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Join the whole Documenters Network for a virtual network-wide Community of Practice (CoP), starting at 6 ET / 5 CT / 3 PT. We will switching up the format this time and this event will be a BOOK CLUB + DISCUSSION for one hour, followed by an optional parking lot hang for any/all topics for 30 minutes.
**Any Documenter from any community across the U.S. is welcome to join this event - regardless of whether you’ve ever attended a training or taken an assignment.
For this hour long virtual event, we will be DISCUSSING THE BOOK MUTUAL AID (Building Solidarity During This Crisis and the Next), BY DEAN SPADE.
- We recommend you use your local library to check out the book OR purchase from your local independent bookstore.
- For those who have trouble accessing a library or bookstore, a PDF of the book is available here: https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/dean-spade-mutual-aid
- NOTE: Please read the book before June 10th and come ready with your thoughts, questions, ideas and more! -If you do not have a chance to read the book, you are still welcome to attend the event as there will be many ways to join the conversation
LIGHT AGENDA:
- Welcome and introductions
- Icebreakers in small groups
- Discussion about the book, Mutual Aid
- Putting what we learned about mutual aid into practice in our communities
- Action items, next steps, and reminders
- Optional 30 min “parking lot hang” for any lingering ideas/thoughts/questions/etc you’d like to share in a free flowing format
We can’t wait to try this new book club format with you all!! Please email navjot@citybureua.org if you have any questions!
More about the book, Mutual Aid Building Solidarity During This Crisis (and the Next) here:
- Mutual aid isn’t charity: it’s a form of organizing where people get to create new systems of care and generosity so we can survive.
- This book is about mutual aid: why it is so important, what it looks like, and how to do it. It provides a grassroots theory of mutual aid.
- It provides a grassroots theory of mutual aid, describes how mutual aid has been a part of all larger, powerful social movements, and offers concrete tools for organizing, such as how to work in groups, decision-making process, how to prevent and address conflict, and how to deal with burnout.