Hi friends,
We are beyond excited to introduce to you the 2023 Municipalism Cohort Fellowship <https://click.actionnetwork.org/ss/c/tTBUZwcBH_2q13Ow12s-jeYsgtOnhyQZ-p627A…> program, which starts on September 16th 2023 and runs until December 2nd. We are accepting online applications <https://click.actionnetwork.org/ss/c/tTBUZwcBH_2q13Ow12s-jeYsgtOnhyQZ-p627A…> from now until August 18th. We will hold two 90-minute information sessions on the cohort fellowship program and the application process on July 21st at 1:00 PM ET/10:00 AM PT or August 13th at 12:30 PM ET/9:30 AM PT.
Can you please help to share the announcement with your networks?
In solidarity,
Eleanor Finley, Mason Herson-Hord, Mike Strode, and Yvonne Yen Liu
(Para español, continue hacia abajo)
Please share far and wide!
Introducing the 2023 Municipalism Cohort Fellowship
The 2023 Municipalism Cohort Fellowship is a 12-week online program, beginning on September 16th 2023 and ending December 2nd, that presents radical municipalist theory and practice <https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/00420980231173825> to grassroots organizers trying to reclaim the right to their cities and self-organize as rebel cities.
Twenty participants will be selected (including small groups in the same location or organization) for the inaugural cohort of the fellowship program. We encourage participants who are already active in movement building — such as mutual aid projects, cooperatives and solidarity economy initiatives, neighborhood and tenant organizing, and reimagining public institutions — to apply.
Objectives
This cohort fellowship aims to make municipalist approaches and techniques more accessible and present on the ground in North America. Weaving a variety of pedagogical approaches, the seminar will:
Provide an incubator for critical reflection, applied research, and the sharing of translocal ideas and tactics.
Network municipalist projects across North America.
Support skills development (e.g. design thinking and facilitating assemblies)
Prioritize participants from Black, Indigenous, People of Color (BIPOC), working class, immigrant, LGBTQIA+ and gender nonconforming, and justice-impacted communities.
Foster new and original perspectives, bringing municipalism into conversation with grounded movements and struggles.
Collectively develop a Municipalist Toolkit via participant contributions.
Schedule
Week 1: September 16th 2023 – Decoding Municipalism
Week 2: Office Hours
Week 3: September 30th – Mapping Local Power
Week 4: Office Hours
Week 5: October 14th – Basebuilding
Week 6: Office Hours
Week 7: October 28th – Popular Assemblies
Week 8: Office Hours
Week 9: November 11th – Pathways to Power
Week 10: Office Hours
Week 11: Holiday
Week 12: December 2nd – Transition to Practice
Time
Alternating Saturdays (odd-numbered weeks) from 5:00 to 7:00 pm ET | 4:00 to 6:00 pm CT | 2:00 to 4:00 pm PT. We may hold office hours on even-numbered weeks, depending on interest and capacity, for participants to ask questions, gain clarification on lecture sessions, and workshop sticky organizing challenges.
Application Deadline
The deadline to submit applications through this online form <https://municipalism.org/cohort-fellowship/#applynow> is August 18th 2023 by 11:59 PM ET | 10:59 PM CT | 8:59 PM PT. Applicants will be notified of the results of the selection process on September 8th.
Learn More
We will hold two 90-minute information sessions on July 21st at 1:00 PM ET/10:00 AM PT or August 13th at 12:30 PM ET/9:30 AM PT where we will share the following:
Topics and learning objectives of the lecture sessions
Featured speakers and case studies
Curriculum design and development with partners
Evaluation rubric for applicants
Municipalist Toolkit
Please register to join an information session using this online form <https://municipalism.org/cohort-fellowship/#learnmore> and indicate which of the dates you are registering for.
Let's paint our cities red!

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Presentación de la Beca de la Cohorte Municipalismo 2023
La Beca Cohorte Municipalismo 2023 es un programa online de 12 semanas, que comienza el 16 de septiembre de 2023 y finaliza el 2 de diciembre, que presenta teoría y práctica municipalista radical <https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/00420980231173825> a organizadores de base que intentan reclamar el derecho a sus ciudades y autoorganizarse como ciudades rebeldes.
Se seleccionarán veinte participantes (incluidos pequeños grupos en el mismo lugar u organización) para la cohorte inaugural del programa de becas. Animamos a los participantes que ya están activos en la construcción del movimiento - tales como proyectos de ayuda mutua, cooperativas y proyectos de economía solidaria, organización vecinal y de inquilinos, y la reimaginación de las instituciones públicas - a aplicar.
Objetivos
Esta beca de cohorte tiene como objetivo hacer que los enfoques y técnicas municipalistas sean más accesibles y estén más presentes sobre el terreno en América del Norte. Entretejiendo una variedad de enfoques pedagógicos, el seminario
Proporcionará una incubadora para la reflexión crítica, la investigación aplicada y el intercambio de ideas y tácticas translocales.
Pondrá en red proyectos municipalistas de toda Norteamérica.
Apoyará el desarrollo de habilidades (por ejemplo, pensamiento de diseño y facilitación de asambleas).
Dar prioridad a participantes de comunidades negras, indígenas, de personas de color (BIPOC), clase trabajadora, inmigrantes, LGBTQIA+ y no conformes con el género, y afectadas por la justicia.
Fomentar perspectivas nuevas y originales, llevando el municipalismo a la conversación con movimientos y luchas de base.
Desarrollar colectivamente un conjunto de herramientas municipalistas a través de las contribuciones de los participantes.
Calendario
Semana 1: 16 de septiembre de 2023 - Descifrando el municipalismo
Semana 2: Horas de Oficina
Semana 3: 30 de septiembre - Mapa del poder municipal
Semana 4: Horas de Oficina
Semana 5: 14 de octubre - Construir una base
Semana 6: Horas de Oficina
Semana 7: 28 de octubre - Asambleas populares
Semana 8: Horas de Oficina
Semana 9: 11 de noviembre - Caminos hacia el poder
Semana 10: Horas de Oficina
Semana 11: Vacaciones
Semana 12: 2 de diciembre - Transición a la práctica
Horario
Sábados alternos (semanas impares) de 17:00 a 19:00 h ET | 16:00 a 18:00 h CT | 14:00 a 16:00 h PT. Dependiendo del interés y del aforo, es posible que en las semanas pares se organicen horas de oficina para que los participantes puedan hacer preguntas, obtener aclaraciones sobre las sesiones de conferencias y resolver problemas de organización.
Plazo de solicitud
La fecha límite para presentar solicitudes a través de este formulario en línea <https://municipalism.org/cohort-fellowship/#applynow> es el 18 de agosto de 2023 antes de las 11:59 PM ET | 10:59 PM CT | 8:59 PM PT. Los resultados del proceso de selección se notificarán a los solicitantes el 8 de septiembre.
Más información
Celebraremos dos sesiones informativas de 90 minutos el 21 de julio a la 1:00 PM ET/10:00 AM PT o el 13 de agosto a las 12:30 PM ET/9:30 AM PT en las que compartiremos lo siguiente:
Temas y objetivos de aprendizaje de las sesiones de conferencias
Ponentes destacados y casos prácticos
Diseño y desarrollo del plan de estudios con los socios
Rúbrica de evaluación para los solicitantes
Herramientas para municipalistas
Por favor, inscríbase para participar en una sesión informativa utilizando este formulario en línea <https://municipalism.org/cohort-fellowship/#learnmore> e indique para cuál de las fechas se inscribe.
¡Pintemos nuestras ciudades de rojo!

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Dear Friends,
Please take a look at two new articles on RED on decentralized governance.
Neema Pathak Broome, Srishti Bajpai and Mukesh Shinde analyze the
weaknesses of the government introduced decentralized governance
initiatives in India, and contrast them with the success of a grass-roots
program in the state of Maharashtra - a worthy template for replication
elsewhere in the country.
https://radicalecologicaldemocracy.org/on-the-cusp-reframing-democracy-and-…
In the second article Neema Pathak Broome joins Akshay Chettri to discuss
how enduring traditions and modern socio-political strategies are coming
together to help the Van Gujjars, a community of migratory herders,
negotiate contemporary challenges of governance.
https://radicalecologicaldemocracy.org/traditional-governance-systems-of-th…
Hope you find them of interest, and if so then please share them with your
networks.
Best,
Pallav
This may be of interest,
ashish
Ashish Kothari
Ashish Kothari
Kalpavriksh
Apt 5 Shree Datta Krupa
908 Deccan Gymkhana
Pune 411004, India
Tel: 91-20-25654239
https://ashishkothari.in
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Subject: Rhythm of Reconnection - a new, short animation
Date: Thu, 8 Jun 2023 10:20:34 +0000
From: Fiona Wilton <fiona(a)gaianet.org>
To: Gaia Foundation <info(a)gaianet.org>
Dear friends
From Gaia, we’d love you to take just a few minutes and watch */‘Rhythm
of Reconnection’ <https://vimeo.com/725777586>/*– our latest short
animation. It tells the story of Mashudu, from Venda region, South
Africa, who is reconnecting knowledgeable elders with young people to
animate their ancestral wisdom, culture and confidence. In her words:
“If we are strong, we can show everyone that our Indigenous culture is
something to be cherished, not ashamed of."
And if that pique’s your interest, you might enjoy the interactive
version.<https://express.adobe.com/page/U3ZnkMdFQHrt1/>Mashudu is a
graduate of Gaia’s training for Earth Jurisprudence practitioners and
works with our local partner EarthLore in South Africa. She is
accompanying her own VhaVenda community on a path of restoring food
sovereignty, regenerating ecosystems, and remembering traditional
governance that enables humans to live in respectful relationship with
our living world. Her journey demonstrates the immense value of
Indigenous cultures in navigating the multiple ecological and social
crises of our times.
A beautiful conversation between Mashudu and fellow practitioner
Gertrude Pswarayi-Jabson from Zimbabwe, on rights and responsibilities –
‘*/It All Starts With Opening Our Hearts
<https://terralingua.org/langscape_articles/it-all-starts-with-opening-our-h…>’/*
- takes a further look at Earth Jurisprudence, in this online version of
Langscape Magazine, by TerraLingua, published today.
If you are an influencer, have press and journalist contacts or simply a
wide social media outreach, attached is a press pack with the different
ways to share this feast of materials. In short, do please share with
anyone you feel would enjoy some rhythm, reconnection and hope.
With love, Fiona x
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Also active with:
Mar Azul Uruguayo <http://www.marazuluruguayo.org/>
Un Solo Mar <https://www.unsolomar.com> (Uruguay & Brazil)
African Earth Jurisprudence Collective
<https://www.earthjurisprudence.africa>
Global Alliance for the Rights of Nature <https://www.garn.org>
UN Harmony with Nature Knowledge Network
<http://www.harmonywithnatureun.org/profile/WJInvK2zs4j2aITcFumaLd1gF6JPlCVD…>
