Movement NetLab, a Think and Do Collective, formed after Occupy Wall Street and Occupy Sandy with the idea of sharing the lessons learned from those innovations in decentralized organizing. Four of…
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How to Use the Web Version of Jamboard
This post is a great addition to the information offered in the last week’s post: Using Jamboard for Network Mapping. You can download the guide in today’s post HERE as…
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Design Principles for Clever Network Actions
Some people believe that in order to move a network to action all you need is an energizing network meeting with motivated and capable people. Alas, it usually takes more…
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How to start a mutual aid network in a pandemic
When the COVID-19 pandemic hit, it caused cataclysms that cascaded through healthcare, public transport, delivery services, and food systems. In doing so, it laid bare an ugly truth that to…
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Decentralized Networks and the Black Radical Tradition – Part 1
FROM COLLECTIVE ORGANIZING TO BUILDING BLACK FUTURES Every second Thursday of the month, Network Weavers Yasmin Yonis, Kiara Nagel and Marie DeMange host a Community of Practice conversation on Zoom….
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Organizing for Justice Amidst Crisis
Friends, Activists and Organizers, While we are in an unprecedented crisis, we have also organized in moments of crisis before. Movement NetLab has developed some resources that could…
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Iniciandose En La CAJA DE HERRAMIENTAS De La AUTO-ORGANIZACIÓN
Spanish translation by Ulises Aguila ( for the English language version of the Self Organizing Toolkit click HERE ) Iniciandose En La CAJA DE HERRAMIENTAS De La AUTO-ORGANIZACIÓN incluye un…
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Weaving the Weavers : Efforts to co-create global learning and peer assist
Let´s be honest Network Weaving is super fascinating. There are so many activities that we, network weavers, can contribute to to make communities vibrant and effective. Surely, you have your…
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Transformative Networks Are Multiscalar
This is an excerpt from the Network Weaver Handbook. I’ll be writing an update with my latest research and thinking on the topic in the coming weeks so stay tuned! …
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A Network Connector Story
Sometimes a story can convey meaning better than a lecture. This week’s free resource is a story from the early days of the Appalachian Center for Economic Network’s (ACEnet) Kitchen…
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