Microsolidarity

I spoke with Seth Bush, who is organising his local neigbhorhood in Pennsylvania. It sounds like they’re having an awesome time at the hyper-local scale, creating more connections between neighbours and exchanging mutual aid.    We talked about legal structures for collective finances, how to scale from one neighbourhood to many. We also talked about how microsolidarity is coming from a slightly different set of priorities compared to the main currents of the contemporary social justice movement.   At the end of the convo, Seth gave me some great advice about how to be a better coach.    Seth & I are mutual friends of Jonas Gröner, who I spoke with in a previous episode:  https://anchor.fm/Microsolidarity/episodes/Weaving-Social-Fabric-With-Climate-Justice-Activists-e1jnoei Join us in Discord: https://discord.gg/Kp2xVuSFAX  And find out more about microsolidarity here: https://www.microsolidarity.cc/

Here's a recording from our monthly Microsolidarity Network Call, hosted by Jocelyn. Video is here. Presentations by: Drew & Caroline - Shared Ground, Denver - http://sharedground.co Diana - Blivande, Stockholm - http://blivande.com James - Intentional Society - https://intentionalsociety.org/ Nicole - Primal Gathering - https://primalgathering.co/ Lisa-Marie - Crewing in New York - http://limapea.com Rick - Medley, Berlin - https://medley.berlin/ Jonas - The Node, Vienna - https://derknoten.wien/   If you want to join us for the next monthly network call, see here: https://www.microsolidarity.cc/participate/events

Primal Gathering is an environmentally, socially and psychologically regenerative gathering used to restore people, forests and ecosystems all over the world. This year, they’re planting 1000 trees in Lagos, Portugal, in between yoga classes & live concerts & permaculture workshops. Nov 17-20. Info & tickets: https://primalgathering.co/reforestation-vale-da-lama-2022 They've just published a handbook explaining their approach to community building: https://primalgathering1.gitbook.io/community-as-a-practice/ More about microsolidarity: http://microsolidarity.cc

Ananta is @meansinfinity on Twitter. She recently organised a gathering of Twitter people at Medley, a new creative space in Berlin: http://medley.berlin Rich interviewed her to share any lessons learned. More about microsolidarity at http://microsolidarity.cc

Talking with @kaisoapbox about his experience organising a gathering for twitter friends, with his hosting team: @herrowna, @zrkrlc, @michhmatch, @aballrolling & @amirism_   Kai's thread of upcoming camps: https://twitter.com/kaisoapbox/status/1552288561638289408 Rival Voices' post-jesscamp thread: https://twitter.com/nosilverv/status/1501171643393191938  Notable mentions: @frideswyth @nosilverv @m_ashcroft @gptbrooke @tpotvibecamp @Aella_Girl @visakanv    Past interviews with organisers:   Silvia: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gu_jNf6Eqpk  Brooke: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DaQqVBGYPQA  More about microsolidarity: http://microsolidarity.cc

Discover how high-trust communities thrive through collaboration and support. Learn from the Inspiral community and its strategies for fostering trust in a competitive world. Explore the dynamics of group interactions and the significance of smaller groups for connection and learning. Delve into Robin Dunbar's theories on optimal group sizes and understand how they shape supportive environments.

This conversation is about using Twitter to make meaningful community. Rich is in conversation with Silvia, who recently organised a 30-person gathering in Lisbon.  The fundraiser Silvia mentioned: https://www.gofundme.com/f/buddi-and-hap-relief-fund  Join us in the Microsolidarity Discord: https://discord.gg/Kp2xVuSFAX  More at: http://microsolidarity.cc

A conversation with Jonas Gröner about his plans to create more community among the climate justice activists in Vienna, Austria.  More about microsolidarity: http://microsolildarity.cc

Learn more about Microsolidarity here: http://microsolidarity.cc Learn more about Doomer Optimism here: https://anchor.fm/doomer-optimism and here: https://doomeroptimism.substack.com/

Polarity Management tweet is here: https://twitter.com/RichDecibels/status/1361705188285906945 Learn more about Microsolidarity here: http://microsolidarity.cc