Kia ora koutou katoa 💚
Some of you may remember me. I took a hiatus due to poor health and technical difficulties, but I'm back and ready to talk about all things community! I still need to catch up on reading everything posted for the last year, so please forgive me (and perhaps link me!) if any of this has already been covered 😅
Over the last year and a bit, I've been an elected member of my local community council, office holder of our Toy library, started working in emergency response communications, and helped start a community workshop. It's been a process learning how to navigate egos and still make progress.
I've found I absolutely love consensus decision-making and co-chair structures! Here in Aotearoa, there has been a change to the incorporated societies act. we are all required to rewrite our constitutions, which means we can hardwire more community-minded processes into our organisations. This will be especially handy for limiting the amount of control hostile council members can wield and hopefully lead to a more positive and productive future.
I literally just got a working phone yesterday, but I'm hoping to put together some resource lists for grants and community group structures. I think it would also be great to discuss what an ideal community looks like and what sort of community infrastructure can we implement on an individual level to move us closer to that vision. Think community gardens, free pantries, repair cafes, alternative recycling, co-working space, time banks, community workshops and tool libraries etc etc etc. We could come up with how-to guides to help other get similar things going in their communities making the process more accessible!
I also want to discuss software for community. We are switching our Toy library system in the next year, but the options for small non-profit community groups are limited. I think we've found one to handle general catalog with reserves and loans, but there doesn't seem to be anything out there at the moment to handle our future plans of starting a time bank.
Please TLDR about your lives over the last year. I want to hear about all you amazing people 🥰
kia ora koutou! welcome everyone 🐝
3y 21d ago by beehaw.org/u/Wigglet in betterment@beehaw.org
Streetwise & Steady: A Workbook for Action Peacekeepers or Event Marshals
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How To Build a Voters Guide for Public Library Board Elections
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10 Ways to Get Involved With Food Mutual Aid
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Some Thoughts on "Male Loneliness"
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From Aspiration to Action: Organizing Through Exhaustion, Grief, and Uncertainty
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“No Tariffs on Sharing”: Tool Libraries Offer Resilience Amid Federal Chaos
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7 benefits of daily walks for your creativity
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Rise Up: Federal Workers Legal Defense Network
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Sixty Things You Can Do Without a Smartphone - a mental health zine
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How to Support Your Local Library by Darling Arlo
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The Visibility Brigade - Toolkit
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Musk Or Us: The Tesla Town Halls Resource
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Boycott Central
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The Let This Radicalize You Workbook
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What can I do to fight this administrative coup?
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Switching Things Up: Beyond Banner Drops
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Mutual Aid Hub
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We Are The Relief: How Queer Appalachian Mutual Aid Showed Up After Helene
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A workshop on ‘cop watching’ shows Chicagoans how to safely document police stops - Chicago Reader
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How to create a mutual aid network: In challenging times, mutual aid is one way that communities can come together to support one another when the government can’t or won’t
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How to Support Immigrant Communities During ICE Raids
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You Can’t Post Your Way Out of Fascism [404 Media]
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DEI Policy Tracker for the People
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Freedom Over Fascism Toolkit
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We Have Rights: An empowerment campaign to prepare for and safely defend our rights during encounters with Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE)
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1y 4mon ago by beehaw.org/u/SweetCitrusBuzz in betterment@beehaw.org from youtu.be
How to Support Immigrant Communities During ICE Raids
1y 4mon ago by beehaw.org/u/alyaza in betterment@beehaw.org from convergencemag.com
Finding steady ground: strengthening our spirits to resist and thrive in these times.
1y 4mon ago by beehaw.org/u/alyaza in betterment@beehaw.org from www.findingsteadyground.com
Resistance Guidebook
1y 4mon ago by beehaw.org/u/alyaza in betterment@beehaw.org from docs.google.com
The Healing Power of Loving Your Inner Child — Suzanne Robichaud | Registered Clinical Hypnotherapist
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Heaps to clean on my last beach trip!
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Okay Bees, what's the buzz for 2025?
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100 Ways White People Can Make Life Less Frustrating For People of Color
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