Finding Your Role: Combining Your Creativity with Community Organizing

Using Mapping Our Roles in Social Change Ecosystems by Deepa Iyer, SolidarityIs and Building Movement Project, we will spend this session thinking and journaling about our strengths and role in social change. Along with the reflection guide, we will be doing free-form drawings and thought-mapping exercises to visualize and create around our community organizing roles. Where do we fit in?  We’ll close this series by looking at local organizations and efforts combining creativity with mutual aid, community building, and other forms of organizing. We’ll consider and reach out (for those ready to take that step) about how we can get involved with these efforts. 

This is a 1.5 hour, mixed ages workshop for youth as young as ten years and adults of all ages! Space is limited, so be sure to enroll each participant individually to ensure that there is space. (Guardians who intend to stick around should also enroll.) Participants should arrive with the understanding that this is an intergenerational workshop centering gentle instruction for all ages. 

This is an IN-PERSON, OUTDOOR workshop; will be held near one of our learning garden sites downtown or on the near east side. Exact location and remaining logistics will be emailed to participants prior to the start of class. Please arrive wearing masks. This workshop may be rescheduled due to inclement weather or any changing public health guidelines.