Earlier this month, our staff headed over to North Carolina for our biannual staff retreat. During our week, we skilled up our conflict resolution skills, built deeper connections with each other, and dove into lingering strategy questions. We were excited to have former long-time staff member, Jes K., join us as a special guest facilitator. It was a week of growth, reflection, and hard conversations. We're looking forward to putting our learnings into action. -RG team |
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Notes to Our Base - Informal observations about the times we’re in from the Chapter Organizing Leadership Development team on RG staff.
What we’re seeing: - Flood the zone + Authoritarian Creep
- Attacks on Gaza continuing, Mahmoud Khalil & repression
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Dismantling of social security, department of education,
How Folks are Organizing:
- RG member leaders sharing “Know Your Rights” posters in their communities
- DC members showing up consistently in support of federal workers -– organizing, rallying, etc.
- RG member leaders sticking with long-term campaigns for affordable, social housing. We are responding to the current moment & continuing to build power for the long-term (defense & offense)
How we’re grounding in this moment:
- Doubling down on what we know works: skilling up our base to be able to bring people in & build leadership to resource & throw down with movements;
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We cohosted a Donor Courage & State Repression event to ground in exercising safety and courage in this era.
Calls to action:
What’s healing us right now: - Poems: Blessing Over Organizing
- V’ahavta + You Were Made For This
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Resistance Revival Chorus with Rhiannon Giddens "All You Fascists Bound To Lose"
As the terrain shifts daily, we’re here, processing and plotting with y’all. We hope to be in continued conversation about how we’re moving through these times. - COLD Team (Christina, Daniela, Eliza, Katie, Nicole, and Tucker) |
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Join RG Michigan's Building Our Solidarity Economy conference VIRTUALLY tomorrow Friday, March 28! We are holding this event in collaboration with the University of Michigan's Ginsberg Center and more than 25 campus/community mobilizing partners.
These sessions will be streamed virtually: - Opening Plenary (9.30-10.45 EST) featuring Tera Grande, Sherina Rodriguez Sharpe, Chace Morris, Sheri Wander, Yodit Mesfin-Johnson, Jesse Carr, Mark Greer, and Laura Valencia
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Solidarity Economy & You (11.00-12.30 EST) featuring Prerna Agrawal from Cleveland Owns
- Solidarity Economy Here & Now: Practices from Across the Great Lakes (2.00-3.30 EST) featuring Tera Grande, Antonio Cosme, ShuNahSii Rose, Nora Berry, Monika Perry and Nic Botek
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Closing Plenary - Reclaiming and Resourcing our Collective Future (3.45-5.00 EST) featuring Chuck Collins, Jamila Martin, Dr. Ashley Glassburn, Will Lawrence, Angela Barbash, and Christina Brown.
For full session descriptions and to register, visit www.tinyurl.com/solidarityeconomy. Or since you're in the family, just crash on Zoom here: https://zoom.us/j/94607301050
We will hold a zoom call to report back to the RG crowd about what we learned - and please share any feedback you have if you participate! |
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RG Ohio's annual retreat took place on Saturday, March 15th, and we had a blast! We shared a delicious brunch with four friends from Motherful, our current campaign partner, and spent the next several hours scheming, laughing, and hanging out with the illustrious Christina Brown. 10/10, doesn't get any better than this! |
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