FROM COLLECTIVE ORGANIZING TO BUILDING BLACK FUTURESEvery second Thursday of the month, Network Weavers Yasmin Yonis, Kiara Nagel and Marie DeMange host a Community of Practice conversation on Zoom. The skill-building space is…
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WHO AM I
Adhel Arop is a two time award winning filmmaker from Vancouver, Canada. She has been a poet since the age of eight, writing poems for conferences and school assemblies. She has…
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DEEPER THAN HAIR DISCRIMINATION: A MOVEMENT TO ADDRESS AND DISMANTLE SYSTEMIC RACISM
When I graduated from Columbia University, I was informed in a professional development workshop at a national conference that my hair should not distract from my excellent credentials. I did…
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A PATH OF LEARNING, RECOGNIZING AND HONOURING TRUTH AND RECONCILIATION
It was the release of the Truth & Reconciliation Commission reports that nudged our organization to read, reflect and better understand how we could both as an organization and network learn our…
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Stipend for Posts by People of Color
We are offering a stipend of $250 for any relevant blog post or resource submitted by a Person of Color to help support hearing all voices on our blog. You can…
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Because networks often engage many people, some of whom are only occasionally involved, it is harder to track the impact of the network. One solution to this might be the…
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Blueprints for Change Progressive Organizing and Campaigning Manual
The Blueprints for Change Progressive Organizing and Campaigning Manual is a compilation of all guides produced through Blueprints for Change up till November 2019 in its current edition. This PDF doc, which…
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Un Experimento Entre Redes y Estructuras – parte 2
We are excited to share part 2 of a 3 part Spanish language series by Ulises Aguila: The Facilitator Leader: An Experiment Between Networks and Structures. Read part 1 here. English translated…
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Transformational Weaving In The New Year and Decade
2020 is not only a new year, but the beginning of a new decade.I’ve pulled together some questions you might want to use to guide a deep reflection in preparation for…
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Weaving Together a World Without Violence
The Medicine CardsCompanion to the healing cookbook, the medicine card deck is arranged into five suits: invocations, principles, ingredients, recipes and wild card.These cards are designed to invoke the senses as well as the intellect, through visual…
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