriate for children or tweens.
We are not lawyers and will not be offering any legal advice.
Accessibility: This workshop will be conducted in English and on Zoom. Our workshop and planning model assume participants have a wide array of capacities or spoons. If attending a workshop is not accessible to you at this time but you would like to be involved in a way that works within your capacity, please indicate that on your registration form (there is a box for this) and someone from our team will follow-up with you.
Facilitators: Dwight Dunston & Lisa Graustein. Dwight and Lisa just completed co-facilitating the Quaker Coalition for Uprooting Racism cohort. They are facilitators, teachers, and artists, working to help build individuals’ and communities’ capacity to joyfully do the messy, complex, and vital work of liberation.