Iyanuoluwa Moyinoluwa Shittu’s reflection on building resilient communities is part of Network Weaver’s BIPOC Editorial series. Learn more about the series and our submissions guidelines here. We invite you to connect…
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Who got time for deep community?
Or: How do we weave thriving communities when everyone is stretched thin?I recently was asked, what the biggest challenge is to having thriving communities. My answer? Time.Nobody got time for…
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Mapping Community Contributions: A Toolkit for Fortifying Resilient Neighbourhoods
In May 2024, OCTOPI embarked on a project with a question in mind:“How can we better understand, document, and map existing practices of reciprocity, exchange, resource efficiency, and coordination in…
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Is a community’s purpose best communicated as a question?
Community = Living the questions togetherKey ideas by Chelsea Robinson, Erin Dixon, Sita Magnuson, Michel Bachmann. Written by Fabian Pfortmüller. Originally published at Together InstituteMany years ago, Chelsea Robinson, Michel Bachmann and I were…
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Indigenous and Afro-descendent Ancestral Practices and Community Philanthropy in the Americas
For centuries, communities in Latin America and the Caribbean have been practicing reciprocal assistance. Strengthening mutual trust, pooling assets, and building capacity helps people adapt to changing conditions and opportunities,…
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