[P2P-F] Fwd: Changing Brussels

Mon May 15 19:55:16 CEST 2017

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From: Guilherme Serodio <gcgserodio at gmail.com>
Date: Mon, May 15, 2017 at 5:16 PM
Subject: Changing Brussels
To:

Hi there!

You are receiving this email because, as you know, we need your help to change
the political nature and landscape
<https://mailtrack.io/trace/link/62edc88ff6e3519ca6814dbb73ce052615ae0c75?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmedium.com%2F%40webrussels&userId=528699&signature=932899abcc3b7f0e>
of the city we all live in and love: Brussels.

*I am sending you this personally because we ran into problems reaching to
people that expressed interest in joining this essential meeting - and I
don't want to leave anyone out! *

So, if you have already read this and confirmed your presence, (thank you!
and) please ignore this email.

If you haven't, and are interested in joining us, please do so using this
link
<https://mailtrack.io/trace/link/e28f0a88bba27de44f48ff550c9b247c8eaac375?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.eventbrite.com%2Fe%2Fwebrussels-general-assembly-1-tickets-34501289285&userId=528699&signature=8f7269a565a719fa>
- also provided below ;)

Thanks a lot and I really hope to see you soon!

Guilherme

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When citizens’ lists run and win elections, they can alter the social and
economic reality of their city, and bring up new paradigms of
participation, new spaces for citizen initiatives, social impact,
experimentation, local and circular economies, transparency and engagement.
When citizens’ lists run and win elections, they gain the power to design
the world that surrounds them.

We are many wanting that for Brussels - so let’s build it together!

As you know, we are organizing a first meeting/work session, gathering
extraordinary people that work with citizens and societal issues everyday,
that can mobilize and activate networks, and that want to move and do!

With the (amazing!) support of professional facilitators, volunteering to
make this happen, we have designed a workshop that will allow us to:

   1.

   create a shared reality (WHY we want to come together and organize),
   2.

   have everyone's interest/consent to advance towards elections in 2018,
   3.

   do a collaborative needs/opportunities assessment (logistical only; *no
   policy yet*)
   -

      How can we build/be a resilient, effective and self-organizing
      movement
      4.

   build working groups around clusters of needs
   5.

   come up with timelines and priorities (for long term + next months)

The meeting will take place on Thursday 18th of May, at the MuntPunt (Place
de la Monnaie 6, 1000 Bruxelles), from 2 - 6 pm.

If you are still interested, we ask you to take 2 minutes and PLEASE
CONFIRM YOUR ATTENDANCE
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as we will not be able to accommodate more than 50 people in this first
meeting. Also, if you do confirm, PLEASE ATTEND and be on time, so we can
make this an immersive and effective meeting! ;)

This first meeting will be facilitated in English (for language neutrality)
The citizen spring is here and the time is now!

We, citizens of Brussels

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*** See also - and always - for ideas and a sense of possible:

   - *Barcelona en Común *and taking back control
   <https://mailtrack.io/trace/link/e8362dbbcfe5bbe477f216f6fc96a7092a90a240?url=http%3A%2F%2Ffacebook.us15.list-manage1.com%2Ftrack%2Fclick%3Fu%3Dd09a230efb241ef3d99ece46a%26id%3D71e54b7bc7%26e%3D6a2d849a00&userId=528699&signature=1921561675ae83ba>
   - When a movement becomes a party — the example of Barcelona
   <https://mailtrack.io/trace/link/c128fc5ab0c319deac8ff20082fa8c8f56994ac0?url=http%3A%2F%2Ffacebook.us15.list-manage.com%2Ftrack%2Fclick%3Fu%3Dd09a230efb241ef3d99ece46a%26id%3D6efc72b9a9%26e%3D6a2d849a00&userId=528699&signature=61ee3daab55734b9>
   - Win the City Guide
   <https://mailtrack.io/trace/link/a189d3055e86626817c986ac5dc8e81f9f421cf0?url=http%3A%2F%2Ffacebook.us15.list-manage.com%2Ftrack%2Fclick%3Fu%3Dd09a230efb241ef3d99ece46a%26id%3D5dea066686%26e%3D6a2d849a00&userId=528699&signature=ca7d80c3502a0543>
   - Ministry of Ideas — A new way in Iceland
   <https://mailtrack.io/trace/link/46cb9ad020d0cd9e183c2240f1659945f401ae13?url=http%3A%2F%2Ffacebook.us15.list-manage1.com%2Ftrack%2Fclick%3Fu%3Dd09a230efb241ef3d99ece46a%26id%3Dc4cf97d969%26e%3D6a2d849a00&userId=528699&signature=744020e73fe7619c>

“This is not a traditional (movement) that thinks it can run things better
on behalf of the people. This is a movement that believes *the people* can
run things better on their own behalf, combining citizen wisdom with expert
knowledge to solve the everyday problems that people face.”
Stacco Troncoso, P2P Foundation

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